It's time for super action Fringin' power
8 February, 2008
It's time for super action Fringin' power
It's time to play the music, it's time to light
the lights, it's time to gets things crankin' on the most
sensational Fringitational Festival ever.
The 15th
annual 2008 New Zealand Fringe Festival kicked off today in
Wellington City, featuring the largest line-up in the
festival's history.
With the Fringe Festival's own
'Free Fringe' events, spearheaded by the near-nightly
bastard child of a talk show The Chit Chat Lounge, Fringe 08
presents more than 100 productions including nine dance,
seven music, six outdoor, 39 theatre, 18 visual arts and 16
comedy shows.
Creative types from all over New
Zealand and the world have been drawn to Wellington for the
Festival.
International flavour is provided by
Aindrias de Stack's crazy Irish gypsy fiddling in Around the
World on 80 Quid, Australian aliens harassing commuters in
Phone Home, and Canadian James Howell's acclaimed show Lay
Down and Love Me Again.
"We've been all
heads-down-tails-up for six months so it's an exciting
moment for us to see our baby Fringe grown into a
mega-powered monster today," said Fringe 08 director Mark
Westerby.
"Fringe occupies a special place in the
arts community as it breeds the next Conchords and King
Kongs. Our productions will certainly occupy some special
places, with site-specific productions set in lingerie
stores, storm-water drains and even the women's toilets at
the Michael Fowler Centre.
"I guess they couldn't
afford to book the Fowler's auditorium."
So grab a
programme or check out the new super-action interactive
website and get amongst the creative goodness that is Fringe
08.
Fringe 08 programmes, media discs and images
available, please email
ENDS