You’d think a play about a woman discovering her birth identity when adoption laws were relaxed would be sternly serious stuff. Yes there’s a weighty undercurrent to this one-person performance. But there’s also an unexpected lightness to Finding Cynthia. This is thanks to the lively script and direction by Renée Lyons and compelling acting by […]
A View from the Bridge is a trip — back in time to the 1950s, and to another place, Brooklyn, NY. They did things differently there. Male toxicity was very much cushioned by feminine tolerance and genuine love. When Eddie Carbone the Brooklyn long-shoreman supports his illegal immigrant cousins one of them falls for his niece. […]
Helen Clark in 6 Outfits: this is her journey from Waikato farm girl to the first elected woman Prime Minister of New Zealand. Her tenure as PM was to last three terms in office from 1999 to 2008. And, after that, onwards and upwards to the United Nations.
The Worm takes over Henderson’s Te Pou Theatre to tell a tall tale especially crafted for your child’s school holiday. With the added bonus of a master musician in the chair.
MILLI sustains a constant, almost unbearable tension as though something is always on the verge of erupting. Don’t be misled by its theatrical framing, because beneath the surface lies a story of desire, vulnerability, and…corn.
There is something quietly, almost old-school radical about an event that trusts stillness. Write Notes, presented as part of the Keep Curious Salon Series, highlighted the art of storytelling across written /spoken word and song. In the comfy surrounds of The Button Factory, words and music unfolded as an act of shared focus.
The Visitors begins on a sandstone embankment overlooking Sydney Harbor where a small number of aboriginal leaders have assembled. It’s January 1788. Sydney. And they are there because they have sighted a fleet of small boats approaching, carrying visitors to their native land. The immediate question is do they welcome these visitors to their shores, […]
He Kākano: Marmite & Honey takes a wonderful play on all family dynamics, the good the bad…the sweet and salty relationships and layers that all families experience.
Becoming Jeff Bezos puts two characters on stage with two contrasting takes on a dystopic Aotearoa after the climate apocalypse has hit. When they confront each other, sparks fly.
A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen starts with the personable Josh Hinton recounting his journey of discovery about himself, his culture, and his place in the world — and ends with a good feed of One-Pot Chicken Curry. Hard to complain really, unless you’re the one vegetarian in the audience who’d like just a little […]