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THE NEW ADVENTURES OF AUNTIE MCDUFF’S MAGICAL TRUNK at Court One
reviewed by Lindsay Clark 7 Jul 2009
Imagination to the fore
Another highly successful collaboration between seasoned improviser and creative spirit Patrick Duffy and a trio of gleeful actors emerges from that junk trunk in Auntie's attic. [more]

THE NIGHT VISITORS at Opera House
reviewed by Sharon Matthews 11 Feb 2013
A rich and satisfying theatrical experience
Director Patrick Davies is to be congratulated for his skilful navigation of this complex layering. The pace never falters; snappy dialogue and strong characterisation make for a rich and satisfying theatrical experience. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 2012
THE NO NONSENSE PARENTING SHOW at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian
reviewed by John Smythe 1 Mar 2012
A meaty message from the right
Redolent of a certain self-satisfied and whiney-toned celebrity clinical psychologist,Jonny Potts' Alan Legtit takes the stage at the Fringe Bar ... to prove how dangerous such guru types can be. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
THE NOMINAL SPACE at BATS
reviewed by John Smythe 15 Feb 2008
Objective absurdity no barrier to subjective recognition
As a computer programmer the ‘real’ world and your own life within it can become quite warped when you constantly encrypt its content, apply programming logic to all possibilities, use algorithms to solve the problem of which decision to make … [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
THE NOMINAL SPACE at BATS
reviewed by Laurie Atkinson (The Dominion Post) 18 Feb 2008
It’s up to us to believe
... Roman (he deals with numbers and computers) relaxes with a glass of red wine and runs over the events of the day. He does this three times except each time he does so there are differences. Which one is real? [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
THE NOMINAL SPACE at BATS
reviewed by Lynn Freeman (Capital Times) 20 Feb 2008
Stays in your mind
You need your wits about you for The Nominal Space by Stephen Townshend (writer/actor). He keeps you guessing, and involved, right until the last scene in a short work structured with mathematical precision. [more]

NZ Fringe Festival 08
THE NOMINAL SPACE at BATS
reviewed by Melody Nixon (The Lumiere Reader) 16 Feb 2008
Too inaccessible
Townshend explores a stirring and effective range of facial expressions and bodily movements as he jolts through the repeating stories of Nominal Space, drawing on mathematics and mood swings to chart the uncharted – that vague and exciting area between potential futures. [more]

THE NOTHING at Shed 6, Queens Wharf
reviewed by Jennifer Shennan 6 Dec 2012
More like David Attenborough than Sigmund Freud
The hour-long work opens with a line-up of the four dancers delivering snatches of introductory text that set the mood of discomfort and dislocation that hovers throughout. There are solo and duo dances but rarely anything that involves the quartet moving together. Themes of loneliness, of isolation, of insecurity, of need, of inadequacy, of bitterness in personal (read ‘sexual’) relationships are referenced but not resolved. [more]

THE NOTHING at Shed 6, Queens Wharf
reviewed by Virginia Kennard 12 Oct 2012
Nothing-ness
Relationships occasionally reveal attempts to cling to someone, anything, nothing. Rebecca Bassett-Graham’s anxiety-ridden woman has clear emotional resonance and Craig Bary quietly freaking out on the floor with gestures around the throat are chilling and engaging. [more]

NZ International Comedy Festival 2012
THE NOWHERE SHOW at Brooklyn Bar - 57 Lorne St
reviewed by Joanna Page 20 May 2012
Discomfort and awkwardness
“Want to belly laugh, shed some tears or even wee yourself a little bit?” read the promo blurb for this show. “Then here’s an experience you’ll never forget!” Yes, I did want to belly laugh, perhaps shed a tear or two, and put my pelvic floor muscles to the test. Sadly none of that happened. [more]
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