Teaser Program
THE 2019 PROGRAM RELEASE IS ON ITS WAY – HERE’S A TASTE OF WHAT’S TO COME! WITH 100 SHOWS COVERING MORE THAN 11 GENRES, WE CAN’T WAIT FOR ANOTHER FABULOUS 10 DAYS IN JULY.
FESTIVAL DATES Friday July 5 – Sunday July 14
YOU’RE INVITED TO SOME FRINGE CLASSICS
OPENING NIGHT PARTY
Friday 5th 8PM-1PM in the Brown’s Mart Courtyard
$10 BUY TICKETS
Patrons aged under 18 must be supervised by an adult.
It’s our opening party! Dance your way into Fringe with rockin’ tunes, laughs and a great atmosphere.
Welcome to country at 7PM & then music till late.
FRINGE AWARDS
Sunday 14th 7-9PM in the Happy Yess
FREE
ALL WELCOME
Everyone’s welcome to come and cheer along their fringe faves. There’s an award for almost every genre!
Don’t forget to vote in people’s choice (:
2019 TEASER PROGRAM
HAPPIEST HUMANS HOUR
Friday 5th & Sunday 7th 7:30-8:30PM
Coopers Comedy Garden
$20 BUY TICKETS
Recommended for mature (15+) audiences.
Amy Hetherington (NT) and Cameron McLaren (WA) team up to bring the Happiest Hour of stand up Australia has ever seen. Winners of Best Comedy WA and Adelaide Fringe Weekly Best Comedy, This show is not to be missed!
‘★ ★ ★ ★ ★ a 10 out of 10 for me. If all Territorians are this funny, we should all just head North now.’ The Advertiser 2019
“There is a genuine sense of fun in Cameron McLaren’s delivery … this proves infectious” The West Australian, 2017
DARWIN POETRY CUP
Saturday 6th 6-8PM
Happy Yess
$15 | $10 | Performers enter free BUY TICKETS
Recommended for mature (15+) audiences.
An annual event, the concept is simple. It’s a race! An original poem, performed by YOU the Author, lasting no longer than 60 seconds. Prizes to be won!
Now in it’s 25th year it is a primal FRINGE event which has sewn the seeds for many an Artists future career. New voices are found every year. The variety of work is amazing. From purely comedic to deadly serious. From radically political to heartbreakingly personal.
Artists please arrive 20 minutes early for registration.
THE GO SET
Saturday 6th 8-11PM
Darwin Railway Club
$15 | $20 on the door BUY TICKETS
Patrons aged under 18 must be supervised by an adult. Anyone of any age can attend the workshop.
Since 2004, The Go Set have released six independent albums, and appeared on countless compilations and splits worldwide. A fiercely independent band in their earlier years, The Go Set have recently signed with ABC/Universal in Australia, and with Berlin punk label Coretex in Europe for their most recent releases.
“…trying to describe the sound of The Go Set is like trying to imagine Peter Garrett, The Pogues, and The Clash having a late night jam in a local pub with an endless supply of booze”. Blunt Magazine (2005)
NOTE There will be a free workshop with the band from 1PM the day of the gig (Saturday 6th). The workshop will also be at the Darwin Railway Club. No registration required and all musical skill levels welcome!
MADAME NIGHTSHADE’S POISON GARDEN
Tuesday 9th to Saturday 13th 9:15-10:15PM
Brown’s Mart Theatre
$35 | $25 | Group booking of 6 or more $25 BUY TICKETS
Recommended for mature (15+) audiences.
GROTESQUE GLAMOUR. VEGETABLE MANIPULATION. MESS!
In the dystopic world of the Poison Garden, Beatrice (a devilish shape-shifter), lurks in the shadow of her alter-ego Madame Nightshade (a princess-like warrior) as she serves up the messy truths of our ailing planet. Marie Antoinette meets Quentin Tarantino in an anarchic playground where vegetables are transformed into semi-automatic weapons, Snow White becomes a spring-onion wielding fighter and Mars Bars represent the ‘shit’ of the world. This is queer, feminist, environmental clowning that will leave you with food for thought!
“…delightful, disgusting, provocative and confronting…a stunning piece of theatrical comedy…” ★★★★ Artshub (2017)
‘…feminist, environmental, queer clowning that digs into rocky ground’ ★★★★ The Age (2017)
JUST A SMALL TOWN BOY
Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th 8-9PM/ Saturday 13th 10-11PM
Mayfair Gallery
$25 | $20 | Group booking of 6 or more $23 BUY TICKETS
Recommended for mature (15+) audiences.
A solo comedic storytelling show: a hilarious, yet poignant, coming of age story that explores the idiosyncrasies of growing up as an outsider in small-town country Australia. This is a show about masculinity, failure, and Nelson Mandela. It’s about slam poetry, the year twelve formal, and patriarchal power structures.
It’s about teen love, internalized homophobia, and drunkenly kissing your best friend at a house party to the soundtrack of Timbaland’s 2007 chart-topping banger ‘The Way I Are’.
“One of the finest emerging comedians in the country” – Sydney Comedy Festival
After a sold-out Melbourne Fringe, don’t miss the Darwin debut of this “growing force in Australian comedy” (Broadsheet)!
PUSSY PLAY MASTERCLASS
Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th 7:30-8:30PM
ACCOMPLICE
$30 | $25 | Group booking of 6 or more $25 BUY TICKETS
WARNING This is an 18+ event. ID must be shown.
Burlesque legend Strawberry Siren presents a ‘gift that keeps on giving’ in Pussy Play, an interactive and playful masterclass filled with original techniques to perfect the art of playing with your partner’s pussy or even your own.
Perfect night for singles, couples and parties.
Nominated for Best Comedy Show at FRINGE WORLD Festival 2018 Weekly Winner and Nominated Best Interactive Show Adelaide Fringe 2017
“Mandatory viewing” ★★★★ Ed Fest Mag, 2017
DEATH BY CARROT
Saturday 13th 7-11PM
Darwin Railway Club
$15 | $20 at the door BUY TICKETS
Patrons aged under 18 must be supervised by an adult.
When the scruffy carrots aren’t getting their little carrot rocks off by playing filthy heavy riffs, they’re listening to space jazz, and figuring out how they can be used to kill people in various ways.
Coming from a chasmic stoner rock background with rich pop sensibilities, Death By Carrot in your ears is akin to the crunching resonating in your skull as you cannibalise them, mixed with the healthy sheen of their juices slipping down your gullet.
T H E • C A R R O T • B U N C H
King Carrot – Vocals and Backflips
Cosmic Purple – Guitar and Subs
Zeno – Bass
White Satin – Drums
EN MASSE
Sunday 14th 6:15-6:30PM
Civic Park
FREE | Register now to participate
This event is for everyone.
Tracks Dance Company’s largest community dance yet takes a cheeky look at dry season tourists in our city. But don’t just watch it – come and be a part of it.
Tracks Dance Company presents ‘En Masse’, Darwin Fringe Festival’s largest dance event ever! They’re looking for 100 people to dance with them for a 7-minute performance
This brand new dance work is set to a massive soundtrack composed by our favourite local music producer, James Mangohig.
Come and learn the dance. No dance background required. Rehearsals start in June.
JOIN US ON JUNE 6 FOR THE LAUNCH OF OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM
Don’t fill up just yet. We’re inviting everyone to come party with us. Enjoy a drink, hear a speech, run into some friendly faces and celebrate with the arts community!WHEN: THURSDAY JUNE 06 / 6PM – 9PM
WHERE: MAYFAIR GALLERY, 7 Harriet Place, Darwin City
SNACKS PROVIDED + CASH ONLY BAR + FREE ENTRY