Thursday, November 30, 2023

Working on My Night Moves – a Glimpse of our Feminist Future (Theatre review)

Without speaking a word, Working on My Night Moves offers us a glimpse into a feminist future – one that is bold, optimistic and...

The Naked Samoans Do Magic – Civic Theatre March 23, 2018

It is very rare as an adult to feel childlike wonder. It took the opening night of The Naked Samoans Do Magic at the Civic...

Us/Them – Q Theatre March 22, 2018

A child victim's experience of terrorism is well outside the usual theatrical fodder, but Us/Them drops us into the middle of the 2004...

A O Lang Pho – Civic Theatre March 15, 2018

More 13th Floor Auckland Arts Festival coverage... here is Yoson An with his take on A O Lang Pho... There is a new circus in...

1984 – ASB Waterfront Theatre March 10, 2018

Orwell’s 1984 is no longer just a seminal piece of literature. It has been successfully adapted for the stage and lucky for us is...

Billy T Jams – Q Theatre March 2, 2018

Its hard to complain about a comedy gig, especially when you and your companion leave the theatre collectively carrying close to two kilos of...

Ross Kemp’s (not very) Extreme Tales

Ross Kemp's Extreme Tales Logan Campbell Centre, 17 Feb 2018 What happens when the master storyteller decides to make the story about himself? Award-winning documentary...
The Another Frickin' Festival Wellington Showcase

The Another Frickin’ Festival Showcase – Opera House 11 February 2018

Tonight we got a taste of the upcoming Comedy Festival (26 April - 20 May) in a quick fire package of 11 comedians. The gig had already done a turn in Auckland and Queenstown and now it was the Capital's turn.  

Juan Vesuvius: I am Your Deejay – Assembly George Square Theatre, The Box ...

  Here's Dedee with another report direct from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival... You may know Juan Vesuvius (as performed by NZ comedian Barnie Duncan) from his...

Billy Elliot – ASB Waterfront Theatre October 13, 2016

If there’s one musical to make you leap in the air it’s Billy Elliot, and the triumphant tale of overcoming adversity is the perfect...