SCENE BY JAMES: 2024 – A Theatrical Year in Review

December 27, 2024

Back when I was a callow youth, I once spent a magical summer backstage of Takapuna’s Pumphouse Theatre, working Tim Bray’s The Santa Claus Show. I had just finished my first year of uni, and this was my first proper professional theatre gig. I was the assistant stage manager. Truth be told, back then I would rather have been onstage […]

REVIEW: Camping (Silo)

December 7, 2024

Two couples, one double-booked Airbnb — it’s a modern-day nightmare that usually spirals into awkward pleasantries or passive-aggressive remarks. But throw Kura Forrester, Chris Parker, Tom Sainsbury, and Brynley Stent into the mix, and you get Camping: a chaotic, hilarious cocktail of absurdity and brilliance. First conceived in the 2016 Comedy Festival as a one-hour Basement Theatre show Camping has […]

REVIEW: H.R. The Musical (Q Theatre)

December 3, 2024

Mansplain it to me There’s something remarkable about a show returning to Q Theatre three times in a single year, so I was eager to finally catch H.R. The Musical in this short season. As someone with a decade of experience in the tech industry, I’ve been shaped by the influence of HR — from onboarding and exit interviews to […]