Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Matilda the Musical
Palmerston North
12/04/2024 - 27/04/2024
"Matilda’s world brought to dynamic life by the whole team..
Fairystories
Christchurch
10/04/2024 - 13/04/2024
"Exceptionally strong cast handle action and music with assurance...
BACKSTAGE PASS Stories from Thirty Years of the Auckland Theatre Company
(not a specified venue)
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2024
"Richly resonant and revealing..
HELIOS
Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington
09/04/2024 - 21/04/2024
"Universal themes, experiences and emotions that resonate deeply..
"Richly created ode to the power of the storyteller..
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Every Brilliant Thing
Christchurch
06/04/2024 - 04/05/2024
"A sparkling exercise in positivity...
Double Goer
Nelson, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch
24/10/2023 - 27/04/2024
" Unravelling the power of the feminine..
"Brave and confronting and traumatizing...
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Still Lives
Auckland
30/03/2024 - 30/03/2024
"A Provoking Bind of Art and Sport..
WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM
Wellington
22/03/2024 - 24/03/2024
"Measured yet impassioned meditation..
"Raise their voices in unity..
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Tea with The Topp Twins
Christchurch
23/03/2024 - 23/03/2024
"Like coming home, for the best kind of homecoming..
The Trapeze Artists
Dunedin
17/03/2024 - 19/03/2024
"Life swings high and low in opera..
"A tribute to a remarkable talent..
Adam Rennie - One (Queer) Night Only!
Christchurch
24/03/2024 - 24/03/2024
"Intimate, personal and impressive performance deserves its standing ovation..
Good Breeding
Auckland
26/03/2024 - 28/03/2024
"Well written with amusing asides and why aren't there savoury-flavoured condoms?..
Mommy’s Dead and They Buried Her in Moscow
Global
14/03/2024 - 24/03/2024
"Holds the theatre at its heart with intelligence and clarity..
Satan vs God
Global
14/03/2024 - 24/03/2024
"Not the same as being in the room..
Whore's Eye View
Wellington
20/02/2024 - 24/02/2024
"Salted with humour and expressive pauses..
"Historical, comedic, personal, engaging and informative..
Two Guitars
Palmerston North, Wellington
30/09/2023 - 13/04/2024
"Comedic yet moving, timeless yet topical, challenging yet lyrical..
"Transcendent harmonies, complex characterisations, moving and theatrically fulfilling..
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ILL-Abilities: No Excuses, No Limits
Auckland
23/03/2024 - 23/03/2024
"Striving towards limitless possibilities..
AIGA
Auckland, Nelson
20/03/2024 - 29/10/2024
"Well-deserved standing ovation for thought provoking, masterful and moving show..
"Superpower - held in utopic limbo space..
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Robert Haley - Mind Reader
Nelson
22/03/2024 - 23/03/2024
"Incredibly entertaining and genuinely awe-inspiring..