Workshop to explore actors life stories
Workshop to explore actors life stories
A workshop exploring the life stories of six actors is the basis of the Dunedin Fringe Festival show Life Stories: A Work Showing, which premieres tonight.
Shawn McAvinue
Q&A with Charmian Hughes
Q&A with Charmian Hughes
Shawn McAvinue talks with Charmian Hughes about her show Soixante Mirth, which she will perform during this year's Fringe Festival.
Comedian big fan of Highlanders
Comedian big fan of Highlanders
A Scottish comedian travelled from the lowlands to cheer on The Highlanders in Dunedin.
‘Queen’ revived for festival
‘Queen’ revived for festival
The cast of Dunedin Fringe Festival show Queen dance to the song It's Raining Men near the Fortune Theatre yesterday.
Q&A with Jeremy Elwood
Q&A with Jeremy Elwood
Shawn McAvinue talks with comedian Jeremy Elwood, who is returning to the Fringe Festival after an absence of several years.
Mothers of all shows
Mothers of all shows
A couple of tough mothers are set to initiate strangers tonight.
Showcase starts festival
Showcase starts festival
Dunedin Fringe Festival opening night showcase co-hosts Tahu Mackenzie and Oscar Kightley entertain at the Dunedin Town Hall last night.
Petrol likely used for fire
Petrol likely used for fire
Petrol was used to start the fire that melted a Mosgiel playground, police say.
Poison pen case probed
Poison pen case probed
The net is closing on an anonymous writer with a "poison pen" sending letters to residents of a small Otago town.
Henry's day of reckoning moved
Day of reckoning moved to Monday
Henry the wily rooster dodged a bullet yesterday and had his deadline extended.
Larnach Castle’s story comes to life
Larnach Castle’s story comes to life
Otago Polytechnic's Michael Findlay at the launch of multimedia exhibition The Castle Story at Larnach Castle, charting the story of the historic building's restoration.
Crash cuts Mosgiel power
Crash cuts Mosgiel power
A man was seriously injured and more than 100 customers lost electricity after a car hit a power pole in Mosgiel yesterday.
Link between preachers inspires visit
Link between preachers inspires visit
An American-based preacher on a New Zealand tour made a surprise stop in Mosgiel this week to visit the ministry of a writer who "shaped my life".
Driver injured, power out after crash
Driver injured, power out after Mosgiel crash
A driver was seriously injured and more than 100 people lost electricity after a car hit a power pole in Mosgiel early today.
High noon for elusive rooster
High noon for elusive rooster Henry
If a cunning rooster avoids capture again in Dunedin today, he will be shot.
One-day duck season for juniors
One-day duck season for juniors
Young shooters can target paradise shelducks in Otago tomorrow. Otago Fish & Game Council operations manager Ian Hadland said the one-day season was designed to encourage...
Let’s go try a kite
Let’s go try a kite
Otago Boys’ High School pupil Keegan Henman (16, left) and Queen’s High School pupil Taysha Sangster (15) test kites on The Harbour Mouth Molars sculpture in Dunedin yesterday.
Playground arson 'shocking'
Playground arson 'shocking'
A 9-year-old boy is asking the ''mean'' arsonist who set fire to a playground in Mosgiel to remember what it was like to be a child.
Buster on the mend - again
Buster on mend - again
Buster, a Dunedin yellow-eyed penguin, is on the mend after another predator attack and is bulking up in a bid to return to the wild.
Car crash not suspicious
Car crash not suspicious
A burnt-out car discovered on a remote Otago bridge is not being considered suspicious but police are appealing for the driver to come forward.