Dione Joseph

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Dione Joseph is a writer, director and dramaturge. She has an academic and practical background in live performance and her work has an emphasis on culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Over the past ten years she has directed a range of productions including new dramas by contemporary writers, classics and their adaptations, experimental works, musicals, comedies and community-based theatre productions in the USA, New Zealand and Australia. She has also been active as a stage critic for both dance and theatre and has engaged with a variety of topical issues as an arts journalist.
Dione has also held various residencies and fellowships in the UK, China, Mexico, Canada and the USA and is the recipient of numerous awards for theatre including the Lorna Stirling Theatre Award (2012), a Creative Young Stars Australian government grant (2013), the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Award (2013) and has been invited twice as a guest scholar and Artist in Residence to the University of Saskatchewan (2014/15).
She is the first New Zealander to have been awarded a place at the prestigious Lincoln Centre directors’ lab in New York (2014) and was the only New Zealand critic to have been shortlisted for the Allen Wright media award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2014). In the past Dione has been a senior theatre critic at Australian Stage, arts editor at Melbourne City Newspaper and features writer at Aussie Theatre.
Currently based in Aotearoa New Zealand, Dione writes for Theatreview, The Big Idea, DANZ (Dance Aotearoa NZ) and her reviews can also be found on Radio NZ. 

Dione Joseph's reviews

HART

Wellington, Auckland

02/02/2016 - 24/02/2016

"Reveals the pain felt by the stolen generation and those that followed them..

"An impressionistic representation..

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I, PEASEBLOSSOM

Auckland

08/12/2015 - 12/12/2015

"Whanau-friendly ‘skip through fields and flowers’..

"Ready!..
ITHACA

Palmerston North, Auckland

26/11/2015 - 05/12/2020

"Jaw-dropping, spellbinding stadium spectacular..

"Fantasy and escapism..

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LE FREAK

Auckland

17/11/2015 - 19/11/2015

"An international act in the making..
2063

Auckland

12/11/2015 - 20/11/2015

"Present Future-gazing..

"A solid work..
ALL OUR SONS

Wellington

06/11/2015 - 14/11/2015

"Recognising our fundamental humanity..

"Many moments to savour..

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TWISTED – The Musical

Auckland

10/11/2015 - 14/11/2015

"A Whole New Story..

"Saved by passion and potent talent..
SIVA

Auckland

06/11/2015 - 07/11/2015

"All that glitters is not gold..

"Mythology, tradition, ritual, inspiration and the pacific..

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HIRAETH

Nelson, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Auckland, Wellington, Wairarapa, Christchurch, Wanaka

19/09/2015 - 07/11/2015

"Feel-good theatre..

"We are the river..

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TANGO FLING WITH SWING

Auckland

15/10/2015 - 15/10/2015

"Tango and Swing come together..
MITIMITI

Auckland

30/09/2015 - 03/10/2015

"Connections, reciprocities, responsibilities, reverberations..

"Medicine making in the story circle..

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THE BLACK

Auckland

08/09/2015 - 12/09/2015

"The National Bank horse is back. And she's pissed...

"The start of a powerful and creative courageous conversation..
BUBBLELANDS

Wellington, Auckland

25/08/2015 - 17/10/2015

"Adrift on the outside looking in..

"Theatrical titbit yet to satisfy..
LOVING KURT VONNEGUT

Auckland

19/08/2015 - 29/08/2015

"The Bourgeois and The Beautiful..

"Twists and turns in literary work with pathos..

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SWEET PHOEBE

Auckland

18/08/2015 - 22/08/2015

"Sour Aftertaste..

"Lacking in wit, charm and humour..
BETWEEN TWO WAVES

Auckland

05/08/2015 - 15/08/2015

"Dramatic Collapse..

"A well-executed, smart production..
URZILA CARLSON - MAN UP

Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch

05/05/2015 - 23/01/2016

"Irresistible conviction..

"Loud, proud and irresistible..

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LE COMIQUE 2015 - Hosted by Carl Donnelly

Auckland

10/05/2015 - 10/05/2015

"A high-energy, jam-packed night..
SAM SMITH - Laughing Gas

Auckland

05/05/2015 - 09/05/2015

"Funny, warm and engaging..
The Secret Policeman's Ball NZ 2015

Auckland

03/05/2015 - 03/05/2015

"Catering to a homogenous middle class..
COLIN HAY - WAITING FOR MY REAL LIFE ...

Wellington, Auckland

01/05/2015 - 05/05/2015

"Don’t wait. This life is worth tuning into...

"Real life entertainment..

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DES BISHOP - Made in China

Wellington, Auckland

28/04/2015 - 09/05/2015

"Infectious enthusiasm drives fish-out-of-water spin-off..

"From China, with love..