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The Bloom — A Response
We first sent Tate Fountain to review Jessie McCall’s work back in 2022. Now in 2024, McCall has a new work, ‘The Bloom’ as part of the Auckland Pride Elevates. Naturally, we sent Tate along to see the artistic evolution.
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The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave — A Response
Through the unce unce unce of ‘The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave’, Elise Sadlier pulls together some thoughts about the endurance-based dance work.
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Club Waack — Audaciously Dancing at the Intersections of Immersive Theatre and Community Building
From inside a re-imagined Raynham Park converted into a disco-bumping ‘Club Waack’, Zech Soakai gets shuffled across the dancefloor. With the downlow for bad apple, he reports back.
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Scale the Face — A Response
After catching ‘Is This All That You Had In Mind?’ last September, Samantha Cheong builds out the Mum’s Sugar Club theatrical universe with this review of ‘Scale the Face’.
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‘Trust Issues’ Audiovisual Album — A Response
Samantha Cheong headed along to Bridgeway Cinema to experience adv’s audiovisual debut album ‘Trust Issues’. She reports back for bad apple with her thoughts.
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KITTEN by Olive Nuttall
Those who get it, get it. In review of Olive Nuttall’s debut novel, ‘kitten’, kī anthony writes of trans experience. Somehow they also manage to reference ‘Haikyuu!’, Torrey Peters and ‘My Immortal’ along the way.
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Killer Rack by Sylvan Spring
Jo Bragg sits down with bad apple contributor Sylvan Spring’s debut poetry collection ‘Killer Rack’ and lets us know whether this is one to read on repeat.
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Jingle Bellethon Telethon — A Response
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—time for Basement Theatre’s annual Christmas show. This year it’s spearheaded by Janaye Henry and Bea Gladding. We sent Tate Fountain along to soak up the festive cheer.
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XYZZY — A Response
bad apple Lead Editor Damien Levi tackles a review of a the psychedelic planetarium film work, ‘XYZZY’, at the Stardome. It may also be an excuse for a free date idea.
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Dr. Drama Makes a Musical: Prescribing a dose of excitement to you!
In this review, writer Stella Roper details the highlights and insight from the live performance show: ‘Dr. Drama Makes a Musical’! Prepare to get on the edge of your seats and enjoy a sing-along through the history of musical theatre, from the early days of the art form to its important place in today’s world.
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Dream Girl by Joy Holley
In this review, Mikee Sto Domingo floats through the gossamer portrait of high femme adolescence and vibey vignettes that make up Joy Holley’s ‘Dream Girl’.