Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
A FRIGATE BIRD SINGS
Auckland
09/10/2012 - 20/10/2012
"Moving tale amid difficult coming of age..
"A clean, simple, emotionally truthful production..
THE TRUTH GAME
Wellington
13/10/2012 - 10/11/2012
"Newsy story short on much-needed heart..
"Not too challenging or complex..
An audience with Sir Jon Trimmer
Auckland
14/10/2012 - 14/10/2012
"A boundless passion for ballet..
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Auckland
13/10/2012 - 27/10/2012
"I’m sold..
"Classic reading of Miller a Peach..
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THE WEEKEND COMEDY COCKTAIL
Wellington
13/10/2012 - 29/10/2012
"No reason good enough for you to miss taking a sip..
The Kids Show (2012)
Auckland
14/10/2012 - 14/10/2012
"Beyond the ordinary idea of performing dance..
Lily
Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland
01/04/2009 - 14/10/2012
"A charming celebration of the past..
"Lily = outsider spinster artist dedicated to her art..
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Lazy Suzy Boy
Auckland, Wellington
09/10/2012 - 10/11/2013
"Intimate, cosy and unpretentious..
"The essence of dance as a living art form..
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FLATLAND
Wellington
13/10/2012 - 27/10/2012
"A flat look at today’s society..
"Variously interesting, puzzling, intriguing, frustrating, moving, amusing and tedious..
HATCHED
Dunedin
12/10/2012 - 14/10/2012
"Performance gold..
WHEELER’S LUCK
Wellington
11/10/2012 - 07/12/2012
"Lively Wheeler’s Luck turns at full throttle..
"Truly ridiculous, utterly hilarious, and refreshingly agenda-free farce..
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Y Chromozone (2012)
Auckland
11/10/2012 - 12/10/2012
"Fresh Cuts vs Y Chromozone: complementary opposites..
"Celebrating men dancing..
Fresh Cuts (2012)
Auckland
10/10/2012 - 11/10/2012
"Fresh Cuts vs Y Chromozone: complementary opposites..
"Platform for emerging choreographers..
Nga Hau e Wha
Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland
26/08/2012 - 24/10/2012
"From primordial time to the near present..
"Earth, Wind, Water, Fire and Dance..
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Tertiary Colours (2012)
Auckland
12/10/2012 - 13/10/2012
"A rollercoaster programme..
The Red String Duet / Minutes of Silence
Christchurch
11/10/2012 - 14/10/2012
"Intrigue, surprise - great art, not just great dance..
VIOLENT GENERATION?
Palmerston North
11/10/2012 - 13/10/2012
"Horrifyingly plausible, credible and distressing..
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE ON SCREEN 2012
Petone, Hutt Valley
26/09/2012 - 29/10/2012
"Production values score over tame leads..
"Made special by communal bonding..
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The Nothing
Wellington
11/10/2012 - 13/10/2012
"More like David Attenborough than Sigmund Freud..
"Nothing-ness..
All That Jazz
Christchurch
11/10/2012 - 14/10/2012
"Lively (and nostalgic) crowd-pleaser..