The public has the opportunity to get involved in the Fringe Festival today when the festival workshops start in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery auditorium.
• Sing Out in Harmony, with Lisa Tui Productions, reconnects with the fun of singing.
For novices and professionals, the workshop will teach singing in tune, singing in harmony, singing solo and improvisation.
Today at 10.30am and 12.30pm.
Bainbridge appears in Portraits - The Woman Outside at the Fortune Theatre Studio at 7pm today and 2pm tomorrow.
• Circus Workshops for Kids, by Dunedin circus arts troupe Highly Flammable, will teach circus skills such as juggling, long poi, staff, hoops and stilts. The workshops will be held today and tomorrow at 1pm and 2pm.
The circus workshops will also be held next weekend at 2pm and 3pm on Saturday and 1pm and 2pm on Sunday.
• Comedy for Beginners features Wellington comedians Benjamin Crellin and Sarah Harpur giving a crash course on how to get into comedy.
The workshop will take participants through the creative process and developing a stage persona.
The hour-long workshop concludes with a question and answer session.
Today at 3.30pm and 5pm.
• Rhyme Time - Where Poetry and Art Collide, by Art Hysterical Productions.
Take along an image of a favourite piece of art and write a poem about it.
Inexperienced poets will be encouraged to strut their stuff in a supportive atmosphere.
Take paper and pencils. A rhyming dictionary will be provided.
Today at 3.30pm and 4.30pm today.
• Bikes 4 Fun, with Arrowtown bike enthusiast John Potts, is aimed at school children who want to know more about bikes.
The talk explores the history of the bicycle from 1870 onwards and shows a BMX bike being taken to pieces and reassembled.
A penny-farthing will be on display and the children will have the chance to try out a unicycle.
Tomorrow at 10.30am and 11.45am.
• Bollywood 4 Fun, by the Rasa School of Dance, looks at the colour and fun of Indian culture and the rise of films such as Slumdog Millionaire.
Tomorrow 2.30pm and 3.30pm
• Physical Theatre Training, by Free Theatre, explores the development of the body and voice. The workshop is modelled on professional training and includes exercises to develop physical and vocal ability and to help groups work collaboratively.
Clothing suitable for physical activity is necessary for this workshop.
Saturday, April 4 at 10.30am and 12.30pm.Weekend programme
• TODAY
Daily: Outside Art (random locations).
Daily: Digital Shadows (random locations).
10am-5pm: Open Home @ King Edward Court (King Edward bldg).
10am-5pm: Fringe Inventions: an exhibition of Chindogu (DPAG).
10am-5pm: The Artist Lab Open Workshops Programme (DPAG).
10am till late: Signs & Wonders (Alibi bar and restaurant).
11.30am-1.30pm: A Recipe for Mock Turtle Soup (Botanical Gardens).
Noon-4pm: Busking Blitz (Octagon).
Noon: Slim Pickens (Octagon or streets of Dunedin).
Noon: Poptilly (Octagon).
2pm: Slim Pickens (Octagon or streets of Dunedin).
2pm: Tono with his Big Words and Opinions (Globe Theatre).
2pm: Lines of Flight (Chicks Hotel).
2.30pm: Poptilly (Octagon).
3pm till late: We are a Community of Cells (Mannequin cafe and bar).
3pm till late: Festival in the Valley opening (Mannequin cafe and bar).
6pm: Te Radar, Eat the Dog (XII Below lounge bar).
7pm: Portraits: The Woman Outside (Fortune Theatre Studio).
7.30pm: Eye of a Dancer (Globe Theatre).
7.30pm: Underground Renaissance (Mary Hopewell Theatre).
7.30pm: The Comediettes (XII Below lounge bar).
8pm: Last Postcard from Cuba (Arc cafe).
8pm: One Day (Allen Hall rehearsal studio).
8pm: The Latest Freed Man: A Puppet Play (Purple Rain basement).
8.30pm: The Phat Grrrl Revolution (Fortune Studio).
9pm: Benjamin Crellin - Apocalypse Soon! (XII Below lounge bar).
9.30pm: Das Roq Opera (Globe Theatre).
9pm: Lines of Flight (Chicks Hotel).
9pm: Bigups Yourself (Sammys).
10.30pm: Festival Club (XII Below lounge bar).
• TOMORROW
Daily: Outside Art (random locations).
Daily: Digital Shadows (random locations).
10am-5pm: Open Home @ King Edward Court (King Edward bldg).
10am-5pm: Fringe Inventions: an exhibition of Chindogu (DPAG).
10am-5pm: The Artist Lab Open Workshops Programme (DPAG).
10am till late: Signs & Wonders (Alibi bar and restaurant).
10am till late: Festival in the Valley (Mannequin cafe and bar).
11.30am-1.30pm: A Recipe for Mock Turtle Soup (Botanical Gardens).
Noon: Slim Pickens (Octagon or streets of Dunedin).
1pm: The Patch Painting Picnic (Port Chalmers Community Gardens).
2pm-4pm: Come Together (None Gallery).
2pm: Slim Pickens (Octagon or streets of Dunedin).
2pm: Portraits: The Woman Outside (Fortune Theatre Studio).
3.30pm: Fringe Folk - Delgirl and guests (Fortune Theatre).
4pm: enTer (Allen Hall Theatre).
6pm: Tono with his Big Words and Opinions (Globe Theatre).
7.30pm: Pecha Kucha (Dunedin Public Art Gallery).
8pm: One Day (Allen Hall rehearsal studio).
8.30pm: Eye of a Dancer (Globe Theatre).
8.30pm: The Phat Grrrl Revolution (Fortune Studio).
9pm: Bigups Yourself (Sammys).
