Review Archive
Sam Trubridge is a performance designer, solo artist and director. He has created performance art and theatre works for venues and events in Oceania, Europe and the Americas. He is director of The Performance Arcade — an annual festival of live art and performance on Wellington Waterfront, and is associate editor (Oceania) for World Scenography, a survey of performance design from 1975 to 2015. In 2015 he directed Deep Anatomy with freedivers and artists for PSi#21 Fluid States (The Bahamas) as well as the New Zealand New Performance Festival at La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, New York City. He has written for Illusions (NZ), Theatre Forum (USA), Performance Paradigm (AUS), Australasian Drama Studies Journal (AUS), A(l)Berto) (Brazil) and Performance Research (UK). He joined the Theatreview team in June 2012.
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (RNZB)
Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Napier, Global
20/08/2015 - 12/04/2020
"The course of true love never did run smooth..
"A feel-good ballet to enjoy at home..
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NOW 2015
Wellington, Auckland, Hamilton
09/07/2015 - 19/07/2015
"Young, fresh and exuberant..
"Invigorating and thought provoking..
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EMBODY
Wellington
21/11/2014 - 22/11/2014
"Committed, well-conceived, generously gifted dance works..
THE STATUS OF BEING
Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington
16/10/2014 - 25/10/2014
"provocation, polemicism, playfulness, physicality..
"Striking, confronting, profound and delightful..
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Mana Wahine
Hamilton, Rotorua, Auckland, Dunedin, Napier, Wellington
15/02/2014 - 26/06/2016
"Two years after debut, Mana Wahine still an unforgettable performance..
"Embracing the inherent power of mana wahine as a collective force..
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NOW 2014
Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland
29/05/2014 - 06/06/2014
"Practising the art of asking questions..
"Honouring our highly specialised individual artists..
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The Crimson House
Wellington
05/03/2014 - 06/03/2014
"Slow contemplation reveals an other world..
And Then It Moved
Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington
15/05/2013 - 15/10/2013
"Buckets go dancing..
"A Privileged Window..
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Footnote Forte Series 2013 - We Have Been There
Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland, Nelson
06/03/2013 - 16/04/2013
"Review: We Have been There..
"Fresh and fascinating..
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Feet of Clay
Wellington
28/02/2013 - 03/03/2013
"Earthy connections - place, settlement, landscape, soil, and society..
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Auckland, Wellington
27/10/2012 - 30/10/2012
"A madcap evening of entertainment..
"King Louis would be proud (and loud)..
Do You Still Think of Me
Wellington
30/08/2012 - 31/08/2012
"Wacky theatre refreshes..
"Oddball and melancholic lyricism and cerebral calisthenics...
Footnote Forte Series 2012
Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland
15/08/2012 - 09/10/2012
"Two cultural traditions united in dance..
"Idiosyncratic and electric, with wide appeal..
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Made in New Zealand 2012 - Footnote Dance Company
Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington
22/03/2012 - 13/06/2012
"In Fine Fettle..
"Footnote's excellent pedigree to the fore..
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