David ward
REVIEWS
THE GURU OF CHAI:
"CLEAR SINGING, EXQUISITE BANJO PLAYING, INSPIRING SOUND EFFECTS"
Theatreview.
"THE SOUND AND MUSICAL LANDSCAPES FURNISH THE PLAY WITH FEELINGS THAT TRANSCEND LANGUAGE OR CULTURE" - Waikato times
“DAVE WARD’S MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT TAKES ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. WE REALIZE VERY QUICKLY THAT WARD’S PRESENCE IS LUMINOUS.”
Find It Out
WHEEL OF EXPERIENCE
"DAVE WARD, DAVE KAHN AND PETER DAUBE HAVE COMPOSED A MUSICAL TAONGA THAT SHOULD NOT ONLY BE ENJOYED BUT ALSO SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND LISTENED TO. I ASSERT THAT WHEEL OF EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTATED AS IT MIGHT BE, IS A NATIONAL THEATRICAL TREASURE."
Tamati Patuwai, Theatreview
"THE FACT THAT THESE ARE ALL ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS SHOWCASES THE AMOUNT OF SKILL AND TALENT THAT THESE MEN POSSESS, MAKING MUSIC THAT JUST SINKS INTO YOUR BONES WITH A SENSE OF TIMELESSNESS."
Ingrid Grenar, Keeping up with NZ
"NEITHER MUSICAL NOR THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES COME ANY MORE ASTONISHING THAN THE WHEEL OF EXPERIENCE. THE THREE PERFORMERS SEEM TO HAVE STEPPED STRAIGHT OUT OF ONE OF THE EPIC FOLK BALLADS THAT ARE THE BASIS OF THIS INTIMATE AND UTTERLY ENGAGING SHOW. ENTER THEIR THEATRE AND YOU ARE STEPPING STRAIGHT INTO ONE OF THEIR SONGS. YOU HEAR ABOUT GOOD PERFORMERS BRINGING SONGS TO LIFE, BUT IN THIS CASE THE SONGS SEEM TO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO THE PERFORMERS."
Nick Bollinger
“WILL HAUNT ME FOR DAYS…YOU CAN HEAR A COLLECTIVE SIGH AFTER EACH PIECE FINISHES”
Vivienne Quinn, Theatreview
RUCKUS
“LED BY DAVID WARD, A FINE GUITARIST WHO HAS ASSIMILATED A DOZEN GUITAR STYLES AND THEN STEPPED FREE OF THEM. HE COMPOSED THE TUNES AND THEY WERE A METAPHOR FOR THE INVENTIVENESS AND VIBRANCY OF THE NEW ZEALAND JAZZ SCENE.”
John Fenton, Jazzlocal32.com
KISS THE FISH
"THE QUINTESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF WARD'S APPEALING SONGS AND PUNCTUATING SOUNDSCAPE CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED."
Nik Smythe, Theatreview
"AND IN TRUE INDIAN INK TRADITION AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN WARD FORMED THE BACKBONE OF THE ENTIRE SHOW" -Sharu Delikan, Theatreview
"BRILLIANT ONE MAN BAND" - NZ Herald
THE DENTIST'S CHAIR
"MARVELLOUSLY GRITTY SONGS"
Dominion Post
"SPLENDIDLY CREEPY SONGS"
The Listener
"HAUNTING" "EXCELLENT, BOTH IN CONCEPTION AND EXECUTION"
Theatreview.
KRISHNANS DAIRY & THE CANDLESTICKMAKER
"EXCELLENT MUSIC...EACH SLOW TWANG OF HIS GUITAR RESONATES WITH AN INESCAPABLE LONELINESS"
Today (Singapore).
WELCOME TO THE MURDERHOUSE
"BRILLIANT ORIGINAL MUSIC"
Theatrescenes
"CLEAR SINGING, EXQUISITE BANJO PLAYING, INSPIRING SOUND EFFECTS"
Theatreview.
"THE SOUND AND MUSICAL LANDSCAPES FURNISH THE PLAY WITH FEELINGS THAT TRANSCEND LANGUAGE OR CULTURE" - Waikato times
“DAVE WARD’S MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT TAKES ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. WE REALIZE VERY QUICKLY THAT WARD’S PRESENCE IS LUMINOUS.”
Find It Out
WHEEL OF EXPERIENCE
"DAVE WARD, DAVE KAHN AND PETER DAUBE HAVE COMPOSED A MUSICAL TAONGA THAT SHOULD NOT ONLY BE ENJOYED BUT ALSO SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND LISTENED TO. I ASSERT THAT WHEEL OF EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTATED AS IT MIGHT BE, IS A NATIONAL THEATRICAL TREASURE."
Tamati Patuwai, Theatreview
"THE FACT THAT THESE ARE ALL ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS SHOWCASES THE AMOUNT OF SKILL AND TALENT THAT THESE MEN POSSESS, MAKING MUSIC THAT JUST SINKS INTO YOUR BONES WITH A SENSE OF TIMELESSNESS."
Ingrid Grenar, Keeping up with NZ
"NEITHER MUSICAL NOR THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES COME ANY MORE ASTONISHING THAN THE WHEEL OF EXPERIENCE. THE THREE PERFORMERS SEEM TO HAVE STEPPED STRAIGHT OUT OF ONE OF THE EPIC FOLK BALLADS THAT ARE THE BASIS OF THIS INTIMATE AND UTTERLY ENGAGING SHOW. ENTER THEIR THEATRE AND YOU ARE STEPPING STRAIGHT INTO ONE OF THEIR SONGS. YOU HEAR ABOUT GOOD PERFORMERS BRINGING SONGS TO LIFE, BUT IN THIS CASE THE SONGS SEEM TO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO THE PERFORMERS."
Nick Bollinger
“WILL HAUNT ME FOR DAYS…YOU CAN HEAR A COLLECTIVE SIGH AFTER EACH PIECE FINISHES”
Vivienne Quinn, Theatreview
RUCKUS
“LED BY DAVID WARD, A FINE GUITARIST WHO HAS ASSIMILATED A DOZEN GUITAR STYLES AND THEN STEPPED FREE OF THEM. HE COMPOSED THE TUNES AND THEY WERE A METAPHOR FOR THE INVENTIVENESS AND VIBRANCY OF THE NEW ZEALAND JAZZ SCENE.”
John Fenton, Jazzlocal32.com
KISS THE FISH
"THE QUINTESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF WARD'S APPEALING SONGS AND PUNCTUATING SOUNDSCAPE CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED."
Nik Smythe, Theatreview
"AND IN TRUE INDIAN INK TRADITION AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN WARD FORMED THE BACKBONE OF THE ENTIRE SHOW" -Sharu Delikan, Theatreview
"BRILLIANT ONE MAN BAND" - NZ Herald
THE DENTIST'S CHAIR
"MARVELLOUSLY GRITTY SONGS"
Dominion Post
"SPLENDIDLY CREEPY SONGS"
The Listener
"HAUNTING" "EXCELLENT, BOTH IN CONCEPTION AND EXECUTION"
Theatreview.
KRISHNANS DAIRY & THE CANDLESTICKMAKER
"EXCELLENT MUSIC...EACH SLOW TWANG OF HIS GUITAR RESONATES WITH AN INESCAPABLE LONELINESS"
Today (Singapore).
WELCOME TO THE MURDERHOUSE
"BRILLIANT ORIGINAL MUSIC"
Theatrescenes
