Review Archive
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Last Man Standing
Auckland
26/12/2024 - 30/12/2024
"Two excellent works of subtlety, tenderness and strength..
A SLOW BURLESQUE
Auckland
03/10/2024 - 19/10/2024
"“Whose pain is harder, mine or yours?” Top class theatre addresses some 'difficult desires'..
ANTi
Auckland
27/08/2024 - 31/08/2024
"A unique take on being queer that leaves the audience uplifted..
WINK by Jen Silverman
Auckland
11/06/2024 - 15/06/2024
"Executes on the philosophy of theatre as psycho-drama as though it were a manifesto ..
Only the Stars Know Where I've Been
Auckland, Wellington, Hastings
05/03/2024 - 13/10/2024
"Deeper workings of the soul. ..
"Ethereal billowing of unity..
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The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Auckland, Wellington
20/02/2024 - 09/03/2024
"Marvellous simulation of a vigorous, volatile transcendent rave..
"Entirely cohesive, outstanding work..
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LOVE/LOVE/LOVE/LOVE/LOVE 2023
Auckland
07/11/2023 - 11/11/2023
"Medicine for the Heart..
Bunga's Paradise
Auckland
26/09/2023 - 30/09/2023
"Beautifully articulated weaving of movement, song, theatre and audience interaction..
"Centering Tongan culture and values within a well known narrative of the ‘migrant dream’ in Aotearoa ..
The Tempestuous
Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington
13/06/2023 - 01/12/2024
"Ashton conjures a tale that’s as salutary as it is richly entertaining..
"Phenomenal energy, vivacity, versatility, inventiveness and humour..
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CLAS 103: Greek Mythology
Auckland
06/06/2023 - 10/06/2023
"Has certain raw and immediate qualities ... Amazing..
STANDARD ACTS
Auckland, Wellington
18/02/2021 - 13/03/2021
"Classic Drama with Bubbles..
"For Women to wrestle with…..
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Let Them Eat Cake - Soliloquy in Sweat
Auckland
23/02/2021 - 27/02/2021
"Fringe shows can produce beauties...
OUR MODERN EARTH (Is A F*cking Mess)
Auckland
20/10/2020 - 24/10/2020
"Our Current Moment..
"Dense, multi-disciplinary, multi-media experience somehow reassuring..
HEATWAVE
Auckland
13/10/2020 - 17/10/2020
"Take Action..
"A shame it’s still necessary now, let alone in 2030..
FACELESS HAIR CRY
Auckland
03/03/2020 - 07/03/2020
"Body caught in flux..
"An investigative journey of transformative femininity..
Manifesto of a Good Cripple
Auckland
29/10/2019 - 31/10/2019
"Happenstance and reverie..
"Reframing a dancing life..