The countdown is on until the spicy, saucy, and sweet theatre festival begins - Auckland Fringe!
In three weeks, we will be hosting three Fringe shows a night for three weeks. How serendipitous!
Want to get amongst Auckland Fringe @ Basement Theatre but not sure where to start? Just like your Netflix homepage, we have come up with some eerily specific show categories…
Because you went down the YouTube rabbit hole at 2am on a school night
RAW! ASMR 30 Aug - 3 Sep, adapting those oddly mesmerising ASMR YouTube videos #adaptation
Bull Rush 1822 1, 8 & 15 Sep, Bridgerton + Improv = Lady Whistledown wetting herself with laughter #adaptation
The Trojan War 23 Aug - 3 Sep, those wild Slightly Isolated Dogs (Don Juan, Jekyll & Hyde) are back to tell you the tale of The Trojan War.
Red-hot ensembles with burning conversations
How inconvenient. 30 Aug - 3 Sep, experience inconvenience for an hour and be given the perspective of how some live their whole lives — brought to you by a fiery South Auckland collective of dancers.
Vivid Dreaming 6 -10 Sep, emerging contemporary dance company Jawline Dance Collective brings you Puffy Sob and Others, a double bill of bold imagery and languid limbs.
Shoes Off (at the door) 13 - 17 Sep, unbelievably the first time there has been a comedy lineup show with all wahine Māori comics, brought together by Janaye Henry, Kura Turuwhenua, and Courtney Dawson.
Coming of whatever age you are because we are all still learning and growing
Rich people cry too and other things I learnt from Telenovelas 6 - 10 Sep, a coming-age-story all in the world of the most drop-dead dramatic Latin American telenovela #adaptation
Skin Hunger 13 - 17 Sep, the true story of actress Tatiana Hotere’s journey through Grief, God, and ‘Gasms
Gay Death Stocktake 6 - 10 Sep, No rehearsal, no director, just 30 tasks waiting on stage. Brought to you by Nathan Joe and Dan Goodwin, featuring a revolving cast of Queer icons of the arts scene in Tāmaki Makaurau.
As seen in… with added spice
Em - Saturday Scratches 3 Sep, Sam Brooks’ take on Jane Austen’s classic Emma #adaptation
HAR - Saturday Scratches 10 Sep, Shelby Kua’s exploration of a young Malaysian Chinese woman living in Auckland through the looking glass of Alice and Wonderland #adaptation
Kill Puppet Bill 13 - 17 Sep, It’s Kill Bill - but with puppets! #adaptation
