 EYE OF A DANCER at Globe Theatre reviewed by Hannah Molloy 29 Mar 2009 |
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Crown taken from humming to fizzing They say they “eat, drink and breathe dance.” That’s a big call but as Eye of a Dancer starts, you get the sense that it’s not just big talk to sell seats. The atmosphere in the Globe is humming; an almost capacity audience waiting to see the young women who call themselves Seek perform. [more] |
 THE LATEST FREED MAN - A PUPPET PLAY at Purple Rain Basement reviewed by Terry MacTavish 29 Mar 2009 |
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Ravishing adult theatrical magic We are in good company. Metiria Turei’s latest Twitter indicates she is present and ‘looking forward to some sick puppetty fun’. And sick puppetty fun it is, perfectly geared to a colourful alternative audience, relaxed in the enchanting ambience of what appears to be an exotic gypsy cavern. [more] |
 reviewed by Lindsay Clark 29 Mar 2009 |
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Funny, exciting and surprising If ‘New Zealand in the fifties’ were a prompt in a word association exercise, how often it would raise the response ‘dull’! There was the industrial unrest of course, the determined crushing of the militant unions by Sidney Holland’s new National government and there was the coming of rugby league, but somehow it had all gone rather blurry before the rampant imagination of Peter Hawes got hold of it. [more] |
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THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN at Salvation Army, 92 Vivian St reviewed by Vicki Thorpe 29 Mar 2009 |
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Clever production The Salvation Army Citadel may not be the first place one thinks of as a space for opera in Wellington but with characteristic NIMBY innovation this rather fine building became a little piece of Czechoslovakia for the evening. [more] |
 reviewed by Jo Thorpe 28 Mar 2009 |
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Energy, precision, athleticism and power Neil Ieremia’s latest work for Black Grace is a triumph – lovingly crafted and danced with passion and commitment. Much has already been written and said about the catalyst for Gathering Clouds: Ieremia’s anger at claims made about Pacific Islanders and his desire to respond to those (false) claims through dance. Yet ... [more] |
 reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 28 Mar 2009 |
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Aussie My Fair Lady is still ‘loverly’ Opera Australia has pulled together all the right ingredients with a fabulously entertaining and surprisingly poignant presentation of the musical whose songs are embedded in the memories of all who grew up in the late 50s and early 60s, when the soundtrack album dominated the airwaves. [more] |
 ONE DAY at Allen Hall Theatre reviewed by Poppy Haynes 28 Mar 2009 |
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The extraordinary experienced in an ordinary room RBS Productions’ devised theatre piece One Day demonstrates the rich possibilities of ‘poor’ theatre. The play begins with an encounter between two strangers at Vauxhall beach and follows in real time the next hour of their relationship. [more] |
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reviewed by Jennifer Shennan (The Dominion Post) 28 Mar 2009 |
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Bach goes nicely with Pacific Grace Black Grace choreographer/director, Neil Ieremia, was provoked by the somewhat ill-judged report by academic Greg Clydesdale which questioned Pacific Islanders’ economic contribution to New Zealand. Clydesdale had further spurious claims about how to teach students what Bach’s music is all about. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe (2) 27 Mar 2009 |
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A better version than the rest of the world has seen? Having reviewed the opening night of last year’s first season, I don’t intend to repeat myself now. Suffice to say solo player Ginette McDonald has settled into an assured minimalist comedic style that extracts maximum laughs from the audience. [more] |
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reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 27 Mar 2009 |
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The perfect musical? The lasting brilliance of Alan Jay Lerner (book and Lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music), who in 1956 adapted George Barnard Shaw’s 1913 play and Gabriel Pascal’s subsequent 1938 motion picture Pygmalion to create the musical My Fair Lady, came to life with great flair and aplomb in Auckland’s Mighty Civic last night, to an enthusiastic response from a well satisfied opening night audience. [more] |
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