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.’
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
HAMLET
New Plymouth, Nelson, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Dunedin
25/06/2019 - 08/09/2019
"Slick production plays at a cracking pace..
"Triumphant revelling in challenges..
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THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (and the Robber!)
Christchurch
10/07/2019 - 20/07/2019
"Enthusiastic choruses of participation..
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Christchurch
22/06/2019 - 20/07/2019
"Best Served Cold..
"Darkly compelling..
CELLFISH
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Palmerston North, Gisborne
08/03/2017 - 15/10/2019
"A standout in a shimmering sea of wonderful presentations and productions..
"A superbly performed prison pas de deu..
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ELLING
Christchurch
23/02/2019 - 16/03/2019
"Excruciatingly funny and engaging..
THUMBELINA
Christchurch
16/01/2019 - 26/01/2019
"Lesson deftly conveyed by a strong team..
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Christchurch
24/11/2018 - 12/01/2019
"A true revelation..
"Beauty and gravitas..
ASTROMAN
Christchurch
27/10/2018 - 10/11/2018
"A light-hearted take on the challenges of games and life..
MUM’S CHOIR
Christchurch
15/09/2018 - 06/10/2018
"Sibling skirmishes successfully navigated with humour and song..
Stephen King's MISERY
Christchurch
04/08/2018 - 25/08/2018
"A deeply satisfying triumph..
SEED
Hamilton, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Wellington, Tauranga
06/07/2018 - 04/08/2018
"Faultlessly funny with well-landed pathos..
"The comedic and poignant cleverly balanced..
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THE LITTLEST NINJA
Christchurch
07/07/2018 - 21/07/2018
"A bright new tale told with theatrical verve..
A PICASSO
Christchurch
08/06/2018 - 10/06/2018
"A gripping duel..
A PAINTBOX OF CLOWNS
Christchurch
16/04/2018 - 28/04/2018
"A suitably celebratory feeling..
TRÖLL
Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin
03/04/2018 - 15/04/2018
"Both funny and scary..
"A fantasy that stirs something deep..
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THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Christchurch
29/03/2018 - 01/04/2018
"A brilliantly enacted dynamic..
TITUS ANDRONICUS
Christchurch
17/02/2018 - 03/03/2018
"Richly barbarous tale sometimes too close to melodrama..
CHICAGO
Christchurch
25/11/2017 - 20/01/2018
"Tremendously enjoyable with a thought-provoking punch..
VENUS IN FUR
Christchurch
21/10/2017 - 11/11/2017
"Challenges met with controlled intensity..
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland
27/09/2017 - 22/10/2017
"Everything wrong is dead right..
"Precisely-timed comedy of errors a well-structured riot..
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EREWHON REVISITED
Christchurch
12/09/2017 - 16/09/2017
"Reckless pace reverses Victorian restraint..
BILL MASSEY’S TOURISTS
Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Gisborne, Christchurch, Palmerston North
24/07/2014 - 12/10/2018
"Powerful and deeply moving..
"Presented with sincerity, integrity and polish..
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MATAI
Christchurch
08/09/2017 - 16/09/2017
"Eloquent exploration of cultural tensions..
