Review Archive
Fiona is a British/Irish writer based in rural Canterbury. After studying a degree in Dance and Childhood Studies in London, she lived and travelled abroad and has worked as a Ballet teacher and English teacher, among other roles. Meeting her husband in London, she has now been in New Zealand for five years.
She lives on a housebus with her husband and two children, which she chronicles sporadically on facebook.com/housebusadventure. Her writing has so far appeared on What’s On Christchurch, West Melton News, and Malvern & Rolleston News.
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
AUSTEN FOUND The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen
Dunedin, Christchurch, New Zealand wide, Wellington
26/10/2018 - 14/10/2023
"Rises to the challenge with supreme confidence and skill..
"Whirlwind pace and bawdy comedy to delight Janeites and novices alike..
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FRANKENSTEIN
Christchurch
07/08/2021 - 04/09/2021
"Detailed, well-paced, consistently engaging..
"Leaves you questioning just what is it that makes a man or a monster..
HERS & HERS TOWELS
Christchurch
05/12/2020 - 05/12/2020
"Engaging tension, humour, drama, crescendos and pathos..
RANTS IN THE DARK
Christchurch, Wellington
19/01/2019 - 03/10/2020
"Energetic, relatable and mostly well-paced..
"A hero’s journey indeed..
MANTRA
Christchurch
13/11/2019 - 13/11/2019
"Doesn’t so much transcend emotions as unsettle them..
"Slow moving tableaux..
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THE ARSONISTS
Christchurch
17/08/2019 - 07/09/2019
"Between the silences emotions run hot..
TIME MACHINE
Christchurch
13/04/2019 - 27/04/2019
"A captivating and amusing jaunt through time..
LES MISÉRABLES
Christchurch
14/09/2018 - 29/09/2018
"Eternal themes get under your skin..
