Review Archive
Kathryn van Beek completed a writing degree at UNITEC’s School of Performing and Screen Arts and a Master’s degree at Victoria University’s Institute of Modern Letters.
Kathryn is an award-winning playwright who has had several plays professionally produced. Her play Indiscretions was published by Playmarket.
Kathryn’s short stories have appeared in Headland, Hue and Cry, Pot Roast and Aerodrome, and she won the 2015 Headland Prize for her story Frangipani.
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
ON THE CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF HILLARY CLINTON TAKING ME AS HER YOUNG LOVER
Hamilton, Auckland, NYC, USA, Takaka, Nelson, Havelock North, Wellington, Edinburgh, Scotland, Dunedin
16/02/2015 - 08/10/2016
"The real presidential debate..
"Top-notch satire ★★★★★..
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MARY STUART
Dunedin
29/09/2016 - 08/10/2016
"Worth a look for the costumes..
"Intimacy adds to immediacy..
NOT IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
Wellington, Auckland, Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch, Palmerston North
01/03/2014 - 24/06/2017
"Devastating yet wanted more..
"The importance of this work cannot be overstated..
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TWO INTIMATE OPERAS: OPERA OTAGO AT OLVESTON
Dunedin
08/04/2016 - 10/04/2016
"Operatic rom-coms hit all the right notes..
GUYS AND DOLLS
Auckland
31/10/2015 - 28/11/2015
"Nicely Nicely..
"The cast give us our money’s worth..
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LADY SINGS THE BLUES
Auckland
02/09/2015 - 02/09/2015
"A class act..
GINGER SNORT
Auckland
24/07/2015 - 24/07/2015
"A fabulous hole to disappear down..
FALLOUT: The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
Auckland
20/05/2015 - 30/05/2015
"Deserves a more thorough investigation..
"Is this the right way to remember …?..
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CLASS COMEDIANS SHOWCASE 2015 - Auckland
Auckland
10/05/2015 - 10/05/2015
"Big issues amid the humour..
Rose Matafeo is FINALLY DEAD
Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland
25/04/2015 - 28/08/2016
"Skilled in self-deprecating and observational humour..
"Fully nailed, sleek and shiny..
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PENNY ASHTON - HOT PINK BITS
Auckland
25/04/2015 - 02/05/2015
"A sizzling giggle stick to wrap you laughing gear around..
THE HISTORY BOYS
Auckland
12/03/2015 - 21/03/2015
"Historic comedy and turmoil..
MY CELEBRITY HUSBANDS AND MAYBE SOME WIVES
Auckland, Wellington
19/02/2015 - 07/03/2015
"All good, silly fun..
"Nutty, good-value fun..
STEVE ABEL
Auckland
15/02/2015 - 15/02/2015
"A little piece of New Zealand history in the making..
RISING VOICES SUMMER SERIES
Auckland
12/02/2015 - 14/02/2015
"The air crackles with the heat of ideas..
LIVE ORGY
Wellington, Auckland, Palmerston North
09/02/2015 - 10/09/2015
"Lively, funny, cleverly paced and makes you think..
"Entertains with purpose and delight..
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SHORT + SWEET SONG 2014
Auckland
09/09/2014 - 13/09/2014
"Sweet & sour selection..
Terror Highway
Auckland
05/08/2014 - 09/08/2014
"Spunky, booty-shaking misfits – ‘dacting’..
JULIA DEANS – Both Sides Now
Auckland
04/06/2014 - 08/06/2014
"Putting the OH! into folk..
MARCEL LUCONT – Is
Auckland, Wellington
29/04/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Muses, insults, smoulders, ad-libs, poems, sings …..
"Quiet, arrogant, devastatingly FRENCH..
PROMISE AND PROMISCUITY: A New Musical by Jane Austen & Penny Ashton
Whangarei, Dunedin, Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, Greytown, Hamilton
27/02/2013 - 29/11/2020
"Multi-talented performer has audience laughing in minutes..
"Winning formula leaves audiences smiling..
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TITTY BAR HA!HA!
Auckland
08/05/2013 - 18/05/2013
"Smutty fun with surreal puppetry of the breasts..
THE 5 STAR INTERNATIONAL COMEDY SHOWCASE 2013
Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington, Tauranga
30/04/2013 - 04/05/2013
"Polished, high quality, very funny show..
"Big laughs and big contrasts..
