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INK at The Auckland Performing Arts Centre: TAPAC
reviewed by Nik Smythe 15 Dec 2006
Hypnotic Existential Absurdism
I can’t think of any show I’ve seen which has evoked the sense that I’m having a dream more than Ink. As we enter into the mist that pervades the theatre and auditorium space to seat ourselves I feel partially transformed to a more primitive, dreamlike state of perception. [more]

INNOCENCE at Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown
reviewed by John Smythe 5 Oct 2010
Delusions of innocence
I wonder if German playwright Dea Loher would ever have graced a Wellington stage if Sebastian Sommer had not chosen her Innocence for his major Master of Theatre Arts in Directing (MTA)* production. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 06
INSIDE MY HEAD, OUT OF MY MIND at Evolve, 5 Eva St
reviewed by John Smythe (John Smythe: theatre reviews) 19 Feb 2006
Beyond therapy
There is a wide belief that theatre-as-therapy should stay in the theatre workshop space. On the other hand all creative arts have a therapeutic value for those who engage with them as well as those who make them. [more]

Photo: Mats Böcker
New Zealand International Arts Festival 2010
INSIDE OUT at Opera House
reviewed by John Smythe 2 Mar 2010
Exhilarating
‘Gloriously abandoned’ and ‘organised chaos’ are the phrases that spring to mind when seeking to describe Cirkus Cirkor’s ebullient Inside Out. Only when you stop and think do you realise it has to be ultra organised or someone would get hurt. [more]

Photo: Mats Böcker
New Zealand International Arts Festival 2010
INSIDE OUT at Opera House
reviewed by Jennifer Shennan (The Dominion Post) 2 Mar 2010
Delightful new twists on old tricks
The day we all said “No more animals in the circus” was a great day for world theatre. No more caged animals, so acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, jugglers, musicians and illusionists were obliged to find new ways of carrying on old tricks. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 2010
INSIDE OUT [FRINGE] at Newtown Community Centre
reviewed by Lyne Pringle 27 Feb 2010
Refreshing and honest approach relished by young cast
Inside Out is a beautiful, heartfelt rendition of Sarah Delahunty’s great play about depression and the phenomenon of self harming. It sounds heavy but the script is entertaining and moving as well as offering some valuable insights; the use of humour leavens the challenging subject matter. [more]

INSOMNIA IN A DAYDREAM at ARTWORKS, 2 Korora Rd, Oneroa
reviewed by Charlotte Everett 17 Feb 2013
Poetry for the senses
Insomnia in a Daydream explores a common and serious problem for a lot of people: the inability to sleep. It's a bold piece which pushes the boundaries between sleep and awakeness; reality and illusion. Siri Embla and Gus Simonovic take us on a surreal journey of the senses, asking us to question what makes us real, and indeed what is really real. [more]

Reading the Body
Tempo Festival of Dance 10
INSTALLATIONS AND DANCE FILMS at MIC Toi Rerehiko Gallery, 321 K Rd
reviewed by Shanon O'Sullivan 11 Dec 2010
Visually arresting and absorbing imagery
A spellbinding array of extraordinary dance films by Kiwi expat Sue Healey is currently on exhibition as part of the 2010 Tempo Dance Festival. Seven articulately crafted films blend choreography and technology and Healey utilises time, space, form and motion in a myriad of dimensions that intrigue and capture the imagination. [more]

INSTANT ANATOMY at Q Theatre Loft, 305 Queen St
reviewed by Nik Smythe 20 Nov 2011
Glorious soap-opera cliché
ConArtists, those veterans of thigh-slappingly hilarious long-form improv concepts, are playing a three-week season of a steamy, scandal-ridden medical soap opera “so hot they won't show it on television!” performed live on stage. [more]

INSTANT BROADWAY at Musgrove Studio, Maidment Theatre
reviewed by Craig Wilson 13 May 2011
A clear aptitude for genuinely funny comedy
I can think of few things harder than to make songs up on the spot. When you add the expectation of humour the task seems all the more difficult. However it took no time at all for the audience to warm to the musical mayhem of Covert Entertainment’s Instant Broadway. [more]
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