Press Release – Auckland Fringe Festival
First and foremost
Auckland Fringe Festival – Ahurei Mōwaho o Tāmaki would like to acknowledge the incredible tenacity and drive that ALL of their artists have shown throughout this tumultuous never-ending festival. Without them, the festival doesn’t get to be what it is. After multiple lockdowns during the festival they did what fringes do best, they made it work by extending the festival dates to support all artists that were hit by COVID restrictions, so they could continue to be supported at a later date.
The extended festival came to a triumphant close last night with the Auckland Fringe Awards, celebrating all of the incredibly resilient and hardworking artists that took on the challenge of putting on a show during a pandemic.
Monday, 19 April 2021, 3:58 pm
First and foremost
Auckland Fringe Festival -
Ahurei Mōwaho o Tāmaki would like to acknowledge
the incredible tenacity and drive that ALL of their artists
have shown throughout this tumultuous never-ending festival.
Without them, the festival doesn’t get to be what it is.
After multiple lockdowns during the festival they did what
fringes do best, they made it work by extending the festival
dates to support all artists that were hit by COVID
restrictions, so they could continue to be supported at a
later date.
The extended festival came to a triumphant
close last night with the Auckland Fringe Awards,
Who’s involved: Creator and performer Melody Rachel, with mentorship from Julia Croft.
What is it: From Melody Rachel herself: “I want to be a strong, and unquestioned leader. I want to be the assumed first string of my touch team and while I’m there, I want to ‘one up’ the boys. I want to be uncompromising but entirely forgiven because of my exuberant charisma. I want to kick around the house in my boxer shorts. I want to be the hero and feel proud. I want to be the villain and feel proud. I Wanna be Mark Wahlberg.”