Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
THE CREAMERY
Hamilton, Nelson, Havelock North, Wellington, Tauranga
05/07/2017 - 03/03/2019
"A Romeo and Juliet of Cheesemakers..
"Rich with conflict and all things messy..
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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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Back of the Bus
Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, Edinburgh, Scotland, Dunedin, Hamilton
23/09/2008 - 28/02/2021
"Riding the bus will never be the same again..
"Fantastic!..
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Saudade
Wellington, Dunedin
16/03/2018 - 03/03/2019
"The challenge of sharing..
"stream of consciousness expressed through movement...
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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A NEW MAN
Wellington
01/03/2019 - 03/03/2019
"A long way short of meeting its objective..
ONCE THERE WAS A WOMAN
Auckland, Wellington
28/02/2017 - 02/03/2019
"Celebrating our shared humanity..
"Recalled with levity, warmth, dismay, resignation, fear, disorientation c..
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Dunedin
28/02/2019 - 09/03/2019
"A timely revival..
Ben McCarthy NEVERMIND
Wellington
01/03/2019 - 02/03/2019
"“I want to sit and have a drink with him”..
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..
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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FULL SCALE
Wellington
26/02/2019 - 02/03/2019
"Daughter/ mother relationship navigated with creative ingenuity..