 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 6 Dec 2007 |
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Gentle spoof on Kiwi men The silly season just got a whole lot sillier with the arrival of three Kiwi blokes in shorts, singlets, and gumboots on stage at Bats where, to quote the publicity, it’s open slather on the doodackie huru we call home. [more] |
 reviewed by Helen Sims (The Lumiere Reader) 5 Dec 2007 |
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Overall, not for me The Wind Speaks to Wellington was the product of several months’ hard work devising a show based in humour and physical performance with a serious social message. [more] |
 reviewed by Terry MacTavish 4 Dec 2007 |
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Ordinary people made fascinating And thank Heaven for Wow! Productions. Just as the holiday season was looking somewhat sparse in adult fare, along comes this well-trimmed little number, complete with chocolates. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe 4 Dec 2007 |
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A series of mostly whimsical ideas Godzone is a really obvious idea that gets away with itself because, as I recall, no-one has really trodden this track since Bogor went up in (aromatic) smoke and Footrot Flats was put out to pasture. Besides, this take on the classic Kiwi joker – not to mention the odd woman, sheep and starfish – is not entirely predictable. [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 3 Dec 2007 |
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Explodes with energy, laughs and disco When Puck (Tanea Heke) appears dressed in a culotte dress, roller skates, an afro hairdo and oozing Motown glamour while lost in another world through her headphones, and Cobweb (Salesi Le’ota) is tightly wrapped in Lurex hot pants and sucking a lollipop, and the rude mechanicals are fanatical feminists who call themselves The Fallopian Thespians and the entire cast in the finale start disco dancing with Travolta-like assurance then you know, like Bottom, that you have had “a most rare vision.” [more] |
 reviewed by Melody Nixon (The Lumiere Reader) 3 Dec 2007 |
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Funny send-up and gutsy performances A gaudy, vibrant and somewhat cynical script gave the Downstage cast and crew of Urinetown plenty to play with opening night. [more] |
 reviewed by Nik Smythe 2 Dec 2007 |
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History, Fiction and the Journey In Between ... From her opening turn as Sarah Gamp from Martin Chuzzlewit (‘the sort of woman you’d bury for nothing, and do it neatly’, according to the story’s undertaker), the arena is transfixed and enchanted as [Miriam Margolyes] relays, through numerous stories and associated roles, her obvious personal passion for Britain’s second most famous author. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe 1 Dec 2007 |
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Ebullient satire: treat yourselves ... With 20 actors (no doubling!) bursting BATS at its tiny backstage seams and filling the bright psychedelic stage with delight, the show is gloriously profligate. And the Puck and forest fairies still have room to roller-skate! [more] |
 reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 29 Nov 2007 |
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Entertaining, engaging performances Christmas now equals panto at Circa. Jack and the Beanstalk is the third Roger Hall panto in a row, crammed full of topical jokes, contemporary references (from Trade Me to the Rugby World Cup). Paul Jenden’s wonderfully outrageous costumes, Michael Nicholas’ Williams sing-along songs and Dame Julian Wilson. [more] |
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reviewed by John Smythe 29 Nov 2007 |
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A blown opportunity? Delayed one night on account of the lead actress breaking bones in her foot, the first thing to say is that Hannah K Clarke’s ability to adapt her performance to – indeed, make the most of – an orthopaedic boot, a wheelchair and crutches, is to be roundly applauded. [more] |
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