2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival Program Guide

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CELEBRATE DIFFERENT On and around Granville Island Sept. 10 –20 | VancouverFringe.com

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Welcome to the Fringe The Fringe Presents Ticket Information PAL Shows Opening Night: Wonderheads Your Fringe for A Day! Opening Night: Tanga & Tonye Aganaba Getting to the Fringe Maps The Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar and the Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Workshops: The Flame Fringe Food Truck Feast Fringe Lovers are Fringe Heroes!

(Donate) Fringe Awards Night The 2015 Fringe Festival Raffle Public Market Pick of