BWW Review: MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS at Dolphin Theatre, Onehunga, Auckland
by Monica Moore - August 03, 2019
The manic physical shtick is perfectly delivered and both director and cast have hit the mark. This is not easy to achieve particularly within a static set but it is so well delivered that we were mesmerised and fully into all the goings-on. The laughs were hearty and came in the right places and the more I noticed each character's actions the more I laughed.
by Monica Moore - August 03, 2019
The manic physical shtick is perfectly delivered and both director and cast have hit the mark. This is not easy to achieve particularly within a static set but it is so well delivered that we were mesmerised and fully into all the goings-on. The laughs were hearty and came in the right places and the more I noticed each character's actions the more I laughed.
THE ARSONISTS Comes to The Forge at The Court's Pub Charity Studio
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2019
Flames are licking at The Court Theatre as The Arsonists enter The Forge, presenting a blazing drama featuring live music.
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2019
Flames are licking at The Court Theatre as The Arsonists enter The Forge, presenting a blazing drama featuring live music.
BWW Review: COMPANY at Harlequin Theatre, Howick, Auckland
by Monica Moore - July 29, 2019
The vocals, particularly the sensational harmonies more than did justice to honour the music of Stephen Sondheim
by Monica Moore - July 29, 2019
The vocals, particularly the sensational harmonies more than did justice to honour the music of Stephen Sondheim
BWW Review: NGA PUKE at Herald Theatre Aotea Centre Auckland
by Monica Moore - July 24, 2019
Director Cian Elyse White assisted by Romy Hooper has captured the heart of this beautifully crafted story by NZ Playright John Broughton bringing together a young Maori man and a young Scottish woman in the commonality of appreciation of the beautiful views from the lush hillside of Ngā Puke in Hawke's Bay. Waru,(Kimo Houltham) a young Māori farmer, and Angie,(Simone Walker) a budding Pākehā artist of Scottish descent, accidentally meet and despite their vastly different backgrounds, they have an immediate connection. As the Second World War breaks out, Waru joins the Māori Battalion and Angie becomes a nurse. When their paths cross again on Crete, much has changed. Will the two make it through the horrors of war and back to the beautiful pastures of Pōrangahau?
by Monica Moore - July 24, 2019
Director Cian Elyse White assisted by Romy Hooper has captured the heart of this beautifully crafted story by NZ Playright John Broughton bringing together a young Maori man and a young Scottish woman in the commonality of appreciation of the beautiful views from the lush hillside of Ngā Puke in Hawke's Bay. Waru,(Kimo Houltham) a young Māori farmer, and Angie,(Simone Walker) a budding Pākehā artist of Scottish descent, accidentally meet and despite their vastly different backgrounds, they have an immediate connection. As the Second World War breaks out, Waru joins the Māori Battalion and Angie becomes a nurse. When their paths cross again on Crete, much has changed. Will the two make it through the horrors of war and back to the beautiful pastures of Pōrangahau?
SOFT N HARD Comes To Q Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2019
Real life husband and wife duo Jo Randerson and Thomas LaHood present a non-stop hour of comic theatre, delving deeply into the difficulties of gender constructs, in Soft N Hard coming to Loft at Q Theatre for five nights Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 August. Soft N Hard is a complex, challenging and riotously funny exploration of the tensions and imbalances between male and female gender roles in a modern world.
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2019
Real life husband and wife duo Jo Randerson and Thomas LaHood present a non-stop hour of comic theatre, delving deeply into the difficulties of gender constructs, in Soft N Hard coming to Loft at Q Theatre for five nights Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 August. Soft N Hard is a complex, challenging and riotously funny exploration of the tensions and imbalances between male and female gender roles in a modern world.
