Thom Monckton: The Artist & The King of Taking – Q Theatre: Review
Thom Monckton performs two delightful acrobatic comedy clown shows at Auckland’s Q Theatre, which are masterclasses in the art of minimalist comedy theatre.
Thom Monckton performs two delightful acrobatic comedy clown shows at Auckland’s Q Theatre, which are masterclasses in the art of minimalist comedy theatre.
The First Prime Time Asian Sitcom is a bold attempt to break through culture barriers and racial stereotypes by gestating like an Alien in the body of comfort food television sitcoms.
A Traveller’s Guide to Turkish Dogs is a hilarious shaggy dog story whilst also being a tall tale of Homeric proportions. Made even more engaging by the fact that the narrative is from the true adventures of Kiwi Barnaby’s backpack global wandering.
Champagne and Cabaret with Kita Mean and Anita Wigl’it is ribald, racy and raucous fun.
The Wasp is a dark psychological thriller about the intertwined lives of two women who started as best friends as children until one became a nemesis bully and the other the victim.
The Moon and the Tides is a compelling visual and sonic experience of circus theatre set to the surreal ambient folk music of Carawei Gao’s up and coming album The Moon and Tides.
For 4th of July weekend in Auckland, celebrated chanteuse Yulia MacLean becomes the magical voice and presence of Edith Piaf, as the Civic becomes the Paris Olympia theatre. The home of Piaf in the final peak of her career as the greatest French voice.
The heart of Wynyard Quarter beat to the butting heads of truth and power last night with the Auckland Theatre Company occupying the ASB Waterfront Theatre in which the premiere of Bertolt Brecht’s, The Life Of Galileo was set.
Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream – A Wildean comedy on Death and Mortality. The loss of spirituality to the new God Science. Pretty girls make graves, the impermanence of vultures and why ice cream is sexy. Sort of like butter and Last Tango in Paris. The same source, cows also make an appearance.
Depending on your age, Jersey Boys as a musical reference could connotate anyone from Jon Bon Jovi or Bruce Springsteen or Frank Sinatra or even Queen Latifah. But for a generation of boomers, their first taste of the Jersey sound came from The Four Seasons.