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Re-visiting Sartre with a Pacific Twist: “Uma Lava” by Victor Rodger

Posted by David O'Donnell | 3rd Jan 2020 | Adaptation, LGBTQ Theatre, New Zealand, Review

Uma Lava by Victor Rodger, Circa Theatre, Wellington. 23 November – 7 December 2019. Directed by...

Together As One: New Zealand’s First Festival of Solo Performance

Posted by David O'Donnell | 22nd Nov 2019 | Festivals, New Zealand, Review

TAHI Fess’s: New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance, Artistic Director: Sally Richards....

“Re-Storying the Southside”: A Polynesian “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Posted by David O'Donnell | 7th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, New Zealand, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations

Dream The Black Friars Theatre Company, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland, 18-21 September 2019 Where...

“Skin Tight” Stays Tense

Posted by Síofra Ní Shluaghadháin | 15th Aug 2019 | Ireland, New Zealand, Review

Irish theatre company Restless Ecstasy’s production of New Zealand modern classic Skin Tight retains its tension in Dublin showing.

Riddled With Vivid Snapshots of The Human Condition: “Waiting for Godot” in New Zealand

Posted by John Smythe | 22nd May 2019 | Ireland, New Zealand, Review

Vladimir and Estragon, who nickname each other Didi and Gogo, languish nowhere in particular and...

A Triumph Of Performative Experimentation: BATS Theatre, Wellington Celebrates 30 Years

Posted by David O'Donnell | 9th May 2019 | New Zealand, News

As New Zealand has lost two of its longest-running professional theatres in the last seven years,...

Tribute to Author Celebrates the Life of The Imagination: “I Am Not Margaret Mahy”

Posted by David O'Donnell | 30th Apr 2019 | New Zealand, Review

I am not Margaret Mahy by Jane Waddell, based on Notes of a Bag Lady by Margaret Mahy, BATS...

New Play Examines Shakespeare’s Gender Politics: Sarah Delahunty’s “This Long Winter”

Posted by David O'Donnell | 29th Apr 2019 | New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender

Despite being dead for 400 years and having lived and worked on the far side of Planet Earth,...

One Story, Two Languages: Sign And Spoken Language Share The Theatre Stage

Posted by Andreea S. Calude, Laura Haughey, and Kellye Bensley | 15th Jul 2018 | Essay, New Zealand, Theatre and Disability

Would you go and see a bilingual or multilingual show if you only spoke one of the languages...

Through A New Zealander’s Eyes: The Subjunctive World, Notes From Venice Beach

Posted by Hilary Halba | 21st Jun 2018 | Acting, Essay, New Zealand, United States of America

After a thirteen-hour flight from Auckland, New Zealand, I am in Jim Morrison country–or so I...

Welcome To The Murder House

Posted by John Smythe | 8th Jun 2018 | New Zealand, Review, United States of America

In Welcome to the Murder House, Alfred’s story is told, in the popular vaudeville style of the day, by a group of prison inmates. For them, Southwick is a hero, given their shared belief that execution by electrocution will be more humane than hanging. And, as with the development of all high quality theatre, it takes a lot of trial and error to get it right.