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HIS/HERSTORY An Outstanding Double Bill

Wellington

22/04/2022 - 14/05/2022

"Theatre double bill captures the human narrative of war..

"Engaging, inventive, enriching..

PLANT A SEED

Upper Hutt

19/04/2022 - 19/04/2022

"Provokes belly-laughs and beaming..

QUIZ-A-ME-TIMBERS

Wellington

12/04/2022 - 31/05/2022

"Novel, lively and slightly risqué..

PIRATES vs NINJAS (vs The Evil Vampire Wizards)

Wellington

16/04/2022 - 29/04/2022

"Arrrrr she’s a swashbuckling coffer of booty..

TIMBERRR…!

Wellington, Palmerston North

08/04/2022 - 13/08/2022

"Assured, successful, warmly recommended..

"Cutting through the blokeish obstacles..

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DAYBREAK ESTATE

Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland

08/02/2022 - 09/04/2022

"A fanfare to chaos..

"Relentless nihilist optimism...

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UNDOING

Wellington

07/04/2022 - 30/07/2022

"Undoing - a plethora of dance conventions..

"Raises laughs, opens emotions, alerts us to human possibilities and frailties..

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JEZ & JACE

Wellington

01/04/2022 - 02/04/2022

"Resonant, refreshing, joyous..

"Rarely a moment the audience isn’t in stitches..

BOYS, WAKE UP!

Wellington

05/04/2022 - 08/04/2022

"Sharply focussed and emotionally confronting..

SUNDAYS AT IRA'S

Wellington

02/04/2022 - 16/04/2022

"Let Yourself Go..

"A nostalgic and heartfelt back journey to Broadway's heyday..

Vivid Dreaming

Global, Auckland

23/03/2022 - 10/09/2022

"Vivid Dreaming Round 2 – starkly contrasting contemporary pieces..

"Picturesque smoothness...

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Waiwhakaata - Reflections in the Water

Global

26/03/2022 - 27/03/2022

"Epic Te Reo Māori physical whakapapa opera...

THE SUPER SPECIAL DISABILITY ROADSHOW

Global

10/03/2022 - 27/03/2022

"A show of exciting possibilities..

Rituals of Destruction

Auckland

02/03/2022 - 05/03/2022

"A source of bias in retrospective decision making: experimental evidence..

GASLIGHT ME

Dunedin, Wellington

23/03/2022 - 04/03/2023

"An extremely intelligent, insightful and entertaining exposé of a persistent psychological condition..

"A scintillating production - both ebullient and subtle..

Queen of Shades

Global

06/03/2022 - 07/03/2022

"Stylish Aesthetic..

Artefact - How to Behave in a Museum

Global, Dunedin, Nelson, Christchurch, Auckland, New Plymouth

20/03/2022 - 12/10/2023

"ENJOYMENT CURATED TO PERFECTION..

"Charming Funny and Human..

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CHRIS PRIESTLEY & THE UNSUNG HEROES

Dunedin

20/03/2022 - 21/03/2022

"A moving night and riveting history lesson..

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