Review Archive
Lindsay Clark has been involved with performing arts education and theatre for over 40 years. Her work in education has ranged from lecturing in English and drama at the University of Canterbury and contracts for the Ministry of Education and NZQA, to running and adjudicating the Sheilah Winn Festival of Shakespeare in Schools for Canterbury and Invercargill. As adviser in English and drama for the (then) Christchurch Teacher’s College, she have been involved with workshops and presentations for both English and drama. Lindsay also served for nine years on The Court Theatre Trust Board, with special interest in fostering links with schools.
In theatre, Lindsay has directed both professionally and for the Canterbury Repertory Society, serving for many years on that committee. As co-founder of the Good Will Shakespeare Trust she co-directed Summer Shakespeare for the Christchurch City Council for several years and most recently The Wind in the Willows. The Canterbury Young Shakespeare Company was an offshoot of the Good Will Shakespeare Trust, dedicated to working with talented young people on professionally mounted productions of the Bard.
Most recently Lindsay’s theatre making is limited to fund raising for causes such as the Ngaio Marsh Trust. She has written theatre reviews for The Press but in recent years exclusively for Theatreview. ‘The itch does not go away with scratching.’
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
The Birthday Boy
Christchurch
06/09/2008 - 11/10/2008
"Best to laugh, really..
Baghdad, Baby!
Christchurch
15/08/2008 - 13/09/2008
"Pure gold..
Heroes
Christchurch
02/08/2008 - 30/08/2008
"Tepid Soup..
"Mortality confronted with unsentimental humour..
Othello
Christchurch
25/07/2008 - 02/08/2008
"The appeal of a human struggle..
Auntie McDuff’s Magical Trunk
Christchurch
07/07/2008 - 19/07/2008
"Making up new stories with a bevy of wacky characters..
The Pied Piper
Christchurch
08/07/2008 - 19/07/2008
"Inventive entertainment marred by recorded pipe..
The Cape
Christchurch
04/07/2008 - 02/08/2008
"All the rashness, exaggeration, facile sarcasm and fragility of youth..
Arsenic and Old Lace
Christchurch
28/06/2008 - 26/07/2008
"Pure poison, pure farce..
"Arsenic, old lace and plenty of laughs..
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The History Boys
Christchurch
24/05/2008 - 21/06/2008
"Marked down..
"Invigorating play that surprises, challenges and delights..
Scriptless Uncut
Christchurch
06/05/2008 - 14/06/2008
"A game worth playing..
Not About Heroes
Christchurch
24/04/2008 - 26/04/2008
"Flawless teamwork and timing..
Robin Hood & Maid Marian
Christchurch
21/04/2008 - 03/05/2008
"Panto-style freshness and vitality..
Skin Tight
Christchurch
03/04/2008 - 03/05/2008
"Accomplished with rare distinction..
Letter to Blanchy: Stir Crazy
Christchurch, Tauranga
29/03/2008 - 27/02/2009
"Rooted in its origins..
"Audience well hooked in the end..
Faust Chroma + Enigma Emmy Göring and Nico Sphinx
Christchurch
26/03/2008 - 04/04/2008
"Startling productions with two faces..
Pulp William
Christchurch, Auckland
29/02/2008 - 23/05/2009
"Skilled pastiche of bluster and fury..
"A goodly chuckle..
Under Milk Wood
Christchurch
23/02/2008 - 22/03/2008
"The voice of all humanity..
Worlds Buskers Festival 2008
Wellington
17/01/2008 - 27/01/2008
"Party mood in Christchurch..
Pinocchio
Christchurch
17/01/2008 - 02/02/2008
"Tickled imaginations would have welcomed more interaction..
A Very Merry Scriptless
Christchurch
13/12/2007 - 22/12/2007
"Ho Ho Ho Hum..
The Producers
Christchurch
24/11/2007 - 16/02/2008
"A shot of pure theatrical adrenalin..
The Full Monty
Christchurch
03/11/2007 - 10/11/2007
"The American musical of the English film that is not unlike the NZ stage show..
The Glass Menagerie
Christchurch
20/10/2007 - 15/11/2007
"Haunting play finely done..
