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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..

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