Review Archive
Cordy Black has participated in live theatre, cabaret and performance art for over 30 years, most recently in improvised theatre. She has also devised, acted in and crewed for scripted theatre both historic and modern. She is a trustee with the Baggage Arts Charitable Trust, which is a delight as she gets to meet lots of fantastic artists.
Cordy has written and performed poetry, and she enjoys the concision of a review column. She especially loves ‘reception studies’ and adaptations of existing works or themes for fresh audiences. She is also a musician and visual artist.
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Love Letterz: A Poetry-Inspired Variety Show
Wellington
04/06/2025 - 07/06/2025
"Put together, these pieces have power and authenticity..
Shoshana McCallum – Merely Beloved
Auckland, Wellington
08/05/2025 - 24/05/2025
"Underneath the randomness, a surprisingly consistent and clever story lurks..
Sera Devcich – Exposé
Wellington
15/05/2025 - 17/05/2025
"Pure celebration of pasts that prove tricky to discuss in polite company..
PopRox Improv
Wellington
27/04/2025 - 23/11/2025
"Racy gags never detract from the story or its emotional message..
Touch Grass
Wellington
19/02/2025 - 22/02/2025
"Cynical, heart-warming, silly, soothing, global, local …..
Antonio!
Wellington, Auckland
29/07/2023 - 22/03/2025
"Showstopping songs, ingenious lyrics, great performances. Five stars!..
"Chaotic queer love stories burst with poppy catchiness..
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THE GOLDEN ASS
Takaka, Wellington
06/07/2022 - 11/05/2024
"A fantastically engaging collection of slapstick adventures..
"An inspiring, classic, relevant, hilarious plea for empathy..
LEFT UNSAID
Wellington
07/03/2024 - 09/03/2024
"Serious, fraught, silly, sexy, bizarre, quirky, frantic spontaneity..
The Renegade Cabaret
Wellington, Dunedin
06/03/2024 - 15/03/2025
"Dares the audience to ever look at a power grinder the same way again..
"Radical celebration..
The Cyranoid
Wellington
16/02/2024 - 18/02/2024
"The bizarre and interesting creature that might sit inside yet to be revealed..
We, The Outsiders
Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland, Whangarei
31/01/2024 - 29/09/2024
"A Gathering of Migrant Stories..
"Intensely personal stories performed with commitment and energy..
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LOOPS
Wellington
15/09/2023 - 17/09/2023
"Gets into one of those deep places where only art can really touch us..
Maria Williams – ADHD... The Musical?!
Wellington
16/05/2023 - 20/05/2023
"Grounded in a fervid, colourful and cartoonish vibe strongly reminiscent of after school TV and a vertiginous and cringey nostalgia..
Grace Jarvis – This Is The Last Goldfish That I Am Going To Eat For You
Wellington
16/05/2023 - 20/05/2023
"Fascinating reflections on life, politics, childhood obsessions; the dysfunction and stickiness that comes with being a person..
One Night Band
Wellington
15/04/2023 - 15/04/2023
"Feels more like a Happening, or a night at someone's house party, than a concert in the traditional sense..
WALLACE – FULL SPECTRUM
Wellington
28/02/2023 - 28/02/2023
"Song, instrumentals and movement come together with joy..
ACCESS
Wellington, Dunedin
22/02/2023 - 25/03/2023
"A work with enormous potential, but …..
"Provokes bubbles of genuine laughter or small in-breaths of empathy..
JINGLE ELVES The Musical
Wellington
06/12/2022 - 10/12/2022
"Feelings, relationships and connection to the fore..
IDIOM 2022
Wellington
02/12/2022 - 23/12/2022
"Leaves you with a lingering sense of joyous communal bombast..
HATCH 2022
Wellington
14/09/2022 - 15/09/2022
"Variegated vignettes of value..
EFFY
Wellington
08/09/2022 - 10/09/2022
"Delightful, revealing, funny, heartbreaking..
IN BLIND FAITH
Wellington
23/08/2022 - 27/08/2022
"Intelligent story, delightful music, shining moments..
GLOBAL BELLY_Zoom
Global
21/05/2022 - 21/05/2022
"A delight to interact so personally post-show..
