New Zealand Arts Review
Reviews, News and Commentary by John Daly-Peoples
Soundings: vivid, entertaining and instructive encounters with the underwater world
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Soundings Diving for stories in the beckoning sea Kennedy Warne Massey University Press RRP $39.95 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples It seems that it is only in the last fifty years that we have taken a new approach to the ocean and our fisheries. Only a few years ago the seas were…
Cosi Fan Tutte: A triumvirate of creative talent guiding four outstanding voices
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Cosi Fan Tutte By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NZ Opera Aotea Centre May 31 – June 4 Then Wellington (June 14 – 18) and Christchurch (June 28 – July 2) Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Cosi Fan Tutte is not the most perfect of Mozart’s operas but with NZ Opera’s latest offering the…
Kinky Boots kicks off with bundles of energy
Reviewed by Malcolm Calder Kinky Boots Book by Harvey Fierstein Music & Lyrics by Cyndy Lauper Based on the original movie by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth Director, David Adkins Music Director, Zac Johns Civic Theatre, Auckland until 17 June then The Opera House, Wellington 28 June to 17 July Reviewed by Malcolm Calder Last…
Black Grace – Rumours of Paradise, collecting memories and visions
John Daly-Peoples Black Grace – Paradise Rumour SkyCity Theatre June 7 John Daly-Peoples Later this week in Sharjah, one of the larger cities of the United Arab Emirates Black Grace will be performing a newly commissioned work at the Biennial Festival 15. Then on June 7th they will perform the same work in Auckland at…
“Brent Harris: The Other Side” reveals a complex life
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Brent Harris: The Other Side Auckland Art Gallery September 17 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples “Brent Harris: The Other Side” is the first major survey exhibition of the artist’s work to be held in New Zealand. It includes recent works that reflect the artist’s reconnection with the country as well as…
RNZB’s Romeo and Juliet full of energy and emotion
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Romeo and Juliet by Serge ProkofievRoyal New Zealand Ballet in association with AvisAotea Centre, Auckland Until May 13 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Of all the great full-length ballets Romeo and Juliet is the closest to real life. There are no fairies, no changelings, no wicked witches or wizards. It is a tale…
A Kind of Shelter: Stories and conversations about the future which entertain, educate and inspire.
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha An anthology of new writing for a changed world Edited by Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy Massey University Press RRP $39.99 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples In “A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha” Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy have brought together sixty-eight writers and eight visual artists, imagining…
Adolescence and Change can be Tragic
Reviewed by Malcolm Calder Close A film by Lukas Dhont In NZ cinemas from May 11 Reviewed by Malcolm Calder Growing up on a farm in the country, I don’t recall having any one special friend but of having many – albeit some closer than others – and all in a lifestyle largely shaped by…
Alan Ayckbourn’s Nostalgic Delight
Reviewed by Malcolm Calder Relatively Speaking By Alan Ayckbourn Tadpole Productions Directed by Janice Finn With Benjamin Murray, Michelle Blundell, Louise Wallace, Edwin Wright Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna Until 14 May Knowing this play is 55 years old, and not having seen it for many, many years, I decided to go back for a quick dip…
Witi’s Wahine: ordinary lives full of humanity
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Witi’s Wahine by Nancy Brunning Auckland Theatre Company Auckland Waterfront Theatre Until May 20 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples With “Witi’s Wahine” playwright Nancy Brunning has delved into the many books of Witi Ihimaera and re-presented them in a new dramatic form which shows both the richness of the authors writing and…
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