Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Motherlock
Auckland, Wellington
17/09/2010 - 24/02/2011
"One-sided, undramatic and witless story not ready to be told..
"Bemoaning the outcomes of thoughtlessness..
Joseph and Mahina
Wellington, Auckland
19/02/2011 - 28/02/2011
"Coolio!..
"Delicately subtle..
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Well Hung
Auckland
10/02/2011 - 05/03/2011
"Excellently timed slapstick..
"A cop-incompetence romp..
Campground Chaos
Wellington, Hamilton, Auckland
17/02/2011 - 02/03/2014
"Busking works of art..
"Most amazed by a toothbrush trick..
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Square Eye Pair
Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin
16/02/2011 - 30/06/2012
"The unabridged, annotated, multi-volume series of guidebooks on how to be pathetic..
"Geeks' Eye for the Straight Guy..
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Broken China
Auckland, Wellington
13/04/2010 - 12/02/2011
"1950s Suburban Comedy Turns Into Smashing Finale..
"Behind the style and smile mask..
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I Won’t Be Happy Until I Lose One of My Limbs
Auckland
02/02/2011 - 19/02/2011
"Brave and original experiment..
Confessions of a Drag Queen
Auckland, Wellington
25/11/2009 - 19/03/2011
"I was interested, I was engaged, I laughed …..
"Not so much of a confession but certainly not a drag..
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Heat
Hamilton, Auckland, Dunedin, Nelson, Wellington
01/07/2010 - 19/02/2011
"Emotions run hot as relations turn frigid..
"Dramatic, comic, confrontational, visceral, moving..
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Roger Hall’s CINDERELLA – the pantomime
Auckland
12/01/2011 - 22/01/2011
"More wacky action needed amid good quips for adults..
2010 Auckland theatre wrap
Auckland
01/01/2010 - 31/12/2010
"Auckland theatre’s best of 2010..
The Xmas Monologues 2
Auckland
20/12/2010 - 22/12/2010
"The horrific humour of Christmas madness..
Silent Night
Auckland, Tauranga, Nelson, Hastings, Whangarei, Wellington, Kerikeri
13/12/2010 - 26/11/2016
"Bitter-sweet clarity carries laugh 'til you cry survivor story..
"A beautiful piece of theatre..
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Installations and Dance Films
Auckland
05/10/2010 - 11/12/2010
"Visually arresting and absorbing imagery..
Aotearoha Comedy Carnival 2010
Wellington, Auckland
09/12/2010 - 10/12/2010
"Stand-up, magic, songs and silence..
Birds of Paradise 2010
Auckland
08/12/2010 - 18/12/2010
"Mixed bag of birds need more room to move..
"Sit back and enjoy the fun..
Gagarin Way
Auckland
01/12/2010 - 11/12/2010
"Scottish wit with a political edge..
"Porletuks, phulorsorphy ’n’ murrddurr..