Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
GIFTED
Southland, Nelson, Cromwell, Queenstown, Tauranga, Dunedin, Invercargill, Wanaka, Alexandra, Oamaru, Wellington, Christchurch, New Plymouth
22/08/2013 - 31/10/2015
"Evocative gesture to literary treasures..
"A rich and resonating theatrical experience..
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THE ANIMALS & CHILDREN TOOK TO THE STREETS
New Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch
08/03/2012 - 01/09/2013
"Magical mayhem..
"Distracted by its own inter-media brilliance..
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VANCE FONTAINE in COMMAND PERFORMANCE
Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth
08/04/2012 - 23/08/2013
"Amazing talents..
"A commanding performance..
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GRIMM
Auckland
22/08/2013 - 24/08/2013
"Dark fairy burlesque certainly entertains..
TE AWARUA
Auckland
22/08/2013 - 24/08/2013
"A triumphant trifecta..
"Warm-hearted romantic conviction within tragic setting..
CHEESED OFF
Edinburgh, Scotland
19/08/2013 - 25/08/2013
"Uncertainty makes for manic energy..
RESIDENT ALIEN
Auckland
20/08/2013 - 01/04/2017
"Charming, funny and melancholy..
"One-queen show brings wonderfully quotable Crisp to life..
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Footnote Dance Made in New Zealand 2013
Wellington, Hamilton, Auckland, New Plymouth
09/08/2013 - 15/10/2013
"Beautiful, unsettling and poignant..
"Colt, Carnival Hound and Fatu Na Toto at Tempo..
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Swan Lake - The Royal NZ Ballet
Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland
18/07/2013 - 05/05/2024
"Freshness and immediacy of a newly minted work..
"Sumptuous production..
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DON GIOVANNI
Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland
22/08/2013 - 18/10/2014
"The Don still retains charms in modern twist..
"A triumph..
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GUNPLAY / Happiness Is A Warm Gun / The Complete History Of Firearms And High School Shootings
Wellington
20/08/2013 - 24/08/2013
"Performed with pizzazz..
"An eloquent decoding of the gun culture paradox..
WHAT GOES UP…
Wellington
20/08/2013 - 24/08/2013
"Playing with apples..
"It’s mean not to share..
THE BRAVE
New Plymouth, Wellington, Auckland, Tauranga
17/04/2012 - 28/02/2015
"Extravaganza of heighted reality profoundly grounded in truth..
"A show for everyone..
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SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Auckland
16/08/2013 - 14/09/2013
"Actors portray strong emotional ties to multiplicity of characters..
"Lucid, defined and clear..
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In Flagrante
Wellington, Auckland, New Plymouth, Edinburgh, Scotland, Hamilton
13/09/2011 - 27/02/2014
"A sense of occasion.. and a hint of critique..
"Discomforting, not challenging; offensive, not provocative..
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EDINBURGH FRINGE WRAPS
Edinburgh, Scotland
02/08/2013 - 26/08/2013
"Wrap #3: A man, a couple, a woman …..
"Wrap #2: the quest for life and confronting death..
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MOTEL
Auckland
13/08/2013 - 24/08/2013
"Would benefit from a snappy edit..
"Nothing cheap about motel-room script..
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THE BITCHES’ BOX
Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Taranaki, Hamilton, Invercargill
21/02/2013 - 02/05/2014
"A Festival highlight..
"Adorably accurate sensational show..
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