BWW Review: THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING at Howick Little Theatre
by Monica Moore - July 11, 2019
Set in post-Nazi Netherlands, the story is delivered through the eyes of 9 year old Thomas and highlights his perspective on the domestic violence within his family headed by an abusive Christian fundamentalist. Underpinning the story is the great kindness that people are able to give despite their circumstances and the willingness to stand up for love even from a position of apparent powerlessness. I can't help but think of our own social problems here in New Zealand and how this play is an excellent reflection of how a community can overcome.
by Monica Moore - July 11, 2019
Set in post-Nazi Netherlands, the story is delivered through the eyes of 9 year old Thomas and highlights his perspective on the domestic violence within his family headed by an abusive Christian fundamentalist. Underpinning the story is the great kindness that people are able to give despite their circumstances and the willingness to stand up for love even from a position of apparent powerlessness. I can't help but think of our own social problems here in New Zealand and how this play is an excellent reflection of how a community can overcome.
THE FATHER Comes to the Court Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2019
After wowing audiences around the world, award-winning drama The Father is opening at The Court Theatre, giving Cantabrians a powerful insight into the reality of dementia.
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2019
After wowing audiences around the world, award-winning drama The Father is opening at The Court Theatre, giving Cantabrians a powerful insight into the reality of dementia.
INDY JONES Comes To Seattle Public Theater Next Month
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2019
From the comedy writers who have had Seattle in stitches for decades and the creators of last year's sell-out super hit A Very Die Hard Christmas, comes a new adaption Indy Jones and the Raiders of the Last Temple of the Doomed Ark. Sketch writers from critically acclaimed troupe ?The Habit have teamed up with Seattle Public Theater to create a new musical comedy that is sure to bring a blockbuster to the shores of Green Lake this summer. Tickets are on sale now and performances are to be held at the Bathhouse Theatre August 15 - September 15, 2019.
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2019
From the comedy writers who have had Seattle in stitches for decades and the creators of last year's sell-out super hit A Very Die Hard Christmas, comes a new adaption Indy Jones and the Raiders of the Last Temple of the Doomed Ark. Sketch writers from critically acclaimed troupe ?The Habit have teamed up with Seattle Public Theater to create a new musical comedy that is sure to bring a blockbuster to the shores of Green Lake this summer. Tickets are on sale now and performances are to be held at the Bathhouse Theatre August 15 - September 15, 2019.
BWW Review: ONCE at ASB Waterfront Theatre
by Monica Moore - July 10, 2019
The story, music and delivery, takes one by surprise settling right into the middle of the heart and morphing raw emotion through the veins; simply 'taking over'. The daily norms of behaviour evaporated and I was 'in' the show. I was transported to a place of primal emotion that pushes past control to a place earthed in the rawness of connection and love. The very essence of human emotion, need and desire juxtaposed against 'how it should be' is brought to the fore in a beautiful simplicity. Jesse Peach's vision of simplicity and allowing the emotion to be 'enough' had to be cleverly crafted. Illumination of humanity within simplicity hard to acheive and he's done just that.
by Monica Moore - July 10, 2019
The story, music and delivery, takes one by surprise settling right into the middle of the heart and morphing raw emotion through the veins; simply 'taking over'. The daily norms of behaviour evaporated and I was 'in' the show. I was transported to a place of primal emotion that pushes past control to a place earthed in the rawness of connection and love. The very essence of human emotion, need and desire juxtaposed against 'how it should be' is brought to the fore in a beautiful simplicity. Jesse Peach's vision of simplicity and allowing the emotion to be 'enough' had to be cleverly crafted. Illumination of humanity within simplicity hard to acheive and he's done just that.
BWW Review: BUGSY MALONE at Hawkins Theatre
by Monica Moore - July 10, 2019
This is a great gift to your children in the holidays when you are looking for something to do- but it's only on until July 14th so book quickly!
by Monica Moore - July 10, 2019
This is a great gift to your children in the holidays when you are looking for something to do- but it's only on until July 14th so book quickly!
BWW Review: WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT at PumpHouse Theatre
by Monica Moore - July 01, 2019
This is great gift to your children when you are looking for something to do in the holidays; books, music, laughter and fun! This was our first trip to a Tim Bray Theatre Company show but it won't be our last! Bookings are filling fast so I'd recommend you get organised so you don't miss out!
by Monica Moore - July 01, 2019
This is great gift to your children when you are looking for something to do in the holidays; books, music, laughter and fun! This was our first trip to a Tim Bray Theatre Company show but it won't be our last! Bookings are filling fast so I'd recommend you get organised so you don't miss out!
Anzac Sight Sound Website Marks Versailles Centenary
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2019
New film and sound recordings have been added to the Anzac Sight Sound website (anzacsightsound.org) to coincide with the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles this week (28 June), contributing to the final phase of World War One commemorations.
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2019
New film and sound recordings have been added to the Anzac Sight Sound website (anzacsightsound.org) to coincide with the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles this week (28 June), contributing to the final phase of World War One commemorations.
BWW Preview: A RELATIVELY UNEVENTFUL EVENING at West Otago Theatrical Society
by Monica Moore - June 26, 2019
After years of hard work and countless rejections, Eleanor's first book is finally published. Her closest, and rather up tight, friend, Addison - who has sworn not to throw a party in her honour - promises an event of conservative proportions and 'close friends' only. What ensues is an evening of dysfunction, drama and dismay as secrets are are outed, dreams are shattered and relationships stretched to their limits.
by Monica Moore - June 26, 2019
After years of hard work and countless rejections, Eleanor's first book is finally published. Her closest, and rather up tight, friend, Addison - who has sworn not to throw a party in her honour - promises an event of conservative proportions and 'close friends' only. What ensues is an evening of dysfunction, drama and dismay as secrets are are outed, dreams are shattered and relationships stretched to their limits.
BWW Review: THE 3 PENNY OPERA at Hannah Playhouse
by Monica Moore - June 25, 2019
At times verging on the absurd, this production of the Threepenny Opera (in support of the Wellington Homeless Women's Trust) is thoroughly entertaining, at times unsettling and indicative of the work's continuing popularity and relevance although the purposeful crude scenes, caustic wit and dissection of the hypocrisies of the bourgeois morality may not be for everyone.
by Monica Moore - June 25, 2019
At times verging on the absurd, this production of the Threepenny Opera (in support of the Wellington Homeless Women's Trust) is thoroughly entertaining, at times unsettling and indicative of the work's continuing popularity and relevance although the purposeful crude scenes, caustic wit and dissection of the hypocrisies of the bourgeois morality may not be for everyone.
BWW Review: FIRST DATE at Dolphin Theatre Onehunga
by Monica Moore - June 19, 2019
Navigating their way through the awkwardness of a blind date; where the quest for love is a combo of hopeful anticipation and the crushing reality of rejection Aaron (Jeremy Downing) and Casey (Kristen Paulse) to and fro - entering each other's zone, testing the water, retreating and retaliating, back and forth in a dance of 'lurve'. They're great. They illuminate their characters fully infiltrating them and then there's the bonus of the great singing.
by Monica Moore - June 19, 2019
Navigating their way through the awkwardness of a blind date; where the quest for love is a combo of hopeful anticipation and the crushing reality of rejection Aaron (Jeremy Downing) and Casey (Kristen Paulse) to and fro - entering each other's zone, testing the water, retreating and retaliating, back and forth in a dance of 'lurve'. They're great. They illuminate their characters fully infiltrating them and then there's the bonus of the great singing.
KIDSFEST Fun Announced At The Court Theatre!
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2019
Just in time for KidsFest, The Court Theatre is putting on a magical production full of froggy, fairy-tale fun!
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2019
Just in time for KidsFest, The Court Theatre is putting on a magical production full of froggy, fairy-tale fun!
BWW Review: A FINE BALANCE at Q Theatre
by Monica Moore - June 18, 2019
This magnificent story delivers the message of the strength of the human spirit in the face of the inhumane. The investment in both hope and dignity is craftily woven between cast and audience capturing and connecting us to both the trauma and the triumph of the human spirit. This is a must see; a reminder of what happened in the not too distant past and a push to think about our present and future.
by Monica Moore - June 18, 2019
This magnificent story delivers the message of the strength of the human spirit in the face of the inhumane. The investment in both hope and dignity is craftily woven between cast and audience capturing and connecting us to both the trauma and the triumph of the human spirit. This is a must see; a reminder of what happened in the not too distant past and a push to think about our present and future.
