Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
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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MANTRA
Christchurch
13/11/2019 - 13/11/2019
"Doesn’t so much transcend emotions as unsettle them..
"Slow moving tableaux..
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MEETING KARPOVSKY
Wellington, West Coast South Island
10/02/2012 - 16/11/2019
"Spellbinding..
"A cultural treat that intrigues and delights..
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DRONE
Wellington
08/11/2019 - 09/11/2019
"Very relatable humanising of the inhumane..
MAMIL: Middle Aged Man In Lycra
Auckland, Napier, Dunedin, Havelock North, Wellington, Christchurch, Palmerston North
25/07/2014 - 14/12/2019
"A very funny play about change..
"Holds up a mirror to honest self-appraisal..
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SKIN DEEP
Hamilton
06/11/2019 - 08/11/2019
"Entertaining arguments..
RANSOM
Wellington
01/11/2019 - 16/11/2019
"Values Held Hostage..
"Enrols us in a timely enquiry into the nature of contemporary politics..
ME AND MY NANA
Christchurch
02/11/2019 - 14/04/2024
"Me and my Nana – an adorable story about very special relationship..
"Gentle, whimsical and wholesome..
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Hamilton
02/11/2019 - 02/11/2019
"Delivers wit, glamour, nostalgia and hilarity..
THE CLEARING
Nelson, Wellington, Palmerston North, Auckland, New Plymouth, Christchurch
31/07/2019 - 02/11/2019
"A perplexing shadow world..
"Perplexing, intriguing, ambiguous, unknowable..
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SUGARMAN
Hamilton
31/10/2019 - 02/11/2019
"Comical with depth ranging from unsettlingly surreal to grounded and poignant..
Manifesto of a Good Cripple
Auckland
29/10/2019 - 31/10/2019
"Happenstance and reverie..
"Reframing a dancing life..
FEMININE HYGIENE
Hamilton
30/10/2019 - 31/10/2019
"Successfully muses over the gender and sexuality debates of our modern era..
THE WISP
Nelson
28/10/2019 - 28/10/2019
"Fun, hilarious and at times brilliantly absurd..
FRESH OFF THE BOAT
Christchurch
19/10/2019 - 09/11/2019
"Time Capsule..
"Warm, funny, intelligent – and of its time..