Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Station to Station
Auckland
01/07/2009 - 11/07/2009
"Thriller-like verve, arresting characters on way to End..
"Pithy, fast paced script provokes with subtlety and blatancy..
Starlight Express
Auckland, Wellington
01/07/2009 - 09/08/2009
"Spectacularly heart-warming ride hits the right emotional chord..
"Thrill-a-thon of sound and movement..
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The Country Wife
Dunedin
25/06/2009 - 04/07/2009
"Enormously entertaining..
"Curly-wigged artifice, witty circumlocution and downright intrigue..
Tama Ma on tour
Hamilton, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
17/06/2009 - 06/10/2009
"Power, strength and much depth..
"Love is a duel..
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The Mucks : a comedy
Auckland
23/06/2009 - 27/06/2009
"Short, bleak and questionable..
Left and Right
Auckland
17/06/2009 - 21/06/2009
"Colourful knits – done and undone..
"Home-spun concept a great fit for the times..
The Clean House
Wellington
13/06/2009 - 11/07/2009
"Frustrating to watch..
"A mix of laughter and tears..
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The Raft
Wellington
12/06/2009 - 04/07/2009
"Convincing performance..
"Actors hold back until bleak play’s final scenes..
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The Blackening
Wellington
10/06/2009 - 27/06/2009
"Deeply disturbing..
"Startling, puzzling, powerful..
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Carol & Nev
Auckland
15/06/2009 - 20/06/2009
"Deadly life meets living death..
Four Flat Whites In Italy
Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth
11/06/2009 - 01/08/2009
"Kiwi quartet on tour in Italy with all the cultural baggage..
"Funny and insightful with tragic underpinnings..
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!
Christchurch
13/06/2009 - 18/07/2009
"Underlying truthfulness gives disarmingly witty show real bite..
Te Karakia
Hamilton, Auckland, Brisbane, Australia
25/02/2009 - 08/06/2009
"Festival highlight keeps audience spellbound..
"“They got me: I cried”..