Review Archive
Dr Erin Harrington is a lecturer in English at the University of Canterbury where her teaching centres on cultural studies, visual and popular culture, theatre, and critical sexualities. She is currently developing two new theatre courses – one on the stage and stagecraft, the other on design, direction and dramaturgy – that are being rolled out at UC from 2016, and she has previously contributed to courses on contemporary drama and creative writing.
Erin has been a reviewer for Theatreview since 2010, and brings to this role experience in direction, performance, voice work and criticism, including as a dramaturg, a past member of the New Zealand Young Shakespeare Company, a director for the Court Theatre’s Young Writers Initiative, and, more recently, a judge for the regional competitions of the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.
She is the essays editor for the literary magazine takahē ; and, as a freelance writer and reviewer, has written for outlets such as the Christchurch gallery The Physics Room, the Playmarket Annua,l and the Christchurch Art Gallery’s Bulletin magazine. She is a regular panelist and occasional host on the comedy podcast The Nerd Degree, has featured as a speaker and panelist at film and literary festivals and related events, including the Christchurch WORD Festival and, most recently, the Stranger With My Face International Film Festival in Australia, and has appeared on Radio New Zealand National as a theatre reviewer. See: http://www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/english/people/harrington.shtml http://www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/english/people/harrington.shtml
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
The Great Rugby Robbery
Christchurch
20/07/2011 - 23/07/2011
"Big, bold and silly..
Shakespeare: As You Write It
Christchurch
20/07/2011 - 20/07/2011
"Comical-historical-tragical freshness..
Sweet Phoebe
Christchurch
12/07/2011 - 22/07/2011
"Tortuous but very funny..
Womanz Work! Plays from New Zealand’s Female Playwrights
(not a specified venue)
31/05/2011 - 08/07/2011
"Energetic and engaging no frills theatre..
"Delicious slices of theatrical pie splendidly acted and beautifully directed..
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Christchurch
17/01/2011 - 29/01/2011
"Delightfully irreverent, relevant and fresh with local flavour..
The Wizard of Oz
Christchurch
18/11/2010 - 21/11/2010
"Something incredibly special..
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