Category: Reviews
SPORTS BALL! A review of the All Blacks vs Wallabies
So the New Zealand Rugby team, or “All Blacks” as they’re known, played the Australian rugby team. Who are known as the “Wallabies“.
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Some kind of Lorde Pun*
A 16 year old girl from Auckland’s North Shore is now number one on the American Billboard pop charts. She’s defeating the wicked witch of the twerk Miley Cyrus and is the youngest number one artist since Tiffany in 1987 – the year I was born. What does Lorde’s success say about us as a society?
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Maple UnChicken ‘n’ NonRibs
As you know, my esteemed Ruminator colleague, Kim, recently reviewed Nigella Lawson’s Maple Chicken ‘n’ Ribs recipe. She gave the dish flavourable reviews (see what I did there?), so I thought I’d give it a shot.
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Maple Chicken ‘n’ Ribs
Chicken ‘n’ Ribs, like Guns ‘n’ Roses but with chicken and ribs instead of guns and roses.
Read MoreHappiness is a good play
GUNPLAY or HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN or THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF FIREARMS AND HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS Bats Theatre Written by: Paul Rothwell Directed by: David Lawrence
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Love & Money
During the opening act as I watched Eve Gordon float effortlessly up an aerial silk, I found myself holding my breath. It was not the last time I did so during the 90 odd minutes that was Love & Money at Downstage.
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Say si si to C
C – A Musical Written and directed by Paul Jenden Music by Gareth Farr Staring Jackie Clarke, Danny Mulheron, Jane Waddell, Louis Solino
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A tight spot
There are many things to hate about winter. I won’t bother going into them here, but we can probably all agree that winter, particularly in New Zealand, sucks the farts out of dead seagulls. And the worst thing about the miserable weather is the wardrobe.
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The Last of Us (p)review
I had the chance to have a 30 minute play through of the soon-to-be-blockbuster title The Last of Us for Playstation 3 ahead of its world-wide release and I was blown away.
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The greatest song of all
When it’s 2am and the only people left at a party are the ones you’re not entirely comfortable talking to, conversation often lurches around trying to find common ground. Something you can all relate to. One such topic is “what’s the greatest song of all time?”
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