Gavin Ashworth’s sculpture and performance Monolith will be shown at the City Library. Part modern-abstractionism, part Neolithic tomb, or maybe some 2001: A Space Odyssey? Watch out for the electronic sound performance at the ground floor of the library at the opening of the exhibition.

Wheelchair accessible

 An opuscule, according to Collins, is a small or insignificant artistic work. Pearl with a Girl Earring has created a series of six pamphlets, distributed for your entertainment. Part cartoon, part literature and part absurdist propaganda, they include such titles as Suspected Secret Fantasies of Powerless Public Figures and MyFacepod v.2.4. obsolescence, instruction manual. They are opuscules.

Quixotic is a group art exhibition exploring the theme ‘in an ideal world…’ The artists involved have been asked to interpret this statement in any way they desire, producing a plethora of possibilities as well as some great art! Artists: Alissia Holzer, Jasmin Lamorie, Anya Sinclair, Elise O’Neill and Aroha Novak. Quixotic means unrealistically and impractically optimistic, idealistic and chivalrous.

Steve is a bundle of hilarious energy and loves nothing more than to spray it out all over the stage. Winner of the 2008 Billy T Award and a regular guest on TV3’s 7Days, Steve blitzed the 2009 Dunedin Fringe with Of Mates and Mischief. 2010 sees Wrigley return with a typically energetic investigation of modern communication, follow him at www.twitter.com/wrigglemania #SuperJetAwesome

Wheelchair accessible, Adults Only, EFT POS available

 Witness the fitness as the cast of cavalier characters cascade their way out of the wireless and into your heart. Radio like you’ve never seen it before… DOOM GRAVY!?

PLEASE NOTE: The show scheduled for the 18th March has been cancelled. All others are as per schedule.

Wheelchair accessible, Adults Only, EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

 Not many people like change, but Irene Pink isn’t one of them. Since 2005, Irene has undergone a myriad of changes in her life, from embracing homeless people, and moving countries to shedding 30kgs in weight. “Pink's effortless delivery and rapport with the audience is deceptively skilful” – Theatreview. Prepare to bare witness to Irene’s metamorphosis. Bring towels.

Wheelchair accessible, Adults only, EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

 As seen on the Cadbury Crunchie Comedy Gala, and TV2 Christmas Gala - New Zealand's favourite Welsh/Samoan is back in Dunedin with his new show Is This It? James Nokise returns with another comedy event not to be missed.

Wheelchair accessible, Adults only, EFT POS available

 Ever had a thought? So has Jeremy. Heaps of them. Jeremy returns to Dunedin to explore the nature of thoughts, what distinguishes the good from the bad and the well thought out from the ill advised. Regularly asked for his own thoughts on TV3’s 7Days and Radio New Zealand National, Jeremy is a genuinely brilliant comic who will get you thinking.

Wheelchair accessible, Adults only, EFT POS available

TJ McDonald has been nominated for the Billy T James Award for 2010. His new comedy show explores the weird and wonderful world of his family history – from drunken doctors who fought Hitler, to grave digging mental patients. Tickets will sell fast for this top Wellington comedian. Get in quick! “TJ strikes favour and easy laughs with all those around him” – Theatreview.

Wheelchair accessible, Adult only, EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

Alien invasion, club vacation, urban colonisation, or a recession ghetto in the making – you decide. It’s Camp Dunedin!

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

Encompassing everything from body art to sound, video to installation; definitions of what performance means and what it can be are constantly shifting. The Blue Oyster Performance Series aims to showcase this diversity, profiling the work of prominent New Zealand practitioners alongside filmic documentation, historic works and discussions. From post-punk to postmodernism, this series is sure to intrigue and provoke.

Wheelchair accessible, Fringe funded event

Express is a short video celebrating process over end product, depicting artists enjoyment of materials and intuitive mark making. Brought to you by Studio 2 located at 82 Bond Street, Dunedin.

Wheelchair accessible

In this piece of dance theatre Butoh and live music fuse together to create a rich, sensual and other-worldly experience. The work utilises extended vocal techniques and stretched timing. Life and death hang in the balance as a soul escapes its earthly form. Animalistic figures emerge from the blackness as time unfolds backwards and Memory recreates the fateful event.

Adult only, EFT POS, 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

Bandhan – A tale of two sisters is the story of Isha and Nisha, two village girls, connected by dance and their journey to stardom going through different turmoil and tribulations in life and their ultimate triumph.

Wheelchair accessible

See if Mr Bun-Buns the rabbit survives his terrible day! Danny Still's comic solo performance, set to a soundtrack of groovy music and silly noises is coming to your neighbourhood. Guaranteed fun for all the family or your money back - PS: performances are free. Help Mr Bun-Buns have his carrot and eat it too!

Fringe funded event