Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Wellington
25/07/2015 - 29/08/2015
"A climax to savour in brilliantly staged funny show..
"Do we not aspire to more than a ride on a bandwagon?..
SUCCESS
Wellington, Auckland
04/06/2015 - 07/08/2015
"Study in failure proves success..
"High Achiever..
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DON JUAN
Wellington, Havelock North, Nelson, Auckland
25/04/2015 - 12/11/2016
"Juan Direction..
"Feel the love - young dogs give it heaps..
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THE PARK BENCH
Lower Hutt
09/03/2015 - 13/03/2015
"Convoluted play no benchmark..
"Great concept needs refining..
YEP, STILL GOT IT!
Wellington
28/02/2015 - 21/03/2015
"Mining personal problems for musical laughs..
"Provokes laughter, stillness, applause and cheers..
THE DEMOLITION OF THE CENTURY
Kerikeri, , Wellington, New Plymouth
31/01/2015 - 16/08/2015
"Flamboyant, laconic, witty, wry, dark, bleak, rich..
"Cabaret-style enhances the reading..
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STOMACH
Auckland, Wellington
11/03/2014 - 31/01/2015
"Powerful play provides plenty for audiences to chew over..
"A delight to digest..
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TWELFTH NIGHT
Wellington
24/01/2015 - 08/02/2015
"A fluent flow of seamless unseemliness..
"Art gallery woven into comic take on Shakespeare..
THE KITCHEN AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Greytown, Wellington
18/10/2012 - 24/01/2015
"Marionette play tugs on feelings of warmth for old values..
"Engaging at human, metaphysical and meta-theatrical levels..
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RICHARD III
Wellington
15/01/2015 - 31/01/2015
"Shakespeare meets Black Adder and Monty Python..
"A memorable satirical romp with bite..
WHITE ELEPHANT
Wellington
27/11/2014 - 30/11/2014
"A white elephant in more than name..
"Mocking society and gloriously revolting..
DEAD TRAGIC
Palmerston North, Wellington
10/07/2010 - 21/12/2014
"Dead Tragic anything but..
"Bound to make you feel better about your own lot in life..
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WATCH
Wellington
22/11/2014 - 13/12/2014
"Espionage thriller launches BATS transformation..
"BATS flies home into tangled webs..
MAMMA MIA!
Wellington
19/11/2014 - 06/12/2014
"Laugh-till-you-cry / cry-till-you-laugh again..
"Jukebox musical with catchy ABBA songs..
Roger Hall’s RED RIDING HOOD The Pantomime 2014-15
Wellington
15/11/2014 - 10/01/2015
"Jokes galore in Hall panto..
"Rapt kids amplifies adult enjoyment..
BLUE STOCKINGS
Wellington
28/10/2014 - 08/11/2014
"Prejudice at heart of Swale’s play..
"As enlightening as it is entertaining..
I’LL BE FINE
Auckland, Wellington
21/10/2014 - 20/06/2015
"Young in Trouble..
"Like Woody Allen on speed..
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ISAAC’S EYE
Wellington
18/10/2014 - 15/11/2014
"A provocative peep into Newton’s mind..
"Thoroughly engaging if somewhat ethereal..
ONCE UPON A TIME IN WELLINGTON
Wellington
16/10/2014 - 25/10/2014
"Crime story laden with a few too many clichés..
"No way in..
TUT
Wellington
14/10/2014 - 18/10/2014
"Tut-tut, this play needs action..
"To be savoured for its moments of brilliance..
CONSTELLATIONS
Wellington
26/07/2014 - 23/08/2014
"Glimpses of other universes..
"Variations on a relationship..
BILL MASSEY’S TOURISTS
Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Gisborne, Christchurch, Palmerston North
24/07/2014 - 12/10/2018
"Powerful and deeply moving..
"Presented with sincerity, integrity and polish..
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A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Wellington
19/07/2014 - 23/08/2014
"Sterling acting in opera-like drama..
"The corrosive effects of passions denied..