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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..

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