| Sunday
2 August
 Laurence
Fearnley
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Fearnley is a young New Zealand writer whose overseas experience adds a thrilling
side to her writing, her innate knowledge of the human character and the New
Zealand psyche comes through in an edginess of style linked to her generation.
A 2007 Burns Fellow, Fearnley has set her latest novel, Mother’s Day, in
Invercargill to complete a southern trilogy of novels based in Central Otago
and Southland.
A graduate of Victoria University with an MA with Distinction in Creative Writing,
Fearnley is a fiction writer and curator who has written extensively on New Zealand
craft artists.
Sun 2 Aug, 10am, Spiegeltent Salon Perdu
 Paul
Reynolds
New Zealand/Aotearoa
New Zealand’s ‘Mr Internet’, Reynolds has been espousing
the possibilities and extent of the Internet and the breadth of digital technology
since the early 1990’s. He is one of the most well-known and respected
commentators on the topics of information access and technological change in
NZ today. He is renowned for his strong emphasis on community access and contribution
to knowledge.
He participates in a large number of advisory bodies including the National
Digital Library, Auckland Museum’s Board, the Digital Strategy Advisory
Group, International Academy of Digital Arts and Science and is a Webby Awards
judge and LIAC Commisioner. He has a reputation for making the complex intuitive
and the aspirational instrumental, and believes it is our responsibility to
invent the future.
Sun 2 Aug, 11.30am, Spiegeltent Salon Perdu
 Te
Radar
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Living off New Zealand’s bounteous land is a romantic notion, only as
Te Radar found out while filming the popular television series Off the Radar,
it’s never that simple. Come and hear Te Radar flesh out his experiences
which he describes in his book by the same name - Off the Radar.
Clever, irreverent, and with a keen eye for the absurd, Te Radar spins a good
yarn and this session is sure to be entertaining as comedian, satirist, raconteur
and sustainable living character Te Radar shares his experience that for every
success there’s got to be a few failures!
A double Qantas Media Award winner for Best Humour Column in the New Zealand
Herald, Te Radar has one of the highest profiles among Kiwi comedians with
top-rating shows on TV One – Homegrown and Off the Radar.
Sun 2 Aug, 1.30pm, Spiegeltent Salon Perdu
 Nicky
Pellegrino
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Nicky Pellegrino has blossomed from her magazine editing career to be at the
forefront of New Zealand women’s popular fiction.
Author of best-selling novels, Delicious, The Gypsy Tearoom and The Italian
Wedding, Pellegrino’s feel-good fiction is full of fun, food, fantasy
and fornication!
Her first book, A Wonderful Life, was Angela D’Audney’s best-selling
autobiography and was written while the broadcaster was dying of a brain tumour.
Her novels are sold in 14 countries and have been translated into 10 languages.
Sun 2 Aug, 3pm, Spiegeltent Salon Perdu
 David
Hill
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Based in Taranaki, David Hill’s name and novels are known by every teenager
throughout New Zealand.
Hill is the leading male writer of fiction for this age group, and has received
multiple accolades and awards since becoming a full-time writer in 1982.
He is the author of several books for adults as well, and has been published
in NZ, Australia and the USA. A versatile fiction writer, journalist, reviewer,
playwright and children’s writer, Hill has contributed stories, articles
and book reviews to newspapers, radio and most major New Zealand journals and
magazines.
Hill was awarded an MNZM in 2004 and the Margaret Mahy Award for Services to
Children’s Literature in 2005.
Sun 2 Aug, 4.30pm, Spiegeltent Salon Perdu
 Babar
the Elephant & The Carnival of Animals New
Zealand/Aotearoa
Two classic animal tales for children set to music and verse. The Story of
Babar the Elephant, by Jean de Brunhoff, and Saint-Saens, Carnival of the Animals
with the witty verse of Ogden Nash (boomerangs and kangaroomeringues) Narrated
by Helen Moulder with leading pianists Richard Mapp and Emma Sayers.
Sun 2 Aug, 4pm, Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
 SLAVA’S
SNOWSHOW Russia
Undoubtedly the highlight of the Festival, SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW
will transform the TSB Showplace into a wintry wonderland of escapism.
This unforgettable event culminates in a blinding, heart-stopping
snowstorm that engulfs the entire audience. The lyrically beautiful,
theatrical experience melds the unbridled hilarity and unexpected
poignancy of clowning with awe-inspiring imagery, whimsical music
and amusement park thrills
Sat 1 Aug – 7.30pm, Sun 2 Aug – 6pm,
Tues 4 Aug – 7.30pm, Wed 5 Aug – 7.30pm, Thurs 6 Aug – 7.30pm,
Fri 7 Aug – 7.30pm, Sat 8 Aug – 2pm and 7.30pm
TSB Theatre, TSB Showplace
 The
Big Giggle
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Sick of global doom and gloom? Over economic Armageddon? Well leave your worries
behind as five of New Zealand’s top comedians combine to raise your interest
rates through the roof.
Hosted by Penny Ashton, The Big Giggle features Te Radar, Michele A’Court,
Jeremy Elwood and local lad made good, Ben Hurley in a two hour recession busting
show.
Sun 2 Aug, 7.30pm SOLD OUT
extra show added Sun 2 Aug, 10pm
Spiegeltent Salon Perdu
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