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Hector — A Response
Hannah Patterson attends Cadence Chung’s sophomore play, ‘Hector’, where men carrying the name meet in unexpected ways.
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Pick ‘n’ Mix 2 — A Response
Pick ‘n’ Mix offers up a veritable cornucopia of laughs. Our writer Rebecca Mary Gwendolon along to get the sweet, sour and salty deets.
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The Handlers — A Response
Te Pou Theatre becomes the Crown Lynn factory floor in Poata Alvie McKree’s ‘The Handlers’. Tate Fountain responds to her time with the play, sitting with its themes under burnt-orange ’70s lights.
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ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko — A Response to Ana Chaya Scotney
Liam Jacobson sits earthy, grounded, in Ana Chaya Scotney’s world of atua and tūpuna. They’re let in and the wairua flows and the grief floats up like bubbles in a muddy hot pool.
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Double Goer — A Response
The stage at Q Theatre’s Loft is laid thick with adornment for Sarah Foster-Sproull’s ‘Double Goer’, a dance production of duplication. Tate Fountain has been held in its haze and writes of the experience.
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No Time to Dry — A Response
Emily Draper sneaks behind enemy lines at Basement Theatre, hiding in plain sight as part of the audience for Lucy Dawber’s ‘No Time to Dry’. Here, she reports back with all the intel gathered on her mission.
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Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia Grace
Before even opening the cover of Patricia Grace’s latest book, ‘Bird Child and Other Stories’, Isla Huia knew she was in for something special. With a quiet reverence, she responds to this valued addition to Māori literature.
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Space Invaders — A Response
Among many 40-something women with glasses of various wine, Natasha Hope-Johnstone heads into see Nicola Brown’s comedy show ‘Space Invaders’. Here, Natasha writes of her intergalactic experience.
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Interrupting Cow — A Response
Esteemed playwright Mickey Delahunty takes to the stage once again, this time with sister Catherine Delahunty and Ari Leason, to present a show for an absolutely absurd show. Isabelle Hoskyn went along to see if ‘Interrupting Cow’ would make her think or rofl.
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The Perfect Image — A Response
Malory Campbell provides a snapshot of their experience with Sam Brooks’s Auckland Pride-featured play, ‘The Perfect Image’. A workplace romance with a white boy, what could go wrong?
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Realm of Tears — A Response
Zech Soakai is invited into Rewa Fowles ‘Realm of Tears’ at Basement Theatre, where an exploration of self-discovery and self-reflection fills the room. He writes of the experience as a kindred tangiweto.
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