September 24, 2007

Who is fooling who. Items dealing with the pseudonym debate have been moved to the Forum ‘Some thoughts on Pseudonyms’...

September 17, 2007

B SIDE. Just wanted to give huge and sincere thanks to all those who attended, and to all those who made this inspirational forum happen in the first place!...

September 15, 2007

Bye bye! Tonight is the last performance of Auckland Theatre Company’s The Pillowman...

September 8, 2007

King Lear. Before everybody goes running off to Auckland [or Wellington] to see this much-awaited version of King Lear, and raises a small mortgage to do so, you might like to read Germaine Greer’s wickedly wonderful account of the Brit season on the Guardian website.  The review is titled “So…...

September 6, 2007

Favourite Theatre? A question for the people who work in theatre or attend theatre: What is your favourite theatre in New Zealand to work in / watch theatre in and why?...

September 6, 2007

Waiata: the new applause? The night I visited Aurelia’s Oratorio at the St James, the performers’ curtain call was interrupted by an entire row of Toi Whakaari students standing up to perform a waiata.  They sang for several minutes...

September 5, 2007

Stoppard dated? More likely our ears… [The Real Thing]. As an audience member who has seen almost all Stoppard to be performed in the greater Auckland region in the past long-while-and-a-bit, it saddens me to read the reviews of Silo Theatre’s recent production...

September 1, 2007

Monarchy The Musical is soooooooooooooooo cool...

August 31, 2007

A National Theatre Company. I am the Founding Trustee of the newly established “The FAME Trust”...

August 27, 2007

Vitriol versus fair comment. Once more unsubstantiated invective is being used as a poor substitute for fair comment...

August 24, 2007

The Seagull. While their King Lear did leave much to be desired (for the record I loved McKellen and Gaunt and Monica Dolan, the rest for me were neither here nor there) “The Seagull” was a triumph...

August 23, 2007

Investment in regional theatres...

August 21, 2007

When Reality and Theatre Butt Heads. I wrote a play based loosely on my brother...

August 15, 2007

Should criticism be challenged? I say theatre practitioners – and audience members – have every right to challenge criticism....

August 2, 2007

The tapas approach. “Leaving at half time – the tapas approach to concerts and plays.” This trend was articulated...

July 25, 2007

Theatre Venues. Question; Do people out there think there is a lack of theatre space available in Wellington to stage their work?...

July 8, 2007

Producing locally, touring internationally. The following post to the King Lear forum precipitated this one....

July 1, 2007

The ‘Blackbird’ Poster and How Much It Sucks, Because By Gum These People Have to Get the Message. I want to see this show so much, but I don’t know if I can. Posters are important, you know....

June 27, 2007

Poster and Publicity Design… So… it has been suggested that the quality of theatre publicity material in Wellington often leaves much to be desired...

June 15, 2007

Should An Artist Turn Down Work Because Their Economic Situation Tells Them They Must?...

June 4, 2007

Shakespeare in Schools. Participants in – and observers of – the 2007 UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO SHEILAH WINN NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE IN SCHOOLS competition are invited...

June 4, 2007

Deadly theatre? Deadly reviewing? A duty for critics?...

May 27, 2007

Blackbird: the forum. This is for those who have seen BLACKBIRD and want to share their thoughts and feelings on any aspect...