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SHIFT YOUR PARADIGM – No Chairs Required

Wellington

01/03/2022 - 21/07/2022

"A gag fuelled laugh fest with critical and satirical insight..

"Compelling commitment and worth developing..

WONDERKIND

Wellington

09/07/2022 - 05/05/2023

"Epic creative explorations – so much experienced in so little time!..

"Humour, surprises, artistic creativity and the joy of playful friendship..

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LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

Auckland

07/07/2022 - 30/07/2022

"Simple yet effective and impeccably acted to have you hooked..

"Compels our recognition, judgement, understanding and empathy..

TIMBERRR…!

Wellington, Palmerston North

08/04/2022 - 13/08/2022

"Assured, successful, warmly recommended..

"Cutting through the blokeish obstacles..

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BURROWERS or The Secret Society of Notable Nuisances

Wellington

14/07/2022 - 23/07/2022

"Transports us back to the perceptions of childhood..

LA TRAVIATA

Wellington

09/07/2022 - 16/07/2022

"Moving and poignant..

"Carefully designed ingenuity..

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KAHA – Triple Boost

Auckland

07/07/2022 - 09/07/2022

"He tangata, he tangata, he tangata – a testament to the kaupapa of Atamira Dance Company..

KIWI COURAGE

Wellington

11/07/2022 - 22/07/2022

"Revealing parallels between birds and humans..

DREAM GARDEN

Wellington

09/07/2022 - 10/07/2022

"Lyrical acrobatics and exquisite whimsy..

THE GOLDEN ASS

Takaka, Wellington

06/07/2022 - 11/05/2024

"A fantastically engaging collection of slapstick adventures..

"An inspiring, classic, relevant, hilarious plea for empathy..

DYING SWANOLOGUES

Wellington

05/07/2022 - 09/07/2022

"More could evolve from the seeded elements..

RAW! ASMR

Nelson

30/06/2022 - 02/07/2022

"From passion through mayhem to a frenzy of fruit..

Hui (Pronounced ‘Who-ee’)

Hamilton

29/06/2022 - 01/07/2022

"Short play tackling big issues..

Krishnan’s Dairy

Auckland, Wellington, Raumati

26/08/2009 - 21/09/2022

"As fresh, remarkable and astonishing as ever..

"An enduring, honest and mesmerising milestone in New Zealand theatre..

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WAITING

Wellington, Auckland

28/06/2022 - 30/09/2023

"The perfect marriage of script, actor, and production. Physical theatre at its best...

"A spellbinding hour of poetic, physical, metaphysical, existential and practical performative excellence..

THE MATARIKI GLOW SHOW

Rotorua, Hamilton, Wellington

27/05/2019 - 25/06/2022

"Strong performers and great bones..

"Wonderful story brought to life through puppetry..

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The Veiled Isle

Dunedin

25/06/2022 - 25/06/2022

"Surreal and Original..

Night Light

Auckland, Global, Rotorua, Hamilton

03/06/2022 - 17/08/2023

"Presented to a full house in Hamilton..

"Joy of watching the contrasting sequences, and the range of connecting movements..

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NGĀ RORIRORI

Wellington

18/06/2022 - 25/06/2022

"More about the how than the what or why..

"A sleek and creative romp through a mad chase to be heard and understood..

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Ad Parnassum – Purapurawhetū

Christchurch

21/06/2022 - 04/07/2022

"A compelling, multi-layered work..

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