Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
SUNFLOWERS
Auckland
30/09/2020 - 04/10/2020
"Leaning Towards the Sun..
"Bittersweet romance in the face of disaster..
ELEVATOR!
Wellington
24/09/2020 - 03/10/2020
"LGBTQ+ love in an ELEVATOR! STEW Productions wants to make your heart go bum bum bum..
CALL IT A NIGHT
Auckland, Global
20/09/2020 - 20/09/2020
"An existential threat becomes an existential treat..
"A thought-provoking, beautifully crafted, meta-theatrical conceit..
RANTS IN THE DARK
Christchurch, Wellington
19/01/2019 - 03/10/2020
"Energetic, relatable and mostly well-paced..
"A hero’s journey indeed..
THE SHOWS MUST GO ON The Best of Broadway
Gisborne, Christchurch
24/09/2020 - 25/10/2020
"The top end of musical theatre..
"THE SHOWS MUST GO ON..
HOLE
Wellington
22/09/2020 - 26/09/2020
"A steamy love story about healing the heart of the world..
DAYBOY
Dunedin
18/09/2020 - 19/09/2020
"Does justice to a difficult topic..
WILLIE'S WĀNANGA ON WHEELS – The Full Haerenga
Global
19/09/2020 - 04/10/2020
"Needs its tyre pressures checked..
THE BICYCLE & THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER
Palmerston North, Nelson, Wellington
10/09/2020 - 11/11/2023
"The totality is inspiring – not least as a superb example of the ephemeral alchemy of live theatre..
"An entertaining ride across bike-break mountain..
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THE RAFT
Dunedin
17/09/2020 - 26/09/2020
"Intense and disturbing..
"Dramatic, moving, engrossing and finally uplifting..
GREEDY CAT 2020
Auckland
19/09/2020 - 16/10/2020
"A feast for all ages..
A LITTLE BROWN LIE
Global
17/09/2020 - 27/09/2020
"Pitch perfect interplay of comedy and drama, te reo and English..
From Scratch PAX PACIFICA
Christchurch
18/09/2020 - 18/09/2020
"An amazing, coherent organism, both free and utterly precise..
Kristian Fredrikson: Designer
Global
04/10/2020 - 30/09/2021
"A major theatre designer of his generation..
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Wellington
17/09/2020 - 26/09/2020
"Slick and raw, vibrant and stark, brutal and ultimately inspiring..
48 NIGHTS ON HOPE STREET
Auckland
16/09/2020 - 20/09/2020
"An abstract, energised focus on human intimacy..
TAURITE
Global
16/09/2020 - 16/09/2020
"Embracing life's essentials..
WELLINGTON IS MAGIC!
Wellington
15/09/2020 - 19/09/2020
"Bemusing, surprising, memorable..
DEAR BOOBS on Stage
Dunedin
10/09/2020 - 13/09/2020
"Therapeutic theatre..
"Courage, humour and insight..
PLAY
Wellington
04/09/2020 - 12/09/2020
"Entertaining but ultimately unsatisfying..
"It’s the truth at is heart that makes Play real..
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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