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The Dreamer: It’s time to meet the monsters under your bed
Friday, 10 January 2014, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
This play addresses the subjectivity of reality. A Dreamer is thrown through different states of reality, different times, and different places. As she journeys, she meets a number of characters – a teddy bear, some dragons, her mother, a burglar. Though ... More >>
The Bookbinders
Friday, 10 January 2014, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
A bookbinder should never do anything that cannot be undone. But left alone, leather crumbles, and pages turn to dust. Stories begin to unravel… From the makers of The Road the Wasn’t There (nominated for three 2013 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards ... More >>
The Bloody Benders
Friday, 10 January 2014, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
What’s a love-struck teenage serial killer to do, when your next victim seems to be the love of your life? And on top of that, your mother talks too much, your dad doesn’t talk enough and your brother hangs on every word you say. Some things are ... More >>
The 7 Person Chair Pyramid High Wire Act
Friday, 10 January 2014, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
A play about the Yeti, Charles Darwin, and electromagnetic radiation. “Cogently playful, sweetly surreal… exquisitely made and elegantly presented” The Santa Fe Reporter; “Top 10 Productions” Montreal Fringe; “Like arts and crafts on ... More >>
Suri vs Shiloh
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Growing up in today’s hyperpublic world is tough, even when the whole world doesn’t know your name. Suri Cruise and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt speak out for the first time about life as only they know it. More >>
Shu
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 1:45 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
It is a solo piece of physical theatre about a quirky little box-headed character called Shu. The piece has no speech, instead utilising movement, sound, and lighting to tell the story. The piece is written and performed by Laura Gaudin, with stage ... More >>
Red Nose Reverie
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 1:35 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
In the 1880’s-1890’s, a Russian circus performer and an Italian ballerina met in a European circus troupe and proceeded to fall in love and start a family. Their children were raised in the circus, growing up in front of audiences all over the ... More >>
PocaHAUNTus
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
How does Pocahontas Haunt Us? With her innocence sullied. With her people, her place, her paradigm plagued, pursued and nearly eradicated by the insidious virus of separatism, competition, deceit and dis-ease. More >>
Mis{s}Conception
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
The Clitlective presents a new work about the challenges of infertility in modern times. Based on a true story, the play follows Chloe, a successful twenty-something whose life has gone perfectly to plan until she tries to get pregnant. Offering a ... More >>
Madame Blavatsky and the Astral Light
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
As part of NZ Fringe 2014, Julia Campbell and Catherine Swallow present Madame Blavatsky and the Astral Light, a new theatre work written by Renee Gerlich. Directed by Campbell and Swallow, the play will be staged atop the Wellington Botanic Gardens, in a marquee ... More >>
Love in the Key of Britpop
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gave poet Emily Andersen a Britpop-related heartbreak, Emily made a Britpop-related heartbreak spoken word show. More >>
Lies
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Four performers lie, cheat and charm their way through this recklessly honest event. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better” This company cannot be trusted. Director / Design: Nisha Madhan & Stephen Bain. More >>
Artistic and political celebrities cameo in murder-mystery
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 12:42 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Audiences will recognise a few famous faces popping up as cameos in modern murder-mystery, Immaculate Deception , which premieres at the 2014 Wellington Fringe Festival from 7 to 10 February. More >>
I’m Just Here for the Food
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 12:38 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Do you hate false sympathy? Do you love asparagus rolls? The first black comedy solo performance by Cats on Crack delivers a biting critique of all things verbally insincere/ irritating. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might vomit a bit. More >>
I Could Live Here
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 12:29 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
The tank is full, bags packed and music blaring. Hitch a ride as 3 friends embrace the detours and navigate small town New Zealand. Can they avoid the bumps in the road and enjoy their journey? More >>
Sceptre Theatre Presents: Horatio
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 12:24 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Be a part of an original Shakespearean work, written & performed right here in Wellington. Witness William Shakespeare’s Hamlet collide with his trademark themes and characters, shaped by a modern perspective, but still dipped in the rich language of the Bard ... More >>
Gypsy Rage Apocalypse
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
From the makers of Pirates vs Ninjas comes a saga of blood, vengeance and apocalyptic gypsy rage. “The world will know my heart when it fills with a rage to set the sea on fire.” More >>
Pressure Point Collective presents: GOD-BELLY
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Holy anorexics, bodybuilding, a saint having an erotic religious experience... GOD-BELLY is an exploration of the way religion has shaped our relationships to our bodies. See what happens when a couple navigates this knotted terrain through rap, riddles ... More >>
Frequency
Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 11:42 am | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Frequency is an interactive adventure that starts at Understudy at BATS Theatre, on the corner of Cuba & Dixon Streets, and roams the streets of Wellington. Bring walking shoes and your charged-up phone! 7pm February 11/12/13, 18/19/20, 25/26/27. ... More >>
Foxes Mate for Life and Other Stories
Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 11:36 am | New Zealand Fringe Festival
Foxes mate for life and Elephants have funerals. This collection of four short stories which explore a universal rhythm through how animals and humans do the same things. Come on a journey with us through the storybook world. More >>
