Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Hemo is Home
Auckland
03/03/2023 - 11/03/2023
"A deceptively attractive horror story beautifully played out with moments of pure magic..
BATTLE RIFFS
Wellington
05/03/2023 - 09/03/2023
"Delightfully ‘Fringey’, frenetic and buoyant with glorious energy and musicality..
Flow
Wellington, Dunedin
05/03/2023 - 19/03/2023
"A poignant exploration of love, death, grief, and what it means to live a life that subverts expectations..
"If the purpose is to set us adrift in a Limbo where things that may once have seemed important are…..
Tierra y Mar '23
Wellington, Warkworth
25/02/2023 - 04/03/2023
"Spinning and pounding the stage floor with sustained passages of fast, syncopated jackhammer blows..
"A Flamenco journey into the depths of human emotion is performed to a sold out audience at this Fringe Festival triumph...
Miss Scrappe presents: Fool Affrontal Rudity
Wellington
04/03/2023 - 07/03/2023
"Miss Scrappe lives another day! A chaotic rumbling of noise, bright colour and wackiness...
SEALED SECTION
Wellington
02/03/2023 - 04/03/2023
"Thoroughly entertaining and surprisingly educational hilarity..
TRULY FRIDAY – BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS
Wellington
02/03/2023 - 04/03/2023
"Hilarious mix of absurd and mundane take a deep dive into the ludicrous..
WHAT KEITH DID
Wellington
02/03/2023 - 05/03/2023
"Entertainingly absurdist production raises pertinent questions about being disenfranchised, robbed, angered, apologetic and even forgiving..
Search Party
Wellington
28/02/2023 - 04/03/2023
"Busy solving a seemingly never ending puzzle. ..
Wage Against The Machine
Wellington
02/03/2023 - 11/03/2023
"Casual recounting of a rollercoaster life as they do it in Australia..
THE CULTURE
"Zeros in on an abiding issue that constantly needs to be called out..
Romeo & Juliet
Palmerston North
24/02/2023 - 04/03/2023
"Authentically raw emotion combines with robust fight scenes in this punchy action-packed social drama..
AMYGDALA
Wellington
28/02/2023 - 04/03/2023
"Will benefit from toning down the volume for future performances..
GASLIGHT ME
Dunedin, Wellington
23/03/2022 - 04/03/2023
"An extremely intelligent, insightful and entertaining exposé of a persistent psychological condition..
"A scintillating production - both ebullient and subtle..
THE SENSEMAKER
Wellington, Dunedin
28/02/2023 - 25/03/2023
"Unique, complex, enigmatic - don't miss it..
"Fascinatingly unpredictable - a one in a thousand performance..
THE FLYING FEMMES
Wellington
28/02/2023 - 04/03/2023
"Multi-skilled, delicate, exciting, quirky, playful, engaging..
TO BE FRANK
Whangarei, Wellington
30/09/2022 - 04/03/2023
"An immediately relatable yet surprisingly profound microcosm of the human condition..
"ABSURDLY FUNNY, EXCRUCIATINGLY HUMAN..
WALLACE – FULL SPECTRUM
Wellington
28/02/2023 - 28/02/2023
"Song, instrumentals and movement come together with joy..
DAUGHTERS OF WILLOW
Wellington
28/02/2023 - 02/03/2023
"Sense of anticipation, revealing mood and inquiry..
TABOO(BZ)
Wellington
27/02/2023 - 04/03/2023
"Challenging, inspiring, easy to love..
Tutus on Tour 2023
Raumati, Wairarapa, Hamilton, Christchurch
23/02/2023 - 11/03/2023
"This is one of the stronger programmes of recent years...
"Blend of tradition and the avant-garde, with something to offer audiences...
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MANIC IMPRESSIVE
Wellington
26/02/2023 - 09/03/2023
"Surreal, brilliant and highly relatable..