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Quarantine

Wellington

03/02/2011 - 19/02/2011

"Grim Diagnosis for Island-set Quarantine..

"The realities of long-gone lives seen as metaphors for ours..

Broken China

Auckland, Wellington

13/04/2010 - 12/02/2011

"1950s Suburban Comedy Turns Into Smashing Finale..

"Behind the style and smile mask..

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wellington

04/02/2011 - 12/02/2011

"Reality Takes Back Seat..

"Mixed-result vehicle for Wildean epigrams..

Daughters of Heaven

Wellington

03/02/2011 - 12/02/2011

"Reality Takes Back Seat..

"Challenging roles for talented youngsters..

The Love of Your Life

Wellington

01/02/2011 - 05/02/2011

"‘Fairytale’ a bizarre muddle..

"Magical means in search of an end..

I Won’t Be Happy Until I Lose One of My Limbs

Auckland

02/02/2011 - 19/02/2011

"Brave and original experiment..

Etiquette

Wellington

25/01/2011 - 20/02/2011

"A thespian at your table..

"Intriguing but let down by isolation..

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The Motor Camp

Wellington

22/01/2011 - 18/02/2012

"Quirky comedy neatly resolved..

"Superbly modulated wit and flair..

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Confessions of a Drag Queen

Auckland, Wellington

25/11/2009 - 19/03/2011

"I was interested, I was engaged, I laughed …..

"Not so much of a confession but certainly not a drag..

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MUNE an autobiography

(not a specified venue)

17/12/2010 - 31/01/2011

"A ripping yarn, a page turner..

"Multi-levelled story an absolute treasure..

Heat

Hamilton, Auckland, Dunedin, Nelson, Wellington

01/07/2010 - 19/02/2011

"Emotions run hot as relations turn frigid..

"Dramatic, comic, confrontational, visceral, moving..

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Christchurch

17/01/2011 - 29/01/2011

"Delightfully irreverent, relevant and fresh with local flavour..

No Taste Forever!

Wellington

13/01/2011 - 29/01/2011

"Tragic plots end up in a Marx Brothers-like finale..

"A frolic to give you colic?..

Roger Hall’s CINDERELLA – the pantomime

Auckland

12/01/2011 - 22/01/2011

"More wacky action needed amid good quips for adults..

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