 SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR at Celebration Theatre, Hagley Park reviewed by Lindsay Clark 7 Jul 2011 |
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Genuine chemistry and warmth The latest Repertory production is testimony to the flexibility and perseverance of a dedicated bunch of thespians ... Here, we have a deft two hander, pattered out in the cosy intimacy of a tent. [more] |
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SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR at Celebration Theatre, Hagley Park reviewed by Alan Scott (The Press) 7 Jul 2011 |
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Romantic comedy warms the heart, tickles the ribs Their old theatre might have gone with the wind, but Repertory still thrives, and, judging by the quality of this production, nothing the world can throw at it will alter that. [more] |
 SAMMY J & RANDY at The Press CLUB - BUSKER PARK reviewed by Erin Harrington 24 Jan 2013 |
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Often crass and always funny Sammy J is skinny, slightly startled looking and a dab hand on the electric piano. Randy is an ordinary Aussie bloke, if being a fuzzy purple puppet counts as ordinary. Together they work through a fairly suspect 19th century encyclopaedia of comedic principles, dabbling in word play, puns, and dirty jokes, as they bicker their way through a swiftly paced one hour show. [more] |
 SAMMY J & RANDY IN RICKETTS LANE (AUS) at Downstage Theatre reviewed by John Smythe 5 May 2010 |
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Dynamic whimsy and wit After last year’s phantasmagorical Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams, this year’s Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane is altogether simpler and more domestic, yet no less entertaining. A wonderfully wrought tale of suburban and urban life, it is played out through impeccable performance, puppetry, song, light and sound. [more] |
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SAMMY J & RANDY IN RICKETTS LANE (AUS) at Downstage Theatre reviewed by Simon Sweetman (The Dominion Post) 7 May 2010 |
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Ha ha, that’s a swearing sock Australian comic act Sammy J and Randy is comprised of the "skinny guy", Sammy J (Sam McMillan), and "the purple one", a puppet named Randy (skilfully handled by Heath McIvor). Following up on 2008's audacious musical Sammy J and the Forest of Dreams (which played at last year's comedy festival), we have Ricketts Lane, somewhat stripped back considering McIvor has only one puppet to deal with this time. But Randy is, in all senses of the word, a handful. [more] |
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SAMMY J & RANDY IN RICKETTS LANE (AUS) at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Adey Ramsel 13 May 2010 |
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Madcap, ingenious and half the price of Avenue Q It’s amazing what kind of world you can create, and where you can take people, with a flimsy set, lights, an exceptional soundtrack, one man on show and one hidden (mostly) who manipulates one purple puppet. [more] |
 SAMMY J IN THE FOREST OF DREAMS at Downstage Theatre reviewed by John Smythe 9 May 2009 |
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Astounding skills in comic coup This stunning send-up and celebration of phantasmagorical escapism begins with an anti-anthem to Disney. But when Sammy J, who claims to be a man now and past such childish things, is phone-threatened with disconnection due to an unpaid power bill, the compulsion to succumb to portal that sucks him into the Forest of Dreams is just too great. [more] |
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SAMMY J IN THE FOREST OF DREAMS at Downstage Theatre reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 11 May 2009 |
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Wild night of puppets Sammy J begins with a diatribe in song against Walt Disney for misleading us all as kids and then proceeds in its wacky, hilarious and superbly inventive way to subvert stage conventions, children’s stories, Les Miserables, Rambo movies, cute animals, love stories and heroes. [more] |
 reviewed by Nick Bakulich 4 Apr 2011 |
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Love, passion and conviction The play is based on the famous and historical non-violent Mau Movement of Samoa. Characters include the Movement’s leaders and members of the then governing New Zealand administration. [more] |
 SARAH HARPUR IN PANTS ARE FOR LOSERS AND OTHER THEORIES at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian reviewed by Shannon Friday 16 May 2012 |
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A mix of material Sarah Harpur does something I hadn’t quite seen in this festival yet. Yes, she’s a single comedienne up on stage, but there’s a strange vibration running through her show. She’s playing here with her persona onstage, and while the idea is intriguing, her show as a whole doesn’t quite come together around it. [more] |
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