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 […]
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 […]
Freya Silas Finch’s one-hour solo show leaves me feeling acutely aware of my own gender — like a bandaid I want to tear away yet can’t quite remove despite persistent efforts to pry it off. At the start of A Slow Burlesque Finch addresses the audience: “You’ll be walking down the street five years later, see a man with a […]
[Presented by Te Pou Theatre and New Zealand Opera] It was a pleasure to attend Tōiri, a showcase of Aotearoa’s rising opera stars, hosted by the enigmatic Kawiti Waetford. The evening featured renditions of operatic greats, from Verdi and Puccini to Bizet. The twist — everything was performed in te reo Māori. There were stunning performances by Te Ohorere Williams, […]
The Road to Leadership is Through Service As soon as O le Pepelo, le Gaoi, ma le Pala’ai (The Liar, the Thief, and the Coward) starts, the audience is immersed in the Samoan language. The opening monologue by Vaofefe (The Village Vale), played by Jesme Fa’auuga, is recited fully in Samoan — no subtitles provided. A bilingual production requires a […]
[If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you] Described as an immersive experience to ‘journey through time, bearing witness to a Taiwanese perspective on legacies of colonialism (1930-1995)’, This Room is an Island sets the stage outside the theatre, beginning in the Te Pou foyer. One by one performers make their way through the audience to […]
Prayas Theatre Company returns to TAPAC with their production of The Clay Cart. The play opens with a meta twist; on stage the Prayas ensemble are rehearsing their own production of The Clay Cart, ready to bring this classic in Indian theatre to the New Zealand stage for the first time. However, it’s no simple task. The cast is struggling […]
[Find Some Room For Broken Hearted Lovers] Take a walk down Lonely Street to Heartbreak Hotel at the Q Theatre, the latest creative venture by Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken. It’s hard to know what to expect when you arrive at the Heartbreak Hotel. When our hotelier and host (Karin McCracken) comes on stage in a bedazzled lilac suit, backed […]
[My Love is Alien] Reon Bell’s (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa) Concerning the UFO Sighting Outside Mt Roskill, Auckland returns to the stage after appearing in the Auckland Pride Festival, and the Kia Mau Festival to kick off the 2023 Rangatahi season at Te Pou Theatre. Immersed in sci-fi and kiwiana, it’s Auckland, but not as […]
[Like a Prayer] Grief, masturbation, and the catholic church – the holy trinity of Tatiana Hotere’s Skin Hunger, a one woman show that explores life after the death of a spouse and how grief can make you unexpectedly horny. Returning to Q theatre after a sell-out season earlier this year, the show has been reimagined — transformed from a three […]
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