Review Archive
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY)
Auckland
17/03/2012 - 07/04/2012
"A Play In Need of Its Own Treatment..
"Good vibrations raise laughs..
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HINE 2012
Auckland
09/03/2012 - 09/03/2012
"Hine 2012 - performance as action, activism and critique..
THE MOTOR CAMP
Auckland
11/02/2012 - 03/03/2012
"Bringing back the cultural cringe..
"Campground comedy plays up class-cringe jokes..
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Black Grace: Verse 2
Wellington, Auckland
12/09/2011 - 11/10/2011
"Celebrating the vitality and strength of dance..
"Unfaltering energy..
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The End Of The Golden Weather
Auckland
03/09/2011 - 24/09/2011
"Young cast bask in Weather’s brilliance..
"A vital and vivid rendering of a great Kiwi classic..
Othello
Auckland
23/07/2011 - 13/08/2011
"Dream team’s Othello a treat..
"World class challenging art; mediocrity is not an option..
GURU OF CHAI
Auckland & Wellington, Wellington, Nelson, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wanaka, Auckland, NYC, USA, Christchurch, Raumati
11/02/2010 - 11/08/2024
"Guru of Chai is ‘pure theatre magic’..
"Resonant themes of love, loss and redemption leave a lasting impact..
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Red
Auckland
04/06/2011 - 25/06/2011
"Powerful portrait of an abstract artist..
"Engages the visceral and pits it against the mundane..
Mary Stuart
Auckland
05/05/2011 - 28/05/2011
"Leads give Schiller’s royal scrap an electric edge..
"Accessible and neatly stylised..
Poor Boy
Auckland
19/03/2011 - 09/04/2011
"Macabre gloom in a minor key..
"Great, but the fun’s missing..
La Odisea – The Odyssey
Auckland
08/03/2011 - 12/03/2011
"Powerful retelling of Homer’s epic engrossing from start to finish..
Well Hung
Auckland
10/02/2011 - 05/03/2011
"Excellently timed slapstick..
"A cop-incompetence romp..
A Life Between Us - Celebrating 21 Years of UNITEC Dance
Auckland
18/11/2010 - 21/11/2010
"Absolute fulfilment of the movement..
"Re-View Re-flect Re-Member..