Coming Up
NZ Fringe Festival 2020
Bay's Anatomy
Saturday 14 March
Episodes every hour 1pm - 11pm
Fringe at the Gryphon
22 Ghuznee St, Te Aro
Tix: $10 GA / $7 Fringe Addict
Come for three episodes and the rest are on us!There's a lot on the line when every patient's the goodest girl, boy, or lizard. Enter NZ's leading animal hospital (owned and operated by Drs. Evans and Shelly Bay) for an all-day residency of the heart, where medical professionals save lives every hour... but can they save their own?
A new improvised soap opera from the creators of Deep Space Naenae, Lyall Baywatch, and Mirror Miramar. Come for one episode, stay all of them, or dip in and out - see three episodes and the rest are on us!
“Countless moments of improvisational gold” - Theatreview
“Impressively epic improv” - Theatreview
Nominated: Outstanding Ensemble, Best Improv Fringe 2015
The History Boy
Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 March
6:30pm at Te Auaha
65 Dixon St, Te Aro
Tix $14-20 from www.fringe.co.nzAll of history is just stories we tell each other to understand the world, and every story is at least in part about the person doing the telling.
THE HISTORY BOY is a new improvised work, performed by the award-winning Matt Powell (Awkward Threesome, Soap Factory) and inspired by the imperfect recollections of performer and audience alike.
Matt Powell is an improvisor, director, and writer with over 20 years’ experience creating and performing shows. He has been part of The Court Jesters Christchurch), PlayShop, WIT, and Soap Factory. He has been performing in the New Zealand Fringe Festival since 2014. THE HISTORY BOY is his first full-length solo show.
Directed by Jennifer O'Sullivan, and developed at Late Night Knife Fight (winner: September 2019). Part of NZ Fringe Festival 2020.
"Powell brings forth intricate details and quick-witted responses that reward an intelligent audience’s attention."
— The Plus Ones, April 2018
Happy-Go-Wrong
12-14 March
8:00pm at Te Auaha
65 Dixon St, Te Aro
Tix $13-20 from fringe.co.nzAward-winning performer Andi Snelling is in the fight of her life.
Little does she know, she is about to be rescued in the most profound way...
Happy-Go-Wrong is an award-winning solo odyssey about fate, mortality and resilience, created and performed by Melbourne-based physical powerhouse Andi Snelling. Blending clowning, storytelling and physical theatre with a twist, Happy-Go-Wrong celebrates our extraordinary capacity to survive, and even thrive, in the face of major adversity.
Based on Snelling’s own real-life ‘wrong turn’ after a fateful tick bite on a New Zealand holiday changed her life forever, this rollercoaster show aligns the personal with the universal and makes visible the invisible, with unflinching honesty, life-saving comedy and roller skates.
Following sold-out premiere and encore seasons at Melbourne Fringe 2019 (where it won the SA Tour Ready Award), this marks a poignant New Zealand debut for Snelling, the country where her sickness saga began.
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Praise for Happy-Go-Wrong:
“Captivating, provocative, heart-wrenching” ★★★★★ – Theatrepeople
“The audience is putty in her hands” ★★★★ – Beat
“A sublimely talented performer dealt a serious blow by fate. If it doesn't take a larger stage at some point it's our lack of support for the arts that's sick” – The Age
“A love of life might not have been better depicted on stage. [It] deserves to be seen by a wider audience and on the main stages” – Witness Performance
“A powerfully personal story. Snelling was born to be on the stage” – My Melbourne Arts
“Astounding... It almost feels like it shouldn't be possible” - WeekendNotes
“One, big theatrical hit... Raw, brave and confronting" - The Plus Ones
created & performed by Andi Snelling
produced by Jennifer O'Sullivan (Kickin' Rad Productions)
