Category: Theatre – Scripted

This show is anything but. A three-person play by In The Soup Productions, Messy is a dark comedy about post-uni direction (or lack thereof). With an excellently paced script and three stellar performances, it explores the importance of mental health in the arts scene, and the support we have to give each other to pull Read more

NOTE: This review will not contain spoilers. Church just opened. Award-winning play The Cardinal Rules by Hurrah Hurrah is a three-person play by Rose Maher, who performs alongside co-writer Alison Bennett and Martelle Hammer. Together they weave an ethereal web of story, commentary and comedy to deliver a message that’s more relevant than ever. The Read more

By Carol Fifield There’s something immediately disarming about walking into Thistle Hall not knowing whether you’re about to watch a comedy variety hour, a poetry recital, or a public unravelling. F.ART is an immediate contradiction – a three-man solo show about addiction. And I just can’t get enough of it. The space does a lot Read more

It’s Golden Hour at Circa Theatre. Through the big red doors kissed by the last rays of the setting sun, is a one-man play, performed by Stephen Lovatt. This is part of a double-feature at Circa, with alternate plays being shown almost daily over the next couple of weeks. Tonight, it’s The End of the Read more

We be giants with our tiny, tiny love. At BATS Theatre, there’s a little bit of a celebration going on. It’s minimal, quiet, and mostly unspoken, but if you look in the right corners of the right places, you’ll find Declarations of Love (And Other Useless Things) shouting its little heart out. Created and performed Read more

Once more unto the breach, babyyyyy. Shakespeare’s North Productions is back with another modernised take on The Life of Henry V, whilst faithfully preserving the text. Directed by Eli Hancock, and co-produced by Gabby Clark, this is a show that honours the legacy of the bard while ushering a new generation of Shakespearean talent. The Read more

Whether we choose to or not, there’s always something we can do to make an impact. That was my main takeaway from ration the Queen’s veges, a part-one-man-show, part-TED-talk, written by Tainui Tukiwaho and Te Wehi Ratana. It explores the story of Te Wehi Ratana, the legend who corrected the English version of Te Tiriti Read more

NOTE: This is going to turn into a bit of an essay, and I’m not sorry. Long one incoming. A Short History of Asian New Zealand Theatre is a strikingly truthful perspective on the last thirty years of, you guessed it, Asian Theatre in New Zealand. Written by Nathan Joe and performed (tonight) by Sean Read more

NOTE: This review will not contain spoilers. Besties, I’m sobbing in the theatre. All the way from Guam comes Sierra Sevilla with her one-woman show, For the Love of Spam. What initially starts as a love letter to her home quickly morphs into a haunting look at how colonial forces have affected the far flung Read more