 THE NOMINAL SPACE at BATS reviewed by Melody Nixon (The Lumiere Reader) 16 Feb 2008 |
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Too inaccessible Townshend explores a stirring and effective range of facial expressions and bodily movements as he jolts through the repeating stories of Nominal Space, drawing on mathematics and mood swings to chart the uncharted – that vague and exciting area between potential futures. [more] |
 CHARLIE at BATS reviewed by Melody Nixon (The Lumiere Reader) 24 Feb 2008 |
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Heartfelt romanticised cliché In its publicity notes Charlie, a new play by Fleur Fitzpatrick, is described as “explosive, provocative theatre” that challenges “all your preconceptions and stereotypes.” These are pretty wild claims for any piece of theatre, one would think, but they mark the earnestness with which Fitzpatrick and her acting duo Jeanene Tracy and CJ Shelford approach this production. [more] |
 ZARATHUSTRA SAID at Happy (Cnr Tory & Vivian) reviewed by Melody Nixon (The Lumiere Reader) 27 Feb 2008 |
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Colourful, side-show like spectacle First performed as a graduate piece at WPAC, director Lilicherie McGregor and cast have moved the production to the moody space of Happy for two nights only, this week. Together with the revelling accompaniments of ‘Fertility Festival’ – musicians Gerard Crewdson, Warwick Donald and the fabulous Jeff Henderson – the show provides a wild melange of morality, hedonism, Christianity and poetry, all with a suitably avant-garde twist. [more] |
 THE BECKONING OF HOPE at BATS reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 16 Feb 2008 |
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Be seduced by its call When the audience enters the theatre, they find Marjorie McKee writing on pieces of paper before screwing them up and hurling them away in disgust. She is Becky, a New Zealander who has returned from a round-the-world trip and is struggling with her creativity. She crosses the stage, wraps a shawl around her head, and she is Nadezhda ... [more] |
 SHIPWRECKED BENEATH THE STARS at BATS reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 17 Feb 2008 |
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A lot more work is required Patrick (John Hui) is a security guard on the ‘King Kong’ boat, who feels removed from all the excitement going on around him. Approaching 43, he is lonely, bored and depressed. His wife has left him because she no longer loves him and he has fallen for Kelly (Raquel Sims), a girl he went to school with who has become a prostitute. He wallows in his misery ... [more] |
 BABYCAKES at BATS reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 19 Feb 2008 |
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Great little play with twists With Babycakes, Georgina Titheridge has written a Kiwi version of Closer. That’s not to say that it is derivative, but that it shares the same tight script and cutting-edge characterisation ... [more] |
 BLINKERS at BATS reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 26 Feb 2008 |
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Charming vignette This is a play of many debuts. Both actors, Natalie Medlock and Dan Musgrove, graduated from Toi Whakaari in 2007 and this is their first professional performance. They also devised and wrote the piece. The director, Sophie Roberts, is having her first outing in this guise ... [more] |
 LOCATION LOCATION at Gryphon reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 28 Feb 2008 |
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Deceit in Realty The original title of this play, Real, had to be changed for legal reasons, which is a shame as it gives a much better indication of the subject than Location, Location. [more] |
 DARK TOURISTS at Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown reviewed by Jennifer Shennan 24 Feb 2008 |
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Emotional footprints Dark Tourists is painfully well-named. Bleak and dislocated and caustic and critical and sharp and sinewy and voyeuristic and nihilistic and darkly comic and absolutely stunning. Its territory is a mix of Hieronymus Bosch, Bill Hammond and Samuel Beckett, in a post-modern, post-Al Gore era. There is a white crane for peace but somebody eats it. Be warned, and be there. [more] |
 TERNION at BATS reviewed by Jennifer Shennan 24 Feb 2008 |
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Youthful, unpretentious and pleasant Ternion is a youthful, optimistic, littler [than Dark Tourists] evening of dance that shows the performers’ lyrical style of movement and sense of line. [more] |
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