Dunedin Fringe Festival

Circus show inspired by ADHD diagnosis

Award-winning aerial acrobat Nicole Maisey rehearses before last night’s Dunedin Fringe Festival...
Award-winning aerial acrobat Nicole Maisey rehearses before last night’s Dunedin Fringe Festival performance at the Mayfair Theatre. The show is on again tonight and tomorrow. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
If it was not for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Nicole Maisey would not be an award-winning aerial acrobat, swinging from the roof by her hair.

Feeling ambition not met

Pas de Trois
Allen Hall Theatre
Thursday, March 19

Set in 1860s Paris, Pas de Trois depicts three ballerinas — Aurelie, Sylvie and Colette — at loggerheads over who will be selected as their maestro’s next prima ballerina, after the incumbent comes down with tuberculosis.

Poisonous play

Casketcase will be staged during the Dunedin Fringe Festival. Image: supplied
Casketcase will be staged during the Dunedin Fringe Festival. Image: supplied
Podcasts, poison and a promising premise are the ingredients of Casketcase, a new play by Dunedin theatre company Good for Her Productions.