Review Archive
Dione Joseph is a writer, director and dramaturge. She has an academic and practical background in live performance and her work has an emphasis on culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Over the past ten years she has directed a range of productions including new dramas by contemporary writers, classics and their adaptations, experimental works, musicals, comedies and community-based theatre productions in the USA, New Zealand and Australia. She has also been active as a stage critic for both dance and theatre and has engaged with a variety of topical issues as an arts journalist.
Dione has also held various residencies and fellowships in the UK, China, Mexico, Canada and the USA and is the recipient of numerous awards for theatre including the Lorna Stirling Theatre Award (2012), a Creative Young Stars Australian government grant (2013), the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Award (2013) and has been invited twice as a guest scholar and Artist in Residence to the University of Saskatchewan (2014/15).
She is the first New Zealander to have been awarded a place at the prestigious Lincoln Centre directors’ lab in New York (2014) and was the only New Zealand critic to have been shortlisted for the Allen Wright media award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2014). In the past Dione has been a senior theatre critic at Australian Stage, arts editor at Melbourne City Newspaper and features writer at Aussie Theatre.
Currently based in Aotearoa New Zealand, Dione writes for Theatreview, The Big Idea, DANZ (Dance Aotearoa NZ) and her reviews can also be found on Radio NZ.
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
BREATH: Three SAMUEL BECKETT short works
Auckland
08/04/2015 - 18/04/2015
"Faithful..
"Life is Krapp..
THIS IS OUR YOUTH
Auckland
07/04/2015 - 18/04/2015
"Escape from New York ..
"Stoned, articulate and entertaining..
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LET IT BE
Auckland
26/03/2015 - 05/04/2015
"A Twist and Shout down memory lane..
macbEth
Auckland
11/03/2015 - 15/03/2015
"Echoes with many unresolved tensions..
HĪKOI
Auckland
04/03/2015 - 08/03/2015
"Mōrihariha..
"Riveting..
A PLAY UPON WORDS
Auckland
27/02/2015 - 28/02/2015
"Beauty, wit and potent metaphors..
UNDER THE SAME MOON
Wellington, Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, New Plymouth
10/02/2015 - 15/09/2016
"Falls short of its promise..
"A keen observation of human nature and family..
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THE TWO FARTING SISTERS
Wellington, Auckland
17/02/2015 - 03/03/2015
"Worthy of deeper exploration..
"Sweet and sour flatulence..
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I WANNA BE NA NAH NA NAH NAH
Auckland
12/02/2015 - 22/02/2015
"A memorable tour of sadly incomplete histories..
THE DUMMY
Auckland
21/02/2015 - 24/02/2015
"Negative Comment..
"Questions that blur between illusion and truth..
TAKE BACK THE HOOD
Wellington, Palmerston North, Dunedin, Auckland
06/03/2013 - 23/02/2015
"Back to the Hood..
"Funny and brave..
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I AM A CAT
Auckland
19/02/2015 - 21/02/2015
"Smart, vulnerable and satisfying..
AWAY FROM HOME
Auckland
17/02/2015 - 21/02/2015
"A charismatic storyteller..
"Fever Pitch..
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BEAST
Auckland
15/02/2015 - 18/02/2015
"Deceptively simple, laced with nuances..
"The Mark of the Talented Performer..
THE WATERCOOLER: On The Fringe
Auckland
15/02/2015 - 15/02/2015
"Stories that need to be heard..
BREAK-UP [We Need to Talk]
Wellington, Auckland, NYC, USA, Global
08/02/2014 - 18/04/2020
"Strangely riveting..
"Sincere, clever, utterly uncontrived journey to raw discomfort..
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THE LADYKILLERS
Auckland
14/02/2015 - 07/03/2015
"Black slapstick full on gags..
"Actus reus..
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GIFT OF THE GAB
Wellington, Auckland
13/02/2015 - 21/11/2015
"Sharp-witted, light-footed fun..
"An astonishing theatrical creation..
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BONESEED
Auckland
12/02/2015 - 15/02/2015
"Richer on reflection..
WHALES
Auckland, Dunedin
11/02/2015 - 01/10/2016
"Something real has been shared..
"A very community orientated and participatory show..
LEGACY PROJECT: Year Two
Auckland
10/02/2015 - 14/02/2015
"May the legacy continue..
"Memorable stories..
SURI Vs SHILOH
Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland
24/02/2014 - 14/02/2015
"Too Cruisey..
"Just an excuse to giggle at frivolous celebrities..
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GIRL ON A CORNER
Auckland
09/02/2015 - 14/02/2015
"Innovative theatre..
"Fabulous..
