In Review: An Iliad

The Speakeasy
Culture, Spotlight, Theatre
Words by Gayatri Adi Homer’s ‘An Iliad’, translated by Robert Fagles, was brought to life by Auckland Live and Artsense Production once again in 2019 at the Herald Theatre. A two man grand cl...
8.8

In Review: HeadSand

Johan Chang
Culture, Theatre
There's a certain unique charm in going to the theatre blind. Without any foreknowledge of the actors, a synopsis, or even the vaguest understandings of what the hell is going on, it keeps you on edge, ready t...
7.5

In Review: Monster Mash at Q

Johan Chang
Culture, Theatre
Here’s the thing about saying yes to something spur of the moment: do it, and it might just end up being one of the weirdest things you experience. Which is a bit of understatement for the titular Monster Ma...
9.3

In Review: Orientation

Johan Chang
Culture, Entertainment, Theatre
There’s something legitimately discomforting with the first half of Orientation. It’s certainly not bad theatre; the music is sound, the lighting moody, and the acting … well, the acting. Maybe … no. The act...

In Review: Sightings

Jenanne Burnell
Entertainment, Theatre
1
The term ‘zenith’ refers to an imaginary point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer. The ideas behind of the mechanism of observation is manipulated and brought to life in the opening night...
9

In Review: First World Problems

Johan Chang
Entertainment, Theatre
There’s this quote in Jean Rhys’ novel, ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’, which goes like this: “Justice. I’ve heard that word. I tried it out. I wrote it down. I wrote it down several times and always it looked like a damn...