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Sam Trubridge is a performance designer, solo artist and director. He has created performance art and theatre works for venues and events in Oceania, Europe and the Americas. He is director of The Performance Arcade — an annual festival of live art and performance on Wellington Waterfront, and is associate editor (Oceania) for World Scenography, a survey of performance design from 1975 to 2015. In 2015 he directed Deep Anatomy with freedivers and artists for PSi#21 Fluid States (The Bahamas) as well as the New Zealand New Performance Festival at La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, New York City. He has written for Illusions (NZ), Theatre Forum (USA), Performance Paradigm (AUS), Australasian Drama Studies Journal (AUS), A(l)Berto) (Brazil) and Performance Research (UK). He joined the Theatreview team in June 2012.

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UNDOING

Wellington

07/04/2022 - 30/07/2022

"Undoing - a plethora of dance conventions..

"Raises laughs, opens emotions, alerts us to human possibilities and frailties..

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The Most Naked

Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin

24/06/2021 - 22/10/2022

"Stripping Away the Layers on Nudity..

"A cabaret of skin and bone..

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Strasbourg 1518

Wellington, Auckland

12/03/2020 - 28/03/2021

"Mystery and Frenzy..

"Powerful ruminations on the original event and our current situation..

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ORCHIDS

Auckland, Wellington

12/10/2017 - 27/07/2019

"Intricate and surprising and the journey into the feminine is majestically crafted..

"The feminine divine..

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POWER

Wellington

23/07/2019 - 27/07/2019

"Glee, abandon, exuberance, empowerment..
ONEPU

Wellington, Christchurch

19/07/2019 - 03/08/2019

"Deep local connections..

"Rippling wind at the rim of the world..

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ACTUAL FACT

Wellington

16/11/2018 - 01/12/2018

"Brilliantly conceived and executed..

"An elusive and allusive delight..
MEDUSA

Wellington, Auckland

21/09/2018 - 03/11/2018

"Reclaiming Female Rage..

"Emotional anarchy, comedic, purgative, liberating, enhanced by a walkout..

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MEREMERE

Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Gisborne

14/10/2016 - 13/10/2019

"Weaves text, movement, light and sound in startling and compelling ways..

"Life-enhancing encounters..

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TUSKS AND FEVERS

Wellington

15/06/2018 - 15/06/2018

"Oscillating between constructs..
STOMP

Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland

09/05/2018 - 27/05/2018

"Energetic, entertaining, enjoyable..

"Grounded, gritty exuberance and infectious rhythms..

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OrphEus – a dance opera

Auckland, Wellington

08/03/2018 - 17/03/2018

"A fittingly grand production..

"OrphEus is a diving delight..

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Tama'ita'i and Mixtape, Measina Festival 2017

Wellington

07/12/2017 - 07/12/2017

"Culture, community and creativity celebrated..
LOBSTERS

Wellington, Nelson

21/10/2017 - 15/10/2018

"Passionate emotions surrealised..

"A brilliant exploration of the surreal..

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AS NIGHT FALLS

New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin

22/06/2017 - 30/06/2017

"A desperately beautiful piece of dance..

"Exhilarating and life-affirming..

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NeoIndigenA

Wellington

06/06/2017 - 10/06/2017

"Embodying Turtle Island..
DARK MATTER

Dunedin, Wellington

03/03/2016 - 27/09/2018

"Beautiful, menacing, extraordinary, unique..

"Sculpts darkness as if it were a thing of immense solidity and form..

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LIFEWORLD (in five parts)

Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington, Gisborne

19/10/2016 - 04/11/2016

"Delightful to watch..

"Re-opening audience eyes..

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GISELLE - The Royal NZ Ballet

Wellington, Napier, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland

11/08/2016 - 03/09/2016

"Simply superb in every way..

"Giselle: Delicate, defined, and dynamic..

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CAFÉ MÜLLER / THE RITE OF SPRING

Wellington

17/03/2016 - 20/03/2016

"Unforgettable..

"Living works of performance history, here in Wellington..
COMPLEXITY OF BELONGING

Wellington

11/03/2016 - 13/03/2016

"Stomping, adulatory reception..

"Over-powering force and incredible beauty..
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Wellington

20/11/2015 - 28/11/2015

"Energy, exuberance and expression..