Meet Me at Dawn, by Zinnie Harris, directed by Kacie Stetson, Q Theatre 20-24 February
MEET ME AT DAWN messes with your mind. In a good way. It aims to cover a lot ground in its 65 minutes, and almost succeeds.
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Romeo & Juliet, at Sky City Theatre 17-25 February, directed by David Lawrence
ROMEO & JULIET must be one of the world’s most well-known tropes. But not exactly a well-known play (spoiler alert: they both die in the end, you know). “Never was a tale of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” But before the woe we see young love, young hope, and great drama. […]
Pop-Up Globe’s ‘Twelfth Night,’ at Sky City Theatre, 10-25 February, directed by David Lawrence
TWELFTH NIGHT brings the Pop-Up Globe’s rambunctious take on Shakespeare back to the heart of the city, and leaves the audience buzzing, if not bemused.
HYPERSPACE by Albert Beltz at the ASB Waterfront Theatre, 9-24 Feb
HYPERSPACE is a slick and joyous celebration of disco dance meets kapa haka, complete with a Shakespearean twist. It has it all. It touches your heart and digs deep. You are laughing but feeling a resounding truth. Something everybody knows — that looking good and moving your body is cool and fun and we are all […]
Tales Of An Urban Indian: Directed by Herbie Barnes, Te Pou Theatre -January 11, 2024
Tales Of An Urban Indian is definitely theatre with a difference. When writers say things like “the drama took me on a journey,” this time it’s meant literally.
Chairs! – Basement Theatre: November 14, 2023
CHAIRS! starts off like a long-lost episode of the The Twilight Zone, yet unfortunately doesn’t really know how to finish.
How To Throw A Chinese Funeral – Basement Theatre: October 3, 2023 (Theatre Review)
How to Throw a Chinese Funeral is an immigrant story that asks if the migrant can ever really go home. Told through the travails of one family’s three generations gathering for a funeral, it dives dangerously close to melodrama before emerging as a commentary on the enduring strength of family and women’s place in a […]
WAITING – Q THEATRE: 26-30 September (Theatre Review)
WAITING is a very personal solo show at Q Theatre, written and performed by actor and poet Shadon Meredith. It’s a one-hander, but it’s not a simple monologue. It’s been called beat poetry, but it’s not a poetry reading. It rejoices in rhythm and movement, but it’s not a dance. This is engaging, absorbing theatre. […]
ÉMILIE – Directed By Sophie Lindsay: Q Theatre, 19-23 September
ÉMILIE is an ambitious music-drama telling the tale, or trying to, of the woman who brought Isaac Newton’s Latin prose to the people, and so first popularised –and extended – his ground-breaking scientific achievements.
An Imposter – Basement Theatre: August 29, 2023
An Imposter is a song cycle and melodrama by Ron Gallipoli, at the Basement Theatre. It may begin as melodrama, but ends as something entirely more penetrating.