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Going West Books and Writers Festival 2010
HE REO AROHA at Glen Eden Playhouse
reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton (New Zealand Herald) 27 Aug 2010
Little love story packs big heart
The Going West Books & Writers Festival kicks off its programme with an absolute gem: He Reo Aroha is an enchanting love story that does not shy away from soaring lyricism but manages to keep its feet firmly planted on the ground with some wickedly funny character studies. [more]

Christchurch Arts Festival 2011
HE REO AROHA at Old Boy’s Theatre, Christ’s College
reviewed by Alan Scott (The Press) 20 Aug 2011
A magical piece of theatre
He Reo Aroha is one of those magical pieces of theatre where, out of nothing but a bare stage, a couple of chairs and two guitars, the actors create a whole world of love, heartache and laughter, of regret, forgiveness and hope. [more]

New Zealand International Arts Festival 2010
HE REO AROHA at Circa Two
reviewed by Phoebe Smith 17 Jun 2010
Ultimately optimistic
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone? In He Reo Aroha, Miria George and Jamie McCaskill have conceived an extremely simple love story: (he said, she said, he didn’t say, she didn’t say, she left, they lived, but oh, what’s this hole deep inside of each?) ... [more]

The Real New Zealand Festival
HE REO AROHA at Circa Two - return season
reviewed by James McKinnon 22 Sep 2011
Anyone who brings a date will not be disappointed
He Reo Aroha is well-travelled by now, and for good reason. It has pleased crowds in Canada, Australia, Hawaii, and all around New Zealand. It thoroughly delighted the audience at Circa on Wednesday night. [more]

Auckland Festival AK07
HEAD at Galatos
reviewed by Kate Ward-Smythe 10 Mar 2007
Getting HEAD: a subjective experience
Ah yes. Head. Visually, and in terms of innovation, this impressive 4 metre high 3D polystyrene beast with a stream of consciousness voice, deserves the accolades and attention given to it after its debut season in Wellington. [more]

HEAR ME : THE PRODUCING PROJECT LIVE SERIES at Old Folks Association Hall, 8 Gundry St, Newton
reviewed by Raewyn Whyte 30 Jul 2011
Hear Me offers a rich melange
Becca Wood's in-the-round Instructions for re-membering (forwards): a slide show is arguably the most experimental work of the evening, dealing as it does with the absence of the expected, the way sound conjures presence for us, and the way our memories of places are embodied in the movements we share with others. It is also the least traditional in its relationship of sound and body, demonstrating their disjunction. [more]

Capital E National Arts Festival
HEAR TO SEE at Opera House
reviewed by John Smythe 20 Mar 2011
Presentation tail wags storytelling dog
“Amazing visuals,” is the buzz in the foyer after the world premiere of Hear to See. And the music. And the sound. All stunning. The performers, seen and unseen, do a great job too. It’s the story, such as it is, that has people grumbling. [more]

Capital E National Arts Festival
HEAR TO SEE at Opera House
reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 23 Mar 2011
The old-fashioned brilliance of magical tricks
“There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy” is roughly what Ollie (Robert Hartley), the teenage hero obsessed with video games, learns in Hear to See, the flagship production of Capital E’s National Arts Festival. It was received with rapturous applause on Saturday. [more]

Capital E National Arts Festival
HEAR TO SEE at Opera House
reviewed by Peter McKenzie 20 Mar 2011
Amazing puppeteering in a story that could work better
The story follows Ollie as he tries to get back to being one with nature. Or actually he does not try to get back to nature, nature tries to get back to him. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 09
HEART & LEGS at NZ Film Archive
reviewed by Jenny Stevenson 19 Feb 2009
Passionless reflections; interesting conceits
Heart and Legs – a work in three acts by three dancer-choreographers, a group of musicians and a film-maker – creates something of the ambience of a sixties-style ‘happening’. The analogy of ‘view master dance’ contained in the company name is entirely apt ... [more]
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