 BACK/WORDS at BATS reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 19 Feb 2010 |
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Honesty and depth of feeling An exercise in verbatim theatre – replicating another person’s speech and action exactly word for word – it is just as the title suggests, relating back to the audience words from interviews they have conducted previously. [more] |
 FOR REAL at Basement Theatre, Te Whaea National Dance & Drama Centre reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 22 Feb 2010 |
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Fresh take on teen travails Teenage angst and the pressures and conflicts if growing up through the teen years has had many airings in many guises, both on stage and in films and TV. [more] |
 UNDERGROWTH at Wellington Performing Arts Centre reviewed by Ewen Coleman 22 Feb 2010 |
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Esoteric, self indulgent, far too long Divided up into four movements – Earth, Air, Fire and Water with interludes – it is, like a piece of music, very rhythmic, at times mesmerisingly so, like a mantra from a mediation class. Each of the movements represents, in a very esoteric way, stages in the Hansel and Gretel story – being cast out, getting lost, destruction of the witch and the return home. [more] |
 SOMETIMES I DON’T LIKE YELLOW at BATS reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 1 Mar 2010 |
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Confusion over pineapples The colour yellow referred to in the title of the latest Fringe Festival show at BATS - Sometimes I Don’t Like Yellow – is that of pineapples and the I is Peter Blouse, the director of the Yum Pineapple, Pineapple is Yum factory. [more] |
 THE BLACK HOLE MENAGERIE at BATS reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 1 Mar 2010 |
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Menagerie lost in a black hole Subtitled A Science Fiction Musical - 2010: A Sexual Odyssey,it presumably models itself on cult-type musicals like The Rocky Horror Show but misses the mark badly. [more] |
 MEDEA SONGS at Blondini's Bar, Embassy Theatre reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 1 Mar 2010 |
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A great ensemble piece Another show using music as a major part of its structure is Sarah Delahunty's Medea Songs. In Euripides' Greek tragedy, Medea kills her sons to avenge her husband who has passed her over for a younger woman. In Delahunty's modern take the children aren't dead but suffer as kids of abusive parents. [more] |
 WANNABE at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian reviewed by Ewen Coleman 1 Mar 2010 |
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A unique performance from an amazingly talented actor ... this solo performance by Guy Langford, who also devised and wrote the show, and which is expertly directed by Erina Daniels, looks to be a festival hit. The era is the late 1990s, when boy bands were at their peak. [more] |
 ALFONSINA at Globe Theatre reviewed by Terry MacTavish 27 Mar 2010 |
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Clowning captures indomitable human spirit A programme note makes Alfonsina sound very serious and worthy: “the show reveals the contradictions and paradoxes of the immigration experience, the lower socio-economical environment, and hope for better days.” This turns out to be something of a tease, as the production is sheer fun from the start, almost right up to the sobering but not unhopeful conclusion. [more] |
 THE DEEPEST SOUTH WAYEST WILDEST WEST ELECTRIC RODEO AND GRAND OL’ OPRY at Mighty Mighty reviewed by Michael Wray 18 Feb 2010 |
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Comedy of unease without the comedy ... one of the first shows in the new Fringe category WTF? (What the Fringe?). And it’s fair to say that at regular intervals during the show, you think WTF! I wish I could qualify that as WTF-good but, on opening night at least, it was more of a WTF is going on… Has this been rehearsed at all? Was there any directorial control over the content? And did anyone check that the technical components of the show would work at the venue? [more] |
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WANNABE at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian reviewed by Michael Wray 25 Feb 2010 |
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High-tempo performance: a hit The Fringe Bar in Wellington is privileged to present the Final Ever World Comeback Tour Ever of American boy band Brotastic. Except all is not well in the world of pop. Only four of the five original band members will play; the other is busy pursuing a successful solo career. [more] |
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