Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
GLITTER AND SPIT and BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
Dunedin
06/08/2015 - 15/08/2015
"Good idea disappoints..
"Underwhelming..
PUNK ROCK
Dunedin
27/06/2015 - 18/07/2015
"Topical, shocking dissection of society..
"A chance to understand them: so beautiful, so evil, so vulnerable..
THE WAR PLAY
Dunedin
28/03/2015 - 18/04/2015
"War’s dilemmas dramatised as naive beliefs challenged..
"Heart-wrenching and intensely thought provoking..
THE BOY ON THE SWING
Dunedin
05/03/2015 - 06/03/2015
"Stimulating and bizarre with a sense of enjoyment and self-reflection..
"Python and Kafka-esque play on God..
OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
Dunedin
07/02/2015 - 28/02/2015
"Good Irish neighbourly eruptions..
"Delightfully memorable characters..
LADIES NIGHT
Dunedin
15/11/2014 - 13/12/2014
"Accidental extras stay clothed..
"Audience response verges on ecstatic..
HUMAN FRUIT BOWL
Queenstown, Dunedin, Wellington, Nelson, Waikanae
07/10/2014 - 26/10/2014
"Impressed..
"Plenty to draw, muse on during stark performance..
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The Paper Cinema’s ODYSSEY
Nelson, Dunedin, Auckland
16/10/2014 - 01/11/2014
"Sophisticated theatrical magic..
"Dionysus would approve..
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NO HOLDS BARD
Wellington, Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Dunedin, Waiheke Island, Havelock North, Hamilton, Tauranga
16/05/2013 - 11/08/2018
"Cleverly written and performed with consummate skill..
"Excites and delights..
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NICK: AN ACCIDENTAL HERO
Nelson, Dunedin, Edinburgh, Scotland, Wellington, Auckland
25/06/2013 - 18/10/2014
"Deeply affecting and inspiring..
"An infinitely-relatable human interest story..
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SISTERS IN ARMS
Dunedin, Nelson
10/10/2014 - 19/10/2014
"Thought-provoking explorations..
"Women's war tales told in unusual collaboration..
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THE CARETAKER
Dunedin
27/09/2014 - 18/10/2014
"Interpretation of Pinter classic a triumph..
"Credible ambiguities, shifting sympathies, bound by compassion..
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..
JUMPY
Dunedin
05/07/2014 - 02/08/2014
"Crashingly funny and disturbing..
"Laughing hard as hard questions are asked..
THE HISTORY BOYS
Dunedin
29/05/2014 - 07/06/2014
"Exuberance, fluid movement, great timing..
"Engaging, likeable examination of complex issues..
SOUVENIR
Dunedin
17/05/2014 - 07/06/2014
"Enjoyable production..
"Living the dream..
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Dunedin
10/04/2014 - 12/04/2014
"Short show about private bits popular with public..
"All very natural..
PENINSULA
Dunedin
29/03/2014 - 19/04/2014
"Admirable, entrancing..
"Oh yes, a classic..
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..
BOOK ENDS
Dunedin
08/02/2014 - 08/03/2014
"Hall play delivers literary levity..
"Erudite camaraderie often biting as well as funny..
MACBETH
Dunedin
17/10/2013 - 26/10/2013
"Challenge of 'Macbeth' well met..
"Innovation and exuberant gusto make for bloody good theatre..
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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