Written and directed by Jamie McCaskill Somewhere up north, in a small coastal town, there’s a bunch of blokes who’ve been mates since they were kids. These days Stu (Tim Gordon), Pat (Peter Hambleton), and Poppa (Jim Moriarty) pass their time in the pub or out fishing. Mick (Apirana Taylor) has got a big business […]
Tuesday evening marked the opening night for the second week of The Basement Theatre’s Performance Salon. It showcased works by a number of young, up-and-coming performers working across various disciplines. The concept behind the Performance Salon seemed to be to create a testing ground for young creatives to evolve their works, while utilizing the energy, […]
Kiwi playwright Stephen Sinclair’s Remain in Light is a juggernaut allegory for our times – a one-act play set in a dystopian world where the sun no longer rises. The world premiere was staged at Takapuna’s PumpHouse Theatre on Saturday night to a nearly full house. With all its resources exhausted, the world is plunged […]
Herald Theatre 18 February 2017 Theatre Stampede & Nightsong Productions Spirit House is a play set in Nong Khai, a town in North-East Thailand. It follows four main characters and switches between 1932 and 2017, weaving the two storylines together. It is a theatrical riddle that keeps you guessing til the end.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, it turns out, anticipated the World Wide Web and its greatest preoccupation. Following the criminally underrated Variations, and shortly before he lost the plot and decided that trains on rollerskates would make a compelling theme for a musical, Lloyd Webber recognised the world’s fascination with cats, and one of the West […]
Tonight’s performance by the Snort comedy crew really showed how far they’d come. Since first starting in September 2013, they’ve developed a cult following with their Friday night improv shows at the Basement Theatre. Tonight they went large and put on a special ginger themed fundraiser at Q Theatre. They teamed up with sponsors All […]
It’s not uncommon to hear complaint about Shakespeare as difficult to understand. Almost equally common, one hears Shakespeare enthusiasts and theatregoers complain about the butchering of Shakespeare in the wrong hands. It’s a clumsy touch that can mar the intelligence and brilliance of Shakespeare . His rich characters and storylines deserve to be honoured, in […]
A lone dancer walks across the barren stage, lit only by a single row of fluorescent lights. His figure contorts in movements reminiscent of man’s primal origins- basic, hunched and grounded. Silence is his music, confronting the audience with pure movement and the screaming of emotions through his body alone. This opening dance from the […]
Vika Bull and The Essential R&B Band have been performing this “narrative concert” based on the life and music of Etta James in Australia for over a year. Now, Vika brings her show to Auckland for one performance at the Aotea Centre. Most New Zealanders will be familiar with Vika Bull through her recordings with […]