 SUNDAY ROAST at Te Whaea - SEEyD Space, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 3 Mar 2010 |
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Lightweight two-actor comedy bubbles along Roald Dahl and Shirley Jackson could have well been pleased if they had thought up the plot of Thomas Sainsbury’s latest hour-long feather-light comedy about a nicely dysfunctional family whose monthly ritual of a Sunday roast is sacrosanct ... [more] |
 SUNDAY ROAST at Globe Theatre reviewed by Sharon Matthews 23 Mar 2011 |
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Horror-flavoured comedy a matter of taste Sunday Roast is best described as a very black comedy; a twisted satire on middle-class New Zealand family values. It is a fast-paced and funny farce about a rural family, sibling rivalry, and meat. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 20 Mar 2007 |
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Catharsis for all What a thrill to see this play-with-songs again! I still remember its world premiere at BATS in 1993. We knew school teacher Gary Henderson was something special in theatre when ... [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 22 Mar 2007 |
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Songs in the way second time round Fourteen years ago I raved about the world premiere of Sunset Café when it was presented at Bats Theatre under the direction of its author, Gary Henderson. While it’s great that New Zealand plays are revived as often as they are these days, revivals do give us a chance to revise our initial thoughts. [more] |
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reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 28 Mar 2007 |
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Relationships and hormones School is over – and on the last day, four friends gather to work out how to mark the big occasion. But there are bigger issues at stake for each of them than which of the numerous parties to attend. One is a life or death decision while others test friendships through betrayal. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 21 Jun 2012 |
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Insightful, delightful and powerful drama It’s 1975 and a little piece of Atiu – also known as Enuamanu: land of birds – in the Cook Islands has been roosting in Rotorua for 20 years. As a variation on their mythical ancestor Mariri Toa, who flew to Hawaiiki to get good things for his people and bring them back, a family from the village of Areora has flown their coop to share in ‘The New Zealand Dream’ so the children can be educated and fly even more freely into a wide world of opportunity. [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 22 Jun 2012 |
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Tale of family rift has roots in reality Developed from the accounts of her family migrating to NZ from the Cook Islands, Miria George’s Sunset Road, currently playing at Circa Two, weaves both reality and symbolism through the stories. [more] |
 reviewed by Kate Morris 19 Jul 2011 |
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And the sponsor runs away with the show? Carl Nixon’s Super Nan! is recast to tie in with the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival at the Fortune Theatre these school holidays. “To tie in with the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival” may be the operative term. [more] |
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NZ International Arts Festival SUPER VISION at The Events Centre reviewed by John Smythe (John Smythe:Theatre reviews) 3 Mar 2006 |
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Intelligence without magic Who am I? What am I? Where am I? Why? ... Information technology. Where would we be without it? Who would we be …? What …? Why would we be without it? [more] See also reviews by: Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post); |
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NZ International Arts Festival SUPER VISION at The Events Centre reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 2 Mar 2006 |
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Technology use makes for fascinated snooping For all the technological marvels of Super Vision, the three stories are far too long and one starts to wonder what point the show is making. [more] See also reviews by: John Smythe (John Smythe:Theatre reviews); |
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