Arts and culture in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Erin Harrington reviews Kitchen Chaos, presented by Rollicking Entertainment, at the Court Theatre, Thursday 2 October 2025. Young audiences are the best to entertain, but they certainly are the toughest to please. No fear: even in the opening minutes of Kitchen Chaos, performers Lizzie Tollemache and David Ladderman clearly have the school holiday audience under… Continue reading Review: Kitchen Chaos – a winning recipe for comedy, clowning, and domestic disaster
Lisa Allan reviews Rubber Gloves: The Glad Rags Story, written by Jennifer Currie, at Little Andromeda, Friday 18 July, 2025. The stage at Little Andromeda in Ōtautahi Christchurch is awash with colour in the form of costumes and props and it is not long before the house lights dim and the two-strong cast of Rubber Gloves: The Glad… Continue reading Review: Rubber Gloves – the Glad Rags Story – bold and silly playfulness from the best cleaners around
Lisa Allan reviews The Meeting, by Lola Houghton and Pedro Ilgenfritz, and E Ipo, My Love, by Gisele Proud and Tane Te Pakeke-Patterson, presented together as the inaugural Winter Season, a double bill of new theatre works from the Hagley Theatre School Six-Month Theatre Creation Course, at the Gloucester Room, the Issac Theatre Royal, Friday… Continue reading Review: Winter Season (The Meeting / E Ipo, My Love) – vibrant and relevant new theatre works
Lisa Allan reviews Caterpillars, created and directed by Thom Monckton and produced by Circo Kali for the World Buskers Festival, at Altiora, Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Festival, Wednesday 29 January, 2025. Two lycra-clad clowns actively welcome the audience from a stage adorned with three colourful rounded screens. The performers are covered from head to… Continue reading Review: Caterpillars – skilful and generous clowning
Erin Harrington reviews The Messy Magic Adventure, presented by Rollicking Entertainment for the World Busters Festival at Altiora, Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre, Monday 27 January, 2025. In The Messy Magic Adventure, presented as part of this year’s World Buskers Festival, we join cheerful, clown-like cleaners Spray and Wipe on what appears (at… Continue reading Review: The Messy Magic Adventure – a masterclass in family entertainment
Sophie Ricketts reviews The Tape Face Show, presented as part of the World Buskers Festival, at the Isaac Theatre Royal, Thursday 23 January 2025. The prodigal son has returned! From the stages of New Zealand, to stages around the world (including the glitz and glamour of America’s Got Talent and Las Vegas), it is a… Continue reading Review: The Tape Face Show – delightfully silly, absolute heaven
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