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LOOSE: A Private History of Booze and Iggy Pop 1996-2015

Dunedin, Wellington, Palmerston North

11/03/2015 - 05/11/2016

"Hilarious, gloomy, nostalgic and surprisingly existential..

"Funny, clever and engaging..

Matt Stellingwerf in BACHELOR OF ARTS

Dunedin

09/03/2016 - 12/03/2016

"Raises the comedy bar..

CHILDREN & OTHER MISTAKES

Palmerston North, Dunedin

09/03/2016 - 23/04/2016

"If all potential parents thought it through as much the world would be a better place..

DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Dunedin

08/03/2016 - 08/03/2016

"Sensing the joy of being and potential beauty of life beyond the darkness..

BILL MASSEY’S TOURISTS

Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Gisborne, Christchurch, Palmerston North

24/07/2014 - 12/10/2018

"Powerful and deeply moving..

"Presented with sincerity, integrity and polish..

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RANTERSTANTRUM REDUX

Dunedin

07/03/2016 - 07/03/2016

"Balances coarse with clever, witty with raw..

THE VERY BEST OF THE 140 CHARACTER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM

Dunedin

07/03/2016 - 09/03/2016

"Good premise has promise..

THE IRIS PROJECT

Wellington, Dunedin

02/03/2016 - 08/03/2016

"Fascinating, dreamy, shocking, sad, courageous..

"Why this? Why here?..

THE KISS INSIDE

Auckland, Wanaka, Dunedin, Nelson, Wellington

16/04/2015 - 05/03/2016

"Transcendant, meditative..

"Simmering vignettes of the search for ecstasy..

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NOT IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

Wellington, Auckland, Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch, Palmerston North

01/03/2014 - 24/06/2017

"Devastating yet wanted more..

"The importance of this work cannot be overstated..

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THE TWO MORONNIES and TOM MORSS

Dunedin

06/03/2016 - 08/03/2016

"Could be more polished..

LOVELY LADY LUMP

Wellington, Hamilton, Dunedin

08/02/2016 - 06/03/2016

"A rich and vibrant experience..

"Rare candour, compassion and insight..

A TENSION TO DETAIL

Wellington, Dunedin

19/02/2016 - 06/03/2016

"Leaves you with much more than the story..

"Thoroughly sensitive, carefully crafted and performed..

THE DREAM COLLECTOR

Dunedin

03/03/2016 - 05/03/2016

"Beautiful, spooky and fascinating..

SOLO COMMUNITY

Dunedin

05/02/2016 - 06/02/2016

"Five short life stories..

TALES OF THE TABLETOP

Dunedin

03/03/2016 - 06/03/2016

"Fun and quirky..

Louise Beuvink: QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS

Dunedin

03/03/2016 - 05/03/2016

"Charismatic, self-aware style with pin-point timing..

THOM PAIN: BASED ON NOTHING

Dunedin

03/03/2016 - 05/03/2016

"A little too clever for its own good?..

DARK MATTER

Dunedin, Wellington

03/03/2016 - 27/09/2018

"Beautiful, menacing, extraordinary, unique..

"Sculpts darkness as if it were a thing of immense solidity and form..

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SLUTTY LADIES GARDEN PARTY

Dunedin

03/03/2016 - 13/03/2016

"Visual, comedic, musical, horticultural, hospitable..

BOLLARDS: The Comedy of Hyper-Industrialisation

Dunedin

03/03/2016 - 03/03/2016

"Offbeat comedy engages audience fully..

THERE’S NOTHING ON TV

Wellington, Dunedin

24/02/2016 - 05/03/2016

"Brief spurts of quality..

"A juicy delight..

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