Review Archive
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Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
King Lear
Dunedin
16/03/2018 - 17/03/2018
"Dementia ward setting works well..
BOY BRAILLE
Dunedin
11/03/2018 - 14/03/2018
"May very well open your eyes..
DEAD DADS CLUB
Palmerston North, Wellington, Dunedin
06/04/2017 - 13/03/2018
"Dances between objective honesty and pure love for her father’s conflicting sides..
"About as life affirming as you could imagine..
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AUNTY
Dunedin
08/03/2018 - 11/03/2018
"Fantastic performer’s creation delights..
Life Stories: A Work Showing
Dunedin
10/03/2017 - 11/03/2017
"Skilful, generous, courageous, imaginative, memorable..
TINY DEATHS
Dunedin
07/09/2016 - 09/09/2016
"Passionate production impeccably cast..
THE LOOSE DICK KIDDIES SHOW
Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington
12/02/2016 - 12/03/2016
"Could be fantastic..
"Masterful in all its glorious smuttiness..
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SRINGARAM
Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland
10/10/2015 - 08/10/2016
"An exquisite performance full of surprises..
"Emotive, animated, visceral, alluring - extraordinary..
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THE IRIS PROJECT
Wellington, Dunedin
02/03/2016 - 08/03/2016
"Fascinating, dreamy, shocking, sad, courageous..
"Why this? Why here?..
LOVELY LADY LUMP
Wellington, Hamilton, Dunedin
08/02/2016 - 06/03/2016
"A rich and vibrant experience..
"Rare candour, compassion and insight..
THOM PAIN: BASED ON NOTHING
Dunedin
03/03/2016 - 05/03/2016
"A little too clever for its own good?..
BEST OF SCOTTISH COMEDY II
Dunedin
03/03/2016 - 05/03/2016
"Polished and slick..
Be | Longing: a verbatim play
Global, Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington
22/02/2012 - 31/05/2020
"Fascinating and poignant stories..
"Universality in every detail..
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THE BOY ON THE SWING
Dunedin
05/03/2015 - 06/03/2015
"Stimulating and bizarre with a sense of enjoyment and self-reflection..
"Python and Kafka-esque play on God..
NICK: AN ACCIDENTAL HERO
Nelson, Dunedin, Edinburgh, Scotland, Wellington, Auckland
25/06/2013 - 18/10/2014
"Deeply affecting and inspiring..
"An infinitely-relatable human interest story..
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THE KEYS ARE IN THE MARGARINE: a verbatim play about dementia
Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington
19/06/2014 - 14/11/2015
"Touching look at life with dementia..
"Deeply absorbing..
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TAKE BACK THE HOOD
Wellington, Palmerston North, Dunedin, Auckland
06/03/2013 - 23/02/2015
"Back to the Hood..
"Funny and brave..
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FINDING HEPHZIBAH
Dunedin
20/03/2014 - 22/03/2014
"Sincerity, beauty, flashes of humour..
HEART GOES BOOM
Dunedin
14/03/2014 - 15/03/2014
"Sometimes ludicrous, often crude, always very funny..
WHY ARE MY PARENTS SO BORING?
Christchurch, Dunedin
04/07/2012 - 27/07/2013
"Delight, horror and empathy..
"Highly recommended original story with depth and heart..