King Lear and Maori Culture – Joe Dekkers-Reihana: Interview
The Auckland Theatre Company’s production of King Lear opens today. Here is actor Joe Dekkers-Reihana to tell us how Shakespeare and Maori culture overlap.
Waiting for Waiting for Godot – Q Theatre Loft
Waiting For Godot: There’s a simple principle when making cocktails: that the resulting cocktail must be better than the ingredients. If you have a fine, aged, bottle of whiskey, for example, then if you can’t make it better then just take your whiskey neat.
The Merry Wives of Windsor – Pumphouse Theatre, Jan 24, 2023
The Merry Wives of Windsor from William Shakespeare, a comedy of social mores and sexual innuendo is given a ribald and riotous treatment by the Shoreside Theatre troupe.
Antony and Cleopatra – Pumphouse Theatre, January 22, 2023
Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare’s great play of geopolitics and history, a legendary love affair with comedy and tragedy, comes to life splendidly at the outdoor Pumphouse Theatre.
Snowflake – Plumb Theatre (Pitt Street Theatre)
Snowflake had its New Zealand premiere at Auckland Pitt Street Theatre. We send Theatre Peter off to check it out.
The Art Of Black Grace 1/5 – Karanga Plaza: Nov. 20, 2022
The Art Of Black Grace 1/5, presented by Neil Iremia and Black Grace opened on November 20th. The 13th Floor’s Carin Newbould was there. Here is her report.
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.
A Traveller’s Guide To Turkish Dogs – Q Theatre: Oct 18, 2022
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.
The Wasp – Q Theatre: September 15, 2022 (Theatre Review)
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.
Girl From The North Country – Civic Theatre July 5, 2022
Girl From The North Country is not only a Bob Dylan song, but it is an award-winning musical that has played on Broadway, in London, Sydney and now, finally Auckland.
Theatre Review: Jersey Boys – Civic Theatre May 6, 2021
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.
AUCKLAND PRIDE – OURGALA – Q THEATRE – 1st FEBRUARY 2020 Review
Listen up Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland – Pride Gala has had a serious glow-up; and they were looking fine af on Saturday night.
Theatre Review: Owls Do Cry – Q Theatre, October 18, 2019
Red Leap Theatre’s production of Janet Frame’s debut novel, Owls Do Cry, immerses the audience deep in the heart of the author’s masterpiece, loses us in the words, the sounds, the terror, the loss, the sweet moments of pure bliss. It literally left me gasping.
Theatre Review: Sing It To My Face – Auckland Town Hall, October 17, 2019
Sing It To My Face is an intergenerational production performed by 100 individuals split into four groups, each with their own distinct voice and perspective on life – expressing what they think of each other and how their own unique dreams and difficulties shape the world they live in.
First World Problems 2.0 – Basement Theatre – 15th October 2019: Theatre Review
Take a stunning cast of over a dozen South Asians of all ages and genders, throw in handfuls of song, dance, colour and exuberant tenacity across seventeen beautifully curated short theatre pieces and you have the spectacular First World Problems 2.0.
State Highway 48 Rocks the Bruce Mason Centre, 15 October 2019: Theatre Review
It’s a rare event to attend an entirely NZ-made rock opera – but Chris Williams‘ State Highway 48 opened to a packed house at the Bruce Mason Centre last night.
The Blind Date Project, Q Theatre, 29 August 2019
It’s SAD Hour at the Locket Bar and Karaoke Club. Barkeep/Karaoke Queen (Yvette Parsons) is singing her heart out as patrons (the audience) trickle in. Anna (Natalie Medlock) sits at the bar checking her phone waiting for her Tinder date to arrive. There’s a comfortable vibe to the place – it could be any bar […]
Soft N Hard, Q Theatre, 20 August 2019
Husband and wife team, Jo Randerson and Thomas LaHood performed a solid hour of comedy at the Q Theatre Loft last night – leaving the audience gasping with laughter at their strangely absurd, but oh-so-accurate dissection of gender in these terribly strange times. OK – sometimes that laughter was a little nervous. At others downright […]
The Mormons Are Coming To New Zealand!
The Book of Mormon, Broadway’s smash hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, is coming to New Zealand for a limited season next year.
Theatre Review: Once, ASB Waterfront Theatre, 29 June 2019
Full disclosure. I never knew, until told upon leaving the theatre on Saturday night, that ‘Once’ was once, was first, a feature film, a budget indie movie turned blockbuster hit. Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but no, no idea. Another disclosure, I like bands, musicians, more of a gig-goer. As theatregoers go, a […]