PREVIEW: Mary Poppins (Disney and Cameron Mackintosh)

October 4, 2012

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious [by Sharu Delilkan] When I met Matt Lee for the first time I couldn’t believe that he was over 30. The star of stage and TV (Australia’s So You Think You Can Dance, Matt has appeared in The Voice on TV2) had the complexion and physique of a young man in his early 20s. When I gasped in dismay […]

REVIEW: The Like Minds Big reTHINK

October 4, 2012

I’m thinking… [by Matt Baker] Next week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and what better way to generate awareness than with a show about mental health? The Big reTHINK, conceptualised in 2009 and currently run by producer and creative director Taimi Allan, combines theatre, dance, comedy, film, and music, in an effort to enable awareness for the general public.  The […]

REVIEW: Bucket Boy (I’m not Content Productions)

October 4, 2012

There’s more than one hole in it [by Matt Baker] After a 30-minute delay due to technical difficulties, we were finally ushered into the Basement loft, but not before being told that we were about to see the ‘greatest show of our lives.’ It was a bold and conceited statement, and one to which the show does not live up. […]

REVIEW: Short + Sweet 2012 Week 3 (Stamp at The Edge)

October 4, 2012

Third Time’s a Charm [by James Wenley] It is the third week, of the third year of the Short+Sweet Theatre Festival in Auckland. Since its arrival at The Herald in 2010, the ten minute play festival has been firmly embraced by the Auckland Theatre community – emerging and experienced – and has gone from strength to strength. This is the […]

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