Festival time again
Barden Party, Dunedin Fringe Festival — Laura Irish. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Dunedin Fringe Festival
The directors’ cut
As the Dunedin Fringe Festival closes and two other arts festivals loom, their directors peruse each other’s offerings.
Only spectacle is guaranteed
Spectacle Presents: Spectacle has been described as an "immersive, participatory, pan-art show". PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Small town boy
Michael Metzger’s Dunedin Fringe Festival play examines rural masculinity through the lens of his own story, he tells Tom McKinlay.
Playwright and performer Michael Metzger on the treadmill for The Changing Shed. PHOTOS: JORDAN WICHMAN
Words from a world apart
A play streaming into the Dunedin Fringe Festival tells a story of homelessness in the words of those shut out, writes Tom McKinlay.
Lauren Huggard (left) and Dia Taylor play women who have experienced
homelessness. Photo: Supplied
Fringe Festival puts renewed focus on love
MCs Tahu Mackenzie and Jesse Griffin, the latter taking refuge in a clam, usher in last night's Fringe Festival Showcase at the Regent Theatre. Photo: Peter McIntosh
Showcase to reveal more than expected
Maddie May. Photo: supplied
Dunedin Fringe Festival highlights
Bra Trek!
All the elements
A Dunedin Fringe Festival show staged between land and sea, takes creativity right back to the beginning, writes Kim Dungey.
Performer Regina Hegemann emerges from the elements for Elemental. PHOTO: Kassandra Lynne
Give yourself over
The Rocky Horror Show finally has a prequel, Frankensplurta, which premieres at the Dunedin Fringe Festival, writes Bruce Munro.
Mandy Mayhem, who is among the largely Waitati-based cast of Frankensplurta, says there are surprises aplenty in store for audiences. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON