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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.

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.

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: [mailto:welcome@fringe.co.nz 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:


 * Miranda Clayton (Chair)


 * Alex Sutherland


 * Ezra Jennings-Pedro


 * Jo Randerson


 * Brooke Ashton-Taylor
 * Tony DeLorenzo


 * Bevan Graham


 * Charlotte Bates


 * Michael Wigley