Review Archive
Nik Smythe has a Diploma in Applied Drama from Northland Polytechnic, Whangarei (1992). He wrote and performed theatre, music and poetry during the nineties; also worked for the Moving Image Centre as an administrator and presenter.
Father of one teenager, and son of John Smythe’s twin brother, Nik has written for Theatreview since 2006.
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
TOM BINNS - Ian D. Montfort vs. Ivan Brackenbury
Auckland
05/05/2015 - 09/05/2015
"Magic and medicine..
ONE MAN BREAKING BAD The Unauthorised Parody
Wellington, Auckland
04/05/2015 - 16/05/2015
"Great for any fanboy or fangirl going through withdrawal..
"Hilarious distillation..
SNORT - WITH FRIENDS 2015
Auckland
01/05/2015 - 16/05/2015
"Pretty reliable late-nite improv laffs..
JOSEPH MOORE - 1989
Auckland
25/04/2015 - 10/05/2015
"Chinese Year of the Dragon, New Zealand Future of Comedy..
"A darkly witty take on the world..
BEN TARGET - Discover Ben Target
Auckland, Wellington
28/04/2015 - 09/05/2015
"Oddly engaging quirky flirtation of wit..
"Deliberately awkward and inevitably divisive..
ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT's ASKING FOR IT
Wellington, Auckland
25/04/2015 - 09/05/2015
"Funny and knife-edge subversive..
"Bottomless capacity for thought-provoking humour..
CRAIG CAMPBELL'S THRILLING MIC HUNT
Auckland, Wellington
25/04/2015 - 16/05/2015
"Ability to shock, engage (or disengage) and crack up an audience..
"Politely confrontational exchanges and frenzied rants..
THE LOLLY WITCH OF MUMULAND
Auckland
11/04/2015 - 18/04/2015
"Consummate showmanship and spirited vitality..
YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN
Auckland
31/03/2015 - 04/04/2015
"Not so much a tour-de-force as a jaunt-de-strongly-suggest..
THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING
New Plymouth, Hamilton, Auckland
14/03/2015 - 20/03/2016
"Theatre magic..
"Charming, engaging access to broader, deeper issues..
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OTHELLO: The Remix (North)
Auckland
13/03/2015 - 16/03/2015
"O TO THE H E DOUBLE-L O!..
SQUIRREL
Auckland
28/02/2015 - 01/03/2015
"Complex narrative punctuated with gentle visual spectacle..
PREHISTORIA
Auckland
25/02/2015 - 28/02/2015
"Pretty hysterical..
BUCKET’S LIST
Wellington, Auckland
24/02/2015 - 07/03/2015
"Odd-ball, off-beat rom-com..
"From buckets to platters with charming, perverse innocence..
THE SHITTIEST THEATRE YOU WILL EVER SEE
Auckland
18/02/2015 - 18/02/2015
"The shittiest review I will ever write*..
IT ENDS WITH THE SEA
Auckland
17/02/2015 - 20/02/2015
"Calm, tempestuous, melancholic with a lifeline of humour..
ROBIN GOBLIN
Auckland
16/02/2015 - 19/02/2015
"Original usage of recognised tropes..
SHAKESPEARE'S REBELS
Auckland
10/02/2015 - 15/02/2015
"Rebellion – as you like it..
"Pleasantly pedestrian..
SHEEP
Auckland
25/11/2014 - 29/11/2014
"Es gehts..
"A rich, convoluted work of extraordinary depth and power..
ONE DAY MOKO
Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland
05/11/2014 - 29/08/2016
"As touching and thought-provoking as it is entertaining..
"Street from the heart – an affecting take on inner-city lives..
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PERFECT PLACE
Auckland
21/10/2014 - 25/10/2014
"Icarian Heights..
"Middle-of-the-road immersion..
YO FUTURE
Auckland
16/10/2014 - 25/10/2014
"Uncertain Futurecast..
"Unapologetically conceptual..
DOUBLE DERELICTS
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Havelock North, Palmerston North
13/12/2013 - 08/10/2016
"Splendid value..
"No fourth wall in this show..
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