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HARLEQUEEN

Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin

01/03/2019 - 07/11/2020

"Celebrates transgressive female fools – and shocks us..

"Howells of laughter..

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RNZB NEW CHOREOGRAPHIC SERIES

Wellington, Christchurch

01/03/2019 - 09/03/2019

"Four new and contrasting works..

"Let the movement speak..

GAP YEARZ

Wellington

01/03/2019 - 01/03/2019

"Wit without vulgarity and fun with freshness..

Degrees of Separation

Auckland

27/02/2019 - 02/03/2019

"On the brink..

He Piko He Taniwha

Hamilton

26/02/2019 - 27/02/2019

"Well satisfied..

SHELTERING MOVES

Hamilton

26/02/2019 - 01/03/2019

"Making real connections..

MELANCHOLY PLAY

Wellington

27/02/2019 - 09/03/2019

"The pleasure of melancholy v the horror of happiness beautifully explored..

THURSDAY

Wellington

28/02/2019 - 21/02/2021

"They swing and soar with ever increasing complexity and energy..

"The loveliest thing..

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SOME SORT OF BOY

Wellington

28/02/2019 - 12/03/2019

"Witty, passionate and fairly uninhibited..

ROSEMARY

Auckland

26/02/2019 - 02/03/2019

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

OPERA AT TWILIGHT 2019

Hamilton

27/02/2019 - 28/02/2019

"A night of absolute pleasure..

Michele and Jeremy ON THE ROAD

Hamilton, Akaroa, Queenstown

01/02/2019 - 27/02/2019

"National comedy treasures..

"They make us think as well as laugh..

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HEMISPHERES

Auckland, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington

15/02/2019 - 03/03/2019

"Footnote Dance's collaboration with Chinese company transcends boundaries..

"Connectivity and positive insight..

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FULL SCALE

Wellington

26/02/2019 - 02/03/2019

"Daughter/ mother relationship navigated with creative ingenuity..

YES YES YES

Wellington, Hamilton

27/02/2019 - 27/03/2021

"Theatre that truly makes a positive difference..

"Honesty, humour and balance sensitively shared..

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PITCHING A TENT

Hamilton

01/11/2018 - 01/03/2019

"Loud arguments leave plenty to reflect on..

UNDER

Wellington, New Plymouth

02/11/2017 - 22/02/2019

"Beautifully crafted..

"Sensitive, nuanced, delicate, poetic..

SOLILOQUY

Dunedin, Wellington

21/02/2019 - 23/03/2019

"Tangible interactions..

"Shifting vignettes of identity..

THE CASE OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD

Hamilton

23/02/2019 - 24/02/2019

"Fine acting in a matchless setting celebrates a writer whose light still burns..

I’LL TELL YOU THIS FOR NOTHING My mother the war hero

Edinburgh, Scotland, Whanganui, Dunedin, Wellington

18/09/2018 - 25/08/2019

"Kate JasonSmith's show pays tribute to her mother..

"A lesson for us all for today..

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ELLING

Christchurch

23/02/2019 - 16/03/2019

"Excruciatingly funny and engaging..

K-POP PARTY

Auckland

23/02/2019 - 23/02/2019

"Pumping out the moves..

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