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Captain Festus McBoyle's Travellin' Variety Show

Dunedin

23/03/2024 - 24/03/2024

"High energy entertainment..

Diptych: The missing door & The lost room

Auckland

22/03/2024 - 24/03/2024

"Macabre humor and suspenseful anticipation..

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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SNOWC*CK

Nelson

22/03/2024 - 23/03/2024

"Charismatic, articulate and passionate about joy in silly things..

Leaning In

Nelson

22/03/2024 - 22/03/2024

"Highlights the strengths and hilarity of female performers..

A Man Walks Into A Bar

Dunedin

21/03/2024 - 24/03/2024

"A curiously meta experience ... a fantastical web of music hall gags..

Yellow Hut

Dunedin

19/03/2024 - 23/03/2024

"Yellow Hut great start to the Globe’s year..

"This show is a slow burn..

The Science of Getting 2 High

Dunedin

21/03/2024 - 23/03/2024

"A Double Dose of Dopamine..

The Sun and The Wind

Tauranga, Auckland

28/07/2023 - 24/03/2024

"Perfect performances enable audiences to consider the effects of intergenerational trauma..

"Inspired writing, great performances, and totally committed storytelling..

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THERAPY

Dunedin

21/03/2024 - 23/03/2024

"Celebrating the messiness of personhood with compassion and care..

A Night To Remember

Global

14/03/2024 - 24/03/2024

"Large cast enthusiastically shares the story of Christmas..

The Unluckiest Magician

Dunedin

19/03/2024 - 21/03/2024

"50 rewarding and occasionally hilarious minutes..

Baroness

Dunedin, Christchurch

20/03/2024 - 23/11/2024

"Hilarious Journey from the 1800s to Today..

It Came From Beyond the Script

Wellington

13/10/2023 - 23/03/2024

"A great exercise in technical improv..

"Tropes of the genre traversed to satisfying effect..

Displaced

Global

14/03/2024 - 24/03/2024

"Choreographing Radical Joy in the Face of Generational Trauma..

Butterfly Flutters / January Burns

Dunedin

19/03/2024 - 21/03/2024

"Some effective design elements..

Space Invaders

Dunedin

19/03/2024 - 20/03/2024

"Making hysterectomies hysterical..

White Men

Dunedin

19/03/2024 - 21/03/2024

"A well-crafted satirical punch at the patriarchy..

O Le Pepelo, Le Gaoi Ma Le Pala'ai | The Liar, the Thief and the Coward

Wellington, Auckland

14/06/2023 - 23/03/2024

"Complex, rich, funny, and (at times) disturbing, 'O Le Pepelo, Le Gaoi, Ma Le Pala’ai ~ The Liar, The Thief,…..

"A rollercoaster from being shocked, to hysterically laughing to fighting back tears..

Mr Moon

Global

14/03/2024 - 24/03/2024

"A wonderful avant-garde hour with this found family..

WASH AWAY THE STAINS

Nelson

17/03/2024 - 17/03/2024

"Complementary performers each bring something different and vital to the stage..

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