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NZ Fringe Festival 08
LOCATION LOCATION at Gryphon
reviewed by John Smythe 27 Feb 2008
Over-stated salaciousness subverts strong idea
Yet again what’s good about Sam Fisher’s play writing is subverted by misjudgements in directing, some performances and some of the writing, plus amateurish production values and presentation. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
JANE AUSTEN IS DEAD at Good Luck Bar (basement, 126 Cuba Mall)
reviewed by John Smythe 27 Feb 2008
In quest of a gem
In this ‘first date’ tryout season, Mel Dodge’s solo show Jane Austen is Dead is definitely one I’d like to meet up with again. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 06
LADY OF TEARS at Gryphon
reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 27 Feb 2008
Downright odd
Billed as ‘a rather strange play written and directed by Dan Ashworth’, Lady of Tears doesn’t disappoint. [more]

NZ International Arts Festival
TE KARAKIA at Downstage Theatre
reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 27 Feb 2008
Moral dilemmas dramatised through love story
Te Karakia is another exciting play from the pen of Albert Belz which has been given yet another splendid production by David O'Donnell, who directed Belz's Yours Truly two years ago. It is a love story set against the Springbok tour of 1981 and is at the same time a state of the nation play about Maori/ Pakeha relations then and, by implication, now. Events at Urewera come to mind. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
ENGAGED at Michael Fowler Centre Foyer, Ladies Toilets
reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 27 Feb 2008
Intriguing, unnerving and voyeuristic
We’ve been to Fringe shows in a lingerie shop, a Laundromat, travel agent’s, cafes, central city office – it was only a matter of time until we were ushered into a toilet. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
SENSIBLE SUSAN & THE QUEEN'S MERKIN: A MORALITY PLAY at BATS
reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 27 Feb 2008
A sheer pleasure to watch
Sensible Susan and the Queen’s Mirkin, directed by Rachel Lenart and the sixth and latest mind-bending offering from Theatre Militia, is the show to beat all Fringe shows this year, so far at least. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
STEP UP DARLINGS, IT’S TEN-IN-ONE! at BATS
reviewed by Lynn Freeman 27 Feb 2008
Flair and guts
Step up Darlings is….well it’s…..how can I best describe it….the three women…..you see they…. OK, it’s not that baffling but it is different, in your face and hard to sum up. [more]

Photo credit: Manuel Harlan
NZ International Arts Festival
BLACK WATCH at TSB Bank Arena, Queens Wharf
reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 27 Feb 2008
Loved it
There’s always a danger when a show arrives from overseas hyped to the max, that won’t deliver. Black Watch, when you read the overseas reviews, is one of the shows of the moment. It is based on the Scottish Regiment Black Watch, a potted history though mainly set in Iraq as ex-soldiers talk about their experiences there. [more]

Photo credit:  Igor Zakharin
NZ International Arts Festival
THREE SISTERS at Opera House
reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 27 Feb 2008
Just delicious
Three hours of Chekhov, in Russian, with surtitles, qualifies as an epic for cast and audience. Director Declan Donnellan and his just extraordinary cast understand Chekhov, when the characters talk of suffering you know Russians speak from experience. [more]

NZ International Arts Festival
BLACKBIRD at Shed 6, Queens Wharf
reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 27 Feb 2008
Well (but not brilliantly) done
All the attention on this Sydney Theatre Company production of Blackbird, has rested on the shoulders of the director, Cate Blanchett. [more]
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