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Tempo Festival of Dance 09
FOOTNOTE FORTE SOLO SERIES 09 at from City Art Rooms to Cassette9 on Vulcan Lane
reviewed by David Zeitner-Smith 13 Oct 2009
Inspiring evening of contemporary dance
At first I didn’t know what to expect on this sunny early evening in Auckland. Footnote Dance was going to present its 2009 Solo Series at this year’s Tempo Festival of Dance at the City Art Rooms and Cassette 9. Both venues are located in the heart of central Auckland and promised to be exciting sites to watch the company’s latest productions. [more]

Tempo Festival of Dance 09
HOOTCHY KOOTCHY GOES LATIN at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave
reviewed by Venus Stephens 26 Oct 2009
Alluring performances
The Hootchy Kootchy girls have me feeling a little tentative; I descend the stairs into the foyer of the Montecristo Room on Nelson St and immediately feel a like a flower... the ‘wall’ kind. Draped around the room are the best dressed ... [more]

Tempo Festival of Dance 09
BROTHERHOOD at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs
reviewed by Kat Walker and Temoa Rua 1 Oct 2009
A dance show, comedy and tear jerker rolled into one
Sweet and Sour (SAS) Dance Crew have established themselves as one of New Zealand’s prestige, exciting and entertaining hip hop groups, having won Gold at the 2008 World hip hop championships in the Varsity section staged in Las Vegas and been crowned the Battlegrounds World Supremacy Champions 2008 in Australia. [more]

Tempo Festival of Dance 09
TMC: UNDER THE INFLUENCE at Concert Chamber - Town Hall, THE EDGE
reviewed by Kat Walker 15 Oct 2009
A break-through of a show
TMC is one of the most talented hip hop dance crews that Auckland has produced. Starting off as a Two Man Crew with brothers Richie and Andrew Cesan, TMC has slowly added on members over the years whilst showcasing their unfaltering unique style. [more]

Short+Sweet 10 minute theatre festival
SHORT+SWEET AUCKLAND 2010 at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Lillian Richards 24 Jan 2010
Wildcard Show 1
The works I’m reviewing are the Wildcards, the mavericks or perhaps the underdogs – significantly less polished works than those presented on the opening night. As such the Wildcards are aptly named. [more]

Short+Sweet 10 minute theatre festival
SHORT+SWEET AUCKLAND 2010 at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Janet McAllister (New Zealand Herald) 22 Jan 2010
Quick-fire theatre tests story-telling
Bright young things have produced numerous short films in this country, but short plays? Not quite so many. Happily, this may all be changing: enter stage west, from Australia, the world's largest festival of 10-minute theatre pieces. [more]

Short+Sweet 10 minute theatre festival
SHORT+SWEET AUCKLAND 2010 at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Venus Stephens 21 Jan 2010
Top 20 Show 1: beginning “to change the world 10 minutes at a time”
None of tonight’s plays suck. My stomach is aching and I feel high strung and nervous. I’m vibing on the energy in this space This is what ten minute theatre times ten does to you. Just call me fan-girl. [more]

Short+Sweet 10 minute theatre festival
SHORT+SWEET AUCKLAND 2010 at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Venus Stephens (2) 28 Jan 2010
Top 20 Show 2
Plays 11-20 in the Top 20 section of the Short+Sweet 2010 season. [more]

Short+Sweet 10 minute theatre festival
SHORT+SWEET AUCKLAND 2010 at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Lillian Richards (2) 31 Jan 2010
Wildcard Show 2
This being the last review for the Short + Sweet 2010 festival of plays, I would like to take the opportunity to say that, as a festival, as an idea, as a thing to do on an evening or afternoon, as an example of talent and of unearthing gems, as a place to be in the dark surrounded by potential, the Short + Sweet Festival is a perfect example. [more]

Short+Sweet 10 minute theatre festival
SHORT+SWEET AUCKLAND 2010 at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge
reviewed by Theatreview Editor 1 Feb 2010
Final results
THE DIAGNOSIS IS ALL GOOD AT SHORT+SWEET Auckland writer B.C. Thomson’s hilarious comedy about very modern malaise Diagnosis scooped the pool at the Gala Final of the highly successful inaugural Short+Sweet Auckland at the Herald Theatre at THE EDGE last night [31 Jan 2009]. [more]
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