Review: MURDERED TO DEATH By Wellington Repertory at Gryphon Theatre
by Neil Brewer - March 20, 2024
Murdered to Death is a play written by Peter Gordon back in 1993. It was originally set in the drawing room of a country manor house in the 1930’s, and begins the first in a trilogy of plays starring Inspector Pratt. They are spoofs of the Agatha Christie whodunnit genre. See what our critic thought...
Review: THE MOTHER at Mana Little Theatre
by Neil Brewer - March 13, 2024
The play is written by French playwright Florian Zeller and is a companion piece to his well known play The Father. While The Father deals with the the decline of the mind of an Alzheimers suffer, The Mother takes on the clinical depression of a woman adrift in middle age. ...
Review: A FAT GIRLS CRY at Te Auaha
by Neil Brewer - March 12, 2024
A Fat Girl’s Cry is billed as a show about the importance of Plus Size Representation and Inclusion in the Musical Theatre Industry by taking a journey through Music, Singing, and Dance. ...
Review: GRAND HORIZONS by Bess Wohl at HOWICK LITTLE THEATRE
by Glenda Pearce - March 01, 2024
What did our critic think of GRAND HORIZONS at HOWICK LITTLE THEATRE? 50 years – it’s a milestone in any marriage! Thousands of meals eaten together, years of dealing with everything marriage, cohabitation and parenthood can throw at you … Superbly directed with expertise by Penel Keegan with her ey...
Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Shoreside Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre
by Glenda Pearce - January 24, 2024
What did our critic think of MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Shoreside Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre? What makes any Shakespeare production superb is the director’s ability to recognise the themes within Shakespeare’s text - his extraordinary ability to bring his characters to life by a turn of phrase, a pun, t...