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13/11/2024

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12/07/2024

I want to begin incorporating opt-in star ratings to our reviews. A rating out of five stars is an internationally recognised mark of success and prestige but our productions that look to tour...

07/05/2024

☄️ "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 is like if the flamboyant Russians we read about in classical literature were c**t, which they were in their own regard. I think a Russian novel is the perfect thing to turn into a musical, from the broody laments about life, to the opulence of the aristocracy, it all drips with drama."

Just a heads up, this review contains a little bit of course language. ​ Pōneke is getting chilly as we usher in autumn, and I can feel the seasonal depression preparing a fold out chair to...

23/04/2024

🫏 "As soon as he steps on stage, Hurst has command of the audience from the moment he walks onstage. Hurst is a very generous performer when it comes to what he gives to his audience, it is already extremely difficult to do a solo show as you have no one but yourself to rely on and Hurst handles it with expertise."

Seeing Michael Hurst perform feels like something of a rite of passage for a young theatre maker. Getting to experience that rite for the first time with The Golden Ass felt particularly right for...

21/04/2024

🌞 "Each reveal hits me in the gut, until we get the full story of how his brother died, giving context to the previous hints, making it all the more powerful."

This is not my first Wright&Grainger show. The first one was Orpheus in 2019 which I adored. There is a special way with which Alexander Wright tells story, an old, slam-poet, fireside style, which...

21/04/2024

We finally got there! Our enthusiastic shout outs to our favourite shows is now live!
http://www.artmurmurs.nz/theatre/2024-fringe-festival-wrap-up

26/03/2024

🎸 "I enjoy the theme about being ‘different types of Māori’ and how, in order to perform socially and professionally, there is a pressure to homogenise and be a certain kind of Māori which is more palatable or respectable, instead of being your true authentic self, which also happens to be Māori."

Two Guitars in the Circa One Stage, directed by Carrie Green, written by Jamie McCaskill, and produced by Sonia Hardie, is about two Māori musicians (McCaskill as Te Pou and Cameron Clayton as...

21/03/2024

🦘 "The low rumblings of this instrument is truly a gift from a divine being and in the expert hands of Barton, it speaks to a deeper part of our body."

I arrive at the Michael Fowler Centre (MFC) on Friday the 15th of March stressed (due to our wonderful Metlink bus system), a bit wet and (therefore) cold. The weather has really started to pack it...

21/03/2024

🎸 "I feel in awe of Aftab, of the band, of this music.”

Arooj Aftab and her band graces the Michael Fowler Centre one pleasant Wellington evening. The place is busy -- not packed -- full of 30-something year olds and some older members in the crowd who...

21/03/2024

🎤 "The ceremony of the whole event, the sheer importance of it, wore me down. It feels odd to comment on the specifics of its craft, because New Blue feels a lot bigger than that - it feels like a purging of something long quashed."

History is fluid. “The canon” can change quickly and wildly (see the 2023 Sight & Sound list ) as we re-evaluate and re-discover works from our past. The New Blue: A Portrait of Pixie Williams ,...

21/03/2024

🎻 "To my musically uncultured and uneducated ears, it is truly amazing. Gandelsman’s entire body is swept up in the performance, at first not so much, but by the end of the show, the music has channelled through this man and lifted a piece of his soul out for us. We so rarely get to see this level of genius and I have no regrets watching an artist of this level perform to us. Even I, a mere pleb, can understand this."

On a Wednesday evening, my friend and I go to see a GRAMMY award winning violinist and producer, Johnny Gandelsman, perform at St. Mary of the Angels on Boulcott Street. I am quickly informed by my...

21/03/2024

🐭 "A quirky sharing of stories and sections that feel very akin to stand-up comedy. [...] Gribble has a harmonious relationship with the audience."

Rat Tales! by Hootie-Patudi Productions is a humble collection of stories and anecdotes, set up at the Newtown Community Theatre. When I come into the space, it’s none other than Eryn Gribble...