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.
THE DAISY THEATRE - RONNIE BURKETT
Auckland, Christchurch
27/08/2015 - 06/09/2015
"Creative play leads to deeper places..
Māui and the Sun / Maui me te Ra
Christchurch - Canterbury, Christchurch
03/08/2015 - 04/09/2015
"Captivating..
THE LADYKILLERS
Christchurch
25/07/2015 - 28/08/2015
"A rich, deluxe assortment of characters..
THE F WORD
Wellington, Christchurch
07/10/2014 - 14/11/2015
"Theatre-in-education for adults..
"A classy and spirited critique..
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KISS THE FISH
Nelson, Napier, Auckland, Gisborne, Christchurch, Whangarei, Wellington, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Hamilton, Kerikeri, Dunedin
10/08/2013 - 26/07/2015
"Resounding applause..
"The joke of human progress revealed..
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Dr Seuss’s THE CAT IN THE HAT
Christchurch
08/07/2015 - 18/07/2015
"Something lost in translation from page to stage..
NIU SILA
Christchurch, Dunedin
06/06/2015 - 21/05/2016
"Relevant, serious, charming, truthful and extremely funny..
"Flexible, hugely energetic and versatile playing..
FOOTPRINTS/TAPUWAE
Christchurch
05/06/2015 - 13/06/2015
"A daring vision..
AN EVENING WITH NOEL FIELDING
Christchurch
14/05/2015 - 14/05/2015
"Delicious absurdity spiced with sexy surrealism..
CONSTELLATIONS
Christchurch
02/05/2015 - 16/05/2015
"Engagingly playful speculation..
LE SUD
Christchurch
14/03/2015 - 18/04/2015
"A hugely entertaining struggle..
LEGENDARY DIVAS
Christchurch, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Invercargill, Wellington, Wanaka, Nelson
01/03/2015 - 16/02/2019
"Fills our heads and hearts with music..
"For old school song lovers everywhere..
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SHEPHERD
Christchurch
07/02/2015 - 28/02/2015
"Tantalises and startles..
PETER PAN
Christchurch
04/02/2015 - 22/02/2015
"High good spirits; no dull moments..
THE VAUDEVILLIANS
Christchurch
15/01/2015 - 24/01/2015
"Irresistible duo..
PROMISE AND PROMISCUITY: A New Musical by Jane Austen & Penny Ashton
Whangarei, Dunedin, Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, Greytown, Hamilton
27/02/2013 - 29/11/2020
"Multi-talented performer has audience laughing in minutes..
"Winning formula leaves audiences smiling..
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MRS MCGINTY AND THE BIZARRE PLANT
Christchurch, Auckland
14/01/2015 - 18/04/2015
"Stakes need to be higher..
"Dynamic glee..
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS
Christchurch
22/11/2014 - 17/01/2015
"Promises a season of pure joy..
KAFKA’S AMERIKA
Christchurch
14/10/2014 - 30/11/2014
"Extraordinary creative drive..
DOUBLE DERELICTS
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Havelock North, Palmerston North
13/12/2013 - 08/10/2016
"Splendid value..
"No fourth wall in this show..
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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
Christchurch
01/10/2014 - 11/10/2014
"Simple fun with lashings of song and dance..
YOU CAN ALWAYS HAND THEM BACK
Alexandra, Wanaka, Oamaru, Invercargill, Wellington, Christchurch, Timaru
06/09/2014 - 25/10/2014
"Fun, poignancy and familiar wisdoms..
PLUM
Christchurch
09/08/2014 - 30/08/2014
"A regular wheeze plus facts and irony..
