The Fringe quickens its step this week after bouncing out of the blocks at the weekend.
Number one on the hit parade for people who get their song lyrics mixed up will be "Song Sale", presented by University of Otago 2012 Mozart Fellow Robbie Ellis, at The Church at 7.30 tonight.
Described as "theatresports with music", the show involves audience members commissioning songs from a panel of writers, musicians and composers, which are then performed live within about 30 minutes.
Composers include Rose Duxfield, Sam Irwin, Hans Landon-Lane, Corwin Newall, Sam Smith, Emma Wollum and Ellis. Entry is free, while songs cost $5 to commission.
That will be followed by (cue: Jaws soundtrack) a play about the denizens of the deep - the Dunedin City Council - and their decision to cut up the Dunedin shark nets this year.
Tangled Waters premieres at The Church at 8 tonight.
The ever-popular Pecha Kucha filled the Fortune Theatre last night, with a kaleidoscope of silver-tongued presenters and images.
The 13th Dunedin Pecha Kucha, in which presenters have just 20 seconds per image to narrate a series of 20 images, proved yet again that Dunediners have an attention span of around one minute and that we're quite comfortable with that, thank you.
The Fringe is already proving a hit with out-of-town performers.
Fickle Finger of Fate wound up its three-day season at the Fortune on Saturday with a standing ovation for Wellington mime artist Thom Monckton.
"This is such a great city for a Fringe. We've had a great time.
"Dunedin really suits the Fringe like nowhere else," Monckton told me after his show.
The CIA (Comedy Intelligence Agency) will be raiding XII Below at 8 tonight and seeking eyewitnesses to "Impro Showdown".
Of course, you do have the right to remain silent.
But good luck with that.
