theatre reviews.
September 12, 2022
Written by Oscar Kightley, Directed by Troy Tu’ua and Tanya Muagututi’a Written by Oscar Kightley, Dawn Raids tells the story of a single Samoan aiga (family) […]
September 8, 2022
How Silo Theatre’s newest piece breaks the scene wide open The beginning of The Writer takes the audience by surprise. The house lights blare and the […]
September 8, 2022
Written and produced by Nathan Joe As part of the Auckland Fringe Festival, Gay Death Stocktake is a show that explores the idea that a gay […]
August 17, 2022
From writer and actor Dan Goodwin, Chrome Dome and Schizo is a new play that’s at once funny, unique, and heartbreaking. Part poem, part prose, and […]
August 8, 2022
Ana Chaya Scotney’s one-woman play is an Earth-shattering experience Powerful. Fragile. Wistful. Defiant. Ana Chaya Scotney (Tūhoe) is all these things and more in ScatterGun: After […]
August 8, 2022
Basement Theatre kicked off its HAU Festival this past week, A two-week event made up of new original indigenous, Pasifika and LGBTQi+ stories, with its first […]
July 18, 2022
Auckland Theatre Company, SquareSums&Co, and Oriental Maidens Dir. Jane Yonge Oscillating between hilarious and painful, Scenes from a Yellow Peril is a deep dive into Asian […]
May 30, 2022
Stray Theatre Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing was a flamboyant, nostalgic rendition of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy romance. The set establishes the camp 90s […]