Bats Theatre Stages MO & JESS KILL SUSIE, 1/7-1/23 by BWW News Desk
- January 07, 2010 Bats Theatre will present 'Mo & Jess Kill Susie',a tense, claustrophobic hostage drama which returns to BATS where it premiered in 1996. The play won Gary Henderson the Best New Short Play at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards that same year. The show will run from January 7 to 23.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Plays the Court Theater, 1/18-1/30 by BWW News Desk
- January 06, 2010 Young Jack Robinson discovers a giant world of adventure in The Court Theatre's latest kids show, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, playing from January 18 to January 30.
The RNZB presents The Meridian Season of Carmen by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 22, 2009 Carmen's allure is the stuff of legend. Sizzlingly seductive, few can resist her charms. An electrifying contemporary ballet, set in modern day Rio de Janeiro, Carmen is guaranteed to set pulses racing.
John Mayall Comes To Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North 4/17/2010 by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 22, 2009 The blues doesn't get much more exciting than this!
John Mayall is of course a pioneering English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
His musical career spans over fifty years, but the most notable episode in it occurred during the late '60s, when he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.
Dance Of Desire Plays Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 22, 2009 The new All-Irish production DANCE OF DESIRE is coming to NZ as part of an extensive world tour. Produced by Michael Carr of Ceol Chiarrai Productions Dublin, this new show is described as 'edgy, somewhat more adventurous than past Irish Dance shows, and full of 'A' level championship performers' Over the past year the show has played in Paris, New York, Beijing, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and a record seven month season in Australia.
7 Irish Tenors Play Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 22, 2009 Stewart & Tricia Macpherson present THE SEVEN IRISH TENORS
THE SEVEN IRISH TENORS originated in Dublin more than a decade ago with the sole intent of showcasing to the world the finest young exponents of Irish singing.
BUSTING OUT Plays Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North 2/14/2010 by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 22, 2009 Returning after their smash hit performance, Busting Out! is a show like no other!!! Take two big talents, with even bigger personalities and personal attributes, combine skits, tricks and song and sit back and prepare to be amazed at what the irrepressible Emma Powell and Bev Killick do when they take a most irreverent look at that much revered embodiment of womanhood - the breast.
BWW REVIEWS: SCARED SCRIPTLESS - Unscripted Perfection by Tim Bain
- December 21, 2009 The final performance of 2009 year for the Court Jesters and what utter perfection is was. For those over the globe who don't know what Scared Scriptless is, let me explain. For nineteen years a 'troupe' of improvisers create and delight each and every Friday for their audience scenes made up out of thin-air. Simple in concept, but this show is no little hum-drum-tiny-out-the-back of a shady bar affair. These are improvisers at the top of their game in New Zealand. This is a show which has added shows on a Saturday night to keep up demand, it always sells out it 'usual' home of The Forge and this year as even filled to just under 300 people a per show some of the weeks.
Titirangi Theatre's Production of PACK OF GIRLS Opens March 20 by BWW News Desk
- December 20, 2009 Titirangi Theatre presents 'Pack of Girls', a rough and tumble romp about a women's rugby team by N.Z. playwright David Geary, directed by Lindsay Nash. The production starts on March 9 and runs for two weeks.
The Forge at the Court Theatre Present FOURPLAY, December 15-16 by BWW News Desk
- December 15, 2009 Young Playwrights Initiative in The Forge at The Court Theatre presents Fourplay: four short pieces created by four young playwrights and two young directors with input from seasoned professionals, put together in the past eight weeks.
Bats Theatre Stages MO & JESS KILL SUSIE, 1/7-1/23 by BWW News Desk
- December 13, 2009 Bats Theatre will present 'Mo & Jess Kill Susie',a tense, claustrophobic hostage drama which returns to BATS where it premiered in 1996. The play won Gary Henderson the Best New Short Play at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards that same year. The show will run from January 7 to 23.