Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Jailbait
Auckland
24/05/2011 - 28/05/2011
"About as elegant as it is awkward..
CONSTANTINOPLE
Auckland, Nelson, Wellington, Tauranga
02/03/2011 - 26/10/2013
"Serious silliness delivered with a goofy humility..
"Crazy, zany and off the wall slapstick..
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Feel Felt Found
Auckland
25/02/2011 - 01/03/2011
"Mayhem, death and taxes..
"A ridiculous romp..
I Won’t Be Happy Until I Lose One of My Limbs
Auckland
02/02/2011 - 19/02/2011
"Brave and original experiment..
Toys
Auckland
02/12/2010 - 18/12/2010
"Wild and witty world of toys well beyond kids..
"Like a lolly lucky dip..
Find Me
Auckland
12/10/2010 - 16/10/2010
"Lost, adrift and unsure..
Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead
Auckland
29/09/2010 - 09/10/2010
"The tone shifts from stupid to angry to sexual to sad, like you’re inside of a teenager’s hormonally charged body..
Motherlock
Auckland, Wellington
17/09/2010 - 24/02/2011
"One-sided, undramatic and witless story not ready to be told..
"Bemoaning the outcomes of thoughtlessness..
Heroic Faun Number One
Auckland, Wellington
19/03/2009 - 05/03/2011
"Clash of ego, ambition, fear and vulnerability..
"One-man faun tale goes the extra mile..
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TJ McDONALD: A Mâori Ate My Great Granddad (NZ)
Auckland, Wellington
04/05/2010 - 15/05/2010
"Funny, astute and intelligent..
"Candid commentary..
Vaughan King: 0 to 20 in 60 minutes (NZ)
Auckland
11/05/2010 - 15/05/2010
"High-quality provincial Kiwi performance..
The Height of the Eiffel Tower
Auckland, NYC, USA, Wellington
10/03/2009 - 27/11/2010
"A pleasure to watch..
"Talented actress in lightweight play..
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Dance Troupe Supreme
Auckland
20/03/2010 - 27/03/2010
"Moments of quick-witted humour and a rigorous (vicarious) workout..
I Heart Camping
Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington
24/02/2010 - 21/04/2011
"Camp ground cringe gives laughs aplenty in under-the-canvas show..
"Romantic comedy hard to believe..
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Closer
Auckland
16/02/2010 - 20/02/2010
"New company falls short of its ideals..
Psychopaths
Auckland
02/02/2010 - 07/02/2010
"A Comedy of Horrors..
"The contorting power of fear..
Short+Sweet Auckland 2010
Auckland
19/01/2010 - 31/01/2010
"Final results..
"Wildcard Show 2..
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The Sexy Recession Cabaret
Auckland
12/12/2009 - 20/12/2009
"All sass, no crass in this delightful and dynamic recession-buster..
"Somewhere betwixt the devil talking backwards and a mildly pornographic small town sideshow..
My London Sojourn
Auckland
25/11/2009 - 27/11/2009
"Deeply funny, perfectly irreverent, intensely melodramatic, truly disturbing..
"Meet Sainsbury’s self-important denial-ridden bloody-minded control freak..
AUTOBAHN: a short play cycle
Auckland
04/11/2009 - 14/11/2009
"Snapshots’ word play drives the front-seat action in Butesville, USA..
"On the road with the faithless, thoughtless, selfish and often passive..
LUV
Auckland, Wellington
05/03/2008 - 26/07/2008
"Original voice..
"Dark comedies of our time..
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