Review Archive
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
How To Art
Auckland
12/11/2024 - 16/11/2024
"Relentlessly funny and splendidly performed by the best bananas in the art business...
We, The Outsiders
Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland, Whangarei
31/01/2024 - 29/09/2024
"A Gathering of Migrant Stories..
"Intensely personal stories performed with commitment and energy..
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Delightfool
Wellington, Auckland
22/02/2024 - 07/09/2024
"Recommended - Booth the Clown is an Aotearoan star on the rise...
"A ribald hour of wit, sparkle and innuendo with a touch of vulnerability..
Yeah Nah Pavlova
Auckland
16/05/2024 - 17/05/2024
"These two fireworks create a show that sparks the audience regardless of their origin...
In 200 Minds
Auckland
22/08/2023 - 26/08/2023
"Shaw holds this space with clear embodied presence and intention in each gesture...
Gabby Anderson – Bad(ish) Teacher
Wellington, Auckland
09/05/2023 - 27/05/2023
"Friendly, engaging, genuine and enthusiastically here for a good time..
"Verbal dexterity is a hallmark of her delivery, as are pause, pace and audience participation..
A Tart on Tour
Auckland, Wellington
14/02/2023 - 16/09/2023
"Recommended to anyone who has ever dealt with rejection and kept going..
"A testament to her skills, resilience and capacity to survive where others have not..
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SCATTERGUN: After the Death of Rūaumoko
Auckland, Nelson
28/07/2022 - 04/05/2024
"The audience shout accolades, rising and roaring “Bravo, bravo”...
"A Shakespeare for all New Zealand..
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James Nokise GOD DAMN FANCY MAN
Auckland
08/10/2020 - 10/10/2020
"Enlightened by laughter..
KARANGA
Auckland
08/10/2019 - 11/10/2019
"Calling home..
"A call to return home..
RECLAMATION
Auckland
19/09/2019 - 05/10/2019
"Roars like a tiger, one that has been in a cage too long..
INHERITANCE HAKARERETANGA
Auckland
09/07/2019 - 13/07/2019
"A stick in a shell-suit..
ROSEMARY
Auckland
26/02/2019 - 02/03/2019
"//holding space for Mary - a review of Rosemary..
Juxtapositions: a mixed bill
Auckland
09/02/2019 - 09/02/2019
"Part 2: Proto-colonial exchange - from hilarity to silence..
"Part 1: Shadow of Ease..
Embodied Contemplation: a mixed billl
Auckland
08/02/2019 - 08/02/2019
"and I’m looking back at you: a review/response to Josie, Cat and Josh..
Women Voicing : a mixed bill
Auckland
07/02/2019 - 07/02/2019
"Internal ghosts. Horizontal voice. Ode to the body...
Generations: a mixed bill
Auckland
05/02/2019 - 05/02/2019
"Unapologetic realness. Ever-passing forms. Celebration of connectivity..
Darkness: mixed bill (2019)
Auckland
04/02/2019 - 04/02/2019
"Exhausted physicality. Stinging experience. Visual ecstacy...
ABYSS BETWEEN COUNTS
Auckland
13/11/2018 - 17/11/2018
"...this piece is really something..
MEAT
Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington
14/08/2018 - 13/04/2019
"Conversation-stoking commitment..
"Shattering!..
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IRON EYES
Auckland
17/04/2018 - 21/04/2018
"Distinctively Korean..