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