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.