 reviewed by Michael Gilchrist 13 Apr 2012 |
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Funny and lively with a keen comic edge In an assured opening number the scene is set: the Prime Minister of New Zealand, one Hugh Potts, announces that he has a brilliant plan to lift the country out of its depression. He will turn real life, in its entirety, into a musical. [more] |
 SOLOS at SKYCITY Theatre reviewed by Jan Bolwell 24 Mar 2009 |
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Enormously satisfying insight into an entire dance lineage On Sunday afternoon March 22nd, at TAPAC, Susanne Linke and fellow dancer Urs Dietrich sat in a circle and engaged in a casual but fascinating conversation with a small group from the New Zealand dance community. [more] |
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SOLOS at SKYCITY Theatre reviewed by Bernadette Rae (New Zealand Herald) 23 Mar 2009 |
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Art and beauty in movement ... Bathtubbing (music by Eric Satie) is a most intimate study in which we first meet her - sitting on the loo. It is a far from vulgar or explicit or confrontational point of introduction, but intensely personal and takes us straight to a place of dreamlike introversion. [more] |
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SOLOS at SKYCITY Theatre reviewed by David Zeitner-Smith 21 Mar 2009 |
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A wonderful experience The first sight we get of Linke, in Im Bade wannen / Bathtubbing, is the artist sitting on toilet. This seems to bring the audience to an unusual silence once the curtain opens. What follows however is a dance work that carries us to the remembrance of thoughts we sometimes forget to confront in our busy urban lives. [more] |
 reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 18 Jun 2012 |
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X-rated but not too sensational Mark Ravenhill exploded on to the international theatre scene in 1996 with the provocatively titled and spectacularly successful Shopping & F******. [more] |
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reviewed by Adey Ramsel 17 Jun 2012 |
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Questionable play superbly delivered Raw, fast and to the point, this NZ premiere of Ravenhill’s one act play is as naked as the stage it plays out on. With nothing to hide behind, not even costume in a couple of places, this cast do well to keep the action well-paced and the quick-witted and bleak dialogue flowing. [more] |
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reviewed by Michael Stevens (GayNZ) 18 Jun 2012 |
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Funny, moving, confronting It’s easy to be idealistic and radical when you’re young. What happens when the world ignores all your dreams and coldly moves on? Ravenhill made his name with “Shopping and Fucking” in 1996, this work came out in 1999 and while it’s very well-acted and directed here, the plot shows its age at times. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 8 Sep 2008 |
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‘Where truth lies’ quest done proud In the old morality play, God gets Death to summon Everyman to Heaven to make his reckoning, and it comes to pass that only his Good Deeds will accompany him beyond the grave. The more modern variation on this theme has men revisiting – or being revisited by – the women they have loved (or not) … in a variety of circumstances and for various reasons. [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 9 Sep 2008 |
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Shifting relationships brilliantly played out Circa Theatre has become somewhat of a champion of Neil LaBute plays, having produced at least three previously. And in this one, as with their other productions, they have brilliantly brought to life LaBute’s quirky story line and cryptic dialogue. [more] |
 SOME GIRL(S) at Silo Theatre reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 20 May 2007 |
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The Guy that hurt girls Some Girl(s), [Neil LaBute's] latest play, explores the egocentric, self indulgent actions of Guy – a successful writer in his mid 30’s who is about to marry a young nurse after two decades of commitment-phobia – as he arranges 4 meetings with ex-lovers in hotels rooms in Seattle, Chicago, Boston and LA. [more] |
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