Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
enTer - Pointy Dog
Dunedin, Auckland
09/10/2008 - 31/03/2009
"A glimpse of tomorrow’s professional talent..
Portraits - The Woman Outside
Dunedin
26/03/2009 - 29/03/2009
"Rich and beautiful but hard to decipher..
Last Postcard from Cuba
Dunedin
27/03/2009 - 28/03/2009
"Rambling discourse flattens intelligent research..
The Cunning Little Vixen
Wellington, Kerikeri, Hamilton, Auckland, Tauranga
27/03/2009 - 03/02/2010
"Foxy music from deep in the Czech forest proves stirring..
"Clever production..
The Gods of Warm Beer
Christchurch
28/03/2009 - 02/05/2009
"Funny, exciting and surprising..
Gathering Clouds
Auckland, Wellington
05/03/2009 - 28/03/2009
"The Pacific experience..
"Bach goes nicely with Pacific Grace..
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The Latest Freed Man - A Puppet Play
Dunedin
26/03/2009 - 28/03/2009
"Ravishing adult theatrical magic..
Eye of a Dancer
Wellington, Dunedin
10/09/2008 - 29/03/2009
"Crown taken from humming to fizzing..
"Shining talents..
One Day
Dunedin
26/03/2009 - 30/03/2009
"The extraordinary experienced in an ordinary room..
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..