March 16, 2024

NZ FRINGE 2024 AWARDS – Nominees and Winners

Winners are highlighted in bold.

AUCKLAND FRINGE TOUR READY AWARD
[Auckland Fringe]
Manage Your Expectations
blackpill
Icky
Baby Gorgeous
Pane Provocations
Delightfool

THE PARKIN DEVELOPMENT AWARD
[Chris & Kathy Parkin]
Why Do Dogs Return To Their Vomit
Sandwich Artist – Development Season
Antarctic Endeavours
The Wave of the Woman
Pane Provocations

ADELAIDE FRINGE
Manage Your Expectations
Sweeties
blackpill
Baby Gorgeous 
Delightfool

DUNEDIN FRINGE TOUR READY AWARD
[Dunedin Fringe]
Everyone’s Got An Errol
Lay Over
Twilight – The Loca Edition
False Idol
Delightfool

THE GRAND DESIGN AWARD
[Inject]
Pōneke saVĀge K’lub Room
Verbs
Suitcase Show
Lick Off My Tears, Death is Also Dying
Show do Café
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave 
Crunch

MELBOURNE FRINGE TOUR READY AWARD
[Melbourne Fringe]
Manage Your Expectations
blackpill
Suitcase Show
Twilight – The Loca Edition
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Delightfool 

MOMENTOUS MOVEMENT
[NZME]
Burlesque and Blues: The Devil’s Own
Mesmerous
Lick Off My Tears, Death is Also Dying
Show do Café
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave

MEMORABLE MARKETING
[Phantom Billstickers]
Flora, Fauna and Friends
Pure Grime
One Bedroom Available In Super Sunny Flat…
Icky
The Wave of the Woman
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave

MOMENTOUS MUSIC 
[Creative Capital Arts Trust]
Poets Before Me
Sandwich Artist – Development Season
Māreikura Lumina
The New Blue – A Portrait of Pixie Williams
Goody Goody Glam Pop
After the Storm
False Idol

SAN DIEGO FRINGE TOUR READY AWARD
[San Diego Fringe]
Manage Your Expectations
Sweeties
blackpill
Baby Gorgeous
Delightfool

SYDNEY FRINGE TOUR READY AWARD
[Sydney Fringe]
Manage Your Expectations
An Almighty Yes
Sweeties
Baby Gorgeous
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave

MOST PROMISING EMERGING COMPANY
[Te Auaha]
Antarctic Endeavours – Ruckus Theatre
Lick Off My Tears, Death is Also Dying – L!CK Dance Theatre
One Bedroom Available In Super Sunny Flat… – Hannah Doogan 
Show do Café – Andança company
NO NO NO – Grammelot Productions

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
[The New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance]
Manage Your Expectations 
Some Regrets 
An Almighty Yes
A Year and a Day
blackpill
Mark Pleases You
The Myth-Adventures of Vincent Andrew-Scammell

BEST IN FRINGE
[Mayor Tory Whanau]
Manage Your Expectations
Sweeties
Lick Off My Tears, Death is Also Dying
Show do Café
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Crunch

MOST INNOVATIVE WORK 
[Wellington International Airport] 
Manage Your Expectations
Sweeties
You and A.I.
Suitcase Show
Show do Café 
Crunch

SPECTACULAR ORGANISED CHAOS AWARD
[BATS]
Celebrity Trevor Island
Pasodoble Circus
Sweeties
Lay Over
Baby Gorgeous
The Best Man Show

SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE 
[NZ Fringe] 
Emma Maguire 
SPLITelevision – Troy.J.Malcolm & Ryan Bedford-Evens

MOST PROMISING EMERGING ARTIST
[Victoria University]
Raureti Ormond – Hāpaitia 
Stela Dara – Show do Café
Maeve O’Connell – Twilight – The Loca Edition
Hannah Doogan – One Bedroom Available In Super Sunny Flat…
Anne Larcom – Lick Off My Tears, Death is Also Dying 
The Way We Wilt
Joey Shepherd – Why Do Dogs Return To Their Vomit
Sofija Milić – Lick Off My Tears, Death is Also Dying
Te Hāmama Hohua – Pane Provocations

MOST PROMISING PASIFIKA ARTIST 
[CNZ Pasifika] 
Luchiano Tuioti-Edwards – The Wave of the Woman
LJ Crichton – Show do Café
Teherenui Koteka – Pane Provocations
Hellena Faasili – Antarctic Endeavours
Kaysee Savali – The Wave of the Woman

And the winner of our RESENE PICNIC TABLE activation and the PUBLIC VOTE was: Heather Wright