Review: Eight Songs for a Mad King

King George III, des­pite hav­ing been a learned and enthu­si­ast­ic spon­sor of sci­entif­ic and indus­tri­al pro­gress, a faith­ful hus­band and fath­er, and in many ways very lib­er­al for his time (except pro-slavery, just say­ing), is basic­ally fam­ous for hav­ing gone mad. That mad­ness has been scru­tin­ized, dia­gnosed, and mocked roundly in mod­ern lit­er­at­ure, film, TV, […]

Review: Te Pō

Three men gath­er in a room. Detect­ive Inspect­or Brett is look­ing for Bruce Mason who has gone miss­ing. Rev­er­end Athol Sedgewick had din­ner with Mason the night before last and is pos­sibly the last per­son to see him before he dis­ap­peared. Werihe has an eight o’c­lock appoint­ment with the play­wright. No-one has any idea where he […]