Interim Chief Executive Of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision Appointed
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2019
The Board of Trustees of Ng? Taonga Sound & Vision has appointed Honiana Love to act as interim Chief Executive following the resignation of Rebecca Elvy.
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2019
The Board of Trustees of Ng? Taonga Sound & Vision has appointed Honiana Love to act as interim Chief Executive following the resignation of Rebecca Elvy.
BWW Review: THE FULL MONTY at Gryphon Theatre Wellington
by Monica Moore - June 13, 2019
There are laugh-out-loud moments but the comedy comes mostly from the social commentary and sharp, British gallows humour that touches a chord with anyone who has ever felt overlooked, dismissed, humiliated or rejected. These are the men that Donald Trump appealed to with the promise of bringing back the industrial boom. They measure their masculinity by what they can provide and their lack of prospects (especially in the face of the capable working women in their lives) only exacerbate their feelings of failure.
by Monica Moore - June 13, 2019
There are laugh-out-loud moments but the comedy comes mostly from the social commentary and sharp, British gallows humour that touches a chord with anyone who has ever felt overlooked, dismissed, humiliated or rejected. These are the men that Donald Trump appealed to with the promise of bringing back the industrial boom. They measure their masculinity by what they can provide and their lack of prospects (especially in the face of the capable working women in their lives) only exacerbate their feelings of failure.
BWW Previews: DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH at Theatre Royal Nelson
by Judene Edgar - June 11, 2019
Outraged by the release of the novel 'Dracula' just three years ago in 1897, Professor Abraham van Helsing presents a 'public information seminar' to warn us about dangers of the notorious vampire and how to defeat him.
by Judene Edgar - June 11, 2019
Outraged by the release of the novel 'Dracula' just three years ago in 1897, Professor Abraham van Helsing presents a 'public information seminar' to warn us about dangers of the notorious vampire and how to defeat him.
APO To Perform Classic Symphonic Fairy Tale Live
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2019
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) will awaken Sergei Prokofiev's classic musical fairy tale and perform alongside the animated film in Peter & the Wolf Live, at the Aotea Centre's ASB Theatre in the July school holidays.
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2019
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) will awaken Sergei Prokofiev's classic musical fairy tale and perform alongside the animated film in Peter & the Wolf Live, at the Aotea Centre's ASB Theatre in the July school holidays.
New Zealand Music Theatre Company and Auckland Live Present MUSIC THEATRE UNLEASHED
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2019
New Zealand Music Theatre Company's newest performance initiative Music Theatre Unleashed, is a high- quality music theatre showcase, with their June event coming to you from The Civic as part of the Auckland Live Cabaret Season.
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2019
New Zealand Music Theatre Company's newest performance initiative Music Theatre Unleashed, is a high- quality music theatre showcase, with their June event coming to you from The Civic as part of the Auckland Live Cabaret Season.
From Footman To Director: Ross Gumbley Revives Classic French Play LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2019
32 years after his first involvement with Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Court Theatre's Artistic Director Ross Gumbley is back in the rehearsal room, directing the play that marked his first professional acting debut!
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2019
32 years after his first involvement with Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Court Theatre's Artistic Director Ross Gumbley is back in the rehearsal room, directing the play that marked his first professional acting debut!
BWW Review: IMAGINARIUM at Raye Freedman Theatre
by Monica Moore - May 27, 2019
Choreographers Lesley Bandy and Hayz Pincheira Rowe along with Conductor Chad Davenport, have collaborated to create 'Imaginarium' a fusion of story, dance, band and song. The 55 members of the West City Concert Band are front right and centre in this performance, becoming integral visual parts of the story as they move and infuse within the the dynamics of the choreography.
by Monica Moore - May 27, 2019
Choreographers Lesley Bandy and Hayz Pincheira Rowe along with Conductor Chad Davenport, have collaborated to create 'Imaginarium' a fusion of story, dance, band and song. The 55 members of the West City Concert Band are front right and centre in this performance, becoming integral visual parts of the story as they move and infuse within the the dynamics of the choreography.
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