REVIEW: Million Dollar Quartet (The Civic)
[Rock ‘n’ Roll Avengers] There’s a bit of scuttlebutt as to what happened when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins got together in Memphis at Sun Records on December 4, 1956...
View ArticleREVIEW: West Side Story (The Civic)
[West Side for Life] A whistle. The Jets gang lounge around like the they own the city. A beat. One starts clicking. The others join in. They get together and strut. On the lighter notes their arms...
View ArticleREVIEW: Matilda the Musical (The Civic)
[Children will Listen] Matilda the Musical asserts its ambitions in the opening number, ‘Miracle’. Precocious children at a birthday party, dressed as ballerinas, princesses and superheroes, sing...
View ArticleREVIEW: OrphEus – a dance opera (Auckland Arts Festival)
[Look Back in Splendour] OrphEus – a dance opera (Orpheus, Eurydice and Us) is a large and ambitious project for The New Zealand Dance Company, conceived, created and directed by Michael Parmenter....
View ArticleREVIEW: Aladdin – The Musical (The Civic)
[Putting Agrabah on the Map] Whether recognised from its Chinese origin or by Robin Williams’ signature improvisational skills, the story of Aladdin is by no means new to the international literary or...
View ArticleREVIEW: School of Rock: The Musical (The Civic)
[Essential Education] As we take our seats at the Civic we are immediately transported to the smoky bars of a bygone era synonymous with rock bands. The simplistic drum kit with brick wall backdrop is...
View ArticleREVIEW: Green Day’s American Idiot: The Musical (The Civic)
[Still feeling the angst 15 years on] An American musical, an English cast, a Kiwi audience: can the early 2000s hit pop-punk band Green Day deliver a musical that crosses both time and culture? Drawn...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Book of Mormon (The Civic)
Hasa Diga Eebowai The Book of Mormon is a deliciously devilish critique belief and human frailty in our world today. The story follows two Latter-day Saints missionaries as they attempt to convert the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mary Poppins (The Civic)
[Spit-Spot On] In a time where attending a live theatrical show is undoubtedly a luxury, we all filed into The Civic with an overwhelming feeling of gratitude to live in this bubble. The show began...
View ArticleREVIEW: Jersey Boys (G & T Productions)
[Oh What a Night] Oh what a night indeed… the Jersey Boys are in town and are hell bent on giving us an all-singing all-dancing extravaganza at the Civic. Deftly covering their unscrupulous upbringing...
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