It’s the last week of the Fringe Fest­iv­al *wails* Here is some pub­li­city for shows.

How To ____ Us on at Gryphon Theatre to 21 March 2018

Teach. Hear. Pro­tect. Lead. Build. See. Break. Under­stand. Inspire. Crush. Reach. Raise. Frus­trate. Tell. Accept. Scare. Trust. Hurt. Annoy. Res­cue. Chal­lenge. Embar­rass. Approach. Sup­port. Pun­ish. Free. Change. Influ­ence. Release. Push. Guide. Man­age. Unite. Ask. Involve. Affect. Defend. Love.
Ever wanted to speak Teen? Wel­ling­ton Young Act­ors (Juni­ors) unlocks the box.

The Race on at BATS Theatre to 21 March 2018

The Hob­son Street Theatre Com­pany, in asso­ci­ation with The Auck­land City Mis­sion bring you The Race: an unapo­lo­get­ic piece of theatre look­ing head on at how racism affects those exper­i­en­cing home­less­ness in Aotearoa today. The com­pany has been togeth­er since 2010, present­ing 7 shows in that time. The shows are ori­gin­al, self devised pieces that offer the unique voice of a some­times mar­gin­al­ised sec­tion of soci­ety and allow an import­ant dis­cus­sion around home­less­ness in Aotearoa to be had. HSTC bring a raw energy to live per­form­ance rarely seen on stage and this piece will be no dif­fer­ent. Don’t miss this eye open­ing new work from a com­pany renowned for their humour, spir­it and depth.

Charmi­an Hughes-Bra Trek! on at BATS Theatre to 24 March 2018

A fairy god­moth­er appears in your kit­chen where you’ve been kept as an impov­er­ished host­age for years, and grants you three wishes…are you really sure you want to waste a wish on mar­riage to a stranger who found your mangy old shoe?

Lon­don comedi­an Charmi­an asks – what if all the magic­al fairy tales you ever heard were designed to make you obey the status quo and ‘know your place’? Isn’t it time to stop try­ing to stuff the fat feet of our fantas­ies into the glass slip­per of real­ity? Charmian’s Bra Trek invites Human­ity to Bust out of the cor­setry of the ste­reo­types that bind us and Boldly Go in search of our true selves.

Fear of Eggs on at BATS Theatre to 24 March 2018

Fol­low­ing on from ‘Knit­ting While Sleep­ing’ and ‘Feet.Us’, this is the third in a tri­logy of dance & image theatre works around ideas of care, nur­tur­ing and the parent/child rela­tion­ship. It is at once the most whim­sic­al and the most per­son­al work so far, and has a large cast of 11 young dan­cers.

Stu­pid Bitch on at Tar­rant Dance Stu­di­os to 24 March 2018 

You know one! You’ve been called one! You’ve said it! This is a 50 minute exper­i­ment­al com­edy theatre per­form­ance in the NZ Fringe Fest­iv­al in Wel­ling­ton co-devised by act­ress, Claire Waldron, and choreographer/director, Chris Jan­nides. It’s a com­edy with dark edges that is pre­dom­in­antly a solo show fea­tur­ing mul­tiple female char­ac­ters who might at times be called stu­pid bitch by oth­ers.  Sad, funny, poignant, ori­gin­al, this debut per­form­ance by mon­key­horse tests the col­lab­or­at­ive poten­tial of its cre­at­ors, who, between them, draw on a wealth of exper­i­ence in the per­form­ing arts.

 

She Wolf on at BATS Theatre to 24 March 2018

A daugh­ter, prin­cess, wife, queen, moth­er, war­mon­ger, wid­ow and crone…a mon­ster?

She Wolf is a comed­ic com­ment­ary on Shakespeare’s dra­mat­ic char­ac­ter­isa­tions of Queen Mar­garet of Anjou writ­ten and per­formed by Cana­dian comedi­an, act­or and writer Gil­lian Eng­lish. She Wolf has been per­formed to crit­ic­al acclaim at Mel­bourne and Perth Fringes where Gill was nom­in­ated for the 2018 Best Com­edy 2018 award.

(Sweary, rage-filled, polit­ic­ally and socially aware. Hil­ari­ous.)

The Lone­li­est Whale in the World on above Leroy’s Bar to 24 March 2018

The true-life story of a whale that’s cap­tured human hearts. Ima­gine being lost, swim­ming across the Pacific, call­ing into the void and hear­ing noth­ing back in return. Is it too easy to pic­ture? This one-woman show explores what loneli­ness means for us all, 1000 leagues under the sea.

Dr. W. Watkins has ded­ic­ated their life to search­ing for the 52 Hertz whale in their per­son­al sub­mar­ine. No one has ever seen this whale but she has been heard. She’s def­in­itely a whale but she emits a mat­ing call too low for any known spe­cies of whale to hear. Watkins fol­lows the whale (nick­named “Pam” by the ded­ic­ated and eccent­ric research­er) in order to find out what has caused Pam’s mis­for­tune and wheth­er in fact, she is as “lonely” as she seems.