Theatre reviews

Review: The Sleeping Beauty

REVIEW: Like being let in on a wonderful secret everyone has been talking about, Palmerston North audiences were finally treated last night to the Royal New Zealand Ballet's season of The Sleeping Beauty.

Dramatic, passionate perfection

REVIEW: As they both explore the inevitable tumultuous passion caused by the eternal triangle, one-act operas Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci have frequently been presented together.

Explosion of energy keeps going

REVIEW: 42nd Street
Regent Theatre August 11-20
Produced by: Abbey Musical Theatre
Directed by: Dean McKerras
Choreography Dean McKerras and Maxene Jefferes-Greer.
Reviewed by EMMA GOODWIN.

Gang's all here with snap, dazzle and colour

REVIEW: 50th Anniversary Manawatu Gang Show.
Regent on Broadway, July 6-9.
Director: Carol Kelly.
Reviewed by Tina White.

Trial of survival at sea

REVIEW: Flipside
Centrepoint Theatre until July 2
Written by Ken Duncum
Directed by Kate Louise Elliott
Reviewed by EMMA GOODWIN.

High School returns with uber-oomph

REVIEW: High School Musical 2
Director Rober Rimmer April 15-23
Reviewed by TINA WHITE.

Hardly a hiccup in perennial Hall

REVIEW: CONJUGAL RITES
Written by Roger Hall
Centrepoint Theatre until May 14
Reviewed by EMMA GOODWIN.

Corny, cheery fare

REVIEW: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Abbey Musical Theatre
March 31-April 16
Reviewed by TINA WHITE.

Grease cast deliver slick show

Grease
Palmerston North Boys' High School (with Palmerston North Girls' High School).
Director: Chris Burton.
March 24 -April 2.
Reviewed by TINA WHITE..

Ballet pieces captivate and amuse

Royal New Zealand Ballet, Tower Tutus on Tour.
Regent on Broadway, March 2,
Verdi Variations and Pinocchio.
Reviewed by EMMA GOODWIN.

Krew trio pull off snappy little show

Four Women
Centrepoint Theatre, February 27 to March 12.
Written by Leilani Esmae Sieni Salesa.
Directed by Velan Manu Saute.
Reviewed by EMMA GOODWIN.

Vote for the best – or the worst – comedy winners

Eurobeat Globe Theatre.
November 25 to December 18.
Directed by Graham Johnston, choreographed by Val Bolter.
Reviewed by EMMA GOODWIN.

Talent shines in saga of song through decades

Leader of the Pack
Abbey Musical Theatre, Palmerston North.
November 25 to December 18.
Directed by Ian Harman with musical direction by Shane Brown.
Reviewed by TRACEY-LYNNE CODY.

Energetic, humorous update of Christmas classic

The Royal New Zealand Ballet's The Nutcracker.
Choreographer: Gary Harris.
Additional choreography: Adrian Burnett Design: Kristian Fredrikson.
Regent on Broadway, Tuesday, November 23.
Reviewed by STACEY KIRK.