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Night and Mortar — A Review
Night and Mortar takes the stage on a stormy night in Grey Lynn and Alex de Vries sits at a fold-out table with a drink to nurse ready for the performance to unfold.
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Black Creatives Aotearoa Playwrights’ Lab
Eight plays, four directors and 14 actors. The Black Creatives Aotearoa Playwrights’ Lab Showcase overflowed with talent and potential. Tate Fountain reports on the day’s events.
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I Get So Emotional Baby — A Review
Tate Fountain is back to review a new piece of work from choreographic artist Jessie McCall—’I Get So Emotional Baby’. There’s an ominous white rug, a slumber party/bunker and three woman in shifting forms. Find all this and more under the cut.
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Gay Death Stocktake — A Review
Life ends at 30 for a gay man. Nathan Joe’s latest production, ‘Gay Death Stocktake’ explores this old myth in an unrehearsed, directorless exploration of life past 30 with a different queer man on stage each night.
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Beyond the Proscenium Arch
On an unassuming winter night in Tāmaki, Alex de Vries finds himself in a former local board office in Morningside to experience a reading of ‘Leaning Left’ by Sam Brooks. He left hopeful of local theatre’s ability to embrace flexibility in a volatile mid-COVID world.
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Silo Theatre’s ‘The Writer’ — A Review
Swallowed whole by Q Theatre’s Rangatira, Tate Fountain experiences the Silo Theatre premiere performance of Ella Hickson’s ‘The Writer’. Like a lady on fire, she paints a portrait of the evening.
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Chrome Dome & Schizo — A Review
Alex de Vries sits among the cool crowd on opening night of Hot Shame and Dan Goodwin’s “Chrome Dome & Schizo”. Here are his thoughts from the evening.
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Lucy Dacus & A Concert Community
Boldy stepping out into a crowded gig for the first time since COVID began, Mik explores a feeling of queer community at the recent Lucy Dacus concert in Auckland.
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“OTHER BOYS ARE BORING AND YOU ARE A BURNING HOUSE I WANT TO LIVE IN”
To love someone is to let them become second nature, a routine of affection. Routines can be hard to break, but love can go up in flames.
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Queer Girl Catharsis with Stray Theatre Company
Gotta fondness for The Bard but just wish his stuff was … a little gayer? Stray Theatre Company’s got you sorted with their rendition of “Much Ado About Nothing.” Sophie catches up with director Rose Herda to learn more.