Edward Hall interview
The artistic director of all-male UK theatre company Propeller discusses bringing Henry V and The Winter's Tale to New Zealand. [more]
Theatre
Interview: Scott Graham
The Frantic Assembly Theatre director talks about the physicality of Beautiful Burnout, coming to the International Arts Festival. [more]
New Performance Festival at the Edge
Stephen Bain discusses his "dream mix-tape" of innovative performance art that begins on Friday in Auckland. [more]
Edward Hall interview
The artistic director of all-male UK theatre company Propeller discusses bringing Henry V and The Winter's Tale to New Zealand. [more]
Collaborators review
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The National Theatre Live series continues this month with Collaborators, the debut play of screenwriter John Hodge. While the assaultive style and black comedy of his film writing (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave) aren’t to the fore here, there is still a chilly/comical cast to the story.
Drawing on... [more]
The Bone Feeder review
In 1902, the exhumed bones of 499 Chinese miners bound for reburial in their homeland were lost off the coast of New Zealand when the ship carrying them, the SS Ventnor, hit a rock and sank in Hokianga Harbour.
The Bone Feeder uses this historical fact to pose the question of... [more]
Hits of 83 review
At Palmerston North's Centrepoint, actors juggle multi roles and roller skates. [more]
The Truth Game review
A fiery new play, on now at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre, spotlights today's media challenges. [more]
Yours Truly review
Basement Theatre's retelling of the 1888 Whitechapel murders is insinuatingly sinister. [more]
The Wizard of Oz directed by Jesse Peach review
Sadly, a production that remains disappointingly earthbound. [more]
I, George Nepia by Hone Kouka review
A celebration of so much more than Nepia's skill on the rugby field. [more]
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Dean Parker review
Parker's play about Rob Muldoon is a mini-masterpiece. [more]
The End of the Golden Weather by Bruce Mason review
Synchronised thesping in a revival of Bruce Mason’s... [more]
The Only Child review
This updated version of Ibsen's Little Eyolf is startling and wonderful. [more]
The Loons’ Macbeth review
A shaky interpretation of motive and premise undoes the Loons’ brave and innovative Macbeth. [more]
The Factory by Vela Manusaute and Anapela Polatiavao review
New Zealand’s first professional Pacific Island musical is both slick and... [more]
Waiting for Godot returns to Dunedin’s Globe theatre
A fitting 50th anniversary revival for Dunedin’s... [more]