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Hamilton Fringe 2012
SIX BAD ARTHOUSE PLAYS at Meteor Theatre
reviewed by Brenda Rae Kidd 5 Oct 2012
A hoot!
Ummmmmmmmmm. Yes…. Well? Brought to life for the Hamilton Fringe Festival by Apocalypse Lounge, Six Bad Arthouse Plays is funny, ironic and one rollicking big piss-take! [more]

Otago Festival of the Arts
REVOLVER: SEXY CIRCUS CABARET CLUB at Sammy's Entertainment Venue
reviewed by Hannah Molloy 5 Oct 2012
Darkly upbeat and energetic
A lot of what I read about Revolver had prepared me for a deeply erotic, intense show. It wasn’t. It was a fun circus show with an undercurrent of darkness, largely perpetuated by the musi [more]

Otago Festival of the Arts
REVOLVER: SEXY CIRCUS CABARET CLUB at Sammy's Entertainment Venue
reviewed by Hannah Molloy 5 Oct 2012
Darkly upbeat and energetic
A lot of what I read about Revolver had prepared me for a deeply erotic, intense show. It wasn’t. It was a fun circus show with an undercurrent of darkness, largely perpetuated by the musi [more]

PRIVATISING PARTS at BATS
reviewed by Ewen Coleman (The Dominion Post) 5 Oct 2012
Good, but only in parts
The satirical writings of Richard Meros have developed a cult following, with two of his previous publications making it on to the stage. This new stage adaptation of Privatising Parts could be considered a sequel to On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her Young Lover. [more]

THE BIG RETHINK at Q, 305 Queen St
reviewed by Adey Ramsel 4 Oct 2012
Informative, enjoyable and moving
Theatre, dance, stand up, visual art, song – it’s all at the Q for a good cause and the producers have managed to create a smart, clever piece of variety that ticks the ‘inform and entertain’ boxes and makes you think. [more]

GO SOLO 2012 at Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown
reviewed by John Smythe (Group A) 4 Oct 2012
GROUP A
What are you passionate about? What are your questions about creating theatre? What kinds of stories and storytelling do you want to see on stage? Director Sophie Roberts’ programme note reveals it was such questions that provoked the devising process for this year’s 18 Go Solo pieces from the Third Year Acting Students of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. [more]

GO SOLO 2012 at Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown
reviewed by John Smythe (Group B) 4 Oct 2012
GROUP B
Dualities, be they warring factions or contrapuntal value systems, characterise this grouping. I sense these four pieces – and much of the whole season – could be driven by a deep-felt ‘where to from here?’ concern. Emerging from tertiary education throws an especially strong light on the ‘who am I and what do I stand for?’ question, after all. [more]

SHORT+SWEET THEATRE, AUCKLAND 2012 at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by James Wenley 4 Oct 2012
2012 Top 30 – Week 3
It is the third week, of the third year of the Short+Sweet Theatre Festival in Auckland. Since its arrival at The Herald in 2010, the ten minute play festival has been firmly embraced by the Auckland Theatre community – emerging and experienced – and has gone from strength to strength. [more]

THE LISTIES DO COMPOOTERS at Concert Chamber - Town Hall, THE EDGE
reviewed by Nik Smythe 4 Oct 2012
Laugh, squirm, gasp, duck, giggle and scream
As the show’s title suggests, they are list operators who work extensively with computer programs and electronic media, and as the hidden pun suggests, they are stunted juveniles with a penchant for scatological humour. [more]

The Body Festival 2012
THIS IS THE STAND I MADE. (HOME EDITION) at Hagley Open Stage
reviewed by Elizabeth O’Connor 4 Oct 2012
Dances strongly exploring a sense of self
It’s just great to see a young artist exploring nuances and ideas about the self and culture and interaction, in this case with strength, flexibility, precision and skill. [more]
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