Review Archive
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
SIN
Auckland
09/07/2014 - 18/07/2014
"There's good and bad in Outfit's exploration of sin..
"Seven Deadly Narrative Sins..
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ALWAYS MY SISTER
Auckland
11/06/2014 - 21/06/2014
"Some things never change..
"Compelling and haunting..
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TOMMY BRADSON – The Men My Mother Loved
Auckland
06/06/2014 - 07/06/2014
"With tenderness, pride and love..
THERE’S A BLUEBIRD INSIDE MY HEART but I Tell it to Shut Up
Auckland
08/04/2014 - 12/04/2014
"Honest, raw and hopeful characters hold the focus..
"It should’ve listened..
CRUNCHY SILK
Auckland
25/03/2014 - 29/03/2014
"Less silk, more crunch..
"Chilled and thrilled..
QUEEN
Auckland
13/02/2014 - 16/02/2014
"Gay outing..
"Go, gay or not..
GOLDEN BOYS
Auckland
15/10/2013 - 19/10/2013
"Mother’s big boys..
"Ri-ri-ri-diculous..
On The Upside-Down of the World
Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Hamilton, Tauranga, NYC, USA, Nelson, Wanaka, Christchurch, Wellington
01/07/2011 - 25/08/2014
"Interrogating multiple selves..
"Sweet, heartfelt and tenderly funny star performance..
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CORNER DIARY
Auckland, Wellington
22/02/2013 - 31/08/2013
"Riveting, raw and somehow healing..
"Hilariously genuine..
Andy Clay’s Book of Love
Hamilton, Auckland
19/05/2009 - 21/02/2014
"The mysteries and madness of the human condition..
"A novel comedy..
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FREE LOAD
Auckland
14/08/2012 - 18/08/2012
"Sci Fi take on illusion, creation, responsibility and what it is to be human..
TOM FURNISS AND THE FREE ICE CREAM SHOW
Wellington, Auckland
08/05/2012 - 19/05/2012
"Charming, interesting, quirky..
"Making the mundane insane with great originality and sincerity..
A Krazy Kristmas
Auckland
07/12/2011 - 11/12/2011
"Nicely charcoaled humour for the silly season..
Cabaret Askew
Auckland
10/11/2011 - 12/11/2011
"Sparks of hope and talent..
Joseph Harper: The Boy and The Bicycle
Auckland, Wellington
12/10/2011 - 21/10/2011
"Intense yet lyrical, fretted with humour, absorbing and strangely life-affirming..
"Raw, honest and enjoyable..
Calendar Girls
Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga
10/08/2011 - 03/09/2011
"One to mark on your calendar..
"A nice play with a soothing effect..
Young & Hungry Festival of New Theatre (Auckland) 2011
Auckland
22/07/2011 - 06/08/2011
"Most satisfying – don’t go hungry..
"Excellent duo followed by disappointing disorder..
Loot
Auckland
23/10/2009 - 21/11/2009
"Satire keeps a straight face for humour..
"Sex, death, robbery, religion and a massive dollop of disrespect..
The Who’s TOMMY
Auckland
01/10/2009 - 07/10/2009
"Hard to empathise..
The Graduate
Auckland
20/08/2009 - 30/08/2009
"Not cutting edge and doesn’t need to be..
Wolf’s Lair
Wellington, Auckland
26/02/2009 - 12/12/2009
"You have to see it..
"Guilt-driven portrait..
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Sexual Perversity in Chicago
Auckland
18/08/2009 - 22/08/2009
"Joyful pace and chemistry..
Stir Fried Plays 09
Auckland
11/08/2009 - 15/08/2009
"Tasty line up with delicious chunks..