Donna Banicevich Gera

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Donna Banicevich Gera is a writer, writing tutor (creative, academic, and business), and script advisor. Her creative work has been produced for radio, page, stage, and screen, in New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Spain, Austria, USA, and Alaska. Her scripts include Anton’s Women, Land Without Sundays, Hunterville, My Name is Ruhi, Come unto Me, The Captain’s Curse, Baby Face, Ella and Will, Tarara Child, Longing and Rip. In 2015, she worked as script advisor on six New Zealand short films. Her main area of interest is in telling migrant stories, exploring themes of lost identity, and developing work with a strong multi-cultural feel. She has held artists’ residencies in Spain and France, and presented at workshops, seminars and conferences in New Zealand, Croatia, Italy, Austria, USA and Alaska, enabling her to acquire knowledge and write outside her New Zealand framework. Donna trained as a dancer, and has been involved in performance since childhood. She also holds an MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting), a BA (Hons) in English, Theatre, Film & Media Studies, Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing, Certificate in Writing for Documentary and a Diploma in International Theatre Directing. Her current research is based around exploring storytelling through performance art. She joined the Theatreview team in 2016.

Donna Banicevich Gera's reviews

Poets Before Me

Wellington

09/03/2024 - 09/03/2024

"Emotional, funny, moving, hypnotic, lyrical and profound ..
BILL BILL BILL

Wellington

08/11/2022 - 12/11/2022

"The Power of Three: compelling, slick, thought- and smile-provoking..
THE WEDDING SINGER

Wellington

10/06/2022 - 19/06/2022

"Hits all the right notes..

"Sprightly, energetic, sweetly melancholic..
CRINGE WORTHY 80s!

Palmerston North, Wellington

06/11/2021 - 11/06/2022

"Cringeworthy and so much fun..

"A unique blend of warmth, humour and spirit..

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Navarasa

Lower Hutt

02/07/2021 - 04/07/2021

"This cosmic dance..

"A shining beacon in the city’s annual dance program..

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I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DANCE

Wellington

09/03/2021 - 12/03/2021

"A show about being brave..
Back of the Bus

Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, Edinburgh, Scotland, Dunedin, Hamilton

23/09/2008 - 28/02/2021

"Riding the bus will never be the same again..

"Fantastic!..

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Whairepo Lagoon Dance

Wellington

05/02/2021 - 28/02/2021

"Fascinatingly detailed and real..
UNDERCURRENT

Raumati, Tauranga, Auckland, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Wellington

24/10/2020 - 12/11/2020

"Blistering new dance works..

"Wariness, disconnection, and partying with careless abandon..

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THE CLEARING

Nelson, Wellington, Palmerston North, Auckland, New Plymouth, Christchurch

31/07/2019 - 02/11/2019

"A perplexing shadow world..

"Perplexing, intriguing, ambiguous, unknowable..

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SHAKTI THE UNIVERSAL ENERGY

Lower Hutt

28/06/2019 - 30/06/2019

"The Art of the Dancer..
THE GOBLIN MARKET

Tauranga, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson

22/10/2016 - 18/04/2019

"'Can I Touch You?'..

"Entertaining and sublimely moving..

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NO LAUGHING MATTER

Wellington

20/03/2019 - 23/03/2019

"Imaginations untapped..
THE BOY GEORGE

Wellington

19/03/2019 - 23/03/2019

"Compelling concept a true box of delights..
BLUEPRINT

Wellington

20/03/2018 - 24/03/2018

"The web we weave .....
SHE WOLF

Wellington, Dunedin

20/03/2018 - 24/03/2019

"A witty whirlwind..
MILEY, MOON UNIT & ME

Wellington

13/03/2018 - 17/03/2018

"Evocative and richly imagined..
THE TRAVELLING SISTERS – TOUPÉ

Wellington

12/03/2018 - 16/03/2018

"Brilliant in conception and execution..
FA’AAFA

Wellington

06/03/2018 - 09/03/2018

"Seductive, contemporary and beautiful..
A GUY, A GIRL AND A LAWNMOWER

Wellington, Palmerston North

03/03/2018 - 07/10/2018

"Needs more work..

"Quality aerial work; other elements could go higher..
Die Hard Rock Cafe Müller

Wellington

22/02/2018 - 03/03/2018

"Weirdly delightful mash-up..

"‘Now I have an artwork. Ho. Ho. Ho.’..

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KARTIKEYA

Wellington

04/08/2017 - 06/08/2017

"Tamil deity brought to life..