 HAIL TO THE THIEF at BATS reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 5 Mar 2008 |
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Uneven despite some great performances Philip Braithwaite has a genuinely original mind, but it can be a touch hit and miss. Hail to the Thief is a bitser of a play – a bit of drama, a bit of satire, a bit of history mixed in with contemporary references. [more] |
 RUTHIE BIRD AND THE KING OF HEARTS at BATS reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 5 Mar 2008 |
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Unforgettable One of the absolutely highlights of this year’s Fringe is the first play written by Ellie Smith. The fact she’s performed in so many shines through in her script, where her characters are both well written and well rounded. Her experience as a director is also put to full use ... [more] |
 TE KARAKIA at Downstage Theatre reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 5 Mar 2008 |
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Deep, strong and moving So where did you stand on the Springbok Tour? It was a quarter century ago but it feels like a lifetime. The Tour is the backdrop to Belz’s work but it goes far beyond that historic event – he touches on pakeha and Maori attitudes to the land and each other, urbanization, alienation, self-determination, religion and love. All in two hours. [more] |
 LIFEBOAT at Soundings - Te Papa reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 5 Mar 2008 |
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Quality work Two English girls, adrift on a lifeboat after their ship supposedly taking them to sanctuary in Canada, is sunk by the Germans. They have to hang on to their overturned lifeboat, Bess (Suzanne Robertson) and Beth (Isabelle Joss), as dozens of other children drown in the cold dark waters. [more] |
 reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 3 Mar 2008 |
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A journey well worth the risk Pandemonium Theatre has assembled an accomplished design team and a talented group of 12 young women for an intensely physical presentation of the world of 19th-century female adventurers. [more] |
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HAIL TO THE THIEF at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 3 Mar 2008 |
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Where is the punch line? Directed by David Lawrence, Hail to the Thief opened on St David’s Day but revisits a dubious phase in the eventful life of a much more ancient David. As detailed in The Bible, 2 Samuel, chapters 11 & 12, David King of Israel has an adulterous affair with Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite who is off fighting a war. God is not pleased ... [more] |
 THE TRIAL OF THE CANNIBAL DOG at Opera House reviewed by John Button (The Dominion Post) 3 Mar 2008 |
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Cannibal Dog goes wandering In Anne Salmond's book, tracing all three of Cook's Pacific journeys, there is a central point where, in returning to Grass Cove, the scene of the massacre and eating of 10 of the Adventure's men in 1773, Cook had surprised both his own men and the local Maori, by exacting no retribution. [more] |
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THE TRIAL OF THE CANNIBAL DOG at Opera House reviewed by Pepe Becker 3 Mar 2008 |
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Throw the dog a different libretto More than a few pun-like expressions spring to mind (eg: “trying” and “a dog’s breakfast”) as the final scene of Trial of the Cannibal Dog draws to a close. Though the opera itself is not what I would call a resounding triumph, nonetheless it has moments of fascinating ingenuity, and the execution of the work by the performers is highly commendable. [more] |
 WHO WANTS TO BE 100? (ANYONE WHO’S 99) at Circa One reviewed by John Smythe 3 Mar 2008 |
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Funny, insightful and finally moving I’ve given up waiting for Roger Hall to get back to writing another play that sustains the unities of time, place and action without resorting to direct address to introduce his characters. The fact is he has made an art form of getting characters to tell their back-stories in expositional monologues that entertain, in after-dinner speaker style. And it works: long season with full houses of happy customer attest to that. [more] |
 REQUIEM at Wellington Performing Arts Centre reviewed by Lyne Pringle 3 Mar 2008 |
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Ground-breaking work These women are mothers, grandmothers, working professionals, writers, designers, and CEO’s who in their dancing together present a profound celebration of the place for dance as a community event to enrich the lives of participants and audiences alike. This group dance magnificently and go from strength to strength as they near their tenth anniversary. [more] |
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