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 […]
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 laced with humour and aluminium foil.
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 – as part of the Auckland Arts Festival- for our reviewer to succumb to the childlike joy of 90 minutes of cheers, swears, glee, magic and roaring laughter. The 13th […]
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 Beslan School Siege. The 13th Floor’s Neesha Bremner attended opening night.
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…
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 playing as part of the Auckland Art Festival at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. The 13th Floor’s Neesha Bremner attended opening night.
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 unsolicited mayonnaise.
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 star Ross Kemp brought his multi-media show to the Logan Campbell Centre last night, promising the mostly full venue a night of Extreme Tales.
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 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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 previous shows Calypso Nights and Juan, Two? where he treated audiences to a new style of performance, the Comedy DJ.