 THE MOUNTAIN at Katipo Cafe & Bar, 76 Willis St reviewed by Michael Wray 13 Feb 2009 |
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Skilful and assured ascent could go further From the infernally red interior of Katipo Café comes the tale of a journey up Mount Purgatory. Dante placed his Purgatory on the far side of the world, deeming the mountain to be the only land in the Antipodes. If Dante is to be believed, that would put Mount Purgatory somewhere around here… the Southern Alps? Mount Cook perhaps? [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 13 Feb 2009 |
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A rich feast for the senses and the intellect Do we ever stop acting? If not, why not? And who is in control? While actors attempt to manipulate their audiences, are they in turn being manipulated by unseen forces? Or might they be willing accomplices? [more] |
 reviewed by Jessie Kollen 13 Feb 2009 |
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Life is simply very complicated Here is a collection of plays that as individual pieces and as a whole capture an idea that is at the heart of human experience: life is at once very simple and yet very complicated, individual and yet communal; we can be desperately lonely and yet inextricably connected to one another. [more] |
 BANG BANG YOU’RE DEAD at Kapiti College reviewed by Yolande Brophy 12 Feb 2009 |
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A one-hour roller coaster crammed with social relevance ... Bang bang: five deaths wound thousands with a ripple effect as mothers, fathers, siblings, cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends lose their loved ones ... It is hard to imagine how our tender, beautiful youth can possibly perform a show of such emotional power effectively and equally difficult to see how the play would work without a young cast. [more] |
 DROWNING BIRD, PLUMMETING FISH at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 12 Feb 2009 |
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An engaging, compelling, provoking and confronting challenge More a performance art installation than a play, Drowning Bird, Plummeting Fish evokes the ‘consuming society’. It focuses not so much on what we consume as how we are consumed by ourselves, our expectations, the expectations of others, labels and judgements, the pressure to know, the desire to be known to know … And the economy, of course. [more] |
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DROWNING BIRD, PLUMMETING FISH at BATS reviewed by Charlotte Bradley & Hannah Smith (Salient) 12 Feb 2009 |
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Ambitious and dangerous What does it mean to be a part of a generation that is constantly being told it doesn’t have a future? This is the question Binge Culture sets out to explore in their Fringe Show Drowning Bird, Plummeting Fish. Such a question inspires a kind of cynical cringe in anyone worth talking to, but I’ll be darned if Drowning Bird Plummeting Fish (and its earned its italicised capitals) didn’t make me feel a little cynical. [more] |
 DUET: FALLING IN LOVE…AGAIN + OFFICE FYI: A MUSICAL at Mary Newton Gallery, 150 Vivian St reviewed by John Smythe & Joanne Hodgson 11 Feb 2009 |
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One plot lost, a fantastic treat discovered It’s not a bad idea at all ... What a treat!! Funny, poignant and a very cleverly crafted piece of musical theatre. [more] |
 BOOMERANG LEAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL FROM OUTER SPACE at Happy (Cnr Tory & Vivian) reviewed by Melody Nixon 11 Feb 2009 |
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Refreshing, original, cheeky, noncommittal … For this Fringe Festival romp, Helen O’Rourke and Stephanie Cairns have created a surprisingly light-hearted, cute and frolicking piece of musical comedy, full of straight exposition and underdeveloped plot-lines, but wonderfully fun all the same. [more] |
 SELF PORTRAIT at BATS reviewed by Jenny Stevenson 11 Feb 2009 |
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From the ennui of jazz-age youth to unresolved inner conflict An intriguing premise – the inspiration to create dance works and a film from the iconic Rita Angus self-portraits – forms the basis for Self Portrait, from Auckland’s Corrupt Productions Company. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 11 Feb 2009 |
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Extraordinary wit, perspicacity and humanity Eli wrote it and they use their real names but they play heightened versions of themselves or maybe more accurately aspects of themselves or is it just aspects of Eli because he wrote it all and Eli-in-the-play claims not to be a poet while Jack-in-the-play is, and a good one too, except it’s Eli’s words he’s saying ... [more] |
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