Observations from the ground.
Flat City Field Notes offers reviews and essays about theatre, arts and culture in and around Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Latest Posts
Review: Lumen Ensemble’s Colours of Time – luminescence and catastrophe make for a revelatory combination
Nick Harte reviews Lumen Ensemble: Colours of Time, with works by Holly Harrison, Maurice Ravel and Olivier Messiaen presented by Christopher’s Classics at The Piano / Pīpīwharauroa: Kui-kui whitiwhiti ora, Friday 17 April 2026. The Lumen Ensemble’s clarinetist Lloyd Van’t Hoff proudly proclaimed that his favourite thing about Christchurch is PAK’nSAVE, which was not the…
Review: The Addams Family – ghoulishly good community theatre
Ruth Agnew reviews The Addams Family, book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, backed on characters created by Charles Addams, directed by Claire Clark and Phil Deadn, musical direction by Caelan Thomas, choreography by Catherine McHaffie, at CentreStage Rolleston, Wednesday 15 April 2026. CentreStage Rolleston has wholly embraced The…
Review: Skate or Die – a hilarious new comedy about thrashing the patriarchy, one trick at a time
Erin Harrrington reviews Skate or Die, written by Millie Hanford, directed by Grace von Huben, produced by Pretty Little Sweethearts, at Little Andromeda, Thursday 16 April 2026. One of the funniest things I have ever overheard happened about twenty years ago, while I was having a lunchtime cigarette (regrets) at the Hack Circle in Cashel…
Review: Macbeth – courageous, contemporary, and the future of ballet
Breeze Robertson reviews Macbeth, presented by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, choreographed by Alice Topp, with music by Christopher Gordon, at the Isaac Theatre Royal, Wednesday 18 March 2026. Bravo RNZB, Macbeth the contemporary ballet was a courageous concept, brilliantly executed. With social media influencers instead of witches, boardroom politics instead of royal intrigues, and…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Flat City Field Notes 