Maidment Theatre
Reviews of productions held at Maidment Theatre
AWATEA
Auckland
21/07/2012 - 11/08/2012
"Mason’s work still relevant in superb retelling..
"Awatea Shines Brightly..
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THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS
Auckland
24/06/2012 - 18/11/2012
TRIBES
Auckland
08/06/2012 - 30/06/2012
"Now how to express my experience?..
"Riveting, heart-wrenching theatre..
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
Auckland
03/05/2012 - 26/05/2012
"Fancy a Puck?..
"Playful, heart-warming, riddled with excellence..
HINE 2012
Auckland
09/03/2012 - 09/03/2012
"Hine 2012 - performance as action, activism and critique..
IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY)
Auckland
17/03/2012 - 07/04/2012
"A Play In Need of Its Own Treatment..
"Good vibrations raise laughs..
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LEO: The Anti-Gravity Show
Christchurch, Wellington, New Plymouth, Nelson, Tauranga, Wairarapa, Auckland
13/03/2012 - 20/01/2019
"SEE IT!..
"A show of supreme intelligence..
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THE MOTOR CAMP
Auckland
11/02/2012 - 03/03/2012
"Bringing back the cultural cringe..
"Campground comedy plays up class-cringe jokes..
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Black Grace: Verse 2
Wellington, Auckland
12/09/2011 - 11/10/2011
"Celebrating the vitality and strength of dance..
"Unfaltering energy..
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The End Of The Golden Weather
Auckland
03/09/2011 - 24/09/2011
"Young cast bask in Weather’s brilliance..
"A vital and vivid rendering of a great Kiwi classic..
Othello
Auckland
23/07/2011 - 13/08/2011
"Dream team’s Othello a treat..
"World class challenging art; mediocrity is not an option..
Red
Auckland
04/06/2011 - 25/06/2011
"Powerful portrait of an abstract artist..
"Engages the visceral and pits it against the mundane..
Mary Stuart
Auckland
05/05/2011 - 28/05/2011
"Leads give Schiller’s royal scrap an electric edge..
"Accessible and neatly stylised..
Poor Boy
Auckland
19/03/2011 - 09/04/2011
"Macabre gloom in a minor key..
"Great, but the fun’s missing..
La Odisea – The Odyssey
Auckland
08/03/2011 - 12/03/2011
"Powerful retelling of Homer’s epic engrossing from start to finish..
Well Hung
Auckland
10/02/2011 - 05/03/2011
"Excellently timed slapstick..
"A cop-incompetence romp..
A Life Between Us - Celebrating 21 Years of UNITEC Dance
Auckland
18/11/2010 - 21/11/2010
"Absolute fulfilment of the movement..
"Re-View Re-flect Re-Member..
Peso Medio
Dunedin, Auckland
12/10/2010 - 20/10/2010
"Palpable eroticism and admirable stamina..
August: Osage County
Auckland
04/09/2010 - 25/09/2010
"One helluva ride..
"Intoxicating family cocktail..
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Romeo and Juliet
Auckland
22/07/2010 - 14/08/2010
"Joyful performances breathe life, passion and beauty into tragic love story..
"A love story for our times..
Eulogy
Auckland
30/06/2010 - 16/07/2010
"Gimmicks and puns fail to fire..
"More stick than carrot reduces satire’s engagement..
SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Auckland
03/06/2010 - 26/06/2010
"Sharp casting gives edge to demon barber’s tale..
"Vividly interpreted commentary on the grimness of life in Victorian London..