RED LEAP THEATRE

...a nod to medieval troupes and Asian shadow play
Sunday Star Times on The Butcher's Daughter

...a nod to medieval troupes and Asian shadow play
Sunday Star Times on The Butcher's Daughter
enchanting tale of heartening optimism
Nick Smythe - Theatreview on The Arrival
a highlight of the (Sydney) Festival... a visual feast...
Lynne Lancaster - Arts Hub, Australia on The Arrival
a piece of exciting, uplifting theatre that should be embraced by all who have the good fortune to experience it
Jack Teiwes - Australian Stage on The Arrival
Every once in a while you see a show that is such a breath of fresh air that you feel aglow when you walk out of the theatre; The Arrival is that kind of show....
Jack Teiwes - Australian Stage on The Arrival
Julie Nolan and Kate Parker project an infectious sense of utter enjoyment
Susan Budd - NZ Herald on Moa Hunting on Moahunting
a remarkable feat of imaginative confidence
Simon Wilson - Metro Daily on The Arrival
incredibly faithful to the images in the book
Paul Bushnell - Radio New Zealand on The Arrival
Creativity develops the capacity to imagine the world differently
The Arts Council of England
warm, inventive, real-object performance that only theatre can offer.
Janet McAllister - NZ Herald on The Arrival
infectious, captivating and full of wonder. It takes you beyond yourself, beyond the blue
Frances Edmond - NZ Listener on Beyond The Blue
theatre to stir the soul and make the spirit fly.
Frances Edmond - NZ Listener on Beyond The Blue
It's always refreshing and often exciting to see ideas played with as freely as this.
Nik Smythe - Theatreview on Beyond The Blue
...the result is the most charming production to grace Auckland stages for some time
Sunday Star Times on The Butcher's Daughter
The Butcher's Daughter - Best New Play, Auckland 2004 as judged by Metro Magazine
a marvellous clarity to the storytelling.
Frances Edmond - NZ Listener on Beyond The Blue
...a fairytale jungle gym inhabited by puppets, shadow figures and characters that could have stepped out of an Emir Kusturica movie.
Sunday Star Times on The Butcher's Daughter
...an appropriately operatic story of fabulous dimensions
NZ Herald on The Butcher's Daughter
Storytelling invites us to walk in another's shoes for a while, but also contemplate our own shoes.
Shaun Tan, author of The Arrival
a delightful parade of innovations
Renee Liang - Lumiere Reader on The Arrival
there is nothing the imaginations of this creative team is not equal to
John Smythe - Theatreview on The Arrival
I had trouble clapping to begin with because I was trying to laugh and cry at the same time.
Lyndon Hood - www.scoop.co.nz on The Arrival
The Butcher's Daughter takes us back to theatre's raffish origins.
Sunday Star Times on The Butcher's Daughter
an original, frequently abstract concoction of pure theatre.
Nik Smythe - Theatreview on Beyond The Blue
held its audience in a state of rapture and curiosity.
Janet McAllister - NZ Herald on The Arrival
we are transported by suspension of disbelief made easy by the engaging play under the skilful direction of physical theatre veterans Kate Parker and Julie Nolan.
Nik Smythe - Theatreview on Beyond The Blue
grand, expansive, enchanting, hypnotic spectacle
Nick Smythe - Theatreview on The Arrival
restlessly creative... endlessly inventive
Paul Bushnell - Radio New Zealand on The Arrival
a triumphant masterpiece in terms of visual style... world class.
Nick Smythe - Theatreview on The Arrival
New Zealand Company Red Leap Theatre, led by Kate Parker and Julie Nolan, capture the exact essence of what theatre should be about
Emma Bell - Stage Whispers on The Arrival
Almost a fairytale, it is exceptionally adept physical theatre, but there's much more to it than that...
NZ Herald on The Butcher's Daughter
Red Leap Theatre is now a major force in New Zealand theatre
John Smythe - Theatreview on The Arrival
it's one of the most repeatable and successful commissioned works I have ever seen at a New Zealand festival
Paul Bushnell - Radio New Zealand on The Arrival
a piece of magic which explores the immigrant experience with humour, pathos, understanding and real depth.
Renee Liang - Lumiere Reader on The Arrival
a mesmerizing, enthralling production rapturously received that speaks both of the past yet to the present
Lynne Lancaster - Arts Hub, Australia on The Arrival
...singing and dancing and much flying through the air and an enormously confident pervasive use of avant-garde puppetry and shadow play
NZ Herald on The Butcher's Daughter
a genuinely magical show not to be missed
Jack Teiwes - Australian Stage on The Arrival
ingenious theatrical solutions that continually surprise and satisfy
Nick Smythe - Theatreview on The Arrival
I remember travelling, all the time travelling. We were like a river flowing to the sea - only we had no sea to go to. We were just water...
Old Emillian, character from The Butcher's Daughter
a work that transcends the NZ world view... to become truly universal... they deserve a standing ovation.
Renee Liang - Lumiere Reader on The Arrival
picture book perfection
Janet McAllister - NZ Herald on The Arrival
world class - one of the best examples of its kind you'll ever see.
Janet McAllister - NZ Herald on The Arrival
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