Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Dry Spell
Auckland, Hamilton, Hastings, Wellington, Whanganui
30/04/2022 - 18/05/2022
"The ego excesses of a Freddy Mercury..
"Playground for the audience...
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FOLLOW THE MONEY
Wellington
26/04/2022 - 30/04/2022
"More enriching for them than their audience?..
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..