 reviewed by Melisa Martin 3 Mar 2012 |
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Rich, full, devastatingly delicious Auckland’s new kid on the block, Last Tapes Theatre Company, debuted with a bang on 1 March with Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years under the fine direction of Jennifer Ward-Lealand. The emotional rollercoaster serves as a headstone for a marriage gone south, that could have been offered as a hollow memorial to ‘the honeymoon period’ ... [more] |
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reviewed by James Wenley 4 Mar 2012 |
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A show to fall in, and out of love.. It’s a love song full of dreams and beautiful sentiment in its lyrics, but melodically it’s slow, heavy, with a hint of the sinister. With a real sense of musical foreboding, not the soaring love song the lyrics suggest – this love, and its platitudes, are doomed. [more] |
 THE LAST SALOON at BATS reviewed by Maraea Rakuraku 16 May 2012 |
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Western stereotype heaven We are looking at a typical Western township cast. The big-hearted whore, sheriff, cowboys, saloon bar-keep, love interest and a bad-ass who may or may not love the big-hearted whore or the love interest. Ok, where is the sheriff? Who’s the bad-ass? Who's the love interest? Ok, here’s an Indian. Still, no Sheriff. Surely, the Indian isn’t the bad-ass? [more] |
 reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 25 Jun 2011 |
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Distinctive voice of the taniwha Current events suggest the show's title is somewhat premature in proclaiming the imminent extinction of the taniwha. But the spirit that haunts Chris Molloy's play is of a very different order from the remarkably resilient species that has been turning up at recent planning tribunal hearings and city council meetings. [more] |
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THE LAST TANIWHA at Globe Theatre reviewed by Jonathan W. Marshall 15 Mar 2013 |
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Strong text and performers undermined by directorial inconsistencies Since producing the script for The Last Taniwha in 2011, theatre-maker Chris Molloy has admirably been getting out and about ensuring its performance, playing the less charismatic of the two protagonists in the piece, and intermittently taking on the role of director as well. [more] |
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reviewed by Lexie Matheson 25 Jun 2011 |
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Brutality dealt to with depth and good humour It’s raw, real and painful (in a good way) to watch, in part because of the nature of the play’s themes but also because of the company’s no-holds-barred approach to the play. Murupara is where the narrative of The Last Taniwha unfolds ... [more] |
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THE LAST TANIWHA at Globe Theatre reviewed by Kimberley Buchan 22 Mar 2013 |
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Potential yet to be realised The play has three intertwining plots which could easily become chaotic and confusing but Chris Molloy’s script has structured it in such a way that each story complements and enhances the the other. Each loop back through the three different time periods reveals something that has a sometimes devastating impact on the rest. [more] |
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THE LAST TANIWHA at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Heidi North-Bailey 5 Mar 2013 |
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An important and thought-provoking work The Last Taniwha is a story woven out of a myth of a people who have turned away from their true path, and a modern day Maori community who are locked in a cycle of domestic violence. [more] |
 THE LATEST FREED MAN - A PUPPET PLAY at Purple Rain Basement reviewed by Terry MacTavish 29 Mar 2009 |
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Ravishing adult theatrical magic We are in good company. Metiria Turei’s latest Twitter indicates she is present and ‘looking forward to some sick puppetty fun’. And sick puppetty fun it is, perfectly geared to a colourful alternative audience, relaxed in the enchanting ambience of what appears to be an exotic gypsy cavern. [more] |
 reviewed by John Smythe 6 Sep 2006 |
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Absorbing ultra-naturalism It’s a long wait, at The Lead Wait, until the subterranean forces that skulk, troubled, beneath the surface of daily life at last erupt in dramatic climax. [more] |
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