Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
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..