Review Archive
Claire O’Loughlin is a theatre-maker, producer and writer. She is a co-founder and current Executive Director of Binge Culture, co-director of Binge’s award-winning show Whales, and has worked extensively with Playmarket and Barbarian Productions. Her short script Huia featured in For the Birds in the NZ Festival 2016, and was published by Penguin Random House in Bird Words: New Zealand Writers on Birds in 2017. Claire has a BA Hons in Theatre and English Literature and an MA (Distinction) in Creative Writing from Victoria University of Wellington.
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
TURN ON THE LIGHT
Wellington
24/10/2020 - 24/10/2020
"Excellent puppeteering makes for delightful and soothing show..
HATCH
Wellington
23/10/2020 - 24/10/2020
"Held together by a theme of inclusivity and affirmation..
CHANGE YOUR OWN LIFE
Wellington, Global
10/03/2020 - 24/10/2020
"Private grief universalised..
"Well thought-out, bewitching offering from Sergent..
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Mouths of Illusion BEYOND THE MACHINE
Wellington
29/02/2020 - 15/03/2020
"Rich, weird, multi-layered..
DRONE
Wellington
08/11/2019 - 09/11/2019
"Very relatable humanising of the inhumane..
EGLANTYNE
Geraldine, Wellington, New Plymouth, Timaru, Christchurch
01/05/2014 - 26/10/2019
"Intelligent, relatable and still relevant..
"Rewarded with an empathetic insight..
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Björk: ALL IS FULL OF LOVE
Hamilton, Wellington
17/10/2019 - 22/10/2019
"A beautiful homage, musically innovative and delightful to experience..
"A gorgeous assembly of design, music and performance – but .....
THE KEYS ARE IN THE MARGARINE a verbatim play about dementia
Arrowtown, Wellington, Dunedin, Waiheke Island, Whangarei
02/10/2019 - 11/09/2022
"Deeply confronting and moving..
"A gentle, well-crafted handling of a scary, sad, interesting and heartbreaking topic..
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RUNNING LATE
Wellington
28/05/2019 - 01/06/2019
"Not yet more than the sum of its parts..
AU KO TUVALU
Wellington
20/03/2019 - 23/03/2019
"Story of love and hope leaves your stomach knotted and your eyes stinging..
"Heartwarming and heartwrenching..
SOFT TISSUE
Wellington, Auckland
26/09/2017 - 06/03/2019
"How society pressures women to perform: a powerful critique..
"Commanding, committed, entertaining..
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