Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
The Nominal Space
Wellington
14/02/2008 - 17/02/2008
"Stays in your mind..
"It’s up to us to believe..
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Dostoevsky Trip
Wellington
13/02/2008 - 17/02/2008
"Lit trips into idiocy..
"Variation lacking..
The Beckoning of Hope
Wellington
12/02/2008 - 16/02/2008
"Committed performance cannot make flawed play gel..
"A beautiful testament..
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Ground
Wellington
25/01/2008 - 02/02/2008
"Objective awareness fails to engage..
"Entertaining yet unsatisfying..
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PAUA
Wellington
19/01/2008 - 16/02/2008
"The price of paua..
"Action, intrigue, overt physicality with political/ecological message makes for a must-see winner..
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Armslength
Wellington
18/01/2008 - 17/02/2008
"Balancing acts..
"Cracking good dialogue and actions could have been left to speak for themselves..
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On The Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her Young Lover
Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin
15/01/2008 - 27/09/2008
"Meros for office!..
"Perfect timing..
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A Renaissance Man
Wellington
10/01/2007 - 19/01/2007
"Mining the depths of despair, hilarity and bawdiness..
"The funny side of John Donne..
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Dickens' Women
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington
28/11/2007 - 09/12/2007
"Sublime character acting and acerbic commentary..
"An indefatigable treasure of the stage..
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Godzone
Wellington
04/12/2007 - 15/12/2007
"Giggles and warm fuzzies..
"Gentle spoof on Kiwi men..
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Revenge of the Amazons
Wellington
30/11/2007 - 15/12/2007
"An absolute gas of an evening..
"They all rock..
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Wellington
24/11/2007 - 22/12/2007
"Visceral, imaginative and highly entertaining..
"Exciting work..
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Roger Hall’s JACK and the BEANSTALK: The Pantomime
Wellington
17/11/2007 - 23/12/2007
"Entertaining, engaging performances..
"A convert to panto..
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Urinetown: The Musical
Wellington
17/11/2007 - 22/12/2007
"Funny send-up and gutsy performances..
"Energetic direction and performances..
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The Kreutzer
Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington
14/11/2007 - 09/08/2009
"Inspirational for music enthusiasts and theatre-goers alike..
"Identity, mistakes and jolts of discomfort..
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Settling
Wellington
23/10/2007 - 03/11/2007
"Culling needed..
"Damn good theatre..
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Arcadia
Wellington
19/10/2007 - 27/10/2007
"A rich theatrical dish..
"Relentless – if beautiful – discussion of ideas..
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I’m Not Rappaport
Wellington
13/10/2007 - 10/11/2007
"An oldie but a goodie..
"Comic flair lights up stage..
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Home Land
Wellington
13/10/2007 - 10/11/2007
"“The best play I have ever seen”..
"Genuinely moving..
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Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches
Wellington
29/09/2007 - 06/10/2007
"Moving theatre beautifully realised with grace and style..
"Modern masterpiece played with panache..
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The Hollow Men
Palmerston North, Wellington
26/09/2007 - 27/10/2007
"Brash at Play not Brash by the Book..
"The presentation of image..
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The Sleeping Beauty
Wellington
22/09/2007 - 06/10/2007
"Wacky holiday show for kids a beauty..
"Readily accessible retelling of tale..
Shining City
Wellington
08/09/2007 - 13/10/2007
"The ghosts of guilt and shame: truly eerie and compelling..
"Engaging, emotive and inspiring..
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