T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. in New Zealand's press

Before the beginning of the New Zealand International Arts Festival in Wellington festival artistic director Lissa Twomey had high expectations of the show, tipping it to be the "most talked-about production" - "exquisitely staged and hauntingly beautiful, it will linger in one's memory long after the festival closes."

Her predictions are confirmed by the reviews of TR Warszawa production. Peter Bisley from "Lumiere Reading" praises the performance directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna as "a standout work of the 2010 New Zealand International Arts Festival 2010", writing: "The subtlety of Jarzyna's production closely follows the near-wordless film, in which pure emotions and base human urges are rendered with a stunning visual palette. People familiar with Pasolini's work will appreciate the explicitly filmic quality of Jarzyna's play. Each gesture, each small movement, is captured by the uncannily cinematic lighting design, which gives an understated and riveting aesthetic. The costumes depict late-sixties European elegance; the music meshes evocatively minimal incidents". Besley praises also "tremendous acting", stating that "the ensemble from TR Warszawa performs with precision and vibrancy". He concludes that T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. is "stunningly coherent", and "theatre speaks to us as strongly as ever in the age of Avatar".

John Daly-Peoples from "National Business Review compares T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. with "11 & 12" directed by Peter Brook, writing that the latter has changed the face of theatre over the last half century and the first will probably change theatre over the next half century. He thinks T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. "would probably be categorised as being "Theatre of Despair" or "Theatre of Unfulfilled Dreams"'", and "what gives the play its intensity and drama is the brilliant staging; a combination of lighting, music, sets and superb acting. The lighting owes much to the original film and other Italian films of the 1960's but also the dramatic lighting of Hollywood films of the 1930'sw and 50's. Each of the sequences is like an individual cinematic scene with each building on the other to create a frightening level of emotional complexity."

Laurie Atkinson from "The Dominion Post" describes T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. as "pretty tough going" and "puzzling", but is sure that "the setting, staging, lighting, music and the acting are without doubt quite wonderful and will remain long in memory".

Whole reviews to read HERE.