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Dunedin Fringe 2011
I HEART 5, 6, 7, 8 at Globe Theatre
reviewed by Lyne Pringle 22 Mar 2011
Very Fringe!
This band of emerging Auckland based choreographers and dancers bring their own brand of dance to the Globe Theatre – a dusty and distinguished repository of Dunedin theatre history. [more]

Auckland Fringe 2011
I HEART 5, 6, 7, 8 at Galatos
reviewed by Felicity Molloy 9 Mar 2011
Funny, sexy and very interesting
Sweaty Heart Productions is a must see for the 2011 Fringe and with only one night to go. Their publicity says they are “ready to fire up their well-honed contemporary dance walking capabilities as well as a bit of dancing on the side”. A perfect description for a funny, sexy and very interesting show! [more]

Auckland Arts Festival 2013
I HEART ALICE HEART I at Q, 305 Queen St
reviewed by Lexie Matheson 8 Mar 2013
Deliciously funny, sublime and political journey – with cake
I Heart Alice Heart I is exclusively about the happiest of relationships and the audience ate up every word, every nuance and every last piece of cake. Happy relationships always, as you know, have cake. [more]

I HEART CAMPING at BATS
reviewed by John Smythe 13 Apr 2011
True heart obliterated by a buffeting storm of over-acting
The central relationship, between honeymooners Samantha and William – played by Sophie Henderson and Curtis Vowel, who also co-wrote I Heart Camping – is beautifully nuanced to let pinpricks of doubt escape from the airbed of their newly-wed love. [more]

I HEART CAMPING at BATS
reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 14 Apr 2011
Romantic comedy hard to believe
Described in the programme as an unromantic comedy I (heart) Camping turns out in the end, of course, to be a sentimental romantic comedy. But it has to be said that it is a very odd one indeed. [more]

I HEART CAMPING at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave
reviewed by Lillian Richards 25 Feb 2010
A fantastic, brave, funny, warm cast
“I heart camping: It’s in tents.” I only got the puntastic nature of the above quip after my partner read it aloud. Yeah, it’s pretty intense. [more]

I HEART CAMPING at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave
reviewed by Janet McAllister (New Zealand Herald) 1 Mar 2010
Camp ground cringe gives laughs aplenty in under-the-canvas show
Clever comedy holds the downside of the Kiwi outdoor summer holiday up for ridicule. Camp grounds are lucky that I Heart Camping didn't open earlier in the summer: this lively production would have caused a rash of tent site cancellations. [more]

I HEART CAMPING at Fortune Theatre Studio
reviewed by Sharon Matthews 23 Mar 2010
Lying within tent
The plot-line is deceptively simple: William and Samantha are on honeymoon at the campground that Samantha went to every year as a child. Samantha was lying when she said she loved this place, and her new husband was lying when he said he loved camping. The scene is therefore set for an exploration of the deceits that underlie their relationship. [more]

Auckland Fringe 2011
I LOVE at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs
reviewed by Keziah Warner 13 Mar 2011
Fusion without cohesion despite fine performances
The two actors, Min Kim and Dawn Adams, clearly have a great understanding of the text and imbue their delivery with poetic longing and desire. The words of different scenes fuse together to create a lyrical soundscape out of the original work. [more]

I LOVE YOU BRO at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Nik Smythe 30 Jul 2011
True cautionary tale disturbs and stretches credulity
While this twisted tale dramatised by a Melbourne playwright is based on an actual occurrence in Manchester some years ago, actor Tim Carlsen plays the protagonist as a Kiwi. It does seem appropriate to cast the character in the nationality of wherever it’s being performed, given the cybernetic medium at its basis makes it a story that could take place anywhere that has internet. [more]
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