Our New Zealand Critics
View All ».jpeg?format=auto&width=100)
Review: 'THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR' BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE at Shoreside Theatre
What did our critic think of 'THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR' BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE at Shoreside Theatre?...
Review: ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA at Shoreside Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre
What did our critic think of ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA at Shoreside Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre?...
Review: DI AND VIV AND ROSE at The Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna, Auckland
What did our critic think of DI AND VIV AND ROSE at THE PUMPHOUSE Theatre, Takapuna, Auckland?Don't we all hunger for human connection? Love? Support? Laughter? Directed superbly, with exquisite attention to detail, by Stephanie McKellar- Smith, the action of this emotionally-charged play centres ...
Review: THE MADE at ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland
What did our critic think of THE MADE at ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland?...
Review: THE WHALE RIDER at The Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna, Auckland
What did our critic think of THE WHALE RIDER at The Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna, Auckland?...
Review: THE CAMPERVAN at The Pumphouse, Takapuna, Auckland
The play boils society down to two sorts of people: the ones who are focused on the accumulation of more, and the self-serving leeches who survive off those who accumulate. The audience starts by laughing at the characters but leaves wondering if we were laughing at boldly painted versions of oursel...
Review: THE WASP at Q Theatre, Auckland
What did our critic think of THE WASP at Q Theatre, Auckland?...
Review: SHEPHERD at Howick Little Theatre
What did our critic think of SHEPHERD at HOWICK LITTLE THEATRE?...
Review: THE WRITER at Q Theatre
THE WRITER is an emotionally rich, eloquent and engaging play that surprises. This is an adult play that addresses creativity, gender inequalities and power, particularly in the theatre setting: 'You get to make the world and I get to live in it.'...
Review: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT at Q
The compelling layers within layers of tension that expose the complexity of the human condition are exquisitely unraveled in Auckland Theatre Company's latest production, ''Long Day's Journey into Night' currently playing at Q Theatre. I was mesmerised throughout the performance....
BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK at Pumphouse
The audience is robbed of their sense of security; blindsided by anticipation and fear. Thrilled and chilled yet enthralled in a nervous hope that the anxiety and build-up will soon break into yet another fright....gripped by the juxtaposed emotions of hope and fear....
BWW Review: DHABA ON DEVON AVENUE at TAPAC
Opening night of a world premiere – and it’s a passionate and eloquent drama of a family polarised by a gamut of emotions: pride, determination, challenge and heritage. A ypical conversation that you have with your parents about ‘you just need to let me do my thing. You brought me to a new c...
BWW Review: HANNA at Dolphin Theatre, Onehunga, Auckland
Director Jennifer Ward-Lealand's expertise and wisdom of the stage lives and breathes through the performance of Cassandra Woodhouse in Hanna. Woodhouse captivated the audience for the entire 90-minute performance. She is sensational. No one was in their seats - they were with her as she carried us...
BWW Review: BRIDAL SHOP CONFESSIONS at Dolphin Theatre, Onehunga, Auckland
Dolphin Theatre's 'Bridal Shop Confessions' is a world premiere from award-winning New Zealand playwright Lindsey Brown. Directed by Robyn Bull it's the story of 5 childhood friends who follow through on their pact to be each other's bridesmaids....
BWW Review: GRAND HORIZONS at ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland
A spell-binding sandwich-making experience? The luncheon paper taking centre stage and the attention of all? I wouldn't have believed it either!. This is just one of the many kiwi moments made into artistry during Auckland Theatre Company's Grand Horizons presented by MINDFOOD....
BWW Review: THE COUNTRY HOUSE at Dolphin Theatre, Onehunga, Auckland
Dolphin Theatre Company, Onehunga Auckland delights with the New Zealand Premiere of the Donald Margulies, Chekhovian-inspired multi-generation play full of complicated thespians....
BWW Review: SOHO CINDERS at Te Auaha
Currently at Te Auaha, Wellington Footlights Society is staging the New Zealand Premiere of Soho Cinders, a charming, gender-reversed telling of the original Cinderella story. With music by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe and a book by Anthony Drewe and Elliot Davis, Footlights is supporti...
BWW Review: THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA at The Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna, Auckland
Opening night of the second play of the Shoreside's Auckland Shakespeare in the Park - and it's raining. However, spirits undeterred - the actors and the audience move into the auditorium, and the comedy begins. The Two Gentlemen of Verona was probably one of Shakespeare's first comedies alongside T...
BWW Review: Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE presented by Shoreside Theatre at The Pumphouse, Takapuna.
Opening night of the first play of the Shoreside's Auckland Shakespeare in the Park - and it's a clever comedy, its controversy eloquently driven by polarised emotions: friendship, revenge, love, hate, justice, mercy. Whether this is your first time or another of many viewings, there is much to surp...
BWW Review: DOUBLE BILL: AND THEY WERE WRONG/AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC INSTRUCTION at Courtney Creative
These two plays are a theatrical Double Bill taking place in Courtney Creative on Courtenay Place in Wellington. It is wonderful to see experimental theatre by such young players who had obviously gone to great lengths in order to produce and direct their own plays but it was somewhat surprising not...
BWW Review: 'SPIDER'S WEB' at Dolphin Theatre
This is an intricate plot of murder, police, drug addicts, invisible ink, hidden doorways, secret drawers, dropped clues and engineered plot twists. Expertly directed by Matthew Cousins, with well-timed plot elements, well-balanced farce, and creative flair, the audience is entirely entertained and ...
BWW Review: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at Howick Little Theatre
hlt studio offers a dramatized memoir of an advice columnist, who forges a connection of love, support, acceptance and forgiveness with hundreds of strangers by offering them advice from her own personal experience, opening up about her mistakes and flaws. A powerful performance available only for a...
BWW Review: THE MOUSETRAP at The Pumphouse, Takapuna
What would you expect from a classic murder mystery, written in 1952 that ran in London's West End continuously until 16 March 2020? And even then the stage performances were only discontinued due to the COVID-19 pandemic! Aren't you just a little curious about this phenomenon?...
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES at Wainuiomata Little Theatre
Boubil and Schoenberg's musical based on the novel by Victor Hugo is a beast. Dramatic, passionate and a firm favourite with many Musical Theatre lovers for its emotional music, historical setting and tragic but redemptive storyline....
BWW Review: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Te Auaha
Audiences in Wellington were holding their breath to see if, much-anticipated, WITCH Music Theatre's version of Sondheim's musical thriller, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street....
Videos
|
The Bridie and Rebecca Variety Show (but it’s just Rebecca and Bridie) Basement Theatre (5/09-5/23) |
|
Jesus Christ Superstar St James Theatre Wellington (11/18-11/28) |
|
5 Seconds of Summer Spark Arena (10/24-10/24) |
|
Judy''s Encore Bruce Mason Centre (8/09-8/09) |
|
Tera Te Auahi Sir Howard Morrison Centre (6/10-6/13) |
|
Defending the Caveman Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre (7/31-8/08) |
|
Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley LIVE - The Genuine Friends Tour The Opera House Wellington (10/09-10/09) |
|
Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley LIVE - The Genuine Friends Tour James Hay Theatre, Town Hall (10/16-10/16) |
|
Jesus Christ Superstar The Civic, Auckland (10/21-11/08) |
|
The Addams Family Musical Bruce Mason Centre (7/10-7/11) |
| VIEW ALL SHOWS ADD A SHOW | |
Get New Zealand's #1 Theatre Newsletter
Get the best news & discounts for New Zealand Shows & beyond.
