Thursday 21st February 2008

Sub Surface

Gondwana Productions. A sound installation which looks at the interface between living in an urban environment and acknowledging the massive unseen subterranean infrastructrure, which is required to sustain urban centers. Made you look, made you stare, made you ............
February 20, 21 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
6am-10pm daily
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Temporary Monuments

Gooseworks. Temporary Monuments are a series of sculptures, appearing around the city. They are testament to monumental moments which may have been overlooked. Be surprised or see information on upcoming monuments and comments at: http://temporarymonuments.blogspot.com/
February 17 � March 9
Monuments installed and left for various durations.
Free
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From Afar: Portraits from New York Webcams

Alannah Gunter presents an exhibition of images taken from a sidewalk webcam in New York City. She explores the experience of the flaneur in global viral culture. This collection of images of distorted, anonymous people both references and subverts the rich history of photographic portraiture.
13 February � 7 March
Daily
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The Scrimshaw Thief

Peter Lourie & Mat Hunkin. A renowned detective and expert mariner stand amongst the pohutukawa-laden foothills of Kororareka, 'the Hellhole of the Pacific.' So begins a desperate race to catch her quarry - the Scrimshaw Thief! Follow the ultimate adventure as this five page comic unfolds in a window near you.
February 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 View details
Paul Forrest-New Works

This well known Wellington artist will transform the foyer of the Michael Fowler Centre with an exhibition of sublime new oil paintngs and be at the easel everyday creating magic on canvas before your eyes. Visit www.paulforrest.co.nz for a preview.
Thu 21 February � Sun 16 Mar
10.30AM � 5PM plus some late nights
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Outsider Art Festival

Roar! Gallery. Roar! Galley, Wellington;s own promoter of Outsider Art presents works from our local finest. Self thaught, untrained, visionary wonders of intense drawing, papier mache, wild colours and imaginary worlds. We have it all! From the well known to the latest discoveries, come and be inspired.
Feb-March 14-1
Opening Thurs 14 Feb @ 5:30pm
Wed-Sat 11am -5pm
Thurs 11am � 6pm
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What We Walk By

By Dra McKay. Images of Wellington's Inner City Street Art. Dra's 35mm SLR photography celebrates the work of Wellington's Street Artists. Paint, pencil, paper, stencil, witty, eclectic, full of social commentary and part of our daily visual diet. These are pictures of art... what we walk by.
February 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Open Mon 18 Feb 5:30PM,
Mon-Fri 11AM � 6:30PM
Sat-Sun 11AM � 4PM
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Footnote Perforum

Footnote Dance. A Fringe institution for the past four years, this is an opportunity to share in the process of the making of new dance works. 2008 sees a focus on choreography by the company dancers as well as new commissions by New Zealand choreographers.
February 14, 21. All shows 6pm
Duration 45mins
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A Comedy Omnibus

Immediate. Stand-up mobile comedy! Take an hilarious one-hour guided tour of Wellington and view its sites, culture, history and some of its stranger people through the bug-spattered windscreen of comedian Mike Bodnar. Hold very tight please...
February 19, 20, 21, 22
19 - 21 6PM
22 6PM & 8PM
Duration 1 hr
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Familiar Strangers

Connect Productions. An entertaining promenade theatre experience of the people on Wellington's streets. Meet carnivalesque characters on an adventure through the pavements, alleyways and curbside philosophies of the inner city. Eight site-specific performances directed by Rachel Lenart ('Bouncing With Billie') and James Hadley ('Lovers Of Central Park'). Meet at The Paramount 15mins prior.
February � March 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 1
6:15PM Tues � Sat
3PM matinees on Saturdays only.
Duration 90mins View details
One In Eight

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
February 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24
6:30PM
Duration 1 hr 10mins
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Ternion

Melanie Clark & Elizabeth Kinley. Three New Zealand choreographers come together to create an hour of diverse contemporary dance that flaunts their eclectic style and movement. In three separate works, their ideas and imagery take the audience through time, into water and into the compelling world of dance.
February 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. All shows 6:30pm.
Duration 1 hr
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Curious?

