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King Lear

Dunedin

16/03/2018 - 17/03/2018

"Dementia ward setting works well..

BOY BRAILLE

Dunedin

11/03/2018 - 14/03/2018

"May very well open your eyes..

DEAD DADS CLUB

Palmerston North, Wellington, Dunedin

06/04/2017 - 13/03/2018

"Dances between objective honesty and pure love for her father’s conflicting sides..

"About as life affirming as you could imagine..

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AUNTY

Dunedin

08/03/2018 - 11/03/2018

"Fantastic performer’s creation delights..

Life Stories: A Work Showing

Dunedin

10/03/2017 - 11/03/2017

"Skilful, generous, courageous, imaginative, memorable..

TINY DEATHS

Dunedin

07/09/2016 - 09/09/2016

"Passionate production impeccably cast..

THE LOOSE DICK KIDDIES SHOW

Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington

12/02/2016 - 12/03/2016

"Could be fantastic..

"Masterful in all its glorious smuttiness..

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SRINGARAM

Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland

10/10/2015 - 08/10/2016

"An exquisite performance full of surprises..

"Emotive, animated, visceral, alluring - extraordinary..

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THE IRIS PROJECT

Wellington, Dunedin

02/03/2016 - 08/03/2016

"Fascinating, dreamy, shocking, sad, courageous..

"Why this? Why here?..

LOVELY LADY LUMP

Wellington, Hamilton, Dunedin

08/02/2016 - 06/03/2016

"A rich and vibrant experience..

"Rare candour, compassion and insight..

THOM PAIN: BASED ON NOTHING

Dunedin

03/03/2016 - 05/03/2016

"A little too clever for its own good?..

BEST OF SCOTTISH COMEDY II

Dunedin

03/03/2016 - 05/03/2016

"Polished and slick..

Be | Longing: a verbatim play

Global, Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington

22/02/2012 - 31/05/2020

"Fascinating and poignant stories..

"Universality in every detail..

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THE BOY ON THE SWING

Dunedin

05/03/2015 - 06/03/2015

"Stimulating and bizarre with a sense of enjoyment and self-reflection..

"Python and Kafka-esque play on God..

NICK: AN ACCIDENTAL HERO

Nelson, Dunedin, Edinburgh, Scotland, Wellington, Auckland

25/06/2013 - 18/10/2014

"Deeply affecting and inspiring..

"An infinitely-relatable human interest story..

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THE KEYS ARE IN THE MARGARINE: a verbatim play about dementia

Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington

19/06/2014 - 14/11/2015

"Touching look at life with dementia..

"Deeply absorbing..

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TAKE BACK THE HOOD

Wellington, Palmerston North, Dunedin, Auckland

06/03/2013 - 23/02/2015

"Back to the Hood..

"Funny and brave..

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FINDING HEPHZIBAH

Dunedin

20/03/2014 - 22/03/2014

"Sincerity, beauty, flashes of humour..

HEART GOES BOOM

Dunedin

14/03/2014 - 15/03/2014

"Sometimes ludicrous, often crude, always very funny..

WHY ARE MY PARENTS SO BORING?

Christchurch, Dunedin

04/07/2012 - 27/07/2013

"Delight, horror and empathy..

"Highly recommended original story with depth and heart..

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