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Gizza Hoon

Wellington

08/03/2013 - 16/03/2013

"A night out with the YouTube generation..

"A night out on the town..

RHINOCEROS IN LOVE

Auckland

08/03/2013 - 12/03/2013

"Cerebral, impassioned, increasingly visual..

GROUNDSWELL: Stories from the Quake

Christchurch

09/03/2013 - 23/03/2013

"Ordinary folk recall that extraordinary day..

SKY DANCER

Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland

11/03/2013 - 14/11/2013

"Bold step not fully achieved..

"Fantastical, haunting, astounding..

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THE GUILT SNIFFER

Auckland

08/03/2013 - 10/03/2013

"Enjoyable silliness..

Made to Move - The Royal NZ Ballet

Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin

27/02/2013 - 20/03/2013

"Three choreographies, utterly different and utterly delightful..

"Triple bill goes from delicacy to rousing polka..

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THE FINGER FAMILY TENT REVIVAL TOUR

Auckland

08/03/2013 - 09/03/2013

"Diverting, even delightful, if somewhat clichéd..

SILLY COW

Auckland

07/03/2013 - 16/03/2013

"More is too much..

THE FACTORY – A Pacific Musical

Edinburgh, Scotland, Auckland

13/08/2011 - 25/08/2014

"Pacific voices asserted..

"A sweet and rhythmic ride with pure Samoan soul..

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I HEART ALICE HEART I

Auckland

07/03/2013 - 10/03/2013

"Deliciously funny, sublime and political journey – with cake..

DARK STARS

Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Australia

10/02/2012 - 10/03/2013

"Unpolished but genuine..

"Dignity sacrificed in the quest for fame..

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GOD KNOWS

Wellington

06/03/2013 - 09/03/2013

"Short on conceptual evolution..

NEVERBEFORE: A Colony for Urban Change

Wellington

06/03/2013 - 09/03/2013

"Promising ‘play’ loses its way..

Footnote Forte Series 2013 - We Have Been There

Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland, Nelson

06/03/2013 - 16/04/2013

"Review: We Have been There..

"Fresh and fascinating..

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MANAWA

Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North

15/09/2012 - 14/03/2013

"Vital, intelligent, fluent, funny, gutsy, hard-hitting and impressively realised..

"Striking contrasts..

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BROTHERS IN PALMS

Auckland

09/02/2013 - 06/03/2013

"Wonderfully self-aware..

VAMPIMPLE

Wellington

06/03/2013 - 09/03/2013

"Popping the pustules of teenage hopes, dreams, fears and vulnerabilities..

The ALMANAC experiment

Auckland, Wellington

09/02/2013 - 06/03/2013

"Delightfully clever..

"Questionable material and delivery from likeable character..

SCENES FROM A NIGHT

Auckland

06/03/2013 - 09/03/2013

"An undeniable core of truth..

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