 reviewed by Richard Mays (The Manawatu Standard) 25 Apr 2007 |
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Rewarding reinvention Striking liberties have been taken with this 20th century classic. On a stark white minimalist set, with floorboards at crazy-house angles, director Willem Wassenaar and his young cast have set about reinventing Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. [more] |
 reviewed by Mary Anne Bourke 11 Dec 2006 |
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Fresh, knowing, moving “For nowadays, the world is lit by lightning...” With these final words, Tom Wingfield walks, just as his father did, away from his mother and sister and into the world. This production allows the playwright’s vision to flash in all its cruel lucidity. [more] |
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Court One reviewed by Lindsay Clark 21 Oct 2007 |
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Haunting play finely done This is no play for the fainthearted. It offers a wistful commentary on the fragility of the dreams we are bound to dream and the hell that is other people dreaming them for us. Sue Rider and team have put their stamp firmly on the self absorbed world of Williams’ strongly autobiographical memory play and in doing so bring us closer to our own truths. [more] |
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reviewed by Peter Hawes 26 Apr 2007 |
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Breath-taking up-take of a challenge ... And never have I known a more breath-taking up-take of a challenge set down by a renowned playwright than this version of The Glass Menagerie. “Okay,” says Tennessee, “this is all coming out of my goddam head and I’ll see it as I want and I’ll take you where I like.” And the amazingly precocious members of the ALMOST A BIRD COLLECTIVE have said, “Okay, and we might just take you further than that – at your own invitation.” ... [more] |
 reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton 20 May 2013 |
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Brilliant interpretation of an American masterpiece The journey to an unfamiliar venue is abundantly rewarded in ATC's brilliant interpretation of one of the masterworks of American literature. [more] |
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reviewed by Gilbert Wong (Metro Arts) 20 May 2013 |
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Potency and beauty If theatre is an illusion of reality then that truism is embedded in the DNA of this respectful production. It’s the 1930s. Depression and imminent war mean America will become a much darker place. A foghorn sounds as the conflicted Tom Wingfield (Edwin Wright) sits in the shadows. “I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.” [more] |
 reviewed by Aidan-B. Howard 13 Mar 2012 |
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Short on dynamics if you know your Williams In short, the cast needs to push the differences and absurdities of interrelationships more, but they seem to hold back and give us a ‘nicer’ storyline. [more] |
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reviewed by Matt Baker 20 May 2013 |
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A precious piece The Glass Menagerie is a magical play. From the opening Brechtian monologue, to the blatant symbolism and dialogue surrounding the titular menagerie, playwright Tennessee Williams does not shy away from using a light theatrical shroud to expose truths. It would be easy to rely on these conventions and consequentially not find the true weight in his writing, but Auckland Theatre Company’s production of The Glass Menagerie is a beautiful blend. [more] |
 reviewed by Maryanne Cathro 25 Sep 2010 |
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Absorbable, palpable, digestible The name of this piece tells us a lot about what to expect – it is an event inspired by the television series glee. I’ve only seen a couple of episodes of it and it didn’t really do it for me, and as I’m assuming that most of you are not high school kids looking for an extension of the TV experience, consider it a red herring. [more] |
 THE GLORIOUS SKY AWESOMES at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 28 Apr 2010 |
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Deserves further development In a change of pace from the standup fare that is dominating the Comedy Festival, last year’s winners of Two Day Plays Draft 2 – Nic Gorman and Paul Glubb – have fabricated a tangled and twisted yarn about how Yuri Gagarin and John Glenn became the first Russian (and first man ever) and first American to orbit the Earth. [more] |
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