 reviewed by Frances Edmond (New Zealand Listener) 9 Aug 2008 |
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Caged Sisters The Birdcage, a bar in a glass-ceilinged conservatory, is the venue for the latest production by the Peripeteia Players: Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. It’s the story of the disappointed dreams of the Prozorov family – Olga (Laurel Devenie), Masha (Madeleine Hyland), Irena (Brooke Williams) and their brother, Andrey (Marek Sumich) – and their struggle to find meaning as they try to come to terms with the decay of the privileged world they have grown up in ... [more] |
 reviewed by Faith Oxenbridge (New Zealand Listener) 9 Aug 2008 |
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Tepid Soup Heroes, written by French playwright Gerald Sibleyras and translated by Tom Stoppard, is clever and funny and flirts with both farce and pathos, but it isn’t great theatre. Not even this production’s superb cast could save it from being little more than a whimsical meditation on mortality. [more] |
 reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 9 Aug 2008 |
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Not dramatic or visual enough for stage At one point in this duologue (I hesitate to call it a play) one of the characters says to the other, ‘Let’s be nothing together’. If this is the theme for the night, they certainly succeed, as this is a stunning example of the parts being greater than the sum. [more] |
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reviewed by Nik Smythe 7 Aug 2008 |
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Moscow Moscow Moscow The unfolding of the play’s events, spanning about five years over four acts, is centred around the hope of Irena (Brooke Williams) – the youngest and daintiest of the title characters who pines for Moscow – ever finding the fulfilment she craves. While all three sisters enjoy the notion of returning, the talented Williams portrays an exquisite and preciously determined Irena who is beside herself and cannot conceive of a fate worse than never getting back. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 6 Aug 2008 |
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Children make the play In Mammals, British playwright Amelia Bullmore looks at two relationships in deep trouble, one a 12 year old marriage and the other a three year long ‘one night stand’. The couples are friends, therein lies the rub. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 6 Aug 2008 |
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Must-see Waihi 1912. Black Tuesday. Fred Evans became one of only two people to die during an industrial dispute in New Zealand. We all know about the Waterfront Dispute, but Fred somehow has been forgotten over the years. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 6 Aug 2008 |
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Harper the right stuff Solo shows are tough enough, but when a playwright gives an actor six very different characters, that’s either mean, or a superb opportunity to show what you’re made of. [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 5 Aug 2008 |
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Revealing comedy funny and sharp Jane Hammersby is married, with two young girls, 4 and 6, and living in “wheelie-bin land” of suburban London. Her husband Kev, a building safety inspector, is away a lot. One day, when Jane is at the end of her tether with the girls, Kev returns with the news that he has developed “irrational feelings” for his co-worker Fay. [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 4 Aug 2008 |
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Eulogy about love fails test Anon once said that American women like quiet men: they think they’re listening. Winter, an overlong two-hander described as ‘a eulogy for love’, puts Anon’s theory to the test. [more] |
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GO SOLO 2008 at Te Whaea - SEEyD Space, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown reviewed by Thomas LaHood 4 Aug 2008 |
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Groups A & B: Playing to strengths ... the experience is overall very rewarding. Groups A & B further reinforce the Go Solo programme as richly fertile and well cultivated ground for an increasingly confident crop of artists to grow their skills, not just as actors but also as theatre-makers. [more] |
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