 TROUSER-WEARING CHARACTERS at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian reviewed by Lori Leigh 21 Feb 2013 |
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Celebrating iconic cross-dressers Aptly titled Trouser-Wearing Characters, Collis conveys the stories of four real-life ‘trouser-wearing characters’; famous twentieth-century figures who have either literally or metaphorically ‘worn the pants’: Nancy Spain, Valerie Arkell-Smith (aka Colonel Sir Victor Barker), Douglas Byng, and Coral Browne. [more] |
 MATTHEW HARVEY IS... DANGERMAN! at Whammy Bar, St Kevin’s Arcade, K' Road reviewed by Gus Simonovic 21 Feb 2013 |
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Conquering the world, one funny poem at a time They say “observation is the mother of imagination” - and Matthew Harvey is a very good observer. Very very good! If you want to test yourself, try writing a poem about someone pushing the pedestrian traffic-light button, after you have already pushed it; and delivering that poem in front of the audience – with passion and fury. [more] |
 AN UNFORTUNATE WILLINGNESS TO AGREE at The Basement reviewed by Jenny Stevenson 21 Feb 2013 |
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A desire for something much more human and honest Dancer-collaborators Oliver Connew, Zara Killeen-Chance and Gareth Okan use their highly-trained bodies not to present a bravura display of dance, but as a conduit for energy and its transmission between themselves - through a spare vocabulary of movement. Connew sets out to call into question society’s passive acquiescence and the all-embracing world of technology that can let people stand back and not get involved in, what should by rights, deeply affect them. [more] |
 TIM DIBLEY. MASTERCLASS. at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Nik Smythe 21 Feb 2013 |
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Pretentious world of the screen arts lampooned From the first his pseudo-effete voice of consummate experience has the star-studded opening night crowd howling with recognition at his industry lingo and passing snide references to various local practitioners, present or otherwise. [more] |
 BIRDS OF PARADISE (2013) at Hamilton Gardens Lakeside Stage reviewed by Brenda Rae Kidd 21 Feb 2013 |
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Faaabulous birdlesque comedy Staged outdoors for the very first time, the surrounding vista of lake, willowy trees, reeds and starlight night are so much part of the appeal. It is hard to imagine that Birds of Paradise were not designed for such. A dizzying array of costumes, so breathtakingly beautiful and strikingly reminiscent of our feathered friends, are molded to the dancers lithe bodies as they glide strut and peck across the stage. The musical accompaniment is evocative and thoughtfully arranged by New Zealand musician and composer Sean James Donnelly (SJD) and peppered with gems from Gold Frapp, Bonobo and Sola Rosa. Well-known New Zealand songstress Caitlin Smith’s voice is in fine fettle as she opens the evening with birdsong. The dancers are all accomplished artists in their own right and this shows in their athleticism and poise on what is actually a very small stage. [more] |
 SNOW WHITE AND THE PIRATES at Medici Court, Hamilton Gardens reviewed by Gail Pittaway 21 Feb 2013 |
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Fun family entertainment It is a classic family show full of jokes for people of all ages and while it milks the cross-story, cross-gender staples of panto style, it has a fresh script and a few witty jabs at contemporary Waikato life. [more] |
 THE ENIGMA BOX at THE EDGE Box Café reviewed by Reynald Castaneda 21 Feb 2013 |
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Intimate five course menu The Enigma Box is a fun house curiosity, a time machine and a confessional, all conveniently condensed in a tiny box that can only fit two audience members and an actor in the middle Aotea Square. Talk about unusual. [more] |
 FOR YOUR FUTURE GUIDANCE at Thistle Hall reviewed by James McKinnon 21 Feb 2013 |
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Elicits an exceptional range of emotional responses Binge Culture’s artists have a formidable repertory of tactics for making their audience feel at ease while simultaneously taking them out of the comfort zone of conventional theatre and into more exciting places. It’s worth asking: how do they do it? [more] |
 ELEVATOR at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Heidi North-Bailey 21 Feb 2013 |
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Strong roles for women It’s a tough concept to pull off: three characters confined to a physical space the size of an elevator, in a theatre with seating on three sides. What this means in practice is not much room for physicality and a lot of blocking. [more] |
 RAGEFACE at Gryphon reviewed by John Smythe 20 Feb 2013 |
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Cyberspace v the real world Playwright / director Adam Goodall’s programme note reveals it was his bruising experiences on the ‘Something Awful’ internet forums that inspired Rageface, but he has had the sense to tie that in to a simple, if prosaic, narrative structure that compares and contrasts the virtual with the real, thus enriching our perception of both. [more] |
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