The Fringe Fest­iv­al has offi­cially star­ted (YAY) and here is some pub­li­city for shows that sent us their pub­li­city. (Also check out the fol­low­ing – u can heal my life, Big J stylez, FA’AAFA , Sound and Fury: Live Art party. )

Par­don me Alan Tur­ing on at BATS Theatre to 4 March 2018

Thou­sands of gay men con­victed of sexu­al offences were posthum­ously pardoned in July, but what has changed for these men? A new mile­stone for equal­ity in the gay com­munity and the key theme of Par­don Me Alan Tur­ing.

My best dead friend on at BATS Theatre 5–9 March 2018

A power­ful, auto­bi­o­graph­ic­al cross between stand-up com­edy and theatre, My Best Dead Friend writ­ten and per­formed by Wel­ling­to­ni­an Anya Tate-Man­ning, is hav­ing its Wel­ling­ton premiere this Fest­iv­al. My Best Dead Friend dances between two moments in time; an attemp­ted revolu­tion on the streets of Duned­in in 1998 and a moment of great loss many years later. Grow­ing up in Duned­in in the 90s Anya exper­i­enced first-hand the highs and lows of teen­agers who lay out­side the norm of the sto­ic, rugby-proud cul­ture. It’s a true story about heart-break­ing grief and endur­ing friend­ship

Poet vs pageant on at BATS Theatre 6–9 March 2018

Aus­trali­an writer and per­former Telia Nevile makes her New Zea­l­and per­form­ance debut with Poet vs Pageant. Miss Con­geni­al­ity meets Roald Dahl in  an award-win­ning storytelling show that resur­rects the epic poem format, paints it in fake tan and drops it right in the deep end of a beauty pageant. Util­ising a stripped-back style and wear­ing its’ heart firmly on its sleeve, this per­form­ance is a call to arms for any­one who’s ever felt socially awk­ward.

Phone whore (a one act play with fre­quent inter­rup­tions) on at BATS Theatre 10–13 March 2018

Award-win­ning US play­wright (and sex act­iv­ist and edu­cat­or, side­walk por­no­graph­er, and a former phone sex oper­at­or) Cameryn Moore brings her  slice-of-life comedy/drama solo play Phone Whore to BATS Theatre with an artist talk­back fol­low­ing the show. Truth and taboo col­lide in this intim­ate vis­it with a phone sex oper­at­or. Sit back and buckle up.