The Night Ali Died (NZ Fringe)
Sat 21 Feb
|Gryphon Theatre
Ali is wanted dead by a vicious London gangster, yet something possesses him to leave the safety of witness protection and disappear into the night, leaving his daughter and partner behind. This act triggers a deadly, and bloody domino effect that ricochets through the once quiet streets of Norwich.


Time & Location
21 Feb 2026, 20:30 – 21:30
Gryphon Theatre, 22 Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
About the event
The Night Ali Died is the second multi-award winning solo thriller by Christopher
Sainton-Clark (A Year and a Day).
Ali is wanted dead by a vicious London Gangster and is placed under police surveillance for the protection of him and his family, yet for some reason, on one night, Ali decides to sneak out into the night and leave his family behind, sparking a bloody domino effect that ricochets through the sleepy
streets of Norwich.
Through the brutal accounts of Ali, a henchman, a detective
and a mob boss, find out what on earth happened on the night Ali died.