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Tomas Ford's CHASE!

Wellington, Auckland

22/02/2017 - 04/03/2017

"Speed on Stage..

"Entertaining scenes and dull songs makes chase more like a walk..

THE BOUNDARY RIDERS Musical Tales of NZ Pioneer Women

Wellington

03/03/2017 - 04/03/2017

"A rich vein of history mined..

THE BLACK ORCHID PARADISA

Auckland

02/03/2017 - 04/03/2017

"Thematic links add satisfying depth..

WELLINGTON RAW COMEDY QUEST 2017

Wellington

02/03/2017 - 06/04/2017

"Each is upfront, good and unique..

THE DARK LIGHT

Wellington

28/02/2017 - 05/03/2017

"More theatrics than actual dance..

"Well-considered content with an anarchic feel..

WE MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE

Auckland, Wellington

21/02/2017 - 11/03/2017

"Choose to Listen..

"Beautifully poetic posing of the proposition: we are what we think..

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Charmian Hughes SOIXANTE MIRTH

Wellington, Dunedin

12/02/2017 - 09/03/2017

"Insecurities tackled in a vortex of nostalgia..

"Playful, poignant, painful, sweet, achingly familiar..

THE EPIDEMICAL EXISTENCE OF A PERSONAL MALFUNCTION AT THE AGE OF TWENTY SOMETHING

Auckland

02/03/2017 - 05/03/2017

"Abstract Expressionist Millennial crises..

ALLERGIC TO LOVE curse of the 80s

Wellington

02/03/2017 - 04/03/2017

"Musicians keep the crowd excited and cheering throughout..

DILF

Wellington

01/03/2017 - 04/03/2017

"Under-explored and fairly offensive..

ONCE THERE WAS A WOMAN

Auckland, Wellington

28/02/2017 - 02/03/2019

"Celebrating our shared humanity..

"Recalled with levity, warmth, dismay, resignation, fear, disorientation c..

The Madison Hegarty TRIBUTE SHOW

Wellington

01/03/2017 - 04/03/2017

"Enjoyable and pulls a nice gut punch..

THE WIRECUTTERS

Wellington

27/02/2017 - 04/03/2017

"Group C: Embodying bravery..

"Group B: the range of inventive variety continues to impress..

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THE FLOATING THEATRE

Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington

01/03/2017 - 25/02/2023

"As a show of two halves, it engages its audiences in very different ways and is well positioned as part…..

"Seriously good, feel-provoking theatre..

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DELIVERY #17

Auckland

21/02/2017 - 11/03/2017

"A beguilingly authentic adventure..

COLOUR ME, NOSTALGIA!

Wellington

28/02/2017 - 04/03/2017

"Intriguing revisiting of growing up..

THE MAN

Wellington

28/02/2017 - 03/03/2017

"A show of substance to check your moral compass against..

CASTLES

Wellington, Auckland

12/02/2016 - 03/03/2017

"Defying normal choreographic logic..

"Schizophrenic, enigmatic and perplexing yet rivetting..

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Pop-Up Globe 2017)

Auckland

23/02/2017 - 12/05/2017

"Pacific-styled Much Ado a delight..

"Highly entertaining..

MEA TAU

Auckland

28/02/2017 - 04/03/2017

"Mea Tau: Hilarious, clever, effervescent..

THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (is trapped in a supermarket)

Auckland

03/11/2015 - 07/11/2015

"Countdown to the Apocalypse..

"Relentless panic alleviated by breath-taking vocals..

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