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FUEL Festival 2012
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE at Playhouse, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
reviewed by Mark Houlahan 6 Jul 2012
Thrilling collision of characters
Michael Hurst’s first solo show is terrific. The few remaining seats for the Hamilton shows should be snapped up. When it comes around, just go see it. It is the most entertaining and refreshing solo piece since the very first run of Jacob Rajan’s Krishnan’s Dairy in the 1990s. [more]

Nelson Arts Festival 2012
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE at Theatre Royal
reviewed by Ruth Allison 28 Oct 2012
When shall these four meet again?
What’s the matter with Hamlet? Well, according to Macbeth he is ‘a big Danish poof’. This is the premise of the hilarious and often brilliant one man show Frequently Asked Questions. [more]

Tempo Festival of Dance 2008
FRESH CUTS at The Auckland Performing Arts Centre: TAPAC
reviewed by Natalie Dowd 3 Oct 2008
Not only fresh, but a cut above
From clever and quirky to athletic to funky and back again, aided by great music choices, this programme curated by Mary-Jane O-Reilly is certainly a delightful night out to remember. I had been anticipating a breath of fresh air, and I wasn’t disappointed. [more]

Tempo Dance Festival 2012
FRESH CUTS (2012) at Q Theatre Loft, 305 Queen St
reviewed by Dr Linda Ashley 11 Oct 2012
Platform for emerging choreographers
Go and see Fresh Cuts tonight so that you can say you saw so-and-so when she (and they were all female), first set out. [more]

Tempo Dance Festival 2012
FRESH CUTS (2012) at Q Theatre Loft, 305 Queen St
reviewed by Raewyn Whyte (NZ Herald) 13 Oct 2012
Fresh Cuts vs Y Chromozone: complementary opposites
Two more contrasting showcase programmes than Fresh Cuts and Y Chromozone are hard to imagine. Back-to-back placement on the Tempo 2012 dance festival programme, however, lets them become complementary opposites. [more]

Tempo Festival of Dance 09
FRESH CUTS 09 at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs
reviewed by Dr Linda Ashley 8 Oct 2009
An important seed project
In this collection of works from emerging choreographers, contemporary dance dominates and sometimes I wonder what else is ‘out there’ for us to contemplate as ‘fresh’. Nevertheless, this is a very watchable hour. [more]

Photo: Kathrin Simon
Tempo Festival of Dance 10
FRESH CUTS 2010 at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs
reviewed by Dr Linda Ashley 5 Oct 2010
Continuities and Challenges
This year’s inclusion of choreographer’s bios gives a most welcome insight into legacies. For the record, background information could add value to what audiences see – especially if an audience is presented with the unfamiliar ... [more]

Dunedin Fringe 2011
FRESH TALENT STANDS UP at The Church, 50 Dundas Street
reviewed by Patrick Davies 19 Mar 2011
A lack of atmosphere and punctuation
First show of the Fringe is always exciting and this is the first of a number of shows produced by AntiSocial Tap who have been providing comedy to Dunedin for over two years now. Armed with my glass o’wine I settle into the comfy seats of the cinema where they perform. [more]

FRIDAY NIGHT GUILT CLUB at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave
reviewed by Nik Smythe 6 Nov 2010
Casual weird ramblings and experimental oddities and stuff
It’s your classic (i.e. the basement thereof) grungy laid back late nite edgy and experimental alternative stand-up comedy vehicle. Standup comics of all ages try out their latest ideas on a modest crowd of punters, and each other, to typically mixed effects. [more]

FRIENDS FOREVER at Downstage Theatre
reviewed by John Smythe 28 Apr 2007
Highly recommended
Friends Forever is the second show in Sarah Delahunty’s Playstory series at Downstage, in which “favourite stories come alive on stage!” It’s a neat concept: the immediate concerns of today’s children lead to dramatised tellings of stories from far away and nearby, all linked by a theme. [more]
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