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Dunedin Fringe 2024 - A New Comedy World Record

Monday, 19 February 2024, 9:10 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2402/930bbf61e8835494aebb.jpeg" width="509" height="720"> Ever been to an improv comedy show and thought, “…this just isn’t crazy enough for me.” Well 100 Things ... More >>

Dunedin Fringe Festival’s Back, Tell A Friend!

Thursday, 15 February 2024, 8:45 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

The world’s southernmost Fringe Festival is back from 14-24 March 2024! Dunedin Fringe is bringing together local, national and international artists, fresh new work, and up-for-anything audiences in an explosion of creative energy and talent ... More >>

LESBIHONEST At The Dunedin Fringe Festival

Friday, 3 March 2023, 12:04 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

Queer performer Laura Piccinin recants a lifetime of coming outs in a tell-all comedic stand-up story hour. This hilarious and sentimental autobiography reflects on a single journey that spans 3 decades of change in perceptions and treatment of LGBTQ+ people. ... More >>

Dunedin Fringe Festival 2023: A Celebration Of Comedy, Theatre & Artistic Expression

Thursday, 16 February 2023, 2:34 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

The Dunedin Fringe Festival is soon to be back in full swing, providing a vital platform for artists to showcase their work and talents. There is truly something for everyone, with stand-up comedy, theatre, live music, interactive installations, ... More >>

Dunedin Fringe Awards 2022

Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 5:45 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

The Dunedin Fringe Festival closed its season with an Awards Party on Sunday 27th March to celebrate another phenomenal 11 days of arts taking place across the city and online. The evening was hosted by local comedy stars Reuben Crisp and Marea Colombo, ... More >>

Performed Close Enough To Touch [Please Don’t Touch] Except…COVID

Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 5:06 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

Fresh from a sell-out 2021 Dunedin Fringe season, object and dance artist Jess Quaid has curated a night of dance and installation from seemingly-perpetually-locked-down Tāmaki Makaurau. Two performance solos, an intimately decorated space, INHERENT ... More >>

Dunedin Fringe 2021: The Pan-Arts Panacea

Thursday, 11 February 2021, 6:08 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

Festival dates: March 18-28 www.dunedinfringe.nz Like a phoenix from the ashes of 2020, Dunedin Fringe Festival returns in March 2021 with a diverse and eclectic line-up of more than 80 events across the city and online. An unmissable highlight in the ... More >>

Team Up To Explore, Interact And Hustle This Fringe

Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 8:50 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

WHEN:  Saturday March 21 at 1.30pm Sunday March 22 at 10am and 1.30pm Saturday March 28 at 1.30pm Sunday March 29 at 10am and 1.30pm   WHERE: Begins and ends at Cargill’s Monument in the Exchange Featuring as part of the Dunedin Fringe ... More >>

Fringe Launch Brings Promise Of Sizzle To Dunedin’s Art Scene

Thursday, 13 February 2020, 6:19 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

Established artists and emerging talent will grace 45 performance and visual arts spaces across Ōtepoti as the Dunedin Fringe Festival celebrates 20 years in 2020. And to mark the Fringe 20th birthday, a high-octane, fun-fuelled street party will ... More >>

White Box @ Fringe HQ: 2019 Lineup

Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 3:10 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

An empty window on Dunedin’s main street is set to bring a new creative spark to the city. White Box @ Fringe HQ is a new initiative from the Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust to showcase the work of talented local artists, and to encourage the public ... More >>

I'll Tell You This for Nothing at Dunedin Fringe Festival

Monday, 18 March 2019, 3:01 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

“I know now that the most evil thing you can do in the world, is to discriminate against someone because of their race or religion!” - Phyllis Garvin in I’ll Tell You This for Nothing - My Mother the War Hero. More >>

Hideto Ambiguous presents The Unfolding of Benjamin’s Misery

Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 9:23 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

In this one-man tragicomedy spectacle, the undocumented, clumsy laborer Benjamin meets the enlightened, travelling Bard. The Bard’s critical and artistic consciousness influences Benjamin, and Benjamin’s attitude towards his miserable life begins ... More >>

Dunedin Fringe Festival 2019

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 8:35 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

Explosive performers, innovative art, pioneering theatre and comedy, and everything in-between - there is something for everyone at the Dunedin Fringe Festival , and 2019 will be no exception! Over 80 vibrant and diverse acts are part of the lineup ... More >>

New Zealand Young Writers Festival Launches 2018 Programme

Friday, 10 August 2018, 10:43 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

Robot poetry, decolonising literature, and feminism in the age of #metoo are among the hot button topics at this year’s New Zealand Young Writers Festival. Performances, workshops, panel discussions, and film screenings make up the 18 free events taking ... More >>

Dunedin Fringe Awards Night Celebrates Success

Monday, 19 March 2018, 8:42 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

After an eleven day whirlwind of non-stop arts and entertainment, the 2018 Dunedin Fringe Festival concluded with the official Festival Awards last night. The event was held at the Emerson’s Festival Club in the Dunedin Community Gallery and was ... More >>

Dunedin Fringe Showcase Opens Festival With A Bang

Thursday, 8 March 2018, 11:34 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

The Dunedin Fringe Festival kicked off in style last night with a two hour extravaganza of acts from Aotearoa and around the world. The town hall was filled with music, comedy, theatre, and all-around spectacle, and the sold out house was shepherded ... More >>

Dunedin Fringe comedians win at South Island Raw Comedy Comp

Thursday, 1 March 2018, 10:16 am | Dunedin Fringe Festival

Dunedin Fringe comedians have placed top three in the South Island RAW Stand-up Comedy Competition on Saturday in Christchurch. The RAW Comedy competition is an annual nationwide competition to find the freshest comedy talent in New Zealand. ... More >>

Dunedin fringe performers top 3 at South Island RAW

Sunday, 25 February 2018, 1:23 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

The winner Aaron Jelley has his own solo show at Inch bar plus performing in Strangers by Impulse Theatre 7 pm at Dee’s 11-14 March More >>

Charmian Hughes- Bra Trek

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 3:39 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

If a fairy godmother appears in the kitchen where you’ve been kept as an impoverished hostage for years, and grants you three wishes…do you really want to waste a wish on marriage to a stranger who found your mangy old shoe? More >>

Peppered Unicorn Presents Pretty Little Confessions

Sunday, 11 February 2018, 2:22 pm | Dunedin Fringe Festival

Peppered Unicorn, an all-female comedy troupe from Christchurch, bring their show Pretty Little Confessions to Dunedin Fringe March 11-14. The show is peppered with anonymous audience confessions, hilarious unscripted scenes, cast confessional monologues, ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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