 RULE & EXCEPTION at BATS reviewed by Jenny Stevenson 9 Sep 2009 |
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Dealing with destiny What threatens at the outset to be a nihilistic discourse on the meaning of life is soon redeemed by some lush dancing, inspired by Taoist wisdom concerning the real strength that lies behind the apparent softness of acceptance and acquiescence. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 29 Sep 2007 |
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Small ugly people have no rights? While Theatre Beating’s radical reworking of the classic Brothers Grimm tale plays out in Auckland under the title Rumplestilts, Wellington’s Kapital Kids Theatre offers a relatively straight upbeat adaptation of Rumpelstiltsken [sic]. [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman 1 Oct 2007 |
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Great holiday theatre Adaptations of well known fairy tales for the stage that are new, fresh and innovative have been a feature of Wellington’s children’s theatre groups for many years and Kapital Kids Theatre’s latest adaptation of the Grimm’s fairy tale – Rumpelstiltsken is no exception. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 17 Jul 2011 |
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Ageless tale engages is modern context For this KidsStuff holiday show Rachel Henry (nee More) has reworked the Brothers Grimm’s Rumpelstiltskin as a talent quest to find a princess daughter for an unmarried king to adopt as his heir. Cue much punning about ears. [more] |
 reviewed by Lindsay Clark 15 Apr 2009 |
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A good yarn spun with inventive twists Entertainment has to rank way up there in priorities for holiday fun theatre and this is where the production scores very well. Playing to a capacity house of eagle-eyed and honest little punters, the cast zip through the story with sparkle to spare. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 25 Sep 2007 |
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Uncompromisingly hilarious The classic tale of Rumplestiltskin always struck me as one of the dodgiest of tales on which we and our parents and our parents’ parents were raised, and that’s saying something. It breaks all the rules of modern day self-empowerment, especially for the girl ... [more] |
 reviewed by Bernadette Rae (NZ Herald) 29 Jun 2012 |
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Run, Slip and Spring, Q Theatre But gone are the warm fuzzies of a cute community dance collective - and the heartfelt rapport. Touch Compass today looks like a fully professional dance company, sophisticated, even avant garde, and begging no favours at all for the fact that not all its members are built in long limbed and lean perfection. [more] |
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reviewed by Anna Bate 29 Jun 2012 |
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The Doing of Dance I think it is important to briefly acknowledge the accomplishment of this company, as they have survived and continue to thrive at the ripe old age of fifteen. That’s ancient in New Zealand dance company years! The visibility this company has created for the validity of ‘all bodies’ expression within (and outside of) the NZ professional dance sector is remarkable. So, sending out many thanks to Catherine Chappell and company members past and present for your work and contribution to changing attitudes and lives through dance in NZ. [more] |
 RUNNING WITH GHOSTS at St Michael’s Church Hall, Kelburn reviewed by James McKinnon 28 Feb 2013 |
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Sincerity, curiosity and ingenuity drive theatrical experiment It deals with death and grief –not only the grief of the living, but also of the dead, because it’s the kind of ghost story where the dead have to work out their issues in what the play refers to as an “in-between” state before they can move on to… well, who knows? [more] |
 RUTHIE BIRD AND THE KING OF HEARTS at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 1 Mar 2008 |
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A slice of life, but not as we know it Ellie Smith’s debut play is the sort of work we might have expected to find in an edge-of-London back-alley venue around the mid 1960s. Why not, given it’s about street people discarded by ‘social progress’ who have in no way kept up with the times despite their plastic-strewn environment. [more] |
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