2012 Hamilton Fringe Festival
Tentative 2012 Festival Dates:
20 September to 7 October 2012
Refer to www.hamiltonfringe.co.nz
If you interested in joining the Festival team, or signing up as a Volunteer during the Festival, please contact the Creative Hamilton office as per the details listed below.
key dates
30 March 2012 CCS funding applications close
festival contacts
email fringe "at" hcac.org.nz
website www.hamiltonfringe.co.nz
phone 07 838 6424
postal Hamilton Fringe Festival
c/- Creative Hamilton
PO Box 19352
Hamilton 3244
New Zealand
physical 1st Floor, Northern Entrance, Artspost
120 Victoria Street
Hamilton
New Zealand
Here are some of the 2010 acts and how they described themselves.
Music / Dance / Theatre
Production Company: The Weird Sisters
Event Name: The Monster Ball
180mins
Description:
All Mutants, Misfits, Monsters and Freaks are cordially invited to attend an evening of malevelent mayhem. Grand finale of the Fringe, guests are encouraged to bedeck themselves in hideous monster glamour and swirl dementedly around the dance floor. The frightening formal occasion features maladjusted musik from Dr Krankensteins' Monster Orkestra, The Creeping Weasils, and The Amorphous Dusk. Gory supper provided.
Film / Visual Art
Event Name: Cool Summer Tour with Cornerstone Roots
30mins + Art Exhibition
Description:
This is a documentary that takes a look behind the scenes of Cornerstone Roots during their recent summer tour. The trials and tribulations of travelling by air, sea, land. From Green Rooms to the venues of how the band members work together performing at different venues as well as keeping up with their daily routine of sleep, nutrition and performances.
Spoken Word and Comedy
Production Company: McChrystal & Lee
Event Name: Full English 2
R18+ / 60mins
Description:
Fresh from the NZ International Comedy festival 2010, Full English 2 is coming to Hamilton to slacken your chuckle muscles. We invite you to leave your worries at home as we share our unique perspectives on settling into Kiwi life. If you have a face and like to laugh then join us for these final ever Full English shows.
Theatre
Production Company: Hamilton Performing Arts Trust
Event Name: Nipper and Nudge eat Carrots
40mins show + 20mins playtime
Description:
NIPPER AND NUDGE are two energetic kids who love to question, explore and figure things out all be themselves. Mum has told them they’ll have carrots for tea, but Nipper and Nudge don’t like carrots. Helped by the audience, they discover all sorts of carroty facts as they devise a plan to trick Mum, so they don’t have to EAT CARROTS.