Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Romeo and Juliet
Auckland
22/07/2010 - 14/08/2010
"Joyful performances breathe life, passion and beauty into tragic love story..
"A love story for our times..
Parlour Song
Wellington
24/07/2010 - 21/08/2010
"Song’s praises sung..
"Uneasy suburbia setting for fine performances..
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Assassins
Auckland
24/07/2010 - 14/08/2010
"Drop dead and pretty bloody gorgeous..
"Integrity in sensational staging..
The Sunshine Boys
Christchurch
24/07/2010 - 04/09/2010
"Humour and pathos in nit-picky pair’s behaviour..
Talk
Auckland
22/07/2010 - 25/07/2010
"Wincingly funny portrayal of blatant self-interest and petty-mindedness..
Te Kaupoi
Wellington, Auckland
10/06/2010 - 23/07/2010
"Power reduced by unrevealed motivations..
"Cheeky humour escapes from repressive and brutal nz police state..
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Swan Lake On Ice
Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland
30/06/2010 - 25/07/2010
"Russian classic gorgeous served on ice with twist..
"Spectacle serves the story..
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LaLaLuna
Invercargill, Dunedin, Nelson, Christchurch
13/07/2010 - 24/07/2010
"Pure delight in finding the light..
"Everyday objects made magic with extraordinary skill..
Idiots
Auckland
20/07/2010 - 22/07/2010
"It would be idiotic to miss it..
The Young and the Witless IV
Wellington
02/06/2010 - 25/08/2010
"Unpredictable soap produces amusing absurdism..
"Format and team-work changes needed to make this work..
Rangi and Mau’s Amazing Race
Auckland
17/07/2010 - 17/07/2010
"Meeting the Matariki challenge with tongue in cheek hyperbole..
The Perfumed Garden
Christchurch
16/07/2010 - 14/08/2010
"Imagination and skill brings principled perspective to New Zealand’s place in world affairs..
D'Arranged Marriage
Dunedin
16/07/2010 - 17/07/2010
"Real affection for characters’ quirks and oddities..
I Am a Camera
Wellington
07/07/2010 - 17/07/2010
"Poignant look behind the froth of Cabaret..
"More ‘depth of field’ required..
Mark Twain & Me in Mâoriland
Wellington
13/03/2010 - 24/07/2010
"Magic and comedy in return visit to Maoriland..
"Absorbing quest a very special experience..
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Waiting for Godot
Wellington, Christchurch
30/06/2010 - 14/07/2010
"Desolation depicted with humanity, tenderness and wry humour..
"Delight in the depths of desolation..
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Young & Hungry Festival of New Theatre 2010, Wellington
Wellington
09/07/2010 - 24/07/2010
"The best of the bunch..
"Sex, aggression, manipulation for power figure in three plays..
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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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