The latest reviews and critic recommendations from New Zealand.
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?
Boubil and Schoenberg's musical based on the novel by Victor Hugo is a beast.
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.
“Why did we wait a lifetime to speak?”
An all-female cast of clever young women delivered an intriguing and highly entertaining performance.
This one-man show portrays a professional clergyman-educator with a deep passion for film and theatre.
The Revival focuses on a group of bickering actors who slowly begin to realize their show is haunted.
Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum has burst into life with gusto on the Hamilton Musical Theatre.
Set in a suburban town in England in present time, 'THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN' is a contemporary and complex psycho-thriller, a 'whodunnit' with twists and turns, anticipations and numerous attempts to guess just who is guilty and who is not.
An impressive cast assembled by Centrestage Youth Theatre incited a standing ovation on their final performance of Legally Blonde.
Shortland Street is an iconic Kiwi soap opera based around the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital.
I was invited along to opening night of Playhouse Theatre's production of Blackadder .
Shortly before her death in 1952 at the age of 33, Eva Peron was bestowed with the title “Spiritual Leader of The Nation” by the Argentine Congress.
A joyous celebration of Musical Theatre that packs a powerful message!
Powerful performances and fresh new perspectives - the tragedy unfolded with well-focused emotionally charged performances full of clarity and conviction.
Opening night of the second play of the Shoreside’s 25th Summer Shakespeare in the Park – and it’s a comedy through and through.
Queen_St are four talented significant soloists in their own right, but combine them into powerful duets, and commanding creative quartet arrangements – and we get harmonies and melodies delivered with effortless conviction, tonal glow and clarity of diction.
Inside the cavernous Fly Palmy Arena, Greek legend collides with space opera via Cirque de Soleil in the epic human-powered gravity and vertigo-defying Dust Palace sci-fi reset of Homer’s Odyssey.
Porirua Little Theatre revives The Sound of Music with phenomenally creative set, staging and lighting.
2020 has been a tough year for the arts in New Zealand, not only for those who appreciate the opportunity to enjoy imaginative and skilled live theatre and the power of music to stir the soul , but of course for the performers themselves.
A Celebratory, Joyful, Funny, Vulnerable, Delicious & Devastatingmust see for all women and their loves!
If 2020 could be summed up perfectly in a show, that show would be ANNIE!
Papakura Theatre Company is taking us on a comedic journey to the small, fictional town of Dibley in Oxfordshire, England.
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Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley LIVE - The Genuine Friends Tour The Opera House Wellington (10/09-10/09) |
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Chris Parker - Take a Good Hard Look at Me James Hay Theatre, Town Hall (9/05-9/05) |
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Bug Songs Not Love Songs BATS (8/25-8/29) |
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Femmes and Thems Comedy Basement Theatre (8/27-11/19) |
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Chris Parker - Take a Good Hard Look at Me St James Theatre Wellington (9/04-9/04) |
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses The Rose Centre (8/15-8/29) |
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Garithmetic: The Maths Show for Dumb People Basement Theatre (9/22-9/26) |
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5 Seconds of Summer Spark Arena (10/24-10/24) |
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Bug Songs Not Love Songs Little Andromeda (9/18-9/18) |
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Jesus Christ Superstar St James Theatre Wellington (11/18-11/28) |
