Fringe Festival puts renewed focus on love
Dunedin's latest Fringe Festival aims to bring people together, as well as to celebrate lively cultural diversity, in the aftermath of the Christchurch terrorist attacks, director Gareth McMillan...
Dunedin Fringe Festival
Showcase to reveal more than expected
Showcase to reveal more than expected
A snapshot of what is to come, is not all that will be revealed, at the Dunedin Fringe Festival's opening night next week.
Give yourself over
Give yourself over
The Rocky Horror Show finally has a prequel, Frankensplurta, which premieres at the Dunedin Fringe Festival, writes Bruce Munro.
All the elements
All the elements
A Dunedin Fringe Festival show staged between land and sea, takes creativity right back to the beginning, writes Kim Dungey.
Biggest line-up should please all punters
Biggest line-up should please all punters
Whether you are into classic comedy or solo dance performances exploring the physical manifestations of loneliness, there is something for everyone at this year's Fringe Festival.
Home grown
Home grown
The forthcoming Dunedin Fringe Festival might offer a smorgasbord of performers from far and wide, yet its heart beats with home-grown talent, writes Shane Gilchrist.
Instant healing from sloths
Instant healing from sloths
Both existential and physical healing could be had from the study of sloths.
Performers fired up for show
Performers fired up for show
Transformation and change - and some outlandish imagery - lit up Dunedin's Athenaeum Underground last night, as a multi-disciplinary fire theatre event told tales from Metamorphosis.
Mall gets a taste of fringe benefits
Mall gets a taste of fringe benefits
The Meridian mall was touched by the exotic and the slothful yesterday, as Fringe Festival acts brought the stage to the house of commerce.
Steamy goings on in a main street shop window
Steamy goings on in a main street shop window
The Dunedin Fringe Festival's Black Box has seen its share of odd activities, but the shop window performance space in George St is also something of an unusual stage for performers.
Window dressing
Window dressing
Joanna Lahoe takes his make-up to the stage yesterday in the Black Box, the Fringe Festival's window performance space in George St.
Rupert where are you?
Rupert where are you?
Ten days into the frenetic pace of the Dunedin's Fringe Festival, Josh Thomas is struggling with the 10th day without his beloved dog Rupert.
Anti-art performance drawn from burlesque
Anti-art performance drawn from burlesque
It was a most tasteful display.
Stories tall and strange
Stories tall and strange
A Guinness world record for the weirdest foreskin, ropeheads who strangely know each other, and the difficulty of dropping your laser in deep space were subjects that invaded the minds of the audience for Aik 'n' Sides last night.
Sell-out shows, good crowds thrill organisers
Sell-out shows, good crowds thrill organisers
Six sold-out shows already, and good crowds generally have cheered Fringe Festival organisers as the festival approaches the half-way mark.
Many mass as anything goes
Many mass as anything goes
Pecha Kucha stands uncomfortably on the edge of a precipice.
Fringe from left field
Fringe from left field
Tell us your life story in 25 words.
Smashing tribute to NZ theatre identity
Smashing tribute to NZ theatre identity
A personal tribute to New Zealand theatre identity Warwick Broadhead saw Dunedin's Octagon strewn with broken pottery last night after a mass smashing of cups.
'Downton Abbey' satire celebrates literary status
'Downton Abbey' satire celebrates literary status
The Downton Abbey-style family that sprouted from Richard Huber's mind has some surprisingly articulate servants.