Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
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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