Dunedin Fringe Festival, 17th - 27th March
The Dunedin Fringe Festival is the only fringe festival held on the South Island. This innovative contemporary arts festival started in 2000 and now attracts over 11,000 people.
This year's highlights include:
- Official launch of the 2011 Dunedin Fringe Festival – Join the crowds at the Octagon at the start of this year's festival led by The Barons of Tang, with their unique brand of contemporary gypsy funk.
- Animae - Watch internationally-renowned artists Erica Duthie and Struan Ashby complete part one of their tape-art installation Animae.
- Fringe Inventions - A highly amusing exhibition featuring ingenious inventions that are so impractical or embarrassing to use that they are almost useless.
- Living Statues - Intriguing sculptures made out of human beings including Lord Livingstone by and Dunedin's Highly Flammable – these statues are one of a kind.
- Polson Higgs Comedy Club - For non-stop entertainment from some of the most talented stand-up comedians in New Zealand.
- Pecha Kucha Night - 20 images are projected onto a large screen with each image displayed for just 20 seconds. With a diversity of presenters, quick-fire format and stories behind the images, this is a captivating event not to be missed.
- Fancy Time Parlour – Watch out for this programme of live music, comedy, cabaret and show and tell.
- Festival Awards - Celebrate the end of the Festival in style with New Zealand's original ukulele band – the Big Muffin Serious Band.
For more information, view the Dunedin Fringe Festival Web site.
Dunedin Information
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