 AU BON MORT VIVANT: DEAD SEXY CABARET at Rose Centre Belmont reviewed by Lexie Matheson 5 Mar 2011 |
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Circus burlesque unadulterated fun Au Bon Mort-Vivant features ‘wickedness, curious creatures and things that go bump (and grind) in the night …’ or so the press release would have us believe. Potential attendees get in on the act too, being invited to ‘get dressed up, and join us at our dark burlesque circus: a night of monstrous revelry, sensuous sirens, capering loonies and evil laughs …’ [more] |
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AU REVOIR BY WHITIREIA PERFORMING ARTS at Whitireia Performance Centre, 25-27 Vivian Street reviewed by Jennifer Shennan (Dominion Post) 18 Jun 2012 |
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Works a triumph of movement and costuming These are 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students in the Performing Arts degree course, but have all the aplomb and confidence of a seasoned professional troupe. Live music of drumming and vocals are as good as you’ll get. It’s heartening to witness the integration of these arts, never torn apart before so don’t have to be re-assembled now. Lucky young citizens, and they know it. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 10 Sep 2010 |
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One helluva ride I love a good allegory. But part way through August: Osage County I stop looking for it. There is so much happening as the Weston family deconstructs itself I cannot help but get drawn into the dirty washing and deep rinse cycles of their soap-opera … Then suddenly spun high and dry, the allegory comes clean, prompting much discussion afterwards. I love a play that does that to you. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 3 Apr 2011 |
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A mesmerising ‘train wreck’ of epic and comic proportions It is fascinating be in a theatre foyer alive with the smiling, excited faces of an audience who have just witnessed – over three-and-a-half hours (including 2 intervals) – the inexorable decimation of the Weston family. [more] |
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reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 6 Apr 2011 |
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Tour de force at Circa Before you get distracted from reading this review – SEE THIS PLAY! Or else! The ‘or else’ being that you will miss out on a tour de force (I’ve always wanted to have a reason to use that phrase). [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 5 Apr 2011 |
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Powerful drama deserves its standing ovation It is not often that a Circa Theatre production receives a standing ovation on opening night but that was the case on Saturday with Susan Wilson’s production of award winning American playwright Tracy Letts play August: Osage County. And deservedly so. [more] |
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reviewed by Nik Smythe 5 Sep 2010 |
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The impassioned rage of foiled love Colin McColl’s visionary direction of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer prize winning script, as performed by his stellar cast in this NZ debut, carries us through three and a quarter hours of harrowing comedic drama to a standing ovation and leaves the audience buzzing with excitement. [more] |
 reviewed by Lindsay Clark 17 Feb 2013 |
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Adversarial revelations The play builds steadily, as raw emotions are unleashed to several scenes of shocking intensity. Never short of crisp one liners, each scene contributes to the overall jigsaw, layering character and implication in a neat progression. What at first sight seems a vast set (from the meticulous design of Mark McEntyre) resonates with 'adversarial' revelations. [more] |
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reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 6 Sep 2010 |
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Intoxicating family cocktail Suicide, sex abuse, drugs: dysfunctional clan gets to deal with all modern ills Touted as the future of American theatre, Tracy Letts' play has been an international sensation since its Chicago opening in 2007. It arrives on the Auckland stage with an enormous burden of expectation but more than lives up to the hype with a production that is hugely entertaining and emotionally riveting. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 16 Aug 2010 |
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Dire Can this really be the same play Peter Hawes called “one of the great existential plays”, and John Ross called “a prodigiously clever black comedy, with moments of farce”, when they reviewed Centrepoint Theatre’s 2008 production ...? [more] |
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