Called Your FAV (Fringe at Victoria), the collaboration will feature 11 different theatrical events and will coincide with Orientation and New Student Orientation weeks.
Your FAV programme manager Stella Reid says the idea of the programme is to link the wider Wellington arts scene with the university at Kelburn.
“We’re aiming to attract young people up the hill to watch a few performances and try something new that will really engage them. We’ll also saturate students with theatre options during their first week on campus.
“We’re trying to create a pathway for students so they can see theatre companies up here, be inspired and approach them for work.
“This is our first collaboration with the Fringe Festival. Hopefully in time Victoria University will become like Edinburgh University which is regarded as the experimental edge of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.”
Stella Reid studied Theatre at Victoria University and Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. She has a Master of Theatre Arts in Directing. She managed Long Cloud Youth Theatre in Wellington for several years producing a number of innovative works including Oneironaut, a theatre experience of the subconscious.
Two of the shows in the Your FAV programme will be based in the city, beginning on 9 and 18 February.
Your FAV programme
Click on a link to find out more about a show and to make a booking. Typical length—60 minutes.
Last Meals: a Nine Course Buffet
A gritty, intense piece that introduces nine women with nothing left to lose.
Tues 9 Feb – Sun 14 Feb, 8:30pm
Fanfic After Dark – Take 2
The hilarious and titillating nominee for NZ Fringe Best in Comedy 2015 makes its raunchy return.
Thurs 18, Fri 19, Thurs 25, Fri 26 Feb at 11pm; Tues 1 March, 12:30pm
Blah Blah Blah Fringe Edition
A koha open mic night broadcast simultaneously at 88.1FM and at humanfm.co.nz
Wed 24 Feb, 7:30pm-10:30pm
Life Finds a Way
Three short plays about artificial love, life after the apocalypse and avoiding your destiny.
Wed 24 Feb – Fri 26 Feb, 6:30pm
Bill and the Curse of Falling Limbs
A 10-year-old girl raised in a Billycan dangling over a small woodfire in the middle of a forest is on a journey to uplift a curse.
Wed 24 Feb – Sat 27 Feb, 8pm
The Sacred Prodigies
A film screening freely at various screens in the Kelburn Campus Hub about what makes the ideal student!
Wed 24 Feb – Wed 2 March, 9am-5pm
Where Stuff is and Where to do your Stuff – 101 Valuable Lessons to Successfully Student
Join us on this life-hack audio tour of Kelburn Campus. Downloadable from the Your FAV Hub (RB109) or our Facebook page.
Wed 24 Feb – Wed 2 March
The Trickle Down Effect
A physical exploration with our community in response to New Zealand’s rising inequality.
Thurs 25 Feb – Sun 28 Feb, 4pm and 6pm
J-Cobz Party at the Welcome Festival
A part-improvised, part-choreographed music video that questions social norms and etiquette surrounding partying and social events.
Fri 26 Feb, 12:30pm
PlayShop Presents at the Welcome Festival
An opportunity to experience at Kelburn Park the joy of playful interaction through theatre, storytelling, education and improvisation.
Fri 26 Feb, 2pm
This is What it Looks Like
A young woman has shut herself up in her room and is battling herself and her cellphone. “A show about depression that if the word puts you off, maybe you ought to come and see it.”
Fri 26 Feb & Sat 27 Feb, 6:30pm; Sun 28 Feb, 4pm
The Existentialist’s Survival Guide for Australia
Comical and embarrassing stories from learning to read Australia’s system of veiled meanings and hidden clues.
Mon 29 Feb – Wed 2 March, 6:15pm
A Play about Space
Join Space Captain Florencia Dreggs and her bumbling right-hand man Warner Hornshaw as they voyage across the galaxy.
Mon 29 Feb – Wed 2 March, 6pm
Your FAV's First Redeo, in association with VUWSA
Celebrate the end of Your FAV showcase dressed in your best Americana. Present proof-of-purchase from any Your FAV show to get free entry to The Hunter Lounge, Student Union Building.
Wed 2 March, 8pm