Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
HĀKARI: DINNER PARTY
Otaki, Wellington, Auckland
15/05/2016 - 09/10/2016
"Giving life to stories through their dancing bodies..
"Colourful but colour blind performance executed with humility and aroha..
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LIVE LIVE CINEMA: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Auckland, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Tauranga, Dunedin, Havelock North, Nelson, Global
14/05/2015 - 27/03/2022
"Wholeheartedly worth watching..
"Most of all it is really, really clever..
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UNDER MILK WOOD
Dunedin, Nelson, Auckland
08/10/2016 - 22/10/2016
"Celebrating timeless brilliance..
"Effortless, agile, polished and fresh..
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GRAB BAG
Wellington
06/10/2016 - 06/10/2016
"Calm and entertaining riffing..
THE EMPEROR’S NIGHTINGALE
Paraparaumu
07/10/2016 - 08/10/2016
"Energetic, enthusiastic, atmospheric fun..
KIDDIE TIME!
Wellington
07/10/2016 - 07/10/2016
"A fun and loose late-night trip..
DEATH COMES TO US ALL
Wellington
07/10/2016 - 07/10/2016
"An ingenious premise skilfully developed..
SONGS FOR THE FALLEN
Auckland, Nelson, Havelock North, Dunedin
28/09/2016 - 13/10/2016
"Formidable team keeps up incredible pace..
"Helter-skelter spiral from abandonment..
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BARNIE DUNCAN in CALYPSO NIGHTS
Nelson, Wellington, Hamilton, Edinburgh, Scotland, Auckland, Dunedin
01/05/2013 - 07/10/2016
"From bewilderment to dancing via calypso..
"Sexy, mysterious and political..
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DIDO AND AENEAS
Havelock North
06/10/2016 - 07/10/2016
"Extraordinary..
THE WINE PROJECT (2017)
Nelson, Tauranga, Wellington, Hamilton, Edinburgh, Scotland, Dunedin, Auckland, Havelock North, Wairarapa
18/10/2015 - 21/10/2017
"Bouquet charms, teases, taunts and celebrates..
"Expanding our minds and pleasure receptors..
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SRINGARAM
Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland
10/10/2015 - 08/10/2016
"An exquisite performance full of surprises..
"Emotive, animated, visceral, alluring - extraordinary..
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THE GRUFFALO
Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, New Plymouth
30/09/2016 - 30/10/2016
"Inventively told with delight, energy and skill..
"Excellent fun with a valuable message..
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FRESH 2016
Auckland
05/10/2016 - 07/10/2016
"Creative thinking and a strong narrative evident in all five pieces..
"Emerging works in a diversity of genres..
THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS
Wellington
06/10/2016 - 06/10/2016
"Hilarious, honest and beautifully crafted..
DOUBLE DERELICTS
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Havelock North, Palmerston North
13/12/2013 - 08/10/2016
"Splendid value..
"No fourth wall in this show..
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...IN BED
Wellington
05/10/2016 - 05/10/2016
"Fun, ridiculous and an experimental success..
THE TROJAN WOMEN
Wellington
05/10/2016 - 09/10/2016
"Compellingly immediate..
INSOLENT RIVER: A TANGO
Auckland
04/10/2016 - 06/10/2016
"Abstract and metaphysical, and mundane..
"Alternate casting offers subtle interpretive differences..
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ON THE CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF HILLARY CLINTON TAKING ME AS HER YOUNG LOVER
Hamilton, Auckland, NYC, USA, Takaka, Nelson, Havelock North, Wellington, Edinburgh, Scotland, Dunedin
16/02/2015 - 08/10/2016
"The real presidential debate..
"Top-notch satire ★★★★★..
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MICHELE A’COURT in STUFF I FORGOT TO TELL MY DAUGHTER
Invercargill, Havelock North, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Bay of Islands, Nelson
27/04/2013 - 06/04/2017
"Self-deprecating, honest, forth-right, confident, grounded and bloody funny..
"Everyone leaves the theatre with a smile..
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