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 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.

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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.

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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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