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HOME at Various venues - on tour
reviewed by Michael Gilchrist 5 Nov 2012
Songs shine in delightful tracing of the Scottish thread in our settler heritage
Maggie (Rowena Simpson) and Johnnie (Stuart Coats) are two Scottish immigrants to New Zealand, who meet and marry just before the First World War. Home tells their story in admirably economical fashion, showing how important traditional and popular songs of the period were in mediating the changes in their lives: from Scotland to New Zealand, in romance and in the trials of battle. [more]

TOMBOI: LAUGH YOUR BITS OFF at BATS
reviewed by Jacqui Stanford (GayNZ) 17 Mar 2011
The efficacy of self-pleasuring comedy
Tomboi are a tonic. A perfect tonic. Because laughter really, really is the best medicine and this pair provides sugary spoonfuls of hilarity. [more]

NGA HAU E WHA at Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown
reviewed by Greer Robertson 6 Jul 2011
Spine chilling at times
There were moments where I forgot to breathe in my spine-chilling captive state.... [more]

Photo: Andy Phillipson
SOAP THE SHOW at St James Theatre
reviewed by Greer Robertson 29 Jul 2011
Delightful, enthralling, provoking awe
Bath time will never be the same again! Frothy and frivolous, sensual and exciting, this cleansing theatrical experience had me truly absorbed. [more]

THERETHERE at BATS
reviewed by Greer Robertson 10 Oct 2011
There.... There....
This is Francis’ personal history of his life thus far and his intention is to lead the audience into his story, creating, transforming, constructing and deconstructing. A world, he suggests, is to be observed in detail. [more]

Samantha Hines in Whispers from Pandora’s Box by Lina Limosani
NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF DANCE GRADUATION SEASON 2011 at Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown
reviewed by Greer Robertson 17 Nov 2011
Performers primed and focused
Putting their life and love of dancing on the line, the graduating students open their 10 day season with pride. After years of blood sweat and tears, these performances mark the end of a personal era with the performers primed and focused on a fruitful future career in the dance industry. [more]

NINE at Whitireia Performance Centre, 25-27 Vivian Street
reviewed by Greer Robertson 28 Nov 2011
Effervescence and energy lift 8˝ to Nine
Nine is a musical theatre piece first taken from a book, which then became a film, which then went on to be a five time Tony Award-winning Broadway production. Like a game of charades opening, it spans the lot. The story is based on Federici Fellini semi-autobiographical film 8˝. [more]

LOVEPUKE at Globe Theatre
reviewed by Kimberley Buchan 18 May 2012
A rollercoaster ride through relationship dynamics
Director Emma Feather Shaw brings us Duncan Sarkies' romp through Kiwi attitudes to relationships and sex in the surprisingly warm Globe Theatre. Lovepuke begins with myriad entrances and exits summing up the characters and relationship dynamics. The stage is littered with chairs which are stumbled over, thrown, built up and entwined with. [more]

WINKIE at Globe Theatre
reviewed by Kimberley Buchan 14 Jul 2012
Dealing with dependence
Written, directed and designed by Nigel Ensor, Winkie is a slow-paced play which explores attitudes toward disability. The stresses of caring for someone completely dependent are shown through episodes that, like real family life, are centred on mealtimes. [more]

ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE (SEVENTEEN SCENARIOS FOR THE THEATRE) at Allen Hall Theatre
reviewed by Kimberley Buchan 19 May 2013
Multiple interpretations of a life
The audience is plunged into darkness and we hear the mysterious Anne’s voicemail. This briefly outlines the vivid characters surrounding her and we learn of the many perspectives of the never seen Anne, a woman who carries her own mortality around the world with her. [more]
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