Hotspot Cabaret
The Classic Studio, Friday 1st April 2016
Jay: OK I think Hot Spot was the best thing we've seen at The Classic Comedy Club for a while, eh.
Val: I'll say! Not a single poos or wees gag, and no white men talking about wanking.
J: Well there was a white woman talking about wanking…
V: And what a bloody hilarious and . . .
Meow Meow's Little Mermaid
Spiegeltent, Aotea Square, 9th March 2016
Val: So. Another fantastic offering from the Auckland Arts Festival
Jay: Yes indeed. Meow Meow being Melissa Madden Gray. Aussie-born but apparently particularly active in the UK. Which is presumably where she acquired her posh stage accent.
V: ...and also where she absorbed a . . .
The Offensive Nipple Show
Basement Theatre, 8th March 2016
Val: How do you even start to describe this show?
Jay: An absurdist, feminist, variety sketch show? Any if you're offended - well you are not audiencing right.
V: It throws you off balance right from the start. They open with a complete piss-take of a ‘creation myth’ and the . . .
Tiger Feet
Cocktail by Val
Invented in celebration of a certain lovely reviewer's birthday
Tiger Feet
Makes two
1 x 50 ml golden rum
1 x 50ml arancello (like limoncello, but made with oranges)
1 x 50ml orange juice
1 x 25ml Cointreau
Dash of lime juice
Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice and pour
White Tiger
As above but with milk, single cream or soya . . .
La Cucina dell'Arte
Circus Ronaldo Big Top, Aotea Sq. 2nd March 2016
Val: This is one of those performances that makes something look so elegantly, delicately simple – but is in fact mind-bogglingly complex and complicated and more skillful than any of us ordinary Joannas in the audience could even dream of being. And it’s very, very funny.Jay: Yeah, that family circus heritage . . .
People Like Us
The Pumphouse Theatre, 19th Feb 2016
Jay: This play has a classic musical storyline – two people meet and fall in love, they’re caught up in conflicts caused by the consequences of their past lives, they're torn apart. Can they overcome the difficulties by the final number??? The 'twist' is the fact that the stars are two transwomen.
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