Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
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..