Review Archive
Patrick Davies is an Actor, award winning Director, Improviser, Lighting Designer and Reviewer, with more than fifty onstage roles, who grew up in Dunedin and has since worked around New Zealand and overseas.
In 2006 he relocated to Wellington to begin his Master of Theatre Arts (Directing) at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School and Victoria University. He has presented work in Germany and the UK and performed and taught at the INFANT Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia. The following year he returned with more work and teaching adding Romania to the list.
Patrick won national and international acclaim for his portrayal of James K. Baxter in Jerusalem, Jerusalem gaining five star revues at the Edinburgh Festival. In 2008 he directed the highly acclaimed Glorious which subsequently toured to Wellington and Auckland. He teaches Shakespeare Performance and Directing at the National Youth Drama School and from 2012-14 he was a Visiting Artist acting and directing with outdoor theatre company GALSCO in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Patrick has been nominated for Best Director 4 times, winning for Fortune Theatre’s The Pitmen Painters, which along with his feted production of Peninsula, won Production of the Year. Mostly known for comedic roles he has acquitted himself as Hamlet, Oberon, Lysander, Sir Toby Belch, Edgar, Romeo and Leontes. He also captained the New Zealand Improv team when it won NZs first world title in Edmonton, Canada.
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
A ONE NIGHT STAND 2015
Wellington
20/02/2015 - 14/03/2015
"An OK night..
BOXED
Wellington
19/02/2015 - 22/02/2015
"The minutiae before the quake..
"Excellent unpacking of personal experience..
VELCRO CITY
Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington
28/02/2013 - 22/03/2014
"A joy to watch..
"Bloody funny big little show..
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THE MIDDLEMARCH SINGLES BALL II
Dunedin
05/11/2013 - 14/12/2013
"Potential buried by reported action..
JAMES NOKISE in SO–SO GANGSTA
Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin North, Christchurch, NYC, USA, Edinburgh, Scotland
27/04/2013 - 28/08/2016
"Unexpected profundity arises from the laughter..
"Profoundly satirises fear-based power..
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Traces
Christchurch, New Plymouth, Wellington, Dunedin
10/03/2008 - 14/09/2013
"Funny, touching, joyous, beautiful, accessible, stunning …..
"A rare cool..
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THE UNEXPECTED MAN
Dunedin
29/08/2013 - 29/08/2013
"Observational and experiential..
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Dunedin, Nelson, Christchurch, Wellington
27/08/2013 - 03/09/2013
"Musically a triumph..
"Committed performances compromised by sound issues..
BOX|ROLE|DREAM
Dunedin
04/04/2013 - 06/04/2013
"Smart, thoughtful and consistently good..
Rita and Douglas
Queenstown, Wellington, Tauranga, Dunedin, Wanaka, Auckland, Nelson
12/04/2011 - 12/04/2014
"Poignant and elegantly told..
"Deeply insightful..
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CABARET BOTANICA or The Morality of Plants
Dunedin
23/03/2012 - 24/03/2012
"A big bouquet to all..
Polson Higgs Comedy Club 2012
Dunedin
15/03/2012 - 24/03/2012
"Flirting with calamity; immaculate timing; quirky; consummate..
"Hardly Fringe but well worth seeing..
GUSH: Love and Other Filthy Habits
Auckland, Dunedin
25/02/2011 - 23/03/2012
"A little different, a little risqué and always fun..
"Poetic gems and comic brutalism..
DUNEDIN’S ONE NIGHT STAND… UP
Auckland
21/03/2012 - 21/03/2012
"Two short, funny sets the highlights..
TANGLED WATERS
Dunedin
19/03/2012 - 20/03/2012
"Sublime creatures and casual style win through..
IMPRO SHOWDOWN
Dunedin
18/03/2012 - 20/03/2012
"Like a delicious layer cake..
MY DINNER WITH DICK
Dunedin
15/03/2012 - 18/03/2012
"A wasted opportunity..
WILSON DIXON’S AMERICAN DREAM
Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin
26/04/2010 - 25/03/2011
"A marvellous, fully developed and loveable character..
"Popular festival favourite and rightly so..
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Irene Pink and Justine Smith in I’m Sorry I said That
Dunedin
23/03/2011 - 26/03/2011
"Brilliant, laugh out loud funny, thoughtful, insightful, a little bit (actually hugely) dirty..
Matiaha Paku - Top to Tail
Wellington, Dunedin
22/02/2011 - 26/03/2011
"Quirky take on history bobs above the numb bum line..
"A struggle..
Stella Graham: Karma Comedian
Dunedin
23/03/2011 - 26/03/2011
"Cruising on funny..
Mates & Lovers
Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton
17/11/2010 - 30/06/2012
"Universal resonance..
"Entertaining, informative and moving..
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