Female Desire In Experimental Postdramatic Theatre: “Body Double” Directed By Eleanor Bishop, BATS Theatre, Wellington
Merriam-Webster has recently named “feminism” as the 2017 “word of the year” and feminist issues...
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A Pacific Production Of “The Mountaintop” By Katori Hall
For the past two years, Samoan playwright Victor Rodger has been tireless in bringing plays by...
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“A Doll’s House” at Circa One
POTENTLY RELEVANT Warning: I’m about to give the (well-known) ending away because the play can’t...
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Mei-Lin Te Puea Hansen’s “The Mooncake and the Kumara” Explores the Māori-Chinese Cultural Experience
It captures a time when Māori were increasingly dispossessed of their lands and Chinese immigrants were subjected to appalling discrimination – not least (and I didn’t know this before) by the government.
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Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part 2 – Lemi Ponifasio’s “Standing in Time”
Standing in Time. texts by Rasha Abbas. Direction, scenography by Lemi Ponifasio; sound design...
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Revisited 27 Years Later, “Weed” Plays as an Astute Critique of Neoliberal Economics
Revisited 27 years later, Weed plays as an astute critique of neo-liberal economics.
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Mad, Wilde Party of Midwinter Misrule
Yoicks and tally-ho, what a fabulous, breathtaking ride! The initial fun of this exuberantly, almost ludicrously joyful production is that you feel as if you have arrived at the tail end of a fantastic party: everything topsy-turvy, room a mess, bottles emptied, chaps sleeping it off minus their trousers; but your disappointment is quickly alleviated […]
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“Hand to God” at Circa Theatre
If there is such a thing as typical Circa Theatre fare, Hand to God is certainly not it, yet the...
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“Peer Gynt” [recycled] by Auckland Theatre Company
The concepts of the self and the troll are at the heart of this adaptation by Eli Kent, alongside an investigation of the nature of theatre itself. This is a resolutely post-modern, meta-theatrical play that tackles themes that resonate powerfully with the currently very prevalent culture of narcissism and self-interest.
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“Anzac Eve”: A Profoundly Insightful Enriching Experience
“Afghanistan is exactly like Gallipoli!” shouts Ben, well into the action of Anzac Eve. “All the...
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“Dark Matter”: An Interview With Lighting Designer Martyn Roberts
The light fades to a darkness more intense than a starless night on a country road. As the eyes...
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Timeless Truths Of Cultural Appropriation And Cohabitation In “Public Works” And “The Landeaters”
When I reviewed the development season of The Ragged – the first play in what has evolved into THE...
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New Zealand Dramaturgy: A Maverick Undertaking in 2016 Part II
This is Part II of the series on dramaturgy in New Zealand. For Part I, click here. Dramaturgy is...
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New Zealand Dramaturgy: A Maverick Undertaking in 2016, Part I
Playwright and dramaturge Gary Henderson points out that classic rugby analogies, although...
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“Scarlet & Gold” Chronicles Labor Movement in New Zealand
Timely, relevant, engaging, entertaining and thought-provoking “You wonder if it’ll ever change,...
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Women in New Zealand Theatre Hui
On the 19th September 2016, the 123rd anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in New...
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“The Rime of the Modern Mariner” by The Playground Collective
Adapted by The Playground Collective From the graphic novel by Nick Hayes Based on the epic poem...
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Theatre Aotearoa: New Zealand Theatre Database
Theatre Aotearoa is an archive of stage productions in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The project was...
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Awards for Exceptional Pasifika Theatre Artists
Two leading Samoan theatre practitioners have won 2016 Senior Pasifika Artist Awards from Creative...
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“The President” Written and Performed by Alexander Sparrow
Unnervingly astute political satire When The President opened in Hamilton then Palmerston North...
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