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BWW Review: LOVE FROM A STRANGER at Howick Little Theatre
How many times as a child were you warned about strangers? The opening night of 'Love from a Stranger' at Howick Little Theatre reminds us that we need to be very mindful about what we wish for, and to be very careful of a tall, brooding, handsome stranger who brings a romantic passionate whirlwind....
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BWW Review: BAZ LUHRMANNS STRICTLY BALLROOM at Centrestage Theatre - Orewa Reviewed By Pauline Vella
The complexity of mounting a show which requires such specialist dancing skills cannot be understated. With Ballroom Dancing mainly relegated these days to the tele and specialist competitions, a reviewer on the drive up to the theatre, may be forgiven for querying whether a community theatre group ...
BWW Review: Over My Dead Body: LITTLE BLACK BITCH at Mangere Arts Centre
This story is a sensitive one and there's some pretty dark themes running through it. Tuatara Collective are committed to an innovative arts practice that supports mental health in the arts industry for artists and audiences. A psychologist or qualified counsellor is present during all performances ...
BWW Review: ELECTRIC BILLY T JAMES at Q Theatre Auckland
The high-voltage laughter was genuine and shockingly easy. All five nominees were exceptional and presented us with their own individualised well-crafted 'slice of life', entwined with fragments of their personal stories. Go along and see their individual shows!...
BWW Review: LAST LEGS at Dolphin Theatre, Onehunga
Director Glenda Pearce is known for her attention to detail and she has successfully replicated the realism of the retirement home; highlighting the atmosphere and the experiences of the diverse characters who live there and delivering the humour....
BWW Review: THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BY CHICKS at Q Theatre
'Shakespeare was Written by Chicks' pokes fun at poetry, prose and patriarchy- challenging, questioning and debating the authenticity of Shakespeare's literary contributions as fake news- by 'proving', using examples of strong women from history whom he ripped off, and apparently claimed as his ow...
BWW Review: WINDING UP at ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland
The combination of Sir Roger Hall's script, director Colin McColl's skill and supreme delivery by Alison Quigan and Mark Hadlow (ONMZ) created the synergy for superb entertainment.
Sir Roger Hall maybe in his 80's but he's let us all know loud and clear that he still has 'it'; in fact, this latest ...
BWW Review: MACBETH & AS YOU LIKE IT at In The Park, The Pumphouse Theatre
The image of Shakespeare peering out, as if hidden from behind a barrier, as the choice of poster, entices and intrigues - and sets the scene for a pair of revealing performances - is he watching us, or are we watching him? Shakespeare's insights into the tortured depths of the ambitious and unscrup...
BWW Review: LEATHER LUNGS: YAS QUEEN! at Q Theatre Auckland
With the flamboyant style of Prince and a voice as mind-blowing as Freddy, this daring deviant riffs through 'RESPECT', breezes through 'Bohemian Rhapsody', and will leave you singin' in the 'Purple Rain'.
It's all the queens and kings you love to belt along to, in a hilarious cabaret romp you'll b...
BWW Review: OUR PRIDE GALA at Auckland Pride Festival
A spectacular, colourful night of exotic and extravagant Vaudevillian cabaret - this was...
BWW Review: COMPANY at Te Auaha
Company, is a bold, seminal musical that premiered on Broadway in 1970. Brief vignettes (by George Furth) and dazzling songs (Stephen Sondheim) are flashes of insight into the life of commitment-phobic, Manhattan bachelor, Bobby as he listens to advice from his married friends while struggling with ...
BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Pop-up Globe Auckland
Opening night of the second play of the Pop-Up Globe's Summer Season of Love - and it's a playful, laughter-filled, exuberant, Polynesian-tinged romp. The slapstick farce of Dogberry and Verges' pre-show action makes immediate and direct connection with the audience. Already, we know there will be n...
BWW Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland
The opening night audience was enthralled from the first notes of the band to the last at Auckland Performing Arts Academy's 'The Addams Family'....
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY - THE MUSICAL At Cole Theatre, Waipuna Hotel, Auckland
Is there anything better than family and the anticipation of Christmas as December's end draws closer? That is the question we were delighted to answer at the opening night of 'A Christmas Story the Musical'. And it is a resounding 'No'. With all the negativity in the world at the moment it was love...
BWW Review: FIRST DATE at the Gryphon Theatre - Simple, Sweet and Entertaining
First Date is a romantic, musical comedy with book by Austin Winsberg of Gossip Girl fame and music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner based on personal experiences with blind dates....
BWW Review: MY HEART GOES THADAK THADAK at Silo Theatre
Want to see a heart-warming, unexpectedly clever spoof? Commissioned and developed by Silo Theatre with funding assistance of Creative New Zealand and Silo Theatre's Patron Donors, the 'Bollywood' spaghetti western is a superb mix of light and breezy, with an undercurrent of serious political and me...
BWW Review: DAD'S ARMY at Off Broadway Theatre Papakura, Auckland Auckland
Self-appointed Captain Mainwaring, the pompous bank manager, is created with true authenticity by Bradley Pope in his first major role, and it is testament to his outstanding commitment that he cut off his thick head of hair to become Mainwaring's double....
BWW Review: THE FLINT ST NATIVITY at Dolphin Theatre Onehunga, Auckland
What a concept - who does not remember the naked ambition, the competition, the betrayal, bribery and jealously in the Primary School classroom to secure a plumb role in the annual Christmas Nativity play! We can instantly relate and regress several, if not many decades.As Playwright Tim Firth says,...
BWW Review: THE GAME'S AFOOT at Howick Little Theatre, Auckland
For fans of Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes and period comedic farce, this play will entirely engage, delight, and entertain. Intelligently and creatively directed by Andrew Gordon, it provides everything you love about live theatre: extravagant characters with underlying motives, a mystery thriller wi...
BWW Review: I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT...NOW CHANGE! at Up-Stage
I Love You, You're Perfect....Now Change! is an upbeat, Off Broadway musical revue that ran for more than 5000 performances from 1996-2008. Traditionally set in New York in the late-20th Century this production is an updated version for 2018. The show takes us through numerous vignettes that depict ...
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Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley LIVE - The Genuine Friends Tour James Hay Theatre, Town Hall (10/16-10/16) |
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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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The Addams Family Musical Bruce Mason Centre (7/10-7/11) |
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Viva La Dirt League Bruce Mason Centre (5/30-5/30) |
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Judy''s Encore Bruce Mason Centre (8/09-8/09) |
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Tera Te Auahi Sir Howard Morrison Centre (6/10-6/13) |
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5 Seconds of Summer Spark Arena (10/24-10/24) |
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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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Chris Parker - Take a Good Hard Look at Me St James Theatre Wellington (9/04-9/04) |
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The Bridie and Rebecca Variety Show (but it’s just Rebecca and Bridie) Basement Theatre (5/09-5/23) |
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