Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Wellington
15/08/2009 - 15/08/2009
"Let them eat, drink, play and dance..
Who’s Poppin? : the prequel
Wellington
02/09/2009 - 05/09/2009
"Re-creating the trajectory of popping, locking and boogaloo..
Bedlam
Wellington
01/09/2009 - 05/09/2009
"It’s torture..
"Excellent cast lifts bleak tale..
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Not Vacant
Wellington
01/09/2009 - 05/09/2009
"Plot vacant..
"Wasted indeed..
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Awhi Tapu
Palmerston North
29/08/2009 - 26/09/2009
"Challenging, daring and warmly recommended..
Me and My Friend
Dunedin
27/08/2009 - 05/09/2009
"Doings and undoings..
"Treatment of mentally ill dramatised..
Four Flat Whites in Italy
Christchurch
29/08/2009 - 10/10/2009
"Theatre of reassurance..
Krishnan’s Dairy
Auckland, Wellington, Raumati
26/08/2009 - 21/09/2022
"As fresh, remarkable and astonishing as ever..
"An enduring, honest and mesmerising milestone in New Zealand theatre..
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The Graduate
Auckland
20/08/2009 - 30/08/2009
"Not cutting edge and doesn’t need to be..
La Sylphide
Wellington, Christchurch, Invercargill, Auckland, Dunedin, Napier
30/07/2009 - 03/09/2009
"Perpetuating imperial European cultural legacies..
"Polished performances capture true spirit of this melodramatic dance..
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Whero’s New Net
Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington
13/09/2008 - 11/09/2009
"Net gain..
"Compelling net casting..
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The Conchus Season
Wellington
18/08/2009 - 29/08/2009
"Three in one..
"Solo stories a little bit hit and miss..
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Wolf’s Lair
Wellington, Auckland
26/02/2009 - 12/12/2009
"You have to see it..
"Guilt-driven portrait..
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A taste of New York Theatre August 2009
Wellington
12/08/2009 - 17/08/2009
"Eight bites of the Apple..
Son et Lumière: Home
Dunedin
20/08/2009 - 23/08/2009
"Poetry and beauty marginalises important political and religious issues..
Four Flat Whites In Italy
Wellington
22/08/2009 - 03/10/2009
"More than one kind of journey..
"Full House = Roger Roger..
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OOH BABY BABY!
Auckland
20/08/2009 - 30/08/2009
"Creative comedy act takes on the circus of life..
"Highly entertaining tribute to the world's most common miracle..
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My First Time
Dunedin
21/08/2009 - 12/09/2009
"Artful harvest of sexual experience plumbs rite of passage..
"Addictive time-filler..