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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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In a Dunedin loft we paint oceans
Jessica Hinerangi offers forth this poetic response to the Mana Wāhine workshop run by Savannah Kerekere and Michael-Lydia Winiana for Dunedin Fringe Festival 2024.
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Panic! At the Buffet — A Response
After a long Wednesday with an evening chill settling in, Isla Thomas finds herself in Inch Bar, settling in for a night of comedy thanks to Taylor Ruddle and his show ‘Panic! At the Buffet.’
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Only the Stars Know Where I’ve Been — A Response
In this response to ‘Only the Stars Know Where I’ve Been’, Dani Yourukova is spirited away to a place where time is measured differently.
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Leave to Enter — A Response
Reporting from Dunedin Fringe Festival, Nicola Brown reviews fellow comedian Nick Robertson. In his show, ‘Leave to Enter,’ Nicola meets characters like Mario the Uber driver and learns why ‘Scooby Doo’ (2002) is the best film of all time.
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Koroseta — A Response
Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson is taken back to her aunty’s kitchen, laughing along with cousins, in this review of Taute Vaai’s ‘Koroseta’.
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REDUNDANT — A Response
Auckland Pride lives on in this review of Jess Karamjeet’s comedy show, ‘REDUNDANT’ from Sanjana Khusal. Sex, songs, humour and redundancy—all you could ask for.
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre — A Response
Confronted with the durational work interpretation of Josiah Morgan’s book ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre,’ Alex de Vries tries to experience the moment.
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PEER REVIEW
In response to Mx. Well’s ‘Gender Marxist’ at the Dunedin Fringe Festival, Liz Breslin pens a prose poetry piece where academic overthinking meets academically titled comedy.
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Amma by Saraid de Silva
kī anthony and their sibling explore rage, alienation, and their own fraught family through Saraid de Silva’s ‘Amma’.
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When I open the shop by romesh dissanayake
Hannah Patterson reviews romesh dissanayake’s debut novel ‘When I open the shop’. In which she finds grief, hope, ill-timed hookups, carrot salad and a rainy Remutaka Ranges road trip—among many other things.