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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..

In Bed with Schoenberg

Wellington

25/02/2023 - 17/03/2023

"Darker notes of a contradictory life..

"Universal themes of being misunderstood, underappreciated and displaced resonate amid the comedy..

Sportsball

Christchurch

25/02/2023 - 01/09/2024

"The display and ball work make for an engaging time and admiring exclamations..

An Act of God

Palmerston North

25/02/2023 - 30/03/2023

"Cribbed glibness on a wing and a prayer – more B-musing than A-musing..

MY GRANDFATHER IS A CANOE

Wellington

24/02/2023 - 26/02/2023

"Connecting the waters,  the oceans,  the heavens in poetry, script,  personal opinion and song, we are the wayfarers..

Resisting Extinction

Wellington

22/02/2023 - 26/02/2023

"The feel of rimu needles in my hair; the taste of gorse flowers; the pull of gravity on a slope..

SO, YOU HAVE KIDS? (A High School Reunion)

Wellington

23/02/2023 - 25/02/2023

"An hilarious and skilled night of improv!..

LESBIHONEST

Wellington

24/02/2023 - 04/03/2023

"Lives up to its honesty declaration with energy and humour..

U R HERE

Wellington

24/02/2023 - 26/02/2023

"Unique Fringe work offers joy in the stories and worlds they imply..

3 Steps Back

Wellington

23/02/2023 - 17/06/2023

"A deep, beautiful and poetically passionate insight into disability..

"Poetic, powerful, visceral, raw, gutsy and unmissable..

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

Wellington

23/02/2023 - 25/02/2023

"Fresh material brings honestly-earned laughter..

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