 reviewed by Roxanne de Bruyn 25 Sep 2011 |
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Intelligent, heartfelt, and completely engrossing The maturity of the dancers is obvious; they are precise and expressive, fully portraying the emotions of the story. There is a gritty resolve and determination as well as a hint of desperation which is almost tangible in the dancing. [more] |
 TE KARAKIA at Downstage Theatre reviewed by John Smythe 28 Feb 2008 |
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A must-see play for all generations Best of the Fest so far for me is Te Karakia, restricted to seven performances only, ending on 4 March. Book now if you haven’t already … Given the title, I’m tempted to say Te Karakia (the prayer) is a meditation on divisiveness and togetherness, but it’s far from theatrically passive. It is unpredictable and provocative, engaging our hearts and minds as the flawed characters we come to know very well challenge us with their actions. [more] |
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TE KARAKIA at Downstage Theatre reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 27 Feb 2008 |
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Moral dilemmas dramatised through love story Te Karakia is another exciting play from the pen of Albert Belz which has been given yet another splendid production by David O'Donnell, who directed Belz's Yours Truly two years ago. It is a love story set against the Springbok tour of 1981 and is at the same time a state of the nation play about Maori/ Pakeha relations then and, by implication, now. Events at Urewera come to mind. [more] |
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TE KARAKIA at Downstage Theatre reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 5 Mar 2008 |
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Deep, strong and moving So where did you stand on the Springbok Tour? It was a quarter century ago but it feels like a lifetime. The Tour is the backdrop to Belz’s work but it goes far beyond that historic event – he touches on pakeha and Maori attitudes to the land and each other, urbanization, alienation, self-determination, religion and love. All in two hours. [more] |
 TE KARAKIA at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge reviewed by Janet McAllister (New Zealand Herald) 6 Mar 2009 |
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“They got me: I cried” “They got me: I cried” If there's a genre that local playwrights – usually Maori – have made their own, it's high-tension family drama. They deal with potentially deathly topics like cultural identity and land politics in a compelling way, calculated to leave no dry eye in the house. [more] |
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TE KARAKIA at Blak Dramatics reviewed by Denis Peel 13 Jun 2009 |
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Festival highlight keeps audience spellbound ... Te Karakia, left me again feeling that this company is making a wonderful job of mastering the fragile art that is theatre. Festivals in the bush need a very special type of theatrical style and design to succeed in a big muddy tent, away from the comforts of the modern high tech theatrical environment. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 13 Jun 2010 |
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Well placed between the Ureweras and Whanganui I saw the second night of Te Kaupoi and feel it is a significant work that needs more room to breathe and ‘be’ in its space, with itself, in order to invite us in. Te Kaupoi may look and feel like a Kiwi version of a Sam Shepard play but it’s about much more than the troubled relationships between three people in a remote part of the North Island’s volcanic plateau, two day’s walk from the nearest town. [more] |
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reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 16 Jun 2010 |
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Best years back This production feels like a flashback to the best years of Taki Rua, when we were regularly treated to gutsy, meaningful and unashamedly political Maori plays. Whiti Hereaka integrates the recent so called NZ terror raids, the tendency towards rushing in legislation based on whipped up public panic and talk of abolishing the Maori parliamentary seats in a world set only slightly in the future. [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 12 Jun 2010 |
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Mother Mere, full of depth Advertised as a politically raunchy drama, the latest production to open at BATS – Te Kaupoi – is all that and more. The setting is New Zealand sometime in the future where civil unrest is rife and the country is on the verge of becoming a police state. [more] |
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reviewed by Helen Sims 11 Jun 2010 |
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Worth seeing despite flaws Te Kaupoi commences with a presentation of diverse images – a backlit rodeo rider, a woman with a kete and a gun, and a young woman lying moaning on the ground after a beating. The clipped voice of the radio news announcer of Radio One, “for freedom, fraternity and fidelity” updates the concerned public on the latest in the battle against Maori terrorists. [more] |
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