 CHOREOGRAPHIC SHOWCASE NUMBER TWO at The Auckland Performing Arts Centre: TAPAC reviewed by Felicity Molloy 6 Oct 2007 |
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From watchable to a very funny Dagg tempo Dance Festival is a dialogue, a conversation among dance groups. Moving from theatre to theatre and seeing the space alive with motifs and movement, I feel somehow as though I am being choreographed into the whole event. The second choreograhic showcase is like hearing one of those conversations as tidbits. They are not small however but fully meaningful. [more] |
 ALICE IN THE UNDERGROUND at Dorothy Winstone Theatre, Auckland Girls’ Grammar School reviewed by Mark James Hamilton 5 Oct 2007 |
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All to brief … No heat rises Opening night. The largely empty auditorium feels desolate, despite the homely smell of a sausage sizzle wafting in from the foyer, and the excitement of TRiPLe8FuNk’s keen supporters. [more] |
 OLD YELLER at The Auckland Performing Arts Centre: TAPAC reviewed by Mark James Hamilton 4 Oct 2007 |
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Time to stop putting out to grass every dancer who turns forty Old Yeller is Liz Kirk and Ann Dewey’s cunningly curated programme. It threads diverse works into a curious whole exploring the older dancer. Nothing in this outline could prepare you for the wild diversity of the show, of which I can tell but a little. [more] |
 reviewed by Kate Blackhurst (The Lumiere Reader) 4 Oct 2007 |
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The presentation of image One hour and forty minutes of four men (and one woman) in suits ranged across the stage talking politics and economics could be deadly dull. Adapted by Dean Parker from Nicky Hager’s book, The Hollow Men is far from it, and contains moments of humour as it depicts how the National party led by Don Brash managed to lose an election; coming so close to victory, only to throw it all away ... [more] |
 reviewed by Thomas LaHood 2 Oct 2007 |
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A class act Cynthia Fortitude is New Zealand’s most enduring clown, an irreverent and fanciful diva along the lines of Dame Edna Everage, but without the double chin or the camp. For twenty years Helen Moulder has occupied Cynthia’s powdery, translucent skin, and the character has become a masterpiece, a National Treasure of Fred Dagg pedigree. [more] |
 reviewed by Terry MacTavish 1 Oct 2007 |
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Utterly gross but such unqualified fun The Fortune deserves a bouquet for instituting an annual Roald Dahl production – much brighter and fresher than the regular Christmas pantos, which in comparison have the wilted look of last season’s poinsettia. The Twits suits a younger age-group than last year’s Dahl, the wonderful but frequently terrifying Witches ... [more] |
 reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 1 Oct 2007 |
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Modern masterpiece played with panache My theatregoing cup runneth over: enthralling new play at Bats one night, hilarious comedy at Soundings the next, and then part one of a modern American masterpiece performed with a brilliance and panache that bode extremely well for our theatre’s future. [more] |
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reviewed by Barbara Frame (Otago Daily Times) 1 Oct 2007 |
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Brash and noisy family fun is filled with silliness What a dreadful old pair the Twits are. Smelly and snotty, they look awful, they sound awful, and their food fights are appalling. When they tire of tormenting each other, they take to tormenting some harmless monkeys ... [more] |
 reviewed by Thomas LaHood 1 Oct 2007 |
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Enjoyable, educational and upbeat This gleeful celebration of the sea and how all its denizens came to be is a bright and brief one: 40 minutes of colourful activity that is geared towards keeping its junior audience’s full attention. The show is structured as a series of short folk-tales, told to childlike characters by a gigantic conch-shell and relayed to the audience through song, dance and puppetry. [more] |
 reviewed by Thomas LaHood 1 Oct 2007 |
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Spectacular feats more ‘child safe’ than ‘child friendly’ This circus performance by the Fuse Productions crew showcases essentially the same aerial stunts and tricks with hoops as their Gravity and Other Myths show at the Fringe earlier this year, compacted into a 40 minute routine. It’s a polished effort, but not enough new work has been done on the routines to tailor the show to a young audience. [more] |
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