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The Country Wife

Dunedin

25/06/2009 - 04/07/2009

"Enormously entertaining..

"Curly-wigged artifice, witty circumlocution and downright intrigue..

Don Juan in Soho

Dunedin

29/05/2009 - 20/06/2009

"Don Juan deliciously mines modern moral melodrama..

"Farcical social commentary with pathos..

Emma

Dunedin

18/04/2009 - 10/05/2009

"Fresh, lucid and funny: 'Emma' charms audience..

"A charmingly playful experience..

Duets

Dunedin

20/02/2009 - 14/03/2009

"Comic variety in couples..

"Our perpetual hunt for someone who will understand us..

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Dunedin

04/12/2008 - 13/12/2008

"Superb portrayals in Aussie classic..

"Universal themes in culturally specific play..

Jack & The Beanstalk - the pantomime

Dunedin

07/11/2008 - 06/12/2008

"Well-paced pantomime finds favour..

"Slapstick humour at its best..

Chet Baker: Like Someone In Love

NYC, USA, Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland

21/02/2007 - 29/03/2015

"A most enjoyable occasion..

"Mood-catching musical yarn..

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Hatch - or The Plight of the Penguins

Auckland, Hawea, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington

15/03/2007 - 21/03/2009

"Divine Devenie..

"A brilliant insight into Victorian times..

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Tricicle

Dunedin

07/10/2008 - 08/10/2008

"Toddlers hilarious..

"Rocking with laughter..

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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Dirty Dusting

Dunedin

04/07/2008 - 26/07/2008

"Dirty, dusty – and funny..

"Celebrating the gutsy charm of older women..

Old Times

Dunedin

26/06/2008 - 05/07/2008

"Looking back through smoke..

"Reaches the highest standards of performance..

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Moonlight & Magnolias

Dunedin

01/04/2008 - 20/04/2008

"Gone like the wind..

"Frankly my dear, it’s a great play..

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Roger Hall’s Aladdin : the pantomime

Dunedin

02/11/2007 - 08/12/2007

"Deserves to pull in the crowds..

"If it doesn’t quite scintillate, it sparkles..

The Twits

Dunedin

28/09/2007 - 20/10/2007

"Brash and noisy family fun is filled with silliness..

"Utterly gross but such unqualified fun..

The Road to Mecca

Dunedin

30/08/2007 - 08/09/2007

"Sensitive and highly intelligent performances..

"Engrossing comment on values..

Who Needs Sleep Anyway?

Dunedin

04/05/2007 - 26/05/2007

"Informative skits in praise of Plunket..

"Nappy slapstick hits the spot..

Confessions of a Pop Tart

Dunedin

13/03/2007 - 16/03/2007

"Loud and likeable..

Here's Hilda!

Dunedin, Wellington

09/10/2006 - 18/02/2007

"Otago character brought to life..

"A grandmother’s remarkable story..

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Wheeler's Luck

Dunedin

11/10/2006 - 14/10/2006

"Delicious play no mere stroke of luck..

The Guys

Dunedin

06/10/2006 - 14/10/2006

"List of eulogies falls short of great drama..

Lines of Fire

Dunedin

05/10/2006 - 22/10/2006

"Station-based promenade play could go further..

"Railway station setting transports audience..

Hecuba

Dunedin

26/09/2006 - 30/09/2006

"Classical tragedy accessible to modern audience..

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