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Entertaining Mr Sloane

Wellington

04/07/2009 - 01/08/2009

"Entertaining Orton: Circa has successfully tapped into the zeitgeist..

"Stage sex and language..

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Stealing Games

Wellington

04/07/2009 - 11/07/2009

"Not to be missed..

"Kids play with adult message..

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Memoirs of Active Service

Auckland, Gisborne, Hamilton

02/07/2009 - 23/08/2009

"Humour and harsh realities recalled..

"Of love and war..

Cinderella

Wellington

04/07/2009 - 18/07/2009

"A clever, absorbing makeover..

"Classical tale in contemporary context delivers delight..

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..

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