Nearly a fortnight ago, I walked out of the family home armed with a crisp Fringe Festival guide and an appetite for experience, entering the darkness of festival theatres, clubs and halls across the city. Briefly I returned home each day, for a fresh shirt and to recount a festival joke, stumbling on the punchline, as my wife handed me a vitamin D pill and pushed me back into the shadows. Now the nearly 70 shows are over and I've returned home, unshaven, squinting and satisfied. Festival director Josh Thomas and his team serve a better fringe each year by ensuring it is about the artists and the audience. To the festival team - keep doing what you do - and artists, thanks for coming, it's been great having you.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 19, 2017 17:37 UTC