Alfonsina is a comic depiction of a young Argentinean woman who leaves her family in the harsh suburbs of Buenos Aires to search for a better life in downtown Auckland. Alfonsina is the heroine clown who cannot avoid trouble. She finds a cleaning job and all goes well until she is asked to show her work permit.

EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

Asking for Trouble presents their award winning, delightful, high-energy family show, Bubblewrap & Boxes. This little story about how to live bravely in a big world is told using acrobatics, clowning and a whole lot of cardboard boxes. “One of the most beautiful pieces of family theatre I have seen” – MICF ‘09 Review. Winner of the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Best School Holiday Show award.

Wheelchair accessible, EFT POS available

Theatre, old school new wave music from Buzzcocks to The Cure, Poetry and Photography blend with a dash of magic realism. A boy meets girl story but with a wicked twist. It’s 1981, the songwriter has a muse, but is also haunted by the ghost of a famous French poet and that’s just the beginning of this pitch black comedy.

Adults only, EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

An hilarious look at a Kiwi tradition, this play will evoke wonderful memories of bygone summers. I ♥ Camping is an unromantic comedy for anyone who has ever pitched a tent. This camping trip exposes layers of deceit. Torrential rain. Outrageous neighbours. Stolen baked beans. Third degree burns. No privacy. It’s in tents. Welcome to the great outdoors.

EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

Eli and Jack. Hanging out in Eli’s bedroom. Drinking beers, riffing on Star Trek, music and girls. The death of their friend sparks a journey to Jerusalem, and the bedroom becomes a car, the North Island and James K. Baxter’s grave. Written by Eli Kent, it won Best Theatre in the 2009 NZ Fringe. “It’s hip, funny and moving” – Dominion Post.

Adults only, EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

Local Dunedin collective Stage South presents two exciting and dynamic play readings at the Fortune Studio by Bruce Mason Playwright award winning and newly appointed Robert Lord Residency recipient Paul Rothwell. Rothwell is noted for his imaginative, intelligent and idiosyncratic writing. These works will be presented by professional practitioners and there will be an opportunity for audience to discuss the work afterwards.

Adults only, EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

New local company The Theatre As Is present an exploration of the place where ancient ritual theatre and modern improvisatory/physical practice merge. Starting with the model of Japanese Noh, this piece is devised from an old story, elaborated through movement, music and stillness, and utilising some of Dunedin’s most electrifying emerging talent.