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Fringe Festival 2011

DunedinMarch 28

Fringe fails to win mainstream support

The Dunedin Fringe Festival has packed up its Harlequin box of tricks for another year, after 11 days of eclectic experimental art, theatre, music and performance.
DunedinMarch 25

Show draws from real-life OCD

Kim Georgine (Christchurch)
Show draws from real-life OCD
Show draws from real-life OCD
DunedinMarch 25

Comics recall life and death experiences

Lunch was a laugh yesterday. I caught up with comedians Stella Graham, Matiaha Paku, Irene Pink and Justine Smith to find out about the business of being funny and life on the fringe.
Comics recall life and death experiences
Comics recall life and death experiences
DunedinMarch 25

Bizarre sounds, sights triumph

Experimental music and film festival "Lines of Flight" sparked into life at Chick's Hotel last night.
Bizarre sounds, sights triumph
Bizarre sounds, sights triumph
EntertainmentMarch 24

Curtain up on exploration

New Zealand's premier experimental music and film festival, "Lines of Flight", swoops in to land on the Fringe centre stage today.
Curtain up on exploration
Curtain up on exploration
NewsMarch 24

Poetic challenge

Grace Taylor (Auckland)
Poetic challenge
Poetic challenge
EntertainmentMarch 23

Right rural roasting afoot

Right rural roasting afoot
Right rural roasting afoot
EntertainmentMarch 22

Volunteers key to pocketfuls of nothing

The 2011 Dunedin Fringe Festival is nothing if not different.
Volunteers key to pocketfuls of nothing
Volunteers key to pocketfuls of nothing
EntertainmentMarch 22

Rude, but in a funny way

Irene Pink (Auckland) I'm Sorry I Said That Q What is your act all about?
Rude, but in a funny way
Rude, but in a funny way
DunedinMarch 21

Homosexual identity for Kiwis given centre stage

The Kiwi bloke caricature will never be the same again.
Homosexual identity for Kiwis given centre stage
Homosexual identity for Kiwis given centre stage
DunedinMarch 21

Standing up to her karma

Stella Graham (Coventry, England) Karma Comedian
Standing up to her karma
Standing up to her karma
DunedinMarch 21

Depression banished

The first weekend of the Dunedin Fringe Festival has been more fun than you could shake a court jester's baton at.
Depression banished
Depression banished
DunedinMarch 20

Beauty, brilliance and humour

Beauty, brilliance and humour
Beauty, brilliance and humour
DunedinMarch 18

Humour with an edge

Stand-up comedy must be the toughest gig in the world.
Humour with an edge
Humour with an edge
DunedinMarch 18

May we draw you, with tape, into our mural?

Q What's your act all about?
May we draw you, with tape, into our mural?
May we draw you, with tape, into our mural?
EntertainmentMarch 18

In Eastern country

Hard-working, hard-playing Lyttelton outfit The Eastern brings its gritty country swagger to the Dunedin Fringe Festival tonight. Shane Gilchrist discusses celebration and calamity with frontman Adam McGrath.
In Eastern country
In Eastern country
EntertainmentMarch 18

Defying genre

Peter Stapleton, organiser of Lines of Flight, the Dunedin Fringe Festival's celebration of experimental music, dances in the space between music and noise, writes Shane Gilchrist.
Defying genre
Defying genre
DunedinMarch 18

Avant garde fringe begins

You could just tell that Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is far more suited to cutting through red tape.
Avant garde fringe begins
Avant garde fringe begins
EntertainmentMarch 17

Time to open the festival toy box

The fringe festival toy box of the colourful, burlesque and bizarre will be unlocked and opened in Dunedin today.
Time to open the festival toy box
Time to open the festival toy box
EntertainmentMarch 17

Long-distance relationships and modern communications

It's an old story - young people on their OE fall in love, return home and continue their relationship across the world. Charmian Smith talks to Julieanne Eason, whose play tells a contemporary love story.
Long-distance relationships and modern communications
Long-distance relationships and modern communications
DunedinMarch 17

Quirky look at comic's job

Tarun Mohanbhai (Auckland) - "Punch Lines Not Included"
Quirky look at comic's job
Quirky look at comic's job
DunedinMarch 15

Blindfolding statues stunt to promote fringe festival

Bright orange blindfolds replaced bird guano yesterday as the latest accessory for the statue about town.
Blindfolding statues stunt to promote fringe festival
Blindfolding statues stunt to promote fringe festival
EntertainmentMarch 2

Getting under a uniform skin

Getting under a uniform skin
Getting under a uniform skin
DunedinFebruary 18

Fringe Festival gets strumming

The 2011 Dunedin Fringe Festival programme was launched at XII Below last night.
Fringe Festival gets strumming
Fringe Festival gets strumming
EntertainmentFebruary 16

Just in from the fringe

Oddball exhibitionism will mix with somewhat more mainstream entertainment in this year's Dunedin Fringe Festival.
Just in from the fringe
Just in from the fringe