Review Archive
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
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..
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..