Comedy review: Ginge and Minge – REDEMPTION
A Night of Chaos, Laughs, and Second Chances Ginge and Minge’s REDEMPTION is a mission to save the discarded and rejected from the bottom of the bin and give them another shot. These two have been tearing up stages across Aotearoa since 2020, and their chemistry is as strong as ever. Megan, fresh off a Master […]
Review: Mr Halloween Bachelor
I’ve not seen so much body paint in a room in a while, and this time, I’m contributing to it. It’s PopRox’s Mr Halloween Bachelor at the Hannah Playhouse, a triumphant sequel to last year’s Ms Christmas Bachelorette, and the cast (and some of the audience) are fully costumed for a night of flirty frivolity […]
Review: Grifted & Talented
Reviewed by Bethany Miller Firstly, what a brilliant premise for a comedy game show. Being one of those “gifted” kids, I was taken by the name from the start — the nostalgia of a school programme for unconventional thinkers that I realise now were probably all the oddballs and undiagnosed neurospicy types. Honestly, a lot […]
Review: Triple Double Trouble
Review by Nicole Winters Triple Double Trouble is a hilarious and engaging show, and truly made us care about the characters. With a rotating cast of doubles — today’s show is made up of Jonathan Mandeno & Thomas Bauer, Sarah Ashill & Tony Yuile — each night gives you something different. During our show, each […]
Review: A Bit Dramatic
This show was incredibly popular and got reviewed multiple times during the Improv Fest! Check out a variety of those reviews below. — Reviewed by Thalia Kehoe Rowden In an intense, moving 60-minute show, the cast of four take inspiration from real-life journal entries – unseen until the performance – and invent and explore the […]
Review: NO SLEEP
Reviewed by Rebecca Stubbing. Friday the 13th was the perfect occasion for NO SLEEP, a joyfully chaotic improv show presented at this year’s New Zealand Improv Festival. The show began at 9:30pm on the wonderful Stage at BATS Theatre, and the slightly sleepy audience were immediately reassured by the performers not to worry, we were […]
Review: Pudgy Mediocre White Men Solve Your Problems
A whiteboard greets us at the top of the stairs of BATS’ Dome Theatre. 10am — Dancing with Craig (R18). It reads. 1.45pm — Knitting with Craig (R18), then 8pm — Dave & Bryan Impov Thing. And that is what we’re here to see (though I am particularly taken by the concept of 12.45pm — Autopsy for Beginners.) We’re at […]
Review: Poprox Improv
Poprox Improv is the brainchild of a bunch of Wellington theatre stalwarts: Pippa Drakeford-Croad, Dylan Hutton, Austin Harrison, Nina Hogg, Jonny Paul & Nino Raphael, and it is a show absolutely worthy of their talent. Performed for the first time this night at Miramar’s gorgeous new performance venue — Roxy Live (a glorious new space […]
Review: Best on Tap’s Community Noticeboard
This is the only theatre show currently running in Wellington, we’re told, as Community Noticeboard begins. It’s a little surreal to be back in a theatre — I’ve personally not been in one since like… June? — and it is especially surreal to be wearing masks and spaced out across a traverse in BATS Theatre’s Dome stage. […]
Review: Maximum Benefit
I’m out of commission at the moment brain-wise, and couldn’t get to this show, but the work got lovely comments from those there in my steed. The show season is completely sold out, but I’m certain these two will be about town performing at a later date — they’re a talented pair and deserve your […]