Three nights of original works, works in progress and songwriters from the burgeoning talent of the New Edinburgh Folk Club’s oft-overlooked creatives. The vanguard of the folk renaissance is breathing new life into the longstanding traditions of the folk and acoustic music scene and here we pay tribute to their contribution to the lifeblood of the town.

 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

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

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.

“However, the egg only got larger and larger, and more and more human; and, when she had come within a few yards of it, she saw that it had eyes and a nose and mouth and…” Take the weight off your feet when you park yourself on the story-telling couch to listen to Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Leith Crossing is a sculpture performance work involving riding a hybrid exercise machine named “The Beam-Crawler” across a disused walk bridge over the Water of Leith. The Beam-Crawler is constructed in such a way that it can only travel in one direction so the event will take place only once.

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.

Anti-Social Tap is proud to present Academy Comedy Week, with Dunedin’s best stand-up comedy talent. After making a debut in 2009 with sell-out shows for Academy Comedy Wednesday, these comedians will have you floundering on the floor crying out for more with their comedic abilities. Come and support the local talent that has swept Dunedin into comedy frenzy.

Wheelchair accessible, EFT POS available, Fringe funded event

Fresh from the New Zealand and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, The Comediettes' second show offers another escapade of hilarity, heels and handy hints. Fresh twisted stand-up, plus epic ballads! Featuring 2009 NZ RAW Comedy Quest Winner, Sarah Harpur and the wickedly funny Jim Stanton. "The Comediettes will have you in stitches." – Express Magazine.

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

Take yourself through a whirlwind of theatresport adventures with the (fraternal) conjoined twin of Academy Comedy Week, Improsaurus! After several successful shows at Academy Theatre in 2009, Anti-Social Tap is proud to present the comedic gems that will keep you entertained with their improvisational comedy. It’ll be a fun-filled afternoon of local comedy sure to tickle you pink.

Wheelchair accessible, EFT POS available

 No one tells Jussi what to do in Jussi Town. Because Jussi is the Sherriff of Jussi Town. Watch out chumps, Justine has moved on from the old, you’re not the boss of me stuff, she’s Sherriff Jussi. Having been all over the TV recently, this will be, another hilarious installment from the 2003 Billy T Award Winner and 2008 Best Female Comedian.

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

Simon McKinney spent his formative years as Hamish the Fish on the TV2 kids show, Squirt. So began a career of making people laugh. Simon’s story is unique, and this is the hilariously insightful account of how he made the transition from Talking Fish to Grown Up. As seen on Comedy Central, TV2 and TV3, Simon is a guaranteed laugh.

Wheelchair accessible, Adult only, EFT POS available

Te Ngaru Hou 2010 features new work by indigenous contemporary dance artists. Vicki Van Hout is an aboriginal dancer based in Sydney and Louise Potiki-Bryant and Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann are both Ngai Tahu. Te Ngaru Hou is hosted by Kati Huirapa ki Pukeraki at their beautiful marae in Karitane. The audience to each show will be welcomed formally onto the marae with a powhiri.

Wheelchair accessible, 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

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

The Dowling Street Project is a unique part of Dunedin’s art community. Over the years a large number of artists have had studios in this heritage building and this exhibition is a chance to see the space and see art by a number of current and former project members.

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

The Glitter Show is a glitzy celebration for those who love to sparkle. Dr Glam’s unique mix of music , dance, theatre and fashion showers glitter and glam all over Dunedin’s dubious reputation as the home of black-jerseyed stoicism. The audience is encouraged to dress up and join Dr Glam and his entourage in a truly glamtaculous celebration. Be there.

Wheelchair accessible

 Is beauty truth? Is truth beauty? Do beauty queens tell the truth? Is a picture worth 1000 words? What if you want it framed? Now that everyone worldwide agrees on religion, climate, and sex, Raybon tiptoes fearlessly into humanity’s one teensy area of mild disagreement. Raybon says all the things you think – live, on stage, and completely without name suppression.

Adults Only, EFT POS available

Four improvisational gladiators will battle it out to create the most amusing, intriguing, endearing and unexpected theatre imaginable. Will they win honour and glory? Or will they be punished with a fate worse than death? You decide! “One of the best improv troupes I’ve ever come across!” Nancy Cartwright (The Simpsons). “Everything they say is f**king funny” – Canta Magazine.

EFT POS available

Feats of daring, coercion, seduction and sedition are performed by a luscious troupe of gorgeous performers in a smouldering burlesque. Comedic, politically astute and poetically informed, it’s more than the adrenaline of circus, the titillation of burlesque, the charm of comedy or the heart of theatre. Salacious and subversive, we gently undress ideas around modern and historic sexuality for your enjoyment.

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

Cell is a series of performance events designed to stimulate critical debate around the divide between audience and performer and between the performers themselves. Audience members are encouraged to establish their own visual perspective. Performers, who are separated visually and physically from each other, must rely on their own resources or be informed by an audience member entering their cell.

Fringe funded event

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