Review Archive
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
Saint Joan
Auckland
25/06/2025 - 05/07/2025
"A cracker of a production, relevant and interesting, with many contemporary messages..
Speed is Emotional
Auckland
17/04/2025 - 03/05/2025
"Courageous and innovative, a unique journey through ADHD with songs. Recommended...
SLIP - Rebecca Jensen
Auckland
19/10/2024 - 20/10/2024
"Jensen is outstanding, her performance magical and her choreography rich and subtly nuanced..
Thin Paper, Autonomous Synapses, Nomads, Tokyo(ing)
Auckland, Wellington
19/10/2024 - 01/07/2025
"The entrancing universe of Yamasaki and Footnote creating a hypnotic and extraordinary dance piece...
"Poetically sums up the core question driving this work: how do we become who we are?..
IN/TENSE - Alexa Wilson
Auckland
18/09/2024 - 17/10/2024
"Fear and vulnerability, not as weaknesses, but as powerful, generative forces that connect us..
REALM of TEARS - Rewa Fowles and Renee Wiki
Auckland
13/10/2024 - 13/10/2024
"Evocative, delicate at times, angry at others, with exciting idiosyncratic dance structures..
PŪHEKE - Louise Pōtiki Bryant
Auckland
12/10/2024 - 12/10/2024
"Prolonged applause and gratitude for profoundly rich fare..
Our Own Little Mess
Wellington, Auckland
22/02/2024 - 03/08/2024
"Beautiful work, the performances exquisite, balanced and nuanced..
"Sets a very high bar for NZ Festival shows worth going to; deserves a long life and to travel far…..
An Intimate Evening with Tabitha Booth
Auckland
29/06/2024 - 06/07/2024
"Pill-popping, wine-swilling Tabitha Booth/Frankie McNair (what a wonderful voice) delights and satisfies...
Weredingo
Auckland
06/06/2024 - 07/06/2024
"The ground is alive with ceremony..
Eli Matthewson - Night Terror
Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch
10/05/2024 - 07/09/2024
"Punchlines that whip back around like a tossed ponytail..
"More definite content and a director to pace and edit will make this good show even better...
SCATTERGUN: After the Death of Rūaumoko
Auckland, Nelson
28/07/2022 - 04/05/2024
"The audience shout accolades, rising and roaring “Bravo, bravo”...
"A Shakespeare for all New Zealand..
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Double Goer
Nelson, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch
24/10/2023 - 27/04/2024
" Unravelling the power of the feminine..
"Brave and confronting and traumatizing...
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The Sun and The Wind
Tauranga, Auckland
28/07/2023 - 24/03/2024
"Perfect performances enable audiences to consider the effects of intergenerational trauma..
"Inspired writing, great performances, and totally committed storytelling..
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I Don't Wanna Dance Alone
Auckland
15/03/2024 - 17/03/2024
"Ideas of community, Asian togetherness,..
IYKYK
Wellington, Kerikeri, Palmerston North, Hamilton, Auckland, Christchurch
20/07/2023 - 27/03/2024
"Fostering and promoting contemporary dance in Aotearoa..
"Human stories glimpsed in fleeting detail..
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REDUNDANT - JESS KARAMJEET
Auckland
16/02/2024 - 17/02/2024
"A fabulously queer evening, deliciously sexy, and outrageously hilarious..
DANCE DANCED DANCING 2024
Auckland
13/02/2024 - 17/02/2024
"About form, shape, and process..
H.R. The Musical
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton
01/02/2024 - 27/02/2025
"Good fun best enjoyed after a few drinks with workmates..
"Every song and scene is immaculately written, rehearsed and delivered..
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Skin Hunger - Solo
Hastings, Auckland, New Plymouth
27/10/2023 - 15/06/2024
"A cathartic experience of self-expression, self-exploration and self-forgiveness..
"‘Skin Hunger-Solo’, seen through a new lens, should be on your ‘must-see’ list. It's great work!..
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WAITING
Wellington, Auckland
28/06/2022 - 30/09/2023
"The perfect marriage of script, actor, and production. Physical theatre at its best...
"A spellbinding hour of poetic, physical, metaphysical, existential and practical performative excellence..
ÉMILIE
Auckland
19/09/2023 - 23/09/2023
"A sweet, delightful, funny and expertly crafted tribute..



