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How To Art

Auckland

12/11/2024 - 16/11/2024

"Relentlessly funny and splendidly performed by the best bananas in the art business...

We, The Outsiders

Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland, Whangarei

31/01/2024 - 29/09/2024

"A Gathering of Migrant Stories..

"Intensely personal stories performed with commitment and energy..

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Delightfool

Wellington, Auckland

22/02/2024 - 07/09/2024

"Recommended - Booth the Clown is an Aotearoan star on the rise...

"A ribald hour of wit, sparkle and innuendo with a touch of vulnerability..

Yeah Nah Pavlova

Auckland

16/05/2024 - 17/05/2024

"These two fireworks create a show that sparks the audience regardless of their origin...

In 200 Minds

Auckland

22/08/2023 - 26/08/2023

"Shaw holds this space with clear embodied presence and intention in each gesture...

Gabby Anderson – Bad(ish) Teacher

Wellington, Auckland

09/05/2023 - 27/05/2023

"Friendly, engaging, genuine and enthusiastically here for a good time..

"Verbal dexterity is a hallmark of her delivery, as are pause, pace and audience participation..

A Tart on Tour

Auckland, Wellington

14/02/2023 - 16/09/2023

"Recommended to anyone who has ever dealt with rejection and kept going..

"A testament to her skills, resilience and capacity to survive where others have not..

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SCATTERGUN: After the Death of Rūaumoko

Auckland, Nelson

28/07/2022 - 04/05/2024

"The audience shout accolades, rising and roaring “Bravo, bravo”...

"A Shakespeare for all New Zealand..

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James Nokise GOD DAMN FANCY MAN

Auckland

08/10/2020 - 10/10/2020

"Enlightened by laughter..

KARANGA

Auckland

08/10/2019 - 11/10/2019

"Calling home..

"A call to return home..

RECLAMATION

Auckland

19/09/2019 - 05/10/2019

"Roars like a tiger, one that has been in a cage too long..

INHERITANCE HAKARERETANGA

Auckland

09/07/2019 - 13/07/2019

"A stick in a shell-suit..

ROSEMARY

Auckland

26/02/2019 - 02/03/2019

"//holding space for Mary - a review of Rosemary..

Juxtapositions: a mixed bill

Auckland

09/02/2019 - 09/02/2019

"Part 2: Proto-colonial exchange - from hilarity to silence..

"Part 1: Shadow of Ease..

Embodied Contemplation: a mixed billl

Auckland

08/02/2019 - 08/02/2019

"and I’m looking back at you: a review/response to Josie, Cat and Josh..

Women Voicing : a mixed bill

Auckland

07/02/2019 - 07/02/2019

"Internal ghosts. Horizontal voice. Ode to the body...

Generations: a mixed bill

Auckland

05/02/2019 - 05/02/2019

"Unapologetic realness. Ever-passing forms. Celebration of connectivity..

Darkness: mixed bill (2019)

Auckland

04/02/2019 - 04/02/2019

"Exhausted physicality. Stinging experience. Visual ecstacy...

ABYSS BETWEEN COUNTS

Auckland

13/11/2018 - 17/11/2018

"...this piece is really something..

MEAT

Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington

14/08/2018 - 13/04/2019

"Conversation-stoking commitment..

"Shattering!..

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IRON EYES

Auckland

17/04/2018 - 21/04/2018

"Distinctively Korean..

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