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    Show a campy romp through history of burlesque

    Performers pose on stage during a dress rehearsal ahead of the opening night of Burly Q, at this...

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    Show a campy romp through history of burlesque

    A Dunedin performer hopes her latest show chartering the history of burlesque entertainment will leave audiences with an open mind about the art form.

    Life swings high and low in opera

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    Life swings high and low in opera

    The Trapeze Artists, Opera Otago, Hanover Hall, Sunday, March 17.

    All up in the air

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    All up in the air

    Juggler Paul Klaass, of Queenstown, took to the streets of central Dunedin on Saturday to show off his talents, in the hope of attracting more people to his show Time Flies — An Epic Circus...

    Therapeutic musical comedy takes on ‘heavy’ themes

    Therapeutic musical comedy takes on ‘heavy’ themes

    A Dunedin artist is inviting the public to her own private therapy session — and hopes they will have a few laughs along the way.

    Make-up brings fantasies to life

    Dina Tukhvatulina (12), of Dunedin, experiments with make-up at the Dunedin Pride’s first Make-Up...

    Make-up brings fantasies to life

    Dame Pat McGrath once said make-up is "malleable and mercurial" — it gives people an opportunity to create, to play, and to invent.

    Somewhere over the rainbow

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    Somewhere over the rainbow

    Taking part in rainbow-themed activities for the Dunedin Fringe Festival, Otago Arts Society Committee volunteer Sarah Ellis, of Dunedin, and her daughters, Riley (9, left) and Neva (7) McPherson,...

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    Tickets launch for Fringe Festival against odds

    Singer-songwriter and Otago Rock Quest solo winner Keira Wallace (16), of Taieri College,...

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    Tickets launch for Fringe Festival against odds

    Tickets have gone on sale for next month’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.

    Thinking outside the box

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Thinking outside the box

    Showing off the first stage of one of his multi-layer artworks for the "Depth Defying" exhibition — part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival — is Raimo Kuparinen.

    Worth the risk

    Annie Ruth (right) dancing with Crows Feet Dance Collective in Carmina Burana.

    Worth the risk

    Former Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School director Annie Ruth shares her passion for books and life in a one-woman show at the Dunedin Fringe Festival. She talks to Rebecca Fox about her latest...

    Sea shanties, tall tales and a bracing harbour cruise

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    Sea shanties, tall tales and a bracing harbour cruise

    Preparing to take people on a mini-voyage of discovery at Careys Bay, Dunedin, are Alan Gray (left) and Brendan Christie, with a melodica.

    ‘Beautiful’ range of pink art pieces put paid to ‘sickly’ premonition

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    ‘Beautiful’ range of pink art pieces put paid to ‘sickly’ premonition

    Admiring handmade ornaments made by Otago Art Society volunteers is artist Jude Ansbacher at the "Pink" exhibition in Dunedin yesterday.

    Action time here for Fringe Festival

    The Spectacle Band members (from left) Josh Nicholls (percussion), Perry Goldsmith (bass), Hamish...

    Action time here for Fringe Festival

    Dunedin artists are in the final phases of assembling their shows as the Dunedin Fringe Festival starts today.

    ‘Melting pot’ set to provide arts magic

    Ready to show off their performance for The Haberdashery cabaret show as part of the Dunedin...

    ‘Melting pot’ set to provide arts magic

    A night of experimental art and saucy debauchery is on the horizon as Dunedin Fringe Festival cabaret performers prepare for their big night on stage.

    Rich vein of history for show

    Chris Priestly (second from right) with Peter Elliot, Cameron Bennett, Sonia Wilson and Nigel...

    Rich vein of history for show

    Musician Chris Priestley is fascinated by the often untold stories of NZ and Otago’s past, so much so he's gathered a group of music and history buffs together to indulge his passion and bring the resulting show to Dunedin’s Fringe Festival.

    Smorgasbord of arts offerings

    Some of the people involved in the 2022 Dunedin Fringe Festival (from left) Reuben Crisp (Banquet...

    Festival programme reveals smorgasbord of arts offerings

    Untold stories of intoxicating substances from NZ's past, a trip across Otago Harbour listening to salty stories and sea shanties, and Shakespearean theatre performed in your back garden - just some of the quirky performances on offer in this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.

    Review: Aural, visual immersion

    Tessa Petersen violinist. Photo: Supplied

    Review: Aural, visual immersion

    It seems fitting that my last review for this year’s Fringe Fest was in an almost brand new space —Te Korokoro o the Tui at the University’s School of Performing Arts.

    Dance partner half a world away joins stage on final day of festival

    Rehearsing for her Dunedin Fringe Festival 2021 performance, Duo, at the Screaming Rooster in...

    Dance partner half a world away joins stage on final day of festival

    Being oceans apart during a global pandemic did not stop a New Zealand dancer from performing a duet with adancer in London for this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.

    The directors’ cut

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    The directors’ cut

    As the Dunedin Fringe Festival closes and two other arts festivals loom, their directors peruse each other’s offerings.

    Abandoned piano key to exhibition at Artsenta

    Artsenta director Paul Smith admires the ‘‘Creative Keys’’ exhibition at the art studio, in...

    Abandoned piano key to exhibition at Artsenta

    An abandoned musical instrument was the key to a creative art exhibition in this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.

    Making it up as they go

    "Members'' of Strork rehearse for their Fringe Festival concert. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Making it up as they go

    What happens when you get a group of people with varying musical abilities together and simply let them play? That’s the question behind Strork, a Dunedin string orchestra that is anything but traditional.
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