 reviewed by Sian Robertson 9 Jun 2010 |
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Gritty and witty psychological roller coaster The Wine Cellar, with its scruffy intimacy and comfy couches, is the perfect venue for a play that takes place entirely in a trashed hostel room. We get up close and personal with three high school friends as events bring them together into a fraught and joyless reunion ten years on. [more] |
 TARAN MOHANBHAI IN JOKE IN A BOX at Cavern Club, 22 Allen St reviewed by Maraea Rakuraku 11 May 2012 |
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He knows what it takes and he brings it There is something very honest about Tarun Mohanbhai. Admitting to an audience that the show you’ve just watched, that he has just played, has a few speed-bumps – saying so despite the encouraging laughs and woops from the audience throughout the set – takes some guts, especially when you are a comedian of his calibre. Respect. [more] |
 reviewed by Sharu Delilkan (Theatre Scenes - Auckland Theatre Blog) 21 Aug 2012 |
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KKK still Kings There was almost a carnival atmosphere when entering the Mangere Arts Centre, a setting befitting the Kila Kokonut Krew’s 10th year anniversary celebrations featuring the production that put the company on the map, Taro King. [more] |
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reviewed by Johnny Givins 16 Aug 2012 |
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A tasty theatrical feast It has changed from a family meal into a bigger, brighter, louder and more theatrical feast of very funny ensemble theatre with great music. Lots of dishes are energetically thrown at the audience with a galaxy of styles. The heart of the story is still the vibrant journey of Filipo (Aleni Tufuga) trying to make ends meet, working in an Otara Supermarket’s taro section ... [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 4 Nov 2011 |
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A veritable frottage of the senses Director Shane Bosher takes full advantage of his tremendously talented players. Together they create a rich cross-section of exaggerated modern archetypes that are rooted enough in the real world to avoid becoming a mere cartoon pastiche. [more] |
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reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 5 Nov 2011 |
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Raunchy reworking makes clever splash Director Shane Bosher definitely makes some waves as he plunges into the pristine space of Q Theatre with a raunchy adaptation of Moliere's 17th century satire against religious hypocrisy. [more] |
 TARUN MOHANBHAI - ONE MIC STAND at San Francisco Bathhouse, 171 Cuba St reviewed by Thomas LaHood 16 May 2007 |
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This nerd needs to get out more Tarun Mohanbai’s comic persona is clearly a nerd, from his ‘Fat Albert’-style red jersey over white shirt to the way his voice squeaks when he gets excited. This is his charm as well as his schtick, but nerdiness was not enough to win the audience over at his opening-night gig in Wellington. [more] |
 TARUN MOHANBHAI: TARUN TALKS WEDGES at Limelight Lounge, Aotea Centre reviewed by Rachael McKinnon 12 May 2010 |
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A natural entertainer Tarun’s easy-going self-deprecating humour takes him a long way as he talks about some of the ridiculous sides of daily life. From his vantage point of Cellphone Salesman-cum-Comedian there is a plethora of idiocies of which to make fun. [more] |
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TASTE ME - THE LIVE SERIES at Galatos reviewed by Felicity Molloy 30 Jun 2011 |
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Taster invites return for more What I saw was a veritable feast of hybrid art – a buffet? No - we followed the menu from start to finish with a selective build towards a slowly unwinding ending. A degustation then and one which (as much as I am about to overuse menu metaphors!), inevitably, I draw from subsequent comparisons with other recent tastes of hybrid contemporary dance works. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 30 Apr 2013 |
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Packs a socio-political wallop simply by telling the truth A Tautai is a master fisherman and one of his skills is ‘way-finding’. In the play the central character, New Zealand-born Tokelauan Mauilata (called Maui for short; recalling another famous Polynesian fisherman) – played by Iaheto Ah Hi, as in the original solo – has found his way forward by going back to a Tokelau he was sure would have nothing to offer a too-cool-for-school Kiwi boy like him. What plays out is the story of how that journey came to pass. [more] |
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