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So, how was Japan?

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 5:09 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

An exhibition of paintings and suchlike by Mollypop as part of the Fringe at the Ballroom Café (9 Riddiford Street, Newtown) from the 1st of March (Opening hours: 7:30am-6:00pm Mon & Wed, 7:30am-7:30pm Thurs & Fri, 8:30am-5:00pm Sat & Sun). More >>

The Ladies’ Auxiliary

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 5:05 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

Many things disappeared along with the annual A&P Show. The urban man can no longer split a log in 16 seconds or change a tractor tyre in 35. The average city kid can’t tell their Poll Dorset from their Corriedale (those would be sheep). And the lady ... More >>

Path Light

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 5:02 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

a path past the past window, footstep, flagstaff, lamp February march 2005 More >>

Jez Lowe And the Bad Pennies

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 2:12 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

JEZ LOWE, master songwriter and performer, brings to Fringe 06 an evening of vivid social commentary, great tunes and intelligent humour. Jez is widely renowned as one of England's best folk rock songwriters and one of the most entertaining performers ... More >>

Voices in the Void

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 1:58 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

New Zealand’s newest dance group, In Flight Productions, is to perform their innovative new works at Fringe ’06. Their show, ‘Voices in the Void,’ is a collection of contemporary dance vignettes – New Creations that will excite and inspire the audience! ‘Voices ... More >>

Lingering Still

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 1:51 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

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Free Feet Deep

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 1:34 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

The FERN DANCE THEATRE (Freedom of Expression to Rejuvenate and Nurture) presents their fourth show, Free Feet Deep, featuring a wide range of dance styles (contemporary, jazz, lyrical, tap) true-life stories and extraordinary videos. Choreographed and ... More >>

Filling in the Spaces

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 1:32 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

How does one transform space into place? Never before seen at Pataka, an innovative and experimental collection of perspectives designed to and performed in different sites throughout the complex. Like a book, Pataka opens its pages of blank spaces ... More >>

Unsolved Crimes of Art: Part One

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 1:27 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

Prepare to be provoked, entertained and implicated in unsolved crimes of the art and the heart set beneath the sea in a seedy karaoke bar, where the power of song calls, like creatures of the deep, to surface your fears and heal your heartache. More >>

This Time Next Year

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 1:18 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

Fringe ’06 sees Paramount’s new intimate Bergman theatre put to comedic use with a stand-up comedy “work in progress” in which the audience will participate. More >>

Please Don’t Feed the Models

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 1:16 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

International model turned actress Sara Standring (covers Vogue, Marie Claire, billboard in Times Square) brings a unique, solo comedy based on her 6 years on the international modeling circuit. Straight from the 2005 Toi Whakaari Go Solo season and extended ... More >>

Biscuit and Coffee

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 1:13 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

While cafes supply a fix to thousands of Wellington’s coffee addicts two people will be supplying the laughs in the caffeine based comedy, ‘Biscuit & Coffee’ performing in this years Fringe Festival. Phil Ormsby, the writer/director and Alex Ellis, the ... More >>

The Other Side of the Fence

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 11:23 am | Wellington Fringe Festival

"Don't any of you set foot over this side of the fence again. You hear?" Eggshell tension explodes in this stage adaptation of Witi Ihimaera's 'Pounamu Pounamu', performed by staff and students of Te Wananga o Aotearoa. More >>

Couch Soup: A Mini-Festival of One Page Plays

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 11:22 am | Wellington Fringe Festival

A team of five Hamiltonian theses are coming to fringe and they're dragging a swag of new plays along with them. Couch Soup is a mini-festival of one page plays running the gamut from manic Mamet-esque to surrealist folly... a night of interesting, eclectic ... More >>

SuperBeast

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 10:30 am | Wellington Fringe Festival

Princess Alicia is no kindy - teacher virgin with an interest in fashion! Foul mouthed and full of herself she rides through the forest, abusing her servant and texting her mates. Belonging to a family who owns the land as far as can be seen, she finds ... More >>

Bush Fires

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 10:23 am | Wellington Fringe Festival

A black comedy set in America between 2000 and 2004, ‘Bush Fires’ follows the life and death scenarios from four Americans who want their opinion about Bush and the United States to matter most. More >>

Inside My Head, Out of My Mind

Friday, 24 February 2006, 2:56 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

Evolve Wellington Youth Service and Voice Arts Trust are participating in FRINGE ’06 with a raw, humorous and moving theatre piece based on the real life stories of three young people and their experiences with mental health. More >>

Newtown Spoken Word – Summer 06

Friday, 24 February 2006, 2:52 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

An open mike extravaganza with special guests, including such worded and weird luminaries as Craig Ireson, Andrew Savage, Richard Whyte, Robin Kenealy, The Unknown Rockstar, Gloryroad Topham, Damien Stewart, Matthew Simcock and more. More >>

The Operation of the Sun in the Garden ...

Friday, 24 February 2006, 2:51 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

in the garden at the end of the world… a magician's journey through alchemy and dance, philosophical stones and rivers, characters and shadows, is being embarked on More >>

Delicates

Friday, 24 February 2006, 2:45 pm | Wellington Fringe Festival

Theatre goes commando as four remarkable people love, rage, mourn, dream and wash their undies. Returning from its 2005 sell out season Delicates takes place in Riddiford Laundrette at 8pm February 22nd to the 26th. Reviewed as “Confident, articulate, ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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