Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
LAVVIES 2
Dunedin
14/03/2024 - 17/03/2024
"The A Team is still terrific..
Dan Bain: Anxiety Knife
Dunedin
14/03/2024 - 16/03/2024
"An easy to recommend show..
LOST LEAR
Wellington
14/03/2024 - 17/03/2024
"A brilliant premise is found wanting..
"Astonishingly insightful, moving and surprising..
Gerard Dougherty - Jokes about Birds
Dunedin
14/03/2024 - 16/03/2024
"A lot of audience engagement..
BELLE - a performance of air.
Wellington
21/02/2022 - 17/03/2024
"Stunning lighting design offers many a trompe l’oeil ..
"Must see performance!..
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Leave To Enter
Wellington, Dunedin
07/03/2024 - 16/03/2024
"A masterclass in storytelling..
"Knows when to let the story flow between jokes..
An Almighty Yes
Wellington, Dunedin
27/02/2024 - 16/03/2024
"A Song and a (Dirty) Dance Make a New Kind of Cancer Narrative in An Almighty Yes..
"Illustrates an attitude, a lesson and a message ..
The Trial
Nelson
14/03/2024 - 18/03/2024
"Fast-paced, spirited adaptation of Kafka’s dystopian tale..
"Unique, powerful and truly memorable..
WHENUA
Wellington, Auckland
08/03/2024 - 12/04/2024
"The dislocations of contemporary life..
"Questions identity and ties to land...
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Ciggie Butts in the Sand
Wellington, Auckland
14/07/2021 - 06/03/2024
"Gentle nurturing within a grieving process...
"Planting seeds for impetus? Perhaps...
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Poets Before Me
Wellington
09/03/2024 - 09/03/2024
"Emotional, funny, moving, hypnotic, lyrical and profound ..
The Way We Wilt
Wellington
05/03/2024 - 09/03/2024
"The temporary nature of all things..
"An exploration bravely taken and staged..
Manifesto
Auckland
08/03/2024 - 10/03/2024
"Wild, unadulterated joy...
The Best Man Show
Wellington
07/03/2024 - 09/03/2024
"Offers slick, safe, fun, bonkers interactive joy..
"A powerful and welcome antidote to the nauseating “Love you bro” beer commercial..
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
Christchurch
02/03/2024 - 06/04/2024
"Dream cast and first-class surprises make Express an absolute triumph..
GRAVITY & GRACE
Wellington
07/03/2024 - 10/03/2024
"A triumphant portrayal of failure..
"Refreshing and reassuring insights into fallible humanity superbly presented..
The Best of Wet Soup
Wellington
07/03/2024 - 08/03/2024
"Chaotic fun to cleanse the pallet and keep you laughing..
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Auckland, Wellington
20/02/2024 - 09/03/2024
"Marvellous simulation of a vigorous, volatile transcendent rave..
"Entirely cohesive, outstanding work..
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Te Tangi a te Tūī
Auckland
01/03/2024 - 10/03/2024
"We want more decolonial theatre..
"Te Tangi a te Tūī transcends language and leaves us in a state of blissful awe...