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AROUND THE WORLD AND BUCK AGAIN at CAPITAL E, McKenzie Theatre
reviewed by Jo Hodgson 9 Apr 2012
Winning combination have musical fun with multicultural dogs lives
Through wonderful song and dance we get to know them as they tell their stories to each other. But one of the dogs is not quite as she seems. [more]

BEN 10 LIVE: TIME MACHINE at Opera House
reviewed by Jo Hodgson 15 Apr 2012
Saving the world and selling the merchandise
I’m not sure if a review is needed to fill a show like Ben 10 Live: Time Machine, judging by the sea of mostly boys with an average age of 7 or 8 with their Mums, Dads or Grandparents, waiting with excitement for the first show to start this morning. The appeal of superheroes and fisticuffs between good and evil just keeps on selling. [more]

CONFESSIONS OF A DRAG QUEEN at BATS
reviewed by Tony Richardson (GayNZ.com) 27 Nov 2009
Charmer with nuts needs a few bolts
The publicity for Confessions of Drag Queen cautions the performance "may contain traces of nuts"... not only is this a pun on creator/producer Ricky Beirao's Brazilian nut heritage, and what RuPaul describes as "your candy" but it's a triple entendre too. [more]

HULLAPOLLOI at Opera House
reviewed by Amy Hughson 2 Mar 2011
A highly intelligent and entertaining experience
Highly acclaimed Jo Randerson and Kate McIntosh have collaborated to create a vibrant, insightful and entertaining performance piece. [more]

CABARET at Salon Perdu Spiegeltent
reviewed by Adey Ramsel 31 Oct 2010
A sight for all eyes: a must
A drum roll, a cymbal and we’re there, but this ain’t no Cabaret you’ve seen before ... Set in the bygone magnificence of Salon Perdu Spiegeltent, this production pays homage, breaks new ground, sets standards, re-invents the genre and literally shreds the musical to its bare essentials. [more]

YOURS TRULY at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave
reviewed by Adey Ramsel 1 Oct 2011
Riveting evening of originality, theatricality and entertainment
I’ve had Albert Belz’s script of Yours Truly on the shelf for a number of years. That I never got round to reading it is unforgivable, that I never got round to thinking about producing it is obvious, but it goes to show how many mini classics of theatre lie on book shelves forgotten or ignored. [more]

CRIMS at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave
reviewed by Adey Ramsel 6 Oct 2011
Indivisibly stellar
Once again Thomas Sainsbury has proved he can hit an audience’s funny bone. Not a tit and bum gag in sight, just acute observation, smart one-liners and finely drawn characters. [more]

Photo: Michael Smith
THE MOTOR CAMP at Maidment
reviewed by Adey Ramsel 12 Feb 2012
You can’t argue with a theatre full of laughter
A 2012 Kiwi ‘Carry On…’ movie for thinking grown ups, the play pits an academic couple complete with lovesick daughter in one caravan against working class Mike and Dawn and Dawn’s hormonal son Jared in another. [more]

SHIP SONGS at Q Theatre, Rangatira
reviewed by Adey Ramsel 22 Mar 2012
Touching, fast and witty
Hughes has that cheeky appeal that makes you want to like him; the persona of a man you meet down the pub or someone you’ve only just met, yet you feel you’ve known him a hundred years. He invites you to like him and in return you don’t doubt he likes you; he talks to us as if we’re family ... [more]

CIRQUE NON SEQUITUR at Q, 305 Queen St
reviewed by Adey Ramsel 12 Aug 2012
Homegrown fetish, fantasy and nightmare with mystery, humour, pathos, menace and gorgeous bodies
Bizarre and brilliant, this dark, sexy cavalcade of burlesque teams up with circus and cabaret to titillate its audience to the edge of their seats. Just as you think you have the level of the joke, or the measure of the talent on show or the dexterity that sees you gape at the amazing feats performed before your eyes, you realise you know nothing. [more]
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