Review Archive
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
A Short History of Asian New Zealand Theatre
Wellington
11/06/2025 - 14/06/2025
"Dizzying, disconcerting, deliciously ironic!..
A NIGHTIME TRAVESTY
Wellington
12/06/2025 - 14/06/2025
"Risks everything to say something loud and messy and true..
Tūī Girls
Wellington
11/06/2025 - 14/06/2025
"Experiences of grief, both for a beloved Nanny and their culture, ingeniously explored..
DARK!DARK!DARK!
Wellington
05/06/2025 - 07/06/2025
"Powerful messaging reaching beyond the dark...
The Circle
Wellington
11/06/2025 - 13/06/2025
"A dance-theatre work of joyful resistance..
'Avaiki Nui Social Returns
Wellington
09/06/2025 - 09/06/2025
"A call to memory that gets the audience dancing..
KA MUA KA MURI
Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington
25/07/2024 - 05/06/2025
"Tradition colliding with innovation through a wonderful mastery of movement, sound and lighting...
"Culturally profound and visually captivating..
Gates to Memory
Wellington
05/06/2025 - 07/06/2025
"Silhouettes of remembrance: light, lineage, and the reclamation of time...
AIGA
Auckland, Nelson, Wellington
20/03/2024 - 07/06/2025
"Showcases the duality of disability and culture through lived experience, performance and dance..
"Fearless performances, deeply moving stories, and championing accessibility in the arts...
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The Aotearoans
Wellington
05/06/2025 - 08/06/2025
"Leaves us laughing, squirming and fundamentally unsettled..
Braiding the Land
Wellington
04/06/2025 - 07/06/2025
"A symbolic journey of the imagination, spirit and land, speaking to us all...
"Inspires empathy with struggle, joy, perseverance, solitude, cohesion, memory, strength and love..
Love Letterz: A Poetry-Inspired Variety Show
Wellington
04/06/2025 - 07/06/2025
"Put together, these pieces have power and authenticity..
The Handlers
Wellington
03/06/2025 - 14/06/2025
"A multi-layered taonga that keeps revealing its values in the aftermath..
For the Love of Spam
Wellington
03/06/2025 - 07/06/2025
"A truly unique, beautiful and humanising experience..
He Ingoa
Wellington
30/05/2025 - 31/05/2025
"We are elevated, empowered, connected, identified..
ON GOD
Wellington
30/05/2025 - 01/06/2025
"Treats laughter as prayer, sisterhood as salvation, and grandmother’s love as sacred..
A Master of None: Brown Fala
Wellington
14/02/2025 - 31/05/2025
"Brave and confronting, inspires joy and hope..
"Generous, thought-provoking, universal message..
Waenga
Wellington
30/05/2025 - 01/06/2025
"Tackles real injustice issues with clever and funny moments..



