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New Zealand Fringe Festival

Organised by the Fringe Arts Trust (see below), the festival has grown since 1989 from 30 acts in a few venues to more than 100 events in 30+ venues all over the Wellington region. The event lasts for 3 weeks and, in 2009, attracted around 100,000 festival-goers.^[1]

Fringe is an open access festival, meaning anyone can produce a show or a creative project and be involved in this annual event. The performances include music, stand-up comedy, theatre, street performance, multi-media and visual arts Each year, hundreds of volunteers and local members of the community donate their time to help promote and produce the festival.

Sixteen Fringe Awards were handed out after the 2009 Festival, including the inaugral entries to the Fringe Hall of Fame, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords.^[2]

Fringe 2010

Friday 12 February – Saturday 6 March 2010
Fringe Awards Night: Sunday 7 March 2010

Contacts

Director: Mark Westerby
Festival Coordinator: Zelda Edwards
Project Manager: Mary Laine (Fringe Open Studios)

New Zealand Fringe Office

Ground Floor, West Building

Wellington Arts Centre

69 Abel Smith Street

Te Aro

Wellington 6011

New Zealand

Phone: (+64) 4 382 8015

Fax: (+64) 4 382 8016

Email: welcome@fringe.co.nz

Fringe Arts Trust

The Fringe Arts Trust (incorporated 1993) is responsible for staging the annual New Zealand Fringe Festival in Wellington, a nationally-recognised fixture in the arts calendar. As a Charitable Trust, it is governed by a board of trustees:^[1]

Miranda Clayton (Chair)

Alex Sutherland

Ezra Jennings-Pedro

Jo Randerson

Brooke Ashton-Taylor

Tony DeLorenzo

Bevan Graham

Charlotte Bates

Michael Wigley

External links

NZ Fringe
NZ Fringe on Myspace
Fringe Arts Trust

Notes

^ ^a ^b Fringe 2009, retrieved 27 July 2009
^ 2009 award winners, retrieved 27 July 2009