Fuse Circus have joined The Fringe with The Navigators, a new outdoor show under the sails at Queens Wharf.

If you haven’t seen their previous shows, Heavenly Burlesque or Gravity and Other Myths, then get down there right now! If you have, then while a few of the moves may be familiar, it’s still wonderful entertainment. The "narrative" may be little more than an flimsy framework from which to suspend yet more biophysical impossibilities, and there’s a touch of pantomime goofiness that detracts slightly from the inherent hotness, but there will still be plenty to make you gasp, laugh and wonder.

As someone who sometimes struggles to stand upright in the morning, let alone balance several people on one’s limbs while doing so, these guys will always be a source of amazement. They perform most evenings until Saturday the 7th of March, so you have no excuse for missing them.

Not particularly Wellington-centric, but useful nonetheless. Apparently you can get yourself taken off the directing marketing database.

• NZ Marketing Association Do not Mail Request
• NZ Marketing Association Do Not Call Request

Be interesting to know if this works. (Who knows? It may just be an underhanded ruse to gather even more names, numbers and addresses!)

From KnowIT, via Miramar Mike.

Late notice, but the weather really made it seem unlikely the fair would go ahead, however in true pioneering fashion, Petone Fair is on today come hell or high water (which could well be the case).

Fortunately Petone is riddled with great shops and cafes, should shelter be required.

We love the Cuba Street Carnival, but their website: not so much. The programme is only available as a Flashy map or as a printable (but not downloadable!) full programme. And with so much stuff to see so many stages at once, it’s hard to compare everything and work out what to see when.

So, I typed all the acts into a spreadsheet, and turned it into a simple table with all the acts lined up by time, thus hopefully making it easier to plan your itinerary. I should find a way to upload it through some googly docs magic, but in the meantime, here it is in pngy goodness: click on the small image for the large and legible version.

Translation probably not entirely accurate.

[From Spare Room]

On my way home the other night, I happened to walk past a young woman & man sitting on a grass verge at the Botanic Gardens. The woman was, I think, recounting a friend’s Valentine’s Day experience. Here’s what I made out:

… halfway through dinner, the guy asks, "What’s your policy on sex on the first date?"

And she says, "Never".

And so then the guy says, (and she gave a hearty & throaty laugh at this point) "In that case, I refuse to pay for dinner…"

She was still laughing and grasping for the next words when I passed out of earshot. But I was impressed already, and my interest was piqued – like where were they? Had the guy picked a lovely eating house of a quality he thought guaranteed some energetic post-prandial exertion? Or what? And is there a place in town so fantastic, your date’s knickers dissolve somewhere between the entree & dessert? If there is, I would have expected the Masked Barfly to have reported back already.

Or should the guy maybe invest his precious funds more pragmatically in future, in someone more likely to deliver? Like a hooker.

So you’re not attending Webstock or you’re willing to skip lunch tomorrow? From the Creative Freedom Foundation:

Public Demonstration

In Wellington on the steps of Parliament on Thursday 19th at (edit) 12pm with a petition handover at (edit) 12.30pm. This is a postive event where we will hand out hundreds of CDs and thank the politicans that support us – so please keep it friendly and polite. While we appreciate people arranging their own demonstrations it might be best if we don’t dilute our numbers with multiple events.

We want everyone reading this to email everyone they know in Wellington about this. We can’t let this be another internet protest that results in few people turning up. This is important so we need to prove it in numbers.

NOTE: Please don’t wear all black as that has negative associations with other demonstrations but instead come along with bright clothes and BLACK PLACARDS!
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No Guilt apon accusation!
http://creativefreedom.org.nz

No wearing all black? Are they aware that this is Wellington?

Downstage Theatre are offering Wellingtonista readers a special deal for tonight’s performance of Turbine at 7.00pm.

Mention the word "Wellingtonista" at the box office or over the phone (04 801 6946) and you’ll get as many tickets as you like for only $20 each.