[Team Effort] An engrossing look at two of the men behind Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s successful ascent, Everest Untold is a multimedia production in which Sir John Hunt (Stephen Lovatt), the leader of the 1953 expedition, and George Lowe (Edwin Wright), the ‘other Kiwi’, tell the story of the team effort that went into the climb. Written by Gareth Davies and […]
[Greatness Unboxed] “Torum Heng is the best.” This statement ran through my head, from the moment I sat down and noted the inverted ‘C’ in the ‘Box Office’ sign. This statement continued to run on a loop over the next hour, as Ms Heng ran through a series of characters and musical numbers so well realised and perfectly pitched that […]
[Hire, don’t buy] The comedians of the title are up-and-comers Brendan Kelly and Tony Lyall. They are a little shaggy around the edges, but there is some truly great material here. Tony Lyall’s is at his strongest when he links pop culture to the mundanities of life. He manages to find a way to link Weet-Bix to every part of […]
[Audiences laughing gladly] Fools Suffering Gladly is a neat little collision of styles. Or is it a collusion of styles? Either way, it works. The show opens with a ‘re-enactment’ of how Ashton Brown and Richard Lindesay met. What ensues is a glorious train wreck, with both comedians failing to jibe with each other’s comic stylings. Lindesay is a one […]
[On a LOL] If you like jokes about ending monotonous conversations at parties, dating short men, and future scenarios in which gender fluidity is a fashion choice, you’ll get a lot out mileage out of this. Melanie Bracewell and Angella Dravid are your classic double act. One tall and loud, one short and quiet. While Bracewell regales you with stories […]
[Cleopatra comin’ atcha] I have not read Antony and Cleopatra in years. It was never one of my ‘go-tos’, so my knowledge of its intricacies and minor details is almost non-existent. However, even if you have not read the play, Antony and Cleopatra are not exactly obscure. Ask anyone on the street and they could tell you something about them— the […]
[Emotional Highs and Lows] A one-woman show augmented by a combination of back-projection and eclectic soundtrack choices, Girl You Want is the theatre equivalent of speed-dating as writer-performer Tessa Mitchell takes the audience through her experiences growing up in the 80s. For a show with so many components, Mitchell and her collaborators deserve a lot of credit for how tight […]
[Open the Doors] ‘Some are born to sweet delight, Some born to endless night…’ — William Blake ‘Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin…’ — Jim Morrison Generally, while I watch a show, I try to get a grasp on something that I can use as a basis for my review, a hook to hang my hat so […]
[Breast in Show] A Show and Tell from hell, a Mr. Rogers Neighbourhood if the neighbourhood was a porn set and Mr. Rogers was played by the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A Barney & Friends if Barney had no friends… In reviewing this show I feel like a carnival barker promoting the geek in the freak show. […]
[Everyone has their Reasons] After a successful run last year, and with some changes in cast (hello Stephen Lovatt, Amanda Billing, Amanda Tito and Dan Musgrove), The Book of Everything makes a welcome return to the Auckland stage. Thomas (Patrick Carroll) is a young boy growing up in post-war Holland. Struggling under the thumb of his abusive, ultra-religious father Abel (Stephen […]
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