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The Fringe Has Arrived!

Published: Mon 2 Feb 2009 02:17 PM
Kia Ora,
The Fringe is here. Check out our BATS shows here.
We kick start the Fringe festival season this week with Buddha Boy, opening tomorrow night.
A Mime to Kill opens on Saturday 7 February.
The Skyrocketeers of justice VS The Zombie Apocalypse opens on Sunday 8 February.
Get a Fringe addict card for only $15 and see all BATS Theatre shows during the fringe festival for only $10.
Love BATSxxx
Buddha Boy
Season: Tuesday 3 – Monday 9 February (no show Waitangi Day)
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $16 Full / $12 Concession / $10 Fringe Addict cardholders
Sophie has issues. Jan ("Buddha Boy") has been meditating under a tree for the last 10 months. What can they have in common? Dreams and conversations help these two very different people discover what they can't see for themselves. Written by 2006 Chapman Tripp Outstanding New Playwright winner Sonya Stewart.
BOOK NOW or READ MORE
A Mime To Kill
Season: Saturday 7 – Tuesday 10 February
Time: 9.30pm
Tickets: $16 full / $12 concession / $10 Fringe Addict card holder
By The Magniloquents
Mime-raised triplets do battle with discrimination, fame and globo-economic recession. Then one dies.
Did the economy kill this mime? Was it his brothers? Or was it the minotaur…
The Premier Mime event of 2009, from the people that brought you Tap That!
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The Skyrocketeers of Justice VS The Zombie Apocalypse
Season: Sunday 8 – Thursday 12 February
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: $16 full / $12 concession / $10 Fringe Addict card holders
An Absurd Comedy.
Three average guys, living in Newtown become convinced their neighbours are Zombies (for no real reason). Will they rid the town of this threat, before they run out of material? Yes, yes they will. Or will they? Yes.
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Win Stuff
Congratulations to Kay Jones for winning tickets to the opening night of Buddha Boy.
The Pit Bar
Come on down and cool off this summer at your favourite local. The Pit Bar. If you grab a fringe card you can get even better deals and discounts.
BOOK NOW
To book for any performance at BATS simply email book@bats.co.nz with your name, number of tickets and date you wish to attend. We will reply to confirm your booking and you can pay when you come to the show. Splendid!
ENDS

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