Review Archive
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
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..
MADIBA the musical
Wellington, Christchurch
07/02/2019 - 17/02/2019
"Madiba has moments of greatness..
"Rippling with vigour, vitality and energy to burn..
Women Voicing : a mixed bill
Auckland
07/02/2019 - 07/02/2019
"Internal ghosts. Horizontal voice. Ode to the body...
LEGENDARY DIVAS
Christchurch, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Invercargill, Wellington, Wanaka, Nelson
01/03/2015 - 16/02/2019
"Fills our heads and hearts with music..
"For old school song lovers everywhere..
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Don PASQUALE
Palmerston North, New Plymouth
02/02/2019 - 07/02/2019
"Affectionately crafted effervescence..
"Palpable impact..
Story and Destroy
Auckland
05/02/2019 - 05/02/2019
"Smashing it..
Generations: a mixed bill
Auckland
05/02/2019 - 05/02/2019
"Unapologetic realness. Ever-passing forms. Celebration of connectivity..
THE DREAM
Wellington
05/02/2019 - 09/02/2019
"A credible insight into the truths of unreality..
Darkness: mixed bill (2019)
Auckland
04/02/2019 - 04/02/2019
"Exhausted physicality. Stinging experience. Visual ecstacy...
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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ARS ACUSTICA
Christchurch
30/01/2019 - 02/02/2019
"A theatrical adventure in the woods..
"A clear artistic victory that might be too much of a good thing..
THE ATTITUDES – REFUSING PERFORMANCE
Wellington
29/01/2019 - 02/02/2019
"An innovatively classical way of “speaking unspeakable things” and “being the unspeakable”..
KEVIN QUANTUM (UK)
Christchurch
29/01/2019 - 03/02/2019
"A truly uplifting way to end the festival..
THE REVOLVER CLUB (NZ)
Christchurch
24/01/2019 - 03/02/2019
"Has you laughing out loud when you’re not holding your breath..
Festival Gala THE LAST MORSEL
Christchurch
20/01/2019 - 20/01/2019
"“You had to be there, and I’m glad I was”..
RANTS IN THE DARK
Christchurch, Wellington
19/01/2019 - 03/10/2020
"Energetic, relatable and mostly well-paced..
"A hero’s journey indeed..
OUR TOWN
Lyttelton
18/01/2019 - 26/01/2019
"Everything is tinged with genial nostalgia..
TIDE WAITS FOR NO MAN Episode Grace
Wellington
04/12/2018 - 08/12/2018
"Unpredictability keeps audience engaged and in suspense..
"Inventive use of dance, movement and puppetry..
Melanie Bracewell MELODRAMA (NZ)
Christchurch
16/01/2019 - 20/01/2019
"Top class stand-up..