Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
STAND UP LOVE
Wellington
30/11/2016 - 10/12/2016
"The abiding questions of ‘love’ explored..
THE RIME OF THE MODERN MARINER
Wellington
10/11/2016 - 26/11/2016
"Clever craft elements diluted by structural flaws..
INVADERS FROM MARS
Wellington
27/10/2016 - 05/11/2016
"Has yet to stand up and command respect..
THE FENCE
Wellington
15/09/2016 - 24/09/2016
"Undoubted expertise under-challenged..
THE NEXT BEST THING
Wellington
01/09/2016 - 10/09/2016
"Touching honesty..
CORIANDER
Wellington, Dunedin
24/08/2016 - 18/03/2017
"Quirky, original, good clean fun..
"Coriander strikes a yoga pose and wins the Bats audience..
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WELL
Wellington
16/08/2016 - 20/08/2016
"Towards a better understanding..
MOM (Meet Our Mum)
Wellington
09/08/2016 - 13/08/2016
"Commitment and energy lifts MOM..
"Less than the sum of its parts..
LIKE SEX
Wellington
15/07/2016 - 30/07/2016
"Festival allows young casts to shine #2..
"Every scene is a gem refracting a truth..
THE POLITICIAN’S WIFE
Wellington, Palmerston North
15/06/2016 - 02/07/2016
"Illuminates, interrogates and challenges..
"All encompassing..
LA VIE DANS UNE MARIONETTE
Auckland, Havelock North, Wellington
28/02/2013 - 25/03/2017
"Impeccable timing, grace and skill..
"Exhilaratingly funny, sad and heart-warming..
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TIKI TOUR
Wellington
14/06/2016 - 18/06/2016
"Timeless yet timely character comedy..
VERSIONS OF ALLAH
Wellington
07/06/2016 - 11/06/2016
"Original and innovatively staged..
"Deceptively simple, profoundly engaging..
SHOT BRO – Confessions of a Depressed Bullet
Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga, Kaikohe, Wairarapa, Dunedin, Invercargill
09/06/2016 - 09/05/2019
"Confronting and hard but also a safe space in which to explore the ugly realities of mental health..
"Funny, powerful, demanding..
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CASTLES
Wellington, Auckland
12/02/2016 - 03/03/2017
"Defying normal choreographic logic..
"Schizophrenic, enigmatic and perplexing yet rivetting..
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Love and Information
Wellington
19/05/2016 - 04/06/2016
"Poignantly mirrors contemporary experience of love and information..
Far Away
Wellington
19/05/2016 - 04/06/2016
"Justice done to subtle, evasive script..
PEDAL.PEDDLE
Wellington, Auckland
13/03/2015 - 04/03/2017
"Patchwork narcissi..
"A solo to remember..
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BRINESTORM Alice Brine
Wellington, Auckland
26/04/2016 - 14/05/2016
"CASUAL MOTOR-MOUTH ONE TO WATCH..
"Indelible images..