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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..

The Raft

Wellington

12/06/2009 - 04/07/2009

"Convincing performance..

"Actors hold back until bleak play’s final scenes..

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Te Karakia

Hamilton, Auckland, Brisbane, Australia

25/02/2009 - 08/06/2009

"Festival highlight keeps audience spellbound..

"“They got me: I cried”..

The Blackening

Wellington

10/06/2009 - 27/06/2009

"Deeply disturbing..

"Startling, puzzling, powerful..

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Little Blonde Hen

Auckland

11/06/2009 - 14/06/2009

"A voyeuristic peek..

Othello Polynesia

Wellington

02/06/2009 - 06/06/2009

"Comic tragedy..

"Racial undertones do not register..

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Ngâ Manurere

Auckland

03/06/2009 - 10/06/2009

"Potent Maori writer ready to soar..

"Fledgling playwright’s subtle touch tugs the heartstrings..

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All The World’s a Stage

Wellington

29/05/2009 - 27/06/2009

"Henwood the hero..

"Henwood joins illustrious group..

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In A Space

Wellington

05/06/2009 - 13/06/2009

"Stars in the darkness..

Lantern

Wellington, Auckland

21/04/2009 - 13/06/2009

"Lantern sheds light on Chinese-Kiwi cultural experiences..

"Depth and warmth..

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The Raft

Palmerston North

06/06/2009 - 04/07/2009

"Tough but rewarding..

"A beautifully written, produced and presented work of luminous satisfaction..

CATS

Auckland

06/06/2009 - 27/06/2009

"Stellar Cross performance electrifies poetic memories..

"Discipline, effort and detail made to look easy..

A Song for the Ugly Kids

Auckland, Wellington

12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Infectious silliness leaves warm glow..

"Subtly insightful..

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King Richard The Second

Wellington

02/06/2009 - 06/06/2009

"Intriguing to watch..

"A vivid expose of political machinations..

Cindy and Eric Go To Hell

Auckland

04/06/2009 - 07/06/2009

"Every character somehow sympathetic, no matter how dishonest or grotesque..

Kairoa Glory – A Top Town Story

Auckland

02/06/2009 - 06/06/2009

"Hammy comedy / satire..

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