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‘Circus of Colour’ chance for creativity

Dunedin youngsters Riley McPherson (left), 10, and Neva McPherson, 8, hold their entries for the...

‘Circus of Colour’ chance for creativity

Fun-filled flamboyance, frivolity and flair is to the fore in the Otago Art Society’s creative contribution to this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival — a "Circus of Colour" exhibition.

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The immigrant experience, writ large

Telling migrants’ stories are (from left) Sowmya Hiremath, Akash Saravanan and Romina Meneses....

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The immigrant experience, writ large

Romina Meneses has first-hand experience of being a new country where she does not speak the language.

Providing a theatrical leg-up

A pair of Dunedin performers have created their own amateur theatre based on the principle that anyone should get a chance.

True character so unreal it’s funny

Marea Colombo plays the eponymous Baroness of theatrical company Late Bloomers’ Dunedin Fringe...

True character so unreal it’s funny

A show about "the greatest baroness you have never heard of" features in this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.

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Playing it for laughs

It might look like he’s leveraging his comedy for good, but Dunedin-raised comedian James Mustapic tells Tom McKinlay he’s really just having a laugh.

Launch offers fringe festival sneak peek

Members of Feroce Cabaret, singer Jack Archibald and dancers Dee Coulter (left) and Charlie...

Launch offers fringe festival sneak peek

Artists rejoice — the Dunedin Fringe Festival is less than a month away.

Barden Party makes rare public foray

Preparing their "raucous rockabilly retelling" of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at Larnach...

Barden Party makes rare public foray

There is much ado about many exciting things when this troupe of travelling thespians comes to town.

Performer, audience take on infectious emotions

Performance artist Hamish Annan embodies different emotions. PHOTO: CHRISTINE O’CONNOR

Performer, audience take on infectious emotions

It is not every day a person gets to experience a full spectrum of emotions, from anger to grief, but yesterday PIJF cadet reporter Tim Scott was shown how to harness the power of...

Fringe Festival unlike any other as new ground broken

Fringe 2023 co-directors Ruth Harvey (left) and Kate Schrader at Fringe headquarters, Princes St....

Fringe Festival unlike any other as new ground broken

This year marks a series of many firsts for Dunedin’s Fringe Festival.

Showcasing Pasifika artists’ exhibitions

Artist Rosie Roache in front of her works at the Fringe Festival on Tuesday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Showcasing Pasifika artists’ exhibitions

An artist whose work is being shown as part of the Dunedin's Fringe Festival says art from the Pacific is not showcased enough in the South.

Bringing humour, sincerity to bipolar stand-up comedy

A show about bipolar disorder doesn’t suggest a hilarious night out, but Mid-west American comedian Tristan Miller, a "passive-aggressive manic depressive" manages to mine his mind for moments of mirth.

Radio static to keep annihilation at bay

Radio static to keep annihilation at bay

As we go into the Allen Hall Theatre, the atmosphere changes.

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Flying Femmes bringing back circus act

The Flying Femmes (clockwise from front left): Nicole Maisey, Regina Hedgeman, Laura Oakley and...

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Flying Femmes bringing back circus act

From flips to throws, hoola-hooping to walking on Champagne glasses, The Flying Femmes circus show is returning to Dunedin Fringe Festival.

Opera Otago

The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra’s headquarters, Hanover Hall, an impressive example of a...

Opera Otago

Opera Otago presents comic operetta An Incomplete Education, by Emmanual Chabrier, from March 22-25 at Hanover Hall.

SBZ productions

SBZ productions

Dunedin theatre company SBZ Productions is staging a quartet of shows for Dunedin Fringe 2023 ranging from comedy and absurdist theatre to experimental Chekhov, and a one-man show about Johns.

New space to Knockabout in

Comedian James Mustapic brings his Into the Multi-Media-Verse show to the New Athenaeum Theatre...

New space to Knockabout in

In its fifth year as a Dunedin Fringe Festival venue, the New Athenaeum Theatre (NAT) has opened up a second pop-up space, the downstairs Knockabout Studio, so it can host extra shows.

Suitcase Theatre

Suitcase Theatre presents its own adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story Lamb to the Slaughter, from March 16-18 at the Playhouse Theatre.

Spectacle — Play

It looks simple. It was a bit of a fiddle to tell the truth. Photographing a Dunedin Fringe...

Spectacle — Play

Spectacle Dunedin presents Play, an immersive, participatory pan-art show, this Friday, from 6pm-9pm, at the Wharf Hotel.

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Fringe Festival, Pride Month share a ‘queer kaupapa’

Celebrating the intersection of Pride Month and the Dunedin Fringe Festival in Dunedin are (from...

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Fringe Festival, Pride Month share a ‘queer kaupapa’

The Dunedin Fringe Festival intersects with Dunedin Pride Month in more ways than one, Dunedin Pride chairperson Trak Gray says.

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Adapted Roald Dahl story delivers twists and turns

British novelist Roald Dahl. Photo: Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images

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Adapted Roald Dahl story delivers twists and turns

If you come expecting bubblegum and honey in a Roald Dahl story you will be out of luck because this Fringe Festival play is showing the dark side of the author.

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