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Dr Erin Harrington is a lecturer in English at the University of Canterbury where her teaching centres on cultural studies, visual and popular culture, theatre, and critical sexualities. She is currently developing two new theatre courses – one on the stage and stagecraft, the other on design, direction and dramaturgy – that are being rolled out at UC from 2016, and she has previously contributed to courses on contemporary drama and creative writing.

Erin has been a reviewer for Theatreview since 2010, and brings to this role experience in direction, performance, voice work and criticism, including as a dramaturg, a past member of the New Zealand Young Shakespeare Company, a director for the Court Theatre’s Young Writers Initiative, and, more recently, a judge for the regional competitions of the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.

She is the essays editor for the literary magazine takahē ; and, as a freelance writer and reviewer, has written for outlets such as the Christchurch gallery The Physics Room, the Playmarket Annua,l and the Christchurch Art Gallery’s Bulletin magazine. She is a regular panelist and occasional host on the comedy podcast The Nerd Degree, has featured as a speaker and panelist at film and literary festivals and related events, including the Christchurch WORD Festival and, most recently, the Stranger With My Face International Film Festival in Australia, and has appeared on Radio New Zealand National as a theatre reviewer. See: http://www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/english/people/harrington.shtml http://www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/english/people/harrington.shtml

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IN THE NEXT ROOM or The Vibrator Play

Christchurch

12/05/2018 - 02/06/2018

"Funny, whimsical, sad, necessary, clear-eyed and gently optimistic..

ALICE

Christchurch

03/05/2018 - 19/05/2018

"Evocative, intelligent and effective..

SHIT FINDS LOVE

Christchurch

14/04/2018 - 14/04/2018

"A messy, silly spectacle made with energy, creativity and wit..

EASY MONEY

Christchurch

17/03/2018 - 14/04/2018

"Strong leads, good running gags, some dated, pacing uneven..

MEDEA The Mother

Christchurch, Dunedin

08/03/2018 - 13/03/2018

"Generous and rewarding..

"The wretched beauty of humanity..

NOTHING BUT STAND UP DIVAS

Christchurch

18/01/2018 - 27/01/2018

"Thoroughly enjoyable and very funny..

A YEAR OF MAGICAL F*CKING

Christchurch

23/01/2018 - 27/01/2018

"Cheerful, laid-back exorcism of shame..

JON BENNETT Fire in the Meth Lab

Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch

06/05/2014 - 27/01/2018

Auckland, Taranaki, Nelson, Christchurch

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