Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!
Christchurch
13/06/2009 - 18/07/2009
"Underlying truthfulness gives disarmingly witty show real bite..
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..