Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Jason Cook: Joy
Wellington, Auckland
05/05/2009 - 23/05/2009
"Cook dishes up joyful evening..
"Speedily seeking joy..
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Bunkers
Auckland
14/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Divergent wit fails to fly..
Benjamin Crellin’s: APOCALYPSE SOON!
Auckland, Wellington
02/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Clever, funny and thought-provoking..
"Self-effacing, confident and shameless..
ConArtists: Sex, Lies & Improvise
Auckland
14/05/2009 - 23/05/2009
"You’ll have a ball..
Steve Wrigley in Of Mates And Mischief
Auckland, Wellington
02/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"A great act to treasure..
"You’ll fizz your face off..
Vaughan King: Inventor
Wellington, Auckland
13/05/2009 - 23/05/2009
"Good ideas abandoned..
Noor Razzak Goes Kaboom!
Auckland
13/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Mining the depths of the Arab cliché..
Andre King – The Ride
Auckland
13/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"A compelling kind of enigmatic cheek..
Fergus Aitken: True Stories & other stuff that probably isn’t
Wellington
13/05/2009 - 20/08/2010
"Laid back-style and content with a twist of physicality..
"Right up there with the best..
Who Wants to be 100? Anyone who’s 99
Palmerston North
18/05/2009 - 30/05/2009
"Treads a tricky course..
Dave Wiggins: I’m a Believer
Wellington, Auckland
12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009
"A good human being to boot..
"It Was Brilliant..
Puppetry of the Penis - “Live”
Auckland, Wellington
12/05/2009 - 19/05/2013
"Limber, skilled, unbeatable stage presence..
"The balls to go public with privates..
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Hannah Gadsby: Kiss Me Quick I'm Full of Jubes
Auckland
12/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Reminiscent of a sulky teenage girl..
Mark Scott and Jesse Mulligan in Romantic Comedy
Wellington, Auckland
06/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Separation unexpected in romance show..
Jim Brown - A Legend In His Own Bathwater
Wellington, Auckland
12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009
"A high note to end on..
"Likeable guy with droll material deserves his accolades..
Te Radar’s Eating the Dog
Dunedin, Wellington, Auckland, Cook dishes up joyful evening
12/05/2009 - 01/10/2011
"A trip off history’s beaten old track..
"Entertaining and accessible portrait of New Zealand culture..
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The Paul Ego Comeback Special
Auckland
12/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Fascination plus crooning..
Jerome’s Variety Hour
Wellington, Auckland
12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009
"Performers great, content sharp but little ‘variety’..
"Docile performance..
Dylan Moran: What It Is
Wellington, Auckland
08/05/2009 - 10/05/2009
"Moran opens his own black books..
"Moranic humour finds surprising images and metaphors in formulaic subject matter..
We Are Currently Experiencing Some Issues
Auckland
12/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Wickedly funny scenarios..
Jarrod Baker & TJ McDonald: Monkey Vs Robot
Wellington, Auckland
12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009
"Gritty humour..
"Fresh but cold and lacking energy..
Maeve Higgins: Kitten Brides
Wellington, Auckland
05/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Awkward moment when you’ve been truly outfoxed..
"Insidiously acerbic behind ‘bashful innocence’..
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Mark Watson: All The Thoughts I’ve Had Since I Was Born
Auckland
12/05/2009 - 16/05/2009
"Nothing to laugh about – but jokes must go on..
"Frantic and tangled self-effacing digressions infectious and …..