Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Gathering Clouds
Auckland, Wellington
05/03/2009 - 28/03/2009
"The Pacific experience..
"Bach goes nicely with Pacific Grace..
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My Fair Lady
Auckland
26/03/2009 - 12/04/2009
"Aussie My Fair Lady is still ‘loverly’..
"The perfect musical?..
My Brilliant Divorce
Wellington
31/05/2008 - 11/04/2009
"A better version than the rest of the world has seen?..
"Conveniently packaged for mass consumption..
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Ella and Susn
Dunedin, Christchurch
25/03/2009 - 04/04/2009
"Surprises to stimulate and delight..
"Reality through the surreal..
Holding the Digital Mirror up to Nature
Auckland
23/03/2009 - 24/03/2009
"Interesting experiment..
Serendipity
Wellington
17/03/2009 - 28/03/2009
"Uncomfortable viewing..
"Nugget of a good play but short on serendipity..
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Solos
Auckland
20/03/2009 - 21/03/2009
"Art and beauty in movement..
"Enormously satisfying insight into an entire dance lineage..
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Back Story
Auckland
19/03/2009 - 11/04/2009
"A little inspired improv quirkiness helps make real characters out of stereotypes..
"Perfect last word in a festival of existentialism..
Tutus on Tour
Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin
26/02/2009 - 18/03/2009
"A variety show for the provinces?..
"Contemporary maestros jazz up classics in whirlwind tour..
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WOMAD 2009
New Plymouth
13/03/2009 - 15/03/2009
"More dance components please..
Turbine
Palmerston North, Wellington
30/11/2006 - 11/04/2009
"A splendidly explored dilemma..
"Winds of change..
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Wind Dancer: the story of Shona Dunlop MacTavish
Dunedin
28/02/2009 - 28/02/2009
"A courageous dancer in unusual settings..
Banging Cymbal, Clanging Gong
Auckland
20/03/2009 - 21/03/2009
"Passionate Barbarian breaks fourth wall..
Venus & Adonis
Auckland
18/03/2009 - 22/03/2009
"Goddess transformed by melancholy of unrequited love..
"Sumptuous avant-garde adaptation..
Slow Train
Auckland
19/03/2009 - 21/03/2009
"Earnest profundity lacks real teeth..
The Andersen Project
Auckland
19/03/2009 - 22/03/2009
"Tangible, rich, accessible and inspirational..
Heroic Faun Number One
Auckland, Wellington
19/03/2009 - 05/03/2011
"Clash of ego, ambition, fear and vulnerability..
"One-man faun tale goes the extra mile..
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