Stepping Stone Productions. Oh yes! You're not alone� Stepping Stone's new innovative production explores Wellington's own DEEP, dark and DIRTY secrets. Your very own stories devised into one BIG explorative, indulgent SEXACTRICAL, theatrical extravaganza hand picked for your personal PLEASURE.
February 18, 19, 20 , 21, 22, 23
7PM
Duration 1 hr
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Spooked

The Improvisors. Ghosts, ghouls, spectres, things that go bump in the night and comedy! The Improvisors present Wellington's first improvised comedy horror. As the audience you decide the ghoulish twists and turns of this totally improvised ghost story. You'll scream with laughter.
February 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
7:30PM
Duration 1 hr 20mins
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Engaged

Take an extra long bathroom break and prepare to broaden your perspectives on sexuality, stereotypes and bodily functions. Abandon your comfort zone and invade our private haven to witness the comical and jarring occurrences behind the cubicle door. Toilet paper included.
February 20, 21, 22
Wed 6pm, Thu 1:30pm, 6pm & 7:30pm
Fri 1pm & 6pm
Duration 45mins
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Step Up Darlings...It's Ten-in-One

One tent, one ticket 10 ACTS! SIDESHOW BURLESQUE as only Nana would remember. Three beauties, Gypsies if you will, perform their greatest oddities from a time long forgotten. Feathers, knives, hammers and hula hoops. Step back with us, just for a moment you will be most pleasurably surprised!
February 20, 21, 22, 23
8PM
Duration 50mins
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The Ghosts' Soiree - A Kooky Commotion

The Hypnotical Hoodang. The Ghosts are throwing a party! Wear your ghostly glad rags and become part of their unearthly world. Untimely deaths, musical blowouts, dancing bones, ghoulish illusion. The Hypnotical Hoodang includes members of Ake Ake Theatre, Barbarian Productions and Zirkus.
February � March 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 1
8PM
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Dark Tourists

Rifleman Productions. Set in a landscape of debris, Dark Tourists asks: Can we collect the experience of others and keep it as our own souvenir? This edgy, poetic and funny work features a cast of some of New Zealand's strongest performers and a powerful score by Eden Mulholland. Directed by Malia Johnston and Emma Willis.
February 20-24
20 � 22 8PM
23 8PM & 10PM
24 4PM & 8PM
Duration 1hr 10 mins View details
V�nderbra!

The Wombling Strumpets. �V�nderBra!� is an enticing Wellington lingerie boutique. Here we find first time bra shoppers, men buying for mistresses, and the International Bra Fitters Examiner�This four-breasted comedy is padded with quirky �bra-facts,� hilarious anecdotes, and the perils of getting the beastly brassieres on� and off!
February 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22
8PM
Duration 1 hr
ONLY SEATS 20 PER NIGHT*
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The Kettle of Allen and Max

The Royal Victorian Luncheon Society. The Kettle of Allen and Max is a bizarre farcical black comedy where two friends desperately try to drink good tea and invent a machine that provides happiness. We suggest that you set your socks to rock for safety reasons related to awesomeness.
February 20, 21, 22, 23
8PM Duration 1 hr 15mins

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No Freedom Without You

Mischief Productions. An original New Zealand piece of theatre written by Joanne Poole, 'No Freedom without You' is based in Asia and looks at the struggles of a devoted mother and her two daughters caught up in the corrupt world of modern day slave trade.
February 21, 22, 23
Thu & Fri � 8PM, Sat 2PM & 8PM
Duration 1 hr
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The Serena Syndrome

Anduin Theatre Company (UK). WORLD PREMIERE � Every teenager struggles to find their identity. What would you do if you found out that your identity was not your own? Follow Serena's voyage of discovery as she struggles to find out who she really is. www.theserenasyndrome.com
February 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
8:15PM
Sat 2PM & 8PM
Duration 1 hr
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The Young & the Witless: An Improvised Soap Opera

W.I.T Ensemble. From those W.I.Tless bastards who brought you Love Possibly and To Be Continued comes �The Young & The Witless: an improvised soap opera"! Does anyone know what�s going on? We don't. It's all improvised! Eight nights of shows. One spontaneous saga of polished stupidity.
February 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 1
8:15pm
Duration 1 hr
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Sensible Susan and the Queen's Merkin: A Morality Play

Theatre Militia. Sensible Susan is the tale of a woman who chose nylons over Narnia. A hilarious, subversive take on the classic morality play, with the kind of naughty tweak only Theatre Militia can apply. Behold the perils of materialism and mediocrity as the wicked world of fantasy spills literally out of the closet...
February 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
9:30PM
Duration 1 hr
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Chit Chat Lounge

The Chit Chat Lounge is a near-nightly talk show hosted from every Tuesday to Saturday in Fringe 08 from February 8 - 29, 10pm till late, at the Paramount Theatre. And 'cos you just can't put a price on the talent oozed by Flores and Burns, it's free!
Tuesday to Saturday 8-29 February
10pm - LATE View details