The Dunedin Fringe Festival is back 16-26 March 2023
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24-25 March
愛，媽媽 (Love, Mum)
愛，媽媽 (Love, Mum) is Cynthia Hiu Ying Lam’s autobiographical one-woman show exploring the lives and relationships between herself, her mother and two grandmothers
25 March
愛，媽媽 (Love, Mum) memoir writing workshop
A free memoir writing workshop as a complement to the one-woman show: 愛，媽媽 (Love, Mum).
19-22 March
10-42
A Forum Theatre production by Happy You...!! Theatre Company. Can Ty deliver? You decide ...
23-25 March
Access
Award-winning performance takes audiences outside of their emotional comfort zones.
25 March
Access: Happiness - The Workshop
An interactive workshop exploring the innovative emotional access techniques behind the show 'Access'. Discover direct, physical access to happiness.
16-18 March
An Hour of Jokes with Snap
Ōtautahi's most prolific comedian returns to Dunedin Fringe with a fresh hour of laughs
22-25 March
An Incomplete Education (Une Éducation Manquée)
A man. A woman. A honeymoon. A sexual education that they'll never forget.
16 March
The Apology
A delightful hour of stand-up from Melissa Katherine about not always having the right words
22-24 March
The Bear
Marionettes in an attic come to life and morph into their characters to perform 'The Bear' by Anton Chekhov
23-24 March
Brendon Green: I’m Happy You’re Here
Want thoughtfulness to go with your laughter? Here's a stand-up show where the giggles go deep.
25-26 March
Cartographies of a Future
A collection of installation works about climate grief collated by the University of Otago's Performance of the Real Research Theme
16-18 March
Charmian Hughes: She!
"Joyfully silly, solidly fantastic stand-up" about First Love, Squabbling Sisters and The Colossal Squid!
19-25 March
City Planners 2023
A city rebuild in clay. Public input requested, not necessarily adhered to.
16-24 March
Cozzie Livs
Artsenta presents a fantastical feast, food for thought and a road map to increased food security!
20 March
Crowdfunding with Boosted
Join Boosted in Ōtepoti to learn how crowdfunding can help you foster relationships with
your crowd while making arts funding accessible.
17-19 March
Dark Radio
Award-winning afterburner present a homage to the Cold War, when spies and nuclear annihilation were stopped by endless sounds from mysterious number stations
18-25 March
Death Metal Boomer
Cult comic Dan Brader's new show is a darkly comedic storytelling show about his difficult relationship with his misanthropic and acid-tongued right-wing Father
17-18 March
Dope As Hour with Daniel & Anya
Come for the jokes, stay for the life changing advice and additional jokes
26 March
Dunedin Pride Art Day
The Dunedin Pride x Fringe Hub is hosting a huge celebration of art created by our local takatāpui and rainbow community
16-25 March
Emerson's Late Night Line Up
Featuring top comedy acts from across the Fringe and live music till the small hours, Emerson's Late Night Line Up is the ultimate Fringe night out!
18-19 March
The Flying Femmes
The Flying Femmes will transport you into the world of the 1900s to experience the wonder of traditional circus
22-24 March
Fresher
Award-winning stand-up comedian Tama Alexander shares his wild and wacky experiences as a first year at the University of Otago
25-26 March
Improtopia
An experimental group tests the limits of what improvised theatre can be. Can they find ... Improtopia?
18 March
Jack Ansett: Are You Taking The Piss?
Jack Ansett is trying new jokes in Dunedin for one night only, as he gears up to compete for the 2023 Billy T Award!
24-25 March
James Mustapic: Into the Multi-Media-Verse
James opens the multi-media-verse and travels to new dimensions to meet different versions of himself, including Straight James, Psychic James and more
23-25 March
The John Show
“A triumphant showcase of the human spirit against adversity. Funny, brave, and raw.”
23-25 March
Justine Smith & Donna Brookbanks
A brilliant hour of comedy from two of New Zealand's best
16-18 March
Lamb to the Slaughter
A local adaptation of Roald Dahl's masterful and twisted short story, on a NZ community stage for the first time!
22 March
The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase
With 6 comedians performing 6 different presentations, 'The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase' is a line-up show like no other
18 March
Lines of Flight film screening
A documentary of the 2011 Lines of Flight music festival, plus more!
19 March
Makeup Club
Beat your mug and play with slap at Dunedin Pride Makeup Club. A fun and inclusive group for people of all ages and genders.
17-26 March
Manic Impressive
New York comedian Tristan Miller shares their experience with Bipolar Disorder
16-26 March
Ma’taria Pekepo: Toku Inangaro i taku Peu Maori
My love for my culture. My Pride. My Past, My Present, and My Future.
17-18 March
Mike & Sri: Kiwi Hot
“Best brown and white combo since Meghan and Harry ... so pretty average ... and annoying” - The Herald
16-18 March
MisTaken Identity
Irish comedian Alan McElroy has been a victim of mistaken identity loads of times! Let's see how far he pushed it.
24-26 March
Much Ado About Nothing
A raucous 'rockabilly retelling' of Shakespeare's tale of love, mischief and mistaken identity by New Zealand's infamous and award-winning garden bards!
16-26 March
Padma Naidu: Wandering Wonders Incensed
A meditative piece with repeated imagery inviting the viewer to be still and reflect or respond with their own art form
17-19 March
Pandemic Neologisms
A video installation about the way the Coronavirus Pandemic has changed our vernacular forever
20-21 March
Presentation is Everything
The antidote to every bland lecture, dull pitch and boring work presentation you’ve ever had to endure
23 March
Queer Poetry Night
Join us for an intimate evening of queer poetry, hosted by Dunedin Pride
16-26 March
Rainbow Connection
An exhibition awash in rainbow colours. Come and see how artists respond to rainbow visions of connection, sharing personal experience and imagination.
16-18 March
Real
“Courageous, raw, profound, heartbreaking, funny and astounding ... a play that prompts self-enquiry” - Tauri Tauri
18 March
Reiss Kershi: So You Wanna Be in the Movies Huh? (UK)
Professional Brit-Asian film actor-producer Reiss Kershi wants to help you get into the industry over lunch!
16-17 March
Sajeela Kershi: Free Speech & Rah-Rah Skirts! (UK)
Hip hip hooray! Brit Asian comedian returns just for you Dunedin! Jokes, stories, free speech for the price of a ticket! Get in friends!
18 March
Salon All Sum
A synaesthetic collaboration between visual artist Sam Caldwell (ArtDesignFilm) and musicians/sound artists Motoko Kikkawa, black/black/blue (Tony Miles) and Kāhu (Tristan Dingemans)
23-25 March
The Sensemaker
With its razor-sharp sense of humour and its unclassifiable genre, multi-award winning ‘The Sensemaker’ features a dystopian battle between a woman and an answering machine
17 March
Spectacle Presents: PLAY
Six core artists exploring one theme through multiple mediums. A sensory feast.
16-17 March
Stories of Scotland
Whether you've seen Bruce on his YouTube channel, or at a previous Dunedin Fringe, he's back with more stories and jokes from Scotland's history
20 March
Tall Tales & Murky Waters
A musical voyage inside the belly of the beast as we search for land
22-24 March
Title and Deed
Life is essentially a parade and it will only stop to let the ambulance through. It’s exciting, isn’t it?
16-26 March
Dear Donald / Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence)
Intrepid Artists Productions with C ARTS
16-26 March
I/O (volume 4)
I/O Multimedia Performance Company (Chiharu Kuronuma and Teruki Okamoto) with C ARTS
16-23 March
The Queen, Shakespeare and Me
What did the Queen get up to in her private life, and where does Shakespeare and moral philosophy fit in?
About Us
The Dunedin Fringe Festival is the world’s southernmost Fringe Festival. Initiated in 2000, Dunedin Fringe aims to bring experimental contemporary art to a wider audience and to support the work of emerging artists. Dunedin Fringe is an annual event which happens every March timed to coincide with other fringe festivals in New Zealand and Australia.
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Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust
PO Box 1331
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
03 477 3350