The Gryphon’s production of Serial Killers is a period piece set in the days when instead of saying “YouTube” we said “network television,” and instead of bemoaning “reality TV” and its effects on the unwashed-at-large, we bemoaned “soap operas” and their see above. One assumes it’s intended as evergreen commentary upon the early 2000s when […]
Jimmy King, one of New Zealand’s most notorious criminals, is back in jail. He’s sharing a cell with Mau Vaiaga, a recent immigrant to New Zealand. Mau has committed a crime so outrageous that the New Zealand public are out for his blood. They’re both being represented by hot-shot lawyer Waimanea Huia…but is she as […]
Thread Theatre Company’s physical theatre work The Keepers starts tomorrow night at BATS Theatre. The story is that “two women inhabit an isolated lighthouse on a small rocky island in the middle of an ocean. One arrived by rowboat, unannounced and unexplained – the other seems to have been here forever. The women are both […]
Two women talk about their lives. Their childhoods. Their relationship with their parents. Their OE’s. Their, erm, escapades. Their uncles and aunts. They are mother and daughter. A table, a couple of stools, a slideshow projector, and a screen with photos projected onto it provide the backdrop for Kate and Miranda Harcourt to tell the […]
In 1959 a couple sell their house. At 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, their neighbours casually call in to see how packing is going. During the friendly discussion information about the buyers is revealed and tempers flare. In 2009 members of a community meet at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon to discuss neighborhood covenants before […]
The first job artist Barbara Tate had in Soho was in a bar. Soon she was charmed into working as a maid for Mae, a ‘glamorous West End Girl ‘. Ken Duncum has adapted Tate’s memoir about her time working for a prostitute in Soho. It’s fun and fizzy in the first half before things […]
The first episode of FixTV has gone live on their FB page. It’s filmed at Downstage in front of an audience. I don’t think they’ve quite got the mix right in terms of what they want for the web chat show versus what I want from a show when I’m in a theatre. There are […]
Lucia and Luka are twins, living in Rotorua. They can’t wait to turn 21 and leave town for a different life. Their Mum and Dad brought them to New Zealand from the Cook Islands. Rotorua is their different life. Mum and Dad have expectations and dreams for their children. But as they get closer to […]
Last night we – along with a range of other fancy media types were invited by Positively Wellington Venues to have drinks & canapes and watch Rock the Ballet at the Saint James Theatre last night . Based on the lovely people we met, and the amazing food and service we were offered (Lightly seared tuna on wonton crisps! Vegetarian […]
Joe and Kate Keller are living a version of the American Dream. They have a comfortable lifestyle, a loving son, nice new neighbours. However there is a dark event in their past involving their old neighbours which will impact on their future. Arthur Miller’s Tony Award winning play was first performed in 1947. It’s an […]