Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Super HUGH-Man – The Legend Lives On
Auckland, Hamilton, Gisborne, Rotorua, Palmerston North
20/09/2017 - 03/10/2020
"Inspired by and crafted from love..
"Unpredictable, relatable, unmissable..
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WITI’S WĀHINE
Gisborne, Wellington
05/10/2019 - 13/06/2021
"Illuminating the grace, strength, elegance and eloquence of Mana Wāhine..
"A truly special night..
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SGCNZ NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE SCHOOLS PRODUCTION 2020
Dunedin
02/10/2020 - 03/10/2020
"Promising talents revel in irony, humour, clowning, music and dancing..
YĀTRĀ
Auckland
01/10/2020 - 10/10/2020
"Exploratory, impressionistic, poetic..
THE GLITTER GARDEN
Wellington
30/09/2020 - 10/10/2020
"Blooming into life..
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN PIRATES
Hamilton
30/09/2020 - 04/10/2020
"Bombastic pirates meet bush monsters..
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..