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MARY STUART

Dunedin

29/09/2016 - 08/10/2016

"Worth a look for the costumes..

"Intimacy adds to immediacy..

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

Dunedin

14/04/2016 - 23/04/2016

"Fast-paced comedy also has a more sombre side..

"Exciting and humorous action made memorable..

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Dunedin

26/02/2016 - 05/03/2016

"Exquisite classic beats couch burning..

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Dunedin

24/07/2014 - 02/08/2014

"Delicious wavering between delicate illusion and rude reality..

"'Midsummer' folly antidote to winter..

THE HISTORY BOYS

Dunedin

29/05/2014 - 07/06/2014

"Exuberance, fluid movement, great timing..

"Engaging, likeable examination of complex issues..

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

Dunedin

10/04/2014 - 12/04/2014

"Short show about private bits popular with public..

"All very natural..

THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE

Dunedin

27/03/2014 - 05/04/2014

"More than lesbian stereotypes..

"Where is the love?..

JOURNEY’S END

Dunedin

20/02/2014 - 01/03/2014

"Fine production of important play..

"Compelling, suspense-filled, deeply moving..

THE MIDDLEMARCH SINGLES BALL II

Dunedin

05/11/2013 - 14/12/2013

"Potential buried by reported action..

MACBETH

Dunedin

17/10/2013 - 26/10/2013

"Challenge of 'Macbeth' well met..

"Innovation and exuberant gusto make for bloody good theatre..

THE UNEXPECTED MAN

Dunedin

29/08/2013 - 29/08/2013

"Observational and experiential..

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

Dunedin

18/04/2013 - 27/04/2013

"emotional understanding born of his own experience of forbidden love..

The Last Taniwha

Auckland, Dunedin

23/06/2011 - 15/03/2013

"Potential yet to be realised..

"Strong text and performers undermined by directorial inconsistencies..

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IN ABSENTIA

Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton

20/03/2013 - 26/08/2014

"Deeply affecting..

"Elegant and eloquent..

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PRIVATISING PARTS

Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin

02/10/2012 - 17/03/2013

"Unsettling, incredibly funny and intensely personal..

"Cute, witty, sarcastic, energetic and manic..

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