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The Winter’s Tale

Dunedin

21/08/2008 - 30/08/2008

"A tall Tale: Shakespeare refreshed by a spot of gender-bending...

"General exuberance with a few bugbears..

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Mammals

Wellington

02/08/2008 - 30/08/2008

"Complexity of human relationships captures..

"Children make the play..

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Winter

Wellington

31/07/2008 - 09/08/2008

"Not dramatic or visual enough for stage..

"Teetering between reality and a world of dreams and fantasies..

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Ship Songs

Hamilton, Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Arrowtown, Paraparaumu, Wanaka

06/08/2008 - 07/04/2012

"Ship Songs Sparkles..

"Poignant, rollicking, tragic, lyrical, cheering and stirring..

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Jeff Koons

Wellington

26/08/2008 - 06/09/2008

"Pretty wacky..

"Memorable assault on your senses..

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True West

Auckland

13/08/2008 - 14/09/2008

"Entertaining role reversal..

Shining Armour

Wellington

26/08/2008 - 30/08/2008

"Thoughtful play needs excitement..

"Positively low key; mature and engaging..

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The Dentist's Chair

Wellington, Auckland

06/03/2008 - 27/09/2009

"Unmasking a darker, stranger Indian Ink production..

"Dare to confront what you fear the most..

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Strange Resting Places

Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, (not a specified venue), Nelson, Edinburgh, Scotland

18/03/2007 - 25/08/2014

"Beautifully constructed, creative and engaging..

"Humour, pain and profound insight shared..

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The Play About The Baby

Auckland

27/08/2008 - 02/09/2008

"Surreal take on real concepts palatably presented..

Mozart Dances

Auckland

22/08/2008 - 29/08/2008

"Splendid fusion of dance and music..

"US dancers provide a mesmerising spectacle..

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Romeo & Juliet

Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington

18/07/2008 - 24/08/2008

"Thought-provoking and emotional experience..

"All elements in harmony..

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Grace

Wellington, Auckland

19/08/2008 - 20/09/2008

"Rough around the edges but a charmer..

"Like a river love carves its own path..

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Compleat Female Stage Beauty

Hamilton

13/08/2008 - 16/08/2008

"Shakespeare, Sex & Stanislavsky channelled in rich, ugly, beautiful play..

Baghdad, Baby!

Christchurch

15/08/2008 - 13/09/2008

"Pure gold..

Heroes

Christchurch

02/08/2008 - 30/08/2008

"Tepid Soup..

"Mortality confronted with unsentimental humour..

Three Sisters

Auckland

02/08/2008 - 30/08/2008

"Caged Sisters..

"Humour finds balance with high intensity..

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White Trash Omnibus

Auckland

13/08/2008 - 16/08/2008

"Unimaginative abusers fail to move..

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