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Downstage Review: Adagio is a Christmas Treat
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 9:08 am | Sharon Ellis
An Adagio Christmas at Downstage is like a set of traditional Christmas cards and it is a Christmas party too. Everybody shows off, does their customary clever tricks and tells their naughty stories with actions. And they seem to do it not just because ... More >>
Serious History Integrated With Energy & Wit
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 2:19 pm | Sharon Ellis
It has been Charles Darwin’s year since his 200th birthday in February and on Thursday night before the fireworks on the harbour, we saw Downstage’s biographical tribute. More >>
Review: Miranda Is Magic In Biography Of Her Skin
Monday, 12 October 2009, 1:57 pm | Sharon Ellis
The Harcourt family are a Wellington institution. They are gracious, charming talented, warm and inclusive and they were all there at Downstage for Biography of My Skin: Peter, Gordon, Kate and the star of the night Miranda. More >>
Review: Good Night - The End
Friday, 18 September 2009, 3:36 pm | Sharon Ellis
I>Good Night - The End , Jo Randerson’s play at Downstage is an absurd, existential, gothic, latter day Gliding On. It is set in a garish, nightmarish room with bizarre lino tiles on the walls and floor. They are a grid of pink and blue flowers and skulls. ... More >>
Downstage Review: Le Sud - Mince Alors!
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 10:16 pm | Sharon Ellis
Mince alors! Le Sud at Downstage is a rehearsal of racist, sexist, homophobic clichés and they leave whatever satirical intent there was, toothless. Surely we are over all those fattening over-seasoned fast-laugh jokes about tikanga Maori? More >>
Review: Classy Creativity From Strike & Adam Page
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 4:03 pm | Sharon Ellis
It was a rollicking, rowdy, heart pounding party last night at Downstage when Strike and Adam Page got together to deliver a thrilling performance of energetic and stylish percussion and creative music making. It was glorious. There were no boring bits, ... More >>
Comedy Festival Review: The Hunting Of The Snark
Monday, 14 May 2007, 1:40 pm | Sharon Ellis
It wouldn’t have been surprising to find the characters being eliminated one by one until there was a Treasure Island winner in the Playground Collective’s The Hunting of the Snark at BATs. But there was also a whiff, maybe because it was May, ... More >>
Theatre Review: Uncle Vanya At Circa
Monday, 30 April 2007, 3:40 pm | Sharon Ellis
Sonya triumphs in Circa’s production of Chekov’s Uncle Vanya. She ends up cosily poring over the accounts with her loveable dishevelled but charming uncle the eponymous Vanya. She triumphs in failing to attract the arrogant greenie Dr Astov and she is ... More >>
