Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
A Bit Dramatic
Wellington
12/10/2023 - 12/10/2023
"Scenarios sympathetic to women and the labelling they can suffer from..
Artefact - How to Behave in a Museum
Global, Dunedin, Nelson, Christchurch, Auckland, New Plymouth
20/03/2022 - 12/10/2023
"ENJOYMENT CURATED TO PERFECTION..
"Charming Funny and Human..
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We'll Still Be Friends After This
Wellington
11/10/2023 - 11/10/2023
"Yet again we witness small miracles of interactive creative co-operation..
Dream Team
Wellington
11/10/2023 - 11/10/2023
"Freud would have had a field day!..
Mo & Ralph: Chaos Theory
Wellington
10/10/2023 - 10/10/2023
"Fast, frantic and unhinged..
Double Dipping: Queen and Friend / The Mechanical
Wellington
11/10/2023 - 11/10/2023
"Together they create one hysterically high spirited experience..
LOVE
Wellington
10/10/2023 - 10/10/2023
"A sack full of hearts duly awarded to all audience contributors..
CONTENTEDNESS/EQUILIBRIUM - A DOUBLE DANCE BILL
New Plymouth
07/10/2023 - 07/10/2023
"Young women move with precision and elegance..
UPU
Wellington, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Hastings
16/06/2021 - 28/10/2023
"A spectacular showcase for Oceanic talents, voices and perspectives..
"A powerful, emotional, humorous, joyful, beautiful and potent celebration..
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Wellington
07/10/2023 - 04/11/2023
"Classic play with a contemporary twist..
"Wilde’s deliciously eloquent text delivered with fluency in a refreshing production..
Late Night Knife Fight #52 - Asockalypse Now
Wellington
07/10/2023 - 07/10/2023
"An excited audience thrilled and delighted..
Tiny Dog
Wellington
07/10/2023 - 07/10/2023
"A superb way to nurture cooperative storytelling and idea expansion..
MOKOMOKO
Wellington, Global, New Plymouth
10/05/2022 - 07/10/2023
"Beautifully disturbing, a wero laid down, a journey of self discovery..
"Perhaps it needs a rejuggle to make sense of the struggle..
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Left Unsaid
Wellington
07/10/2023 - 07/10/2023
"Nothing short of brilliant – inventive is an understatement..
Ladies Night
Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland
26/09/2023 - 19/10/2023
"Deeply funny, fabulous choreography and music, skilled charismatic actors .....
"Multi-talented performers deliver fun, friendship, sexy vibes and good times..
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Five Hundred Shows Later
Wellington
06/10/2023 - 06/10/2023
"Every conceivable, inconceivable and improbable connotation of doorknobs entertainingly explored..
Switzerland
Auckland
19/09/2023 - 07/10/2023
"Tension heightens so we can never relax..
SGCNZ National Shakespeare Schools Production 2023
Wellington
01/10/2023 - 01/10/2023
"A passionate, committed and finally joyful outcome of an intensive creative process..
Two Guitars
Palmerston North, Wellington
30/09/2023 - 13/04/2024
"Comedic yet moving, timeless yet topical, challenging yet lyrical..
"Transcendent harmonies, complex characterisations, moving and theatrically fulfilling..
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Bunga's Paradise
Auckland
26/09/2023 - 30/09/2023
"Beautifully articulated weaving of movement, song, theatre and audience interaction..
"Centering Tongan culture and values within a well known narrative of the ‘migrant dream’ in Aotearoa ..
WAITING
Wellington, Auckland
28/06/2022 - 30/09/2023
"The perfect marriage of script, actor, and production. Physical theatre at its best...
"A spellbinding hour of poetic, physical, metaphysical, existential and practical performative excellence..