New Zealand Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 2

Review: THE PROM at Up-Stage Theatre, 26A Moonshine Rd, Upper Hutt
by Neil Brewer - June 24, 2024

The Prom is a musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin and a book by Bob Martin and Beguelin. The story follows four Broadway actors who travel to the conservative town of Edgewater, Indiana, to help a lesbian student who has been banned from bringing her girlfriend to the high s...

Review: IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF US by Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe at Muritai School
by Neil Brewer - June 13, 2024

A great script and dependable cast make this show well worth seeing...

Review: THERAPY at Little Andromeda Theatre, Christchurch
by Monica Moore - June 04, 2024

Therapy is  musical comedy written and performed by Chelsea McRae, with supporting music composed and performed by Mario Sadra- de Jong, won the NZ Touring Award at the Dunedin Fringe Festival and was also nominated for the Comedy Award.  Before entering the theatre, a sign warns that the show discu...

Review: MISCAST at Mana Little Theatre
by Neil Brewer - May 24, 2024

Flawed but ultimately enjoyable concept...

Review: PERSUASION at Gryphon Theatre
by Neil Brewer - May 11, 2024

A collaboration that has led to a highly successful and entertaining production...

Review: AURELIA at Howick Little Theatre
by Glenda Pearce - May 05, 2024

What did our critic think of AURELIA at Howick Little THEATRE?...

Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Harlequin Musical Theatre
by Monica Moore - April 26, 2024

A great show for the school holidays- with great values, humour, colour and with the added bonus of a real Toto  dog on stage- what more could you want?...

Review: NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 from WITCH Music Theatre
by Neil Brewer - April 21, 2024

What did our critic think of NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 from Witch Music Theatre?...

Review: THE GOLDEN ASS at Circa Theatre
by Neil Brewer - April 19, 2024

The Golden Ass is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in it's entirety. In this production, it is given some modern flavour whilst still maintaining the settings and heart of the story....

Review: LION KING JR at Hutt City Musical Theatre
by Neil Brewer - April 22, 2024

Watching the future of theatre here in Wellington, I see we will be well served in the future....

Review: EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Court Theatre
by Neil Brewer - April 17, 2024

Every Brilliant Thing is a one man show about depression and suicide. It is told through the voice of a child growing up through to adulthood finding a mechanism to cope with his mothers repeated attempts to take her life.  ...

Review: SEUSSICAL at Manukau Performing Arts
by Monica Moore - April 16, 2024

What did our critic think of SEUSSICAL at Manukau Performing Arts?...

Review: MATILDA THE MUSICAL by Act Three Productions
by Neil Brewer - April 13, 2024

What did our critic think of MATILDA THE MUSICAL by Act Three Productions?...

Review: RENT by Kauri Theatre
by Neil Brewer - April 11, 2024

A very good production that is most definitely worth seeing if you are lucky enough to have a ticket. Recommended....

Review: TWO GUITARS at Circa Theatre
by Neil Brewer - March 24, 2024

What did our critic think of TWO GUITARS at Circa Theatre?...

Review: MURDERED TO DEATH By Wellington Repertory at Gryphon Theatre
by Neil Brewer - March 20, 2024

Murdered to Death is a play written by Peter Gordon back in 1993. It was originally set in the drawing room of a country manor house in the 1930’s, and begins the first in a trilogy of plays starring Inspector Pratt. They are spoofs of the Agatha Christie whodunnit genre. See what our critic thought...

Review: THE MOTHER at Mana Little Theatre
by Neil Brewer - March 13, 2024

The play is written by French playwright Florian Zeller and is a companion piece to his well known play The Father. While The Father deals with the the decline of the mind of an Alzheimers suffer, The Mother takes on the clinical depression of a woman adrift in middle age. ...

Review: A FAT GIRLS CRY at Te Auaha
by Neil Brewer - March 12, 2024

A Fat Girl’s Cry is billed as a show about the importance of Plus Size Representation and Inclusion in the Musical Theatre Industry by taking a journey through Music, Singing, and Dance. ...

Review: GRAND HORIZONS by Bess Wohl at HOWICK LITTLE THEATRE
by Glenda Pearce - March 01, 2024

What did our critic think of GRAND HORIZONS at HOWICK LITTLE THEATRE? 50 years – it’s a milestone in any marriage! Thousands of meals eaten together, years of dealing with everything marriage, cohabitation and parenthood can throw at you … Superbly directed with expertise by Penel Keegan with her ey...

Review: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE from Stagecraft at the Gryphon Theatre
by Neil Brewer - February 23, 2024

Superb production that held the audiences attention from start to finish - Arthur Miller is a legendary playwright, having penned classics such as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible....

Review: HYPERSPACE at ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland
by Glenda Pearce - February 11, 2024

What did our critic think of HYPERSPACE at ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland?...

Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Lower Hutt Little Theatre
by Neil Brewer - February 04, 2024

A touring show from a new New Zealand theatre company....

Review: LADS ON THE ISLAND at Circa Theatre
by Neil Brewer - February 04, 2024

What did our critic think of LADS ON THE ISLAND at Circa Theatre?...

Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Shoreside Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre
by Glenda Pearce - January 24, 2024

What did our critic think of MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Shoreside Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre? What makes any Shakespeare production superb is the director’s ability to recognise the themes within Shakespeare’s text - his extraordinary ability to bring his characters to life by a turn of phrase, a pun, t...

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Shoreside Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre
by Glenda Pearce - January 22, 2024

What did our critic think of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Shoreside Theatre, Pumphouse Theatre? It’s the second night of the Shoreside’s 28th Summer Shakespeare in the Park  – and indeed,  it’s an ideally warm midsummer evening with clear skies and stars – and an enthusiastic audience awaits -  fill...