Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
THE FAUSTUS PROJECT
Auckland
30/05/2017 - 03/06/2017
"Pertinent to this age in particular?..
"Fresh, unique and entertaining..
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BOYS
Auckland
21/04/2017 - 24/04/2017
"Torn Foreskin..
"Boys tells us we haven't come so far after all..
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THE FEAST 2014
Auckland
28/10/2014 - 01/11/2014
"Unique explorations of craft, imagination, style and taste..
"Soup for the Imagination..
ROYALS OF KIHIKIHI
Auckland
16/09/2014 - 27/09/2014
"A good introduction to a promising young playwright..
"Entertaining and insightful..
ALBERT BLACK Jukebox Killer
Auckland
29/07/2014 - 02/08/2014
"Infectious commitment and energy..
SISTER ANZAC
Auckland, Hamilton
23/07/2014 - 28/08/2016
"Silence a testament to the power of the play..
"Unmistakeable commitment..
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WINNERS
Auckland
27/05/2014 - 31/05/2014
"Fresh new talents to relish..
ABSENT FRIENDS
Auckland
08/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"One to chew over..
"More showing than being..
PAUL EGO AmazingBalls
Auckland, Wellington
29/04/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Skilful, powerful, affectionate fun..
"Likeable Ego risk-averse but satisfying..
TOM WRIGGLESWORTH Utterly at Odds with the Universe
Auckland, Wellington
06/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Moving, poignant and full of intelligent jokes..
"Full of heart and genuine laughs..
THE CREEPING CHARLIE SHOWCASE
Auckland
30/04/2014 - 30/04/2014
"Each different, original, skilled; all funny..
Polly Hood in Mumuland
Auckland
15/04/2011 - 03/05/2014
"A triumph – and only on for a week..
"Students put da hood onto Red Riding Hood..
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STEPHEN K AMOS: What Does The K Stand For?
Auckland, Wellington
25/04/2014 - 04/05/2014
"He’ll be back..
"Crafted, polished, interactive and funny..
ANGELS IN AMERICA – PART TWO: PERESTROIKA
Auckland
29/03/2014 - 13/04/2014
"Poetry in Motion..
"Fantastic examination of morality, mortality and desire..
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ANGELS IN AMERICA – PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES
Auckland
22/03/2014 - 13/04/2014
"America Rediscovered..
"A powerful, unequivocal and naked honesty..
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SEA
Auckland
06/03/2014 - 10/03/2014
"Blue Leap..
"Audience submerged in wonderful world of aquatic creatures..
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BLACK FAGGOT
Wellington, Nelson, Edinburgh, Scotland, Melbourne, Australia, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Auckland, New Plymouth
16/02/2013 - 02/09/2015
"Powerful humanising of initially stock characters..
"Honest, raw, energetic, thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking..
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THE SLAPDASH ASSASSIN
Auckland
25/02/2014 - 08/03/2014
"Killer Father Ted..
"Savagely funny..
Songs for Guy
Auckland
07/09/2010 - 23/02/2014
"Capturing our hearts with truth, honesty and a big dose of love..
"Yearning, tender, vulnerable with humour and just a smattering of sleaze..
TEEN FAGGOTS COME TO LIFE
Auckland
13/02/2014 - 15/02/2014
"Reveals the stories of our young BGLT people as never seen before..
LASHINGS OF WHIPPED CREAM
Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington
11/02/2014 - 12/10/2018
"Ecstatically fun and provocatively engaging..
"Renders the extraordinary intriguingly ordinary..
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MACBETH
Auckland
05/02/2014 - 08/02/2014
"Like a cultural volcano bursting with flashes of potential power..
"Scot problems..
LAMB (YOU'LL BE A SHEEP SOON)
Auckland
15/11/2013 - 15/11/2013
"A fizzer..