 THE COMEDIETTES: BETTER LIVING! (NZ) at BATS reviewed by Hannah Smith 7 May 2010 |
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Energetic, slick and stylish The Comediettes: Better Living would make great skits for a late night TV show. Their combination of handy home hints and off-the-wall musical numbers is quirky, original and would easily garner a cult following. Kitsch is the new cool. [more] |
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THE COMEDIETTES: BETTER LIVING! (NZ) at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian reviewed by Priyanka Bhonsule (Hutt News) 19 Feb 2010 |
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Comic blend of deadpan and lively All settled in, the feisty duo of Sarah Harpur and Jim Stanton launch into their spoof title song; a lifestyle segment on TV giving handy household hints. Last year’s Raw Comedy Quest winners, the two women know how to endear themselves to the audience and get the chuckles, giggles and belly laughs out. [more] |
 THE COMEDY CURE: WORD ON THE STREET at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 7 May 2009 |
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Potential hijacked by technology No-one knows better that the Comedy Cure quartet that their opening show as BATS was a disaster but ‘word on the street’ is it can only improve. Far from deliver a show apologetically predicted to be “so good that the rest of your life will pale into insignificance”, Wednesday’s Word On The Street almost cured its audience of any further appetite for comedy. [more] |
 reviewed by Lindsay Clark 15 Feb 2007 |
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Energetic ensemble needs pace not speed Al fresco Shakespeare is full of promise and equally full of likely complications. There is the prospect of seeing a play freshly in the open air, and the delight of unimpeded leg room, picnics and a generally relaxed time of it. On the other hand there are bound to be encounters with the devils of sound technology, the necessity of bolder playing than many actors have experienced onstage and of course, the weather [more] |
 reviewed by Lindsay Clark 10 Feb 2011 |
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Exhilarating Madness This year's production from the Outwits has a narrower range than some, with a bloke-ish slant to the humour, as might be expected from the rugby focus. (Expect lots of ball gags and a good deal of wind). There is no shortage of laughs though as three brave fellows (and their referee) romp through a very slick production well buffed up by directors Hadlow and Cooper. [more] |
 reviewed by Joanna Page 6 Mar 2011 |
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Skill, humour and boundless energy Originally performed in UK, but Kiwi-ized for the local audience, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is part play, part seminar, part workshop, and a whole lot of fun. Just three performers re-enact all of Shakespeare’s plays ... [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 20 Aug 2009 |
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Solo stories a little bit hit and miss The three solo works that make up The Conchus Season deal with three topical issues – child abuse, migration and a family coping with Alzheimer’s disease - in three completely different theatrical styles. [more] |
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reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 26 Aug 2009 |
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Three in one I have seen the next No.2 [the 9-character solo play by Toa Fraser] and it’s written and performed by Kristyl Neho. [more] |
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reviewed by Hannah Smith 19 Aug 2009 |
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Diverse and impressive theatre exploring stories unique to Aotearoa The Conchus Season is a brand new initiative masterminded by artistic director Nina Nawalowalo and aimed at exploring ‘issues central to Aotearoa New Zealand today.’ The three original works created and performed by these solo artists are as fierce and different as the artists themselves, but also linked by their common themes of family, identity, community and place. [more] |
 reviewed by Jenny Stevenson 28 Jan 2010 |
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Masters of Electric Boogaloo need sharp directorial eye Of all the excuses to get down and boogie “the clock made me do it” must be one of the more original. In The Connection, dancers Future Fame and Mase Boog have the secrets of Electric Boogaloo – a seventies funk style of dancing – revealed to them by an anthropomorphic grandfather clock. [more] |
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