 reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 25 Jan 2008 |
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Great songs but nothing behind the cheesy façade The Tinkles want to be New Zealand’s equivalent of The Wiggles, or Hi-5, and this ‘mockumentary’ style theatre charts their success, or lack of it, in a high-paced energetic play for grown-ups ... [more] |
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reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 25 Jan 2008 |
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A fun filled show full of laughs Children’s entertainment groups like The Wiggles and Hi5 from Australia that regularly tour here are still as popular as ever ... But the style of presentation has always seemed ripe for a satirical send-up by some enterprising group which is just what You Can and You Will productions have done with their energetic and very creative show Presenting The Tinkles. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe 24 Jan 2008 |
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What’s in it for us? The funny thing about humour is that the harder you try to be funny, the less funny you are. And “try hard” was the phrase that most readily rippled through BATS in the wake of Presenting The Tinkle’s premiere. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Captial Times) 23 Jan 2008 |
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It gets my vote Pinfield and Meek have turned Richard Meros' book of the same name, into a persuasive power point presentation – or in their own words, ‘a watertight rational case study’. After an hour of argument and imagery, you will agree with the premise that our Prime Minister, ‘volcano of desire’ that she is, not only needs a young lover, specifically Richard/Arthur, but for this to happen is indeed in the country’s best interests. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Captial Times) 23 Jan 2008 |
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Meaty and elegant What a way to start the year – five plays, four of them New Zealand works. And those works all about as different as you could wish for. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Captial Times) 23 Jan 2008 |
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Tania Nolan – credibly vicious Rabbit is a cross between Sex in the City and the David Auburn play Proof – an uneasy mix sometimes but a play with heart and something to say underneath the hour and a half of raucous squabbling over a birthday dinner. [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Captial Times) 23 Jan 2008 |
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Pauaful performance Theatre really can’t get more topical than this. The opening night of SEEyD Theatre Company’s premiere of its thriller about paua poaching, a court case about poaching is all over the news. Both the court case and the play are cautionary tales for would be poachers. In Paua, the poachers pay with their lives. [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 21 Jan 2008 |
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Witty work of art and science Branwen Millar is clearly a new playwright going places. Her Armslength is a lively and entertaining drama that snaps and crackles with sharp, witty dialogue, an interesting range characters, and a climactic scene that is visually and dramatically exciting. [more] |
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reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 21 Jan 2008 |
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Action-packed thriller What is so pleasing about Paua is that it brings back good old fashioned storytelling to theatre. While the storyline, which demands about 40 characters and numerous scenes that occur in a pub, a police station and a multiplicity of other places including a dinghy and a kayak out at sea, would seem to be ideal for and only possible on the screen, it is really the vibrant theatrical imagination at play that makes it such an exciting event. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe 21 Jan 2008 |
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Volatile chemistry produces excellent ensemble work Named for a pet appellation that’s used just once in the dying moment, English playwright Nina Raine’s Rabbit marks a young woman’s rite of passage from the residual mindsets of childhood and adolescence to the next level of adulthood. But it’s done in the context of a 29th birthday celebration in a bar-cum-restaurant, where sex, body parts and debate about gender values are the main topic of conversation. [more] |
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