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October 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Live Through This: Theatre
Live Through This Direction: Jonny Potts and Jean Sergent (written by Jonny Potts and Jean Sergent) Circa Theatre; Circa Two (October 23 – November 13) Live Through This comprises two solo shows, two separate monologue-based one-person plays. Jonny Potts writes, directs and performs The Best Show In Town Is At Your Place Every Night and […]Archive
August 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Winding Up: Theatre
Winding Up Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Sir Roger Hall) Circa Theatre; Circa One (July 31 – August 28) Barry (Peter Hayden) and Gen (Ginette McDonald) are characters we’ve met before in the world of Roger Hall. But here – Winding Up – they’re in their 70s. They’ve been married for 50 years. And if […]Archive
July 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Elling: Theatre
Elling Direction: Ross Jolly (written by Simon Bent, based on the novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen) Circa Theatre; Circa One (June 30– July 24) Elling has twice suffered postponement with Covid lockdown restrictions, cancelled altogether last year and then its opening week was delayed for this season given the temporary move to level 2 – meaning […]Archive
May 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Things I Know To Be True: Theatre
Things I Know To Be True Direction: Shane Bosher (written by Andrew Bovell) Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 30 – May 29) Andrew Bovell has here created the sprawling epic family drama that is a distinctly Australian version of the big theatrical experiences we so often associate with American playwrights – from Tennessee Williams on […]Archive
April 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
TRANSMISSION: Theatre
TRANSMISSION Direction: Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt BATS Theatre (April 20 – May 1) Last night I attended the world premiere of TRANSMISSION. It’s a new play by Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt. It stars Sophie Hambleton, Tom Knowles and Tim Spite – between them they give voice to works spoken by Jacinda Ardern, Grant […]Archive
February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Look of Love: Theatre
The Look Of Love Direction: Musical Arranger – Tom Rainey, Musical Director – Tom McLeod, Performer – Ali Harper Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 23 – February 20) [Ali-Cat Productions Ltd] I last saw the wonderful, multi-talented Ali Harper as the lead and only person on stage in Songs For Nobodies – she played a […]Archive
August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
PSA – Election 2020: Theatre
PSA: Election 2020 Direction: Gavin Rutherford (written by Thom Adams, Jamie McCaskill and Anya Tate-Manning) Circa Theatre; Circa One (August 21 – September 12) Public Service Announcements has been Wellington’s celebrated political satire series for the stage across the last decade. This was my first time attending. And of course Election 2020 has not only […]Archive
June 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 260 – At The Wake, Wellington, 2018
This play really knocked me for six. The acting was brilliant. The writing was superb. The real hook of it though I think – as a performance – was the role played by Lisa Harrow; both the writing of it and her capturing. I was lucky to get to meet her and chat with her […]Archive
June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 257 – The Gaps Between, Wellington, 2016
It’s funny with reviewing – how a new gig starts. Just suddenly out of nowhere. And stops in much the same way. I was a theatre reviewer for about a year or so for The Sunday Star Times. Happened on a whim. They needed someone. I was keen. I had reviewed some theatre for the […]Archive
June 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
IT’S BEHIND YOU: Theatre
IT’S BEHIND YOU! (Livestream Recording) Direction: Hannah Smith (written by Ralph McCubbin Howell and Anya Tate-Manning) Livestream via Circa Theatre, TACT and Trick of the Light Theatre (May 28 – July 30) In its first post-Covid production for a post-Lockdown world Circa Theatre commissioned a new work (with support from TACT) called IT’S BEHIND YOU!Archive
February 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman