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SLIP - Rebecca Jensen

Auckland

19/10/2024 - 20/10/2024

"Jensen is outstanding, her performance magical and her choreography rich and subtly nuanced..

Thin Paper, Autonomous Synapses, Nomads, Tokyo(ing)

Auckland

19/10/2024 - 20/10/2024

"Poetically sums up the core question driving this work: how do we become who we are?..

IN/TENSE - Alexa Wilson

Auckland

18/09/2024 - 17/10/2024

"Fear and vulnerability, not as weaknesses, but as powerful, generative forces that connect us..

REALM of TEARS - Rewa Fowles and Renee Wiki

Auckland

13/10/2024 - 13/10/2024

"Evocative, delicate at times, angry at others, with exciting idiosyncratic dance structures..

PŪHEKE - Louise Pōtiki Bryant

Auckland

12/10/2024 - 12/10/2024

"Prolonged applause and gratitude for profoundly rich fare..

Our Own Little Mess

Wellington, Auckland

22/02/2024 - 03/08/2024

"Beautiful work, the performances exquisite, balanced and nuanced..

"Sets a very high bar for NZ Festival shows worth going to; deserves a long life and to travel far…..

An Intimate Evening with Tabitha Booth

Auckland

29/06/2024 - 06/07/2024

"Pill-popping, wine-swilling Tabitha Booth/Frankie McNair (what a wonderful voice) delights and satisfies...

Weredingo

Auckland

06/06/2024 - 07/06/2024

"The ground is alive with ceremony..

Eli Matthewson - Night Terror

Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch

10/05/2024 - 07/09/2024

"Punchlines that whip back around like a tossed ponytail..

"More definite content and a director to pace and edit will make this good show even better...

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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Double Goer

Nelson, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch

24/10/2023 - 27/04/2024

" Unravelling the power of the feminine..

"Brave and confronting and traumatizing...

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The Sun and The Wind

Tauranga, Auckland

28/07/2023 - 24/03/2024

"Perfect performances enable audiences to consider the effects of intergenerational trauma..

"Inspired writing, great performances, and totally committed storytelling..

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I Don't Wanna Dance Alone

Auckland

15/03/2024 - 17/03/2024

"Ideas of community, Asian togetherness,..

IYKYK

Wellington, Kerikeri, Palmerston North, Hamilton, Auckland, Christchurch

20/07/2023 - 27/03/2024

"Fostering and promoting contemporary dance in Aotearoa..

"Human stories glimpsed in fleeting detail..

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REDUNDANT - JESS KARAMJEET

Auckland

16/02/2024 - 17/02/2024

"A fabulously queer evening, deliciously sexy, and outrageously hilarious..

DANCE DANCED DANCING 2024

Auckland

13/02/2024 - 17/02/2024

"About form, shape, and process..

H.R. The Musical

Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington

01/02/2024 - 22/05/2024

"Every song and scene is immaculately written, rehearsed and delivered..

"Riotous send-up of corporate culture...

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Skin Hunger - Solo

Hastings, Auckland, New Plymouth

27/10/2023 - 15/06/2024

"A cathartic experience of self-expression, self-exploration and self-forgiveness..

"‘Skin Hunger-Solo’, seen through a new lens, should be on your ‘must-see’ list. It's great work!..

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WAITING

Wellington, Auckland

28/06/2022 - 30/09/2023

"The perfect marriage of script, actor, and production. Physical theatre at its best...

"A spellbinding hour of poetic, physical, metaphysical, existential and practical performative excellence..

ÉMILIE

Auckland

19/09/2023 - 23/09/2023

"A sweet, delightful, funny and expertly crafted tribute..

Moe Miti

Auckland

22/08/2023 - 27/08/2023

"An absolutely wonderful work that deserves the opportunity of a longer season..

ALIEN

Auckland

04/05/2023 - 05/05/2023

"Confronts the veritable reality of what it is to be a body, in the here and now, collectively, on our…..

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