This month, Circa Theatre plays host to a gripping and beautifully intelligent female monologue, the Wolf’s Lair, from the acclaimed Almost a Bird Theatre Collective.
The capacity crowd at the opening night of Jo Randerson’s Good Night – The End was a testament to the reputation that Randerson, and her production company Barbarian Productions, had cultivated over the years… or perhaps the slightly unnerving publicity stint that saw grim reapers, courtesy of the Binge Culture Collective, wander round town…
The creative octuplet that is The Woolshed Sessions
merged their artistic talents once again to perform to an adoring
Wellington audience last Sunday night, as part of Downstage Theatre’s
new monthly music night.
Entertaining Mr Sloane
is the work of English playwright Joe Orton and is often touted as an
immoral and scandalous black comedy that shocks audiences by its crude
sexual themes and calculating heartlessness.
Then head along to the BATS theatre and check out the annual Young & Hungry Festival, which is set to kick off on the 10th July!This year is the fifteenth birthday of this unique festival that seeks to support budding theatre-types in all aspects of the industry, from acting to design to marketing to backstage crew.
The Downstage Theatre was almost unrecognisable as I took my seat in the light-dimmed room to watch The Raft. Laid out before me was an impressive cross-section of a bach, complete with wood-panelled floors and walls. There were thin branches of dead bracken hanging from the ceiling and a cute pot-belly stove tucked in a corner. This clever set-design, along with intelligent lighting and sound, set the scene for an incredibly moving piece of theatre that I cannot recommend highly enough.
It was too often a case of missed opportunities and uneven performances for the opening night of Othello Polynesia. Not to say that there weren’t any highlights amongst this modern retelling of an ancient story. But when you’re taking more interest in the funnier parts of such a classic drama, it’s obvious something’s a bit lacking in terms of the production and its respective players.
Knives, pistols, gang warfare, love, betrayal, revenge, murder… yip… Blood Wedding is a powerfully gripping and passionate piece of theatre that keeps you captivated right to the last minute.
Downstage Theatre is one of
Wellington's oldest and best, next year will mark it's 45th birthday.
Downstage has always been an avid supporter of great theatre and the
up and comers. I have seen some amazing plays at Downstage this year,
such as Bare and On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark
taking me as her young lover. Judging by the line-up for the first
half of 2009, Downstag
BATS' annual STAB season is around the corner. STAB is about showcasing new and innovative theatre in ways that haven't been done before, it began in 1995 and since then, has featured pieces by Taika Cohen, Jemaine Clement and Jo Randerson. This year, BATS have two productions, Heat and Apollo 13, two very different plays, but both innovative in how the audience will be made to feel.
Being rather old-school, I have quite the longstanding love for all things involving fire and brimstone. If you like a little raging inferno in your entertainment diet, then look no further than the return of drumming sensations, Strike, as they bring the thunder with their apocalyptic new show ‘Elemental,’ starting on the 3rd of July at Downstage theatre.
This Friday the Young and Hungry festival of new works opens at BATS. Young & Hungry started life in 1994 at BATS as a series of one act plays designed to give young people, aged between 15-25 years, the opportunity to partake in a professional theatre environment under the direction of professional theatre practitioners.
If you are looking for something a little bit different to do this week, then I can highly recommend that you get along to Happy to see Songs of Hollow Hill. Happy is the perfect wintery venue; warm, cozy and intimate and this show is one not to be missed. A combination of deliciously insane gypsy songs and theatre performed by two extremely talented Toi Whakaari grads.
Join Victoria University Art Historian Raymond Spiteri as he discusses the development of the film practice of Len Lye, and its proximity to surrealism. While surrealism does provide one reference […]
Join us in celebrating the release of Katreena Erin's next single, "Dinosaurs". Come along for an evening of intimate folk music, including a sneak peek preview of the song before it's officially released!
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