THE 2019 SHOWS
ANYA ANASTASIA: THE EXECUTIONERS
Written and directed by Anya Anastasia McNicol-Windram
Discovered at: Adelaide Fringe
Award-winning Australian musical-comedy maverick Anya Anastasia brandishes her razor-sharp satirical wit, gleefully attacking and dismembering the perils of the modern world, bringing a fierce and provocative new breed of contemporary comedy cabaret to the stage. The Executioners is a digitally enhanced millennial neo-cabaret laying naked the truth of technological overindulgence, sensory overload, and combatting our growing helplessness in the face of big issues. This is social and political satire at its most musically sublime as Anya and Gareth tackle the big issues armed with all manner of artillery; from swords to sitars, a degree in classical piano, soaring vocals, kung fu, deadly yoga moves, and virtuosic ukulele.
ARCHIVE OF EDUCATED HEARTS
Written & Directed by Casey Jay Andrews
Discovered at: Adelaide Fringe
BADASS BE THY NAME
Created by Police Cops
Discovered at: Edinburgh Fringe
Hot off the back of total sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2016, 2017, 2018 and Soho Theatre, London; multi-award-winning company Police Cops bring you their latest comedy blockbuster: Badass Be Thy Name. Gritty northern town: 1999. A kitchen sink drama turns into a vampire-slaying horror epic. Complete with a 90s rave soundtrack, supercharged physical comedy and more vampires that you can shake a stake at. Winners: Amused Moose Comedy Award 2018. ***** (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine). 'I paid £12, I would have paid £13' (Dara Ó Briain).
CONTOURS OF HEAVEN
Written by Ana Chaya Scotney, Puti Lancaster, Marama Beamish, Owen McCarthy
Discovered at: Auckland Fringe
Dandy Darkly’s ALL ABOARD!
Written by Dandy Darkly | Directed by Ian Bjorklund
Discovered at: Orlando Fringe
Preeminent American storyteller Dandy Darkly makes his Off-Broadway debut with his political, hysterical hour of sugary sweet satire. Dandy Darkly's latest is a Georgia ghost story told by the survivors of that tragic Halloween night - from the little boy chased by the phantoms that haunt her as an adult to the cruel Colonel buried in his bunker, tinkering with his toys. Dandy Darkly's All Aboard! is an uprooting of Deep South shame alongside searing social commentary and Southern Gothic grotesquery: redneck robots, spider gods, beauty shops and inbred redneck freaks to create an utterly unique storytelling experience.
DESIREE’S COMING EARLY
Written by Desiree Burch
Discovered at: Edinburgh Fringe
GOODBYE
Written by John Mark Jernigan
Discovered at: Orlando Fringe
INGENUE: Deanne Durbin
Written by Melanie Gall
Discovered at: Vancouver Fringe
LARRY
Written by Candice Roberts
Discovered at: Vancouver Fringe
METAMORPHOSIS
Written & Directed by Sam Chittenden
Discovered at: Brighton Fringe
MIL GRUS
Written by Ensemble Devised
Discovered at: Hollywood Fringe
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
Written by Phil Grainger and Alex Flanagan Wright | Directed by Alex Flanagan Wright
Discovered at: Adelaide Fringe
Dave is stood at the bar, Bruce Springsteen on the stereo. Eurydice 5 years old holding a Superman costume. Internationally Award-Winning UK the makers, The Flanagan Collective & Gobbledigook Theatre, bring a modern retelling of an ancient myth for a North American Premiere. Wound from soaring, heart-pounding live music and searing spoken word, ORPHEUS & EURYDICE is a show for anyone who has fallen in love, and for anyone who has lost it.
POCKETS
Written by Robot Teammate
Discovered at: Hollywood Fringe
PRETENDING THINGS ARE A COCK
Written & Directed by Jon Bennett
Discovered at: Orlando Fringe
SOMETHING ABOUT SIMON: The Paul Simon Story
Written by Gary Edward Jones
Discovered at: Edinburgh Fringe
THE MODERN MAORI QUARTET: Two Worlds
Written by James Tito, Matariki Whatarau, Maaka Pohatu, and Francis Kora
Discovered at: Auckland Fringe
TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE
Written by Keith Alessi
Discovered at: Vancouver Fringe
WILD DOGS UNDER MY SKIRT
Written by Tusiata Avia
Discovered at: Auckland Fringe