Review Archive
Chloe Jaques is a Pōneke based artist whose practice explores the impact and power of the physical self. She is an actor, dancer and performer that creates abstract and thoughtful work in a low maintenance, high energy style.
Chloe has worked under Dame Gaylene Preston for the New Zealand Film Commision, developed her sold out solo show EAT ME for the 2021 Tahi Festival: NZ Festival of Solo Performance, premiered the contemporary dance show MANUFACT at the 2022 Fringe Festival and developed The Bed We Sleep Upon as apart of Playstation Gallery’s monthly performance programme. Chloe has also been a Regional and National Assessor for Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand’s 2022 University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. She is an acting graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School and has most recently concluded an artist residency with Barbarian Productions and Footnote’s 2023 ChoreoLab.
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
How Far Do Your Arms Reach?
Wellington
15/11/2024 - 15/11/2024
"A consensual canvas exploring improvisational freedom..
Hardly Workin'!
Wellington
31/10/2024 - 02/11/2024
"Child-like absurdity with a twinkly eye of menace..
Revel
Wellington
13/07/2024 - 13/07/2024
"Delicious, unforgettable … and on only once..
2024 Best Foods Comedy Gala
Wellington
04/05/2024 - 04/05/2024
"Local acts hold their own in mixtape of comedy..
"An hilarious evening of bubbly artists trying their luck at gauging a giggle..
Double Goer
Nelson, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch
24/10/2023 - 27/04/2024
" Unravelling the power of the feminine..
"Brave and confronting and traumatizing...
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BELLE - a performance of air.
Wellington
21/02/2022 - 17/03/2024
"Stunning lighting design offers many a trompe l’oeil ..
"Must see performance!..
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CRUNCH
Wellington, Hastings
29/02/2024 - 13/10/2024
"Crunchy parts and all...
"Crunch is alive...
Manage Your Expectations
Wellington, Whangarei
27/02/2024 - 05/10/2024
"Life (and this show) will happen, regardless of what you expect from it. ..
"Very very good indeed..
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Lick Off My Tears, Death is Also Dying
Wellington
21/02/2024 - 24/02/2024
"It’s a beautiful madness..
"Expresses the issues of our time..
The Perspective Series 0.1: Witness
Wellington
16/02/2024 - 18/02/2024
"A warm hug whilst the waft of soft death flavours the space...
IYKYK
Wellington, Kerikeri, Palmerston North, Hamilton, Auckland, Christchurch
20/07/2023 - 27/03/2024
"Fostering and promoting contemporary dance in Aotearoa..
"Human stories glimpsed in fleeting detail..
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CORE
Wellington
30/03/2023 - 01/04/2023
"An intimate, thoughtful and sensory story of love, life and all the silly nonsense in between..
I Am King/Queen
Wellington
08/03/2023 - 10/03/2023
"A must see show for all ages, sexualities and ethnicities. A non-negotiable for all straight white folks...
Miss Scrappe presents: Fool Affrontal Rudity
Wellington
04/03/2023 - 07/03/2023
"Miss Scrappe lives another day! A chaotic rumbling of noise, bright colour and wackiness...
