Silo The­atre is bring­ing last year’s Auck­land fes­tive hit “Hud­son and Halls” to the Han­nah Play­house. I’ve heard pos­i­tive reviews from my Auck­land friends and I’m so look­ing for­ward to see­ing it when it’s down here. Peter Hud­son and David Halls were on New Zealand tele­vi­sion from 1976–1986 with a cook­ing show that includ­ed camp […]

BATS The­atre cel­e­brates 21 years of STAB annu­al com­mis­sions with a pro­duc­tion of The Rime of the Mod­ern Mariner by The Play­Ground Col­lec­tive. In this adap­ta­tion “the Mariner sets out to sea to catch the ulti­mate prize, but when he care­less­ly fells an alba­tross a curse befalls his ship. Strand­ed in the north Pacif­ic Gyre […]

Two shows fea­tur­ing ass­hole* men. What are the odds? The odds are good and pret­ty enter­tain­ing. The Biggest by Jamie McCaskill Stu has had a ter­ri­ble acci­dent, writ­ing off the car and the boat. His mates – Wal­ter, Pat, and Mick – decide to enter a fish­ing com­pe­ti­tion to win him a new boat. Local […]

Two plays on now in Welling­ton – one a sto­ry pre-con­­cep­­tion, the oth­er a sto­ry post-death. Both are very good. Review: Lungs A cou­ple are think­ing about hav­ing a child. They’re pret­ty sure they’re good peo­ple but a whole new per­son is a pret­ty big respon­si­bil­i­ty. What about cli­mate change? What about their car­bon foot­print? […]

Pla­toni­cRo­man­tic Fea­tur­ing lead vocal­ist Moana Ete, and accom­pa­nied by the rhythm sec­tion of Slade But­ler and Mar­cus Gurt­ner  A Girl Named Mo debuted ‘Mud & Star­dust’ dur­ing Fly my Pret­ties’ August shows. A cool mix of R&B + elec­tron­ic and one of the pret­ti­est songs I’ve lis­tened to for a while. Each per­for­mance will be […]