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SUNRISE

Auckland

23/10/2020 - 31/10/2020

"A textured, powerful and beautiful play..

KA-SHUE (Letters Home)

Havelock North, Wellington, Gisborne

24/10/2020 - 20/10/2021

"Moving, thoughtful and provocative..

"Distils complex elements of epic proportions into a potent liqueur..

THE PERFECT GIFT

Hastings

23/10/2020 - 23/10/2020

"Clowning at its playful, energetic, warm-hearted, deep-felt best..

UNDERCURRENT

Raumati, Tauranga, Auckland, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Wellington

24/10/2020 - 12/11/2020

"Blistering new dance works..

"Wariness, disconnection, and partying with careless abandon..

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TURN ON THE LIGHT

Wellington

24/10/2020 - 24/10/2020

"Excellent puppeteering makes for delightful and soothing show..

CHANGE YOUR OWN LIFE

Wellington, Global

10/03/2020 - 24/10/2020

"Private grief universalised..

"Well thought-out, bewitching offering from Sergent..

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FISH SAW

Wellington

23/10/2020 - 23/10/2020

"A universal and specific story skilfully told..

TE MOANA GLOW SHOW

Gisborne

22/10/2020 - 23/10/2020

"An amazing visual family spectacle..

PARADISE or The Impermanence of Ice Cream

Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch

23/10/2020 - 28/09/2024

"Another brilliant theatre experience from Indian Ink..

"Secrets, science and vultures come home to roost..

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HATCH

Wellington

23/10/2020 - 24/10/2020

"Held together by a theme of inclusivity and affirmation..

Ecology in Fifths

Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Hastings

11/11/2010 - 25/10/2020

"Thought provoking and devastatingly stunning..

"Considered, live, wonderful, urgent and disturbing..

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YES YES YES

Wellington, Hamilton

27/02/2019 - 27/03/2021

"Theatre that truly makes a positive difference..

"Honesty, humour and balance sensitively shared..

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SOLITUDE the secret life of Annie Chaffey

Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, Hamilton

29/11/2017 - 22/10/2020

"Woman alone: a subtle, much-needed counterpoint..

"Simple yet fascinating and admirable..

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ONE OF THOSE

Wellington

21/10/2020 - 21/10/2020

"Compels our empathy and earns the pathos..

BLACK LOVER

Hastings, Auckland

09/09/2020 - 21/10/2020

"A tense, funny, brilliantly political narrative..

"Unearthing the realities of Anti-Black Racism..

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HEY, PIANO BAR LADY!

Wellington

21/10/2020 - 21/10/2020

"A fabulous performer and chanteuse..

BATCH

Wellington

20/10/2020 - 24/10/2020

"Skilled renditions from potent works..

CIRCLE OF LIFE

Wellington

20/10/2020 - 07/03/2021

"Who creates The Creator?..

"Existential entrancement..

OUR MODERN EARTH (Is A F*cking Mess)

Auckland

20/10/2020 - 24/10/2020

"Our Current Moment..

"Dense, multi-disciplinary, multi-media experience somehow reassuring..

CLOSE

Wellington

09/10/2020 - 09/10/2020

"The perfect catharsis for the strangeness of these times..

MARY POPPINS The Broadway Musical

Auckland

16/10/2020 - 01/11/2020

"Return to theatre magical..

"Spit-Spot On..

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SHEL WE?

Wellington, Gisborne, Palmerston North, Hastings

12/12/2018 - 19/10/2020

"Gently woven story, precise and fluid dancing..

"Playful, poignant, ambiguous …..

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