Reviews

Bernard Slade wrote Same Time, Next Year in 1975 – though the themes are no less relevant nearly forty years on. Two people meet in a hotel, wake up next to each other the next morning, and though both happily married to other people, continue to meet up just once each year, on the anniversary, and in the same hotel room of their first encounter. They become intimate much more than just physically, and over the next twenty-five years, the couple share their many neuroses, struggles and successes, within the context of the ever-changing world they inhabit.

HAMA’s production of The Little Mermaid is a beautifully produced, sumptuous treat of a show. Perfectly timed for the school holidays, it’s a top-notch production with appeal for all ages.

With excellent production values, from the moment the blue shimmery curtain opens on this production, this show has a gorgeous look, with an impressive multilevel set, designed by Maeli Cherel, picturesque costumes and a stunning lighting plot from Max Mackenzie. There is some great makeup and hairstyling from Manuao TeAotonga.

With the spring racing carnival just around the corner, Ipswich Little Theatre’s choice to program this trifle was sound, and with a strong cast, the laughs were plenty.

Existence Theatre’s World Premiere of Z6QCQ6 Code of Rituals is, appropriately, a highly ritualistic piece of theatre. Intimate and immersive, with audience involvement, it combines movement and dance with physical theatre and asks its audience to “witness and experience what it is like to feel”.