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HANSEL AND GRETEL (RNZB)

Wellington, Palmerston North, Napier, Christchurch, Auckland, Dunedin

06/11/2019 - 29/10/2023

"Serious themes at the heart...

"Vale Jon T. Thank you...

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Ātete - Resistance

Dunedin

30/11/2019 - 01/12/2019

"Poignant and timely essay on gendered violence..

A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2019

Christchurch

30/11/2019 - 21/12/2019

"Fun, festive fare..

Performing Object I

Christchurch

30/11/2019 - 30/11/2019

"Poignant acoustic movement..

Welcome Aboard

Christchurch

30/11/2019 - 30/11/2019

"Keeping it simple made this magical..

Flying Down Sand Dunes

Wellington

06/03/2019 - 07/12/2019

"Interrelational dynamic in action..

"A full sensory experience..

YEAR OF THE TIGER (虎—hǔ)

Christchurch

30/11/2019 - 30/11/2019

"Funny, refreshing and deeply communal..

DOGFIGHT

Hamilton

29/11/2019 - 14/12/2019

"Stars in the making..

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

Christchurch

23/11/2019 - 18/01/2020

"Forest-dwelling Fantasia..

"A storybook brought vividly to life..

NZ School of Dance 2019 Graduation Season

Wellington

20/11/2019 - 30/11/2019

"Aspiring to sprezzatura..

"A great variety of choreographic offerings..

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A BOY CALLED PIANO

Wellington, Dunedin, Oamaru, Christchurch

22/11/2019 - 22/10/2022

"Offering voices to the voiceless..

"One of the great Kiwi theatre productions of our time..

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UMA LAVA

Wellington

23/11/2019 - 07/12/2019

"Hell is the inability to relate humanely to other people..

THE GRIN REAPER

Palmerston North

20/11/2019 - 21/11/2019

"Slick writing & dry humour survive stuff-ups..

LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS

Dunedin

16/11/2019 - 23/11/2019

"Performance skills raise the somewhat questionable script..

"Edgy play provides food for thought..

WELCOME TO THE DEATH CAFÉ

Wellington

19/11/2019 - 23/11/2019

"Leaves us with plenty to think about..

JULIET & ROMEO

Christchurch

16/05/2019 - 20/11/2019

"Unapologetic fun offered with verve and nerve..

"A clever, energetic production..

LARNACH

Dunedin

14/11/2019 - 23/11/2019

"Wide appeal from the odd story of the Larnach family..

"A clever, nuanced commentary on life in the late 1800s..

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