Observations from the ground.
Flat City Field Notes offers reviews and essays about theatre, arts and culture in and around Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Wrap up: Dunedin Fringe is a chaotic and ambitious festival with incredible DIY energy
Roving FCFN reporter John Armstrong heads south and reflects on some highlights from the Dunedin Fringe Festival, which ran from 12 – 22 March 2026. Dunedin Fringe has sadly come to an end. Yesterday marked the end of an incredible eleven days of stand-up, theatre, sketch comedy and live music, with morethan ninety shows all…
Review: Motion Sickness – the nightclub at the end of the world
Charlotte Thornton reviews Motion Sickness, presented by a2 Company, at Little Andromeda, Friday 20 March 2026. Aussie-New Zealand production house a2 Company can’t help but blow us away. When I reviewed their multi-award-winning Running Into the Sun for Bad Apple back in September, I said that show had “an apocalyptic vibe because the world has…
Review: Electric Bodies – eclectic performance works exploring body and sound
Steph Walker reviews the first night of Electric Bodies, presented by Performance Art Week Aotearoa and TINYFEST, at the Cloiters Studio, Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre, Friday 13 March 2026. Performance Art is one of those forms that a lot of people haven’t actually seen, but probably have a view on. Like contemporary…
Review: Feeling Afraid as if Something Terrible is Going to Happen – self-loathing, vulnerability, and debasement, but for laughs
Erin Harrington reviews Feeling Afraid as if Something Terrible is Going to Happen, written by Marcelo Dos Santos, directed by Tim Bain, at the Court Theatre, Saturday 14 March 2026. The one-man show Feeling Afraid as if Something Terrible is Going to Happen is a one act black comedy framed as a stand-up set that’s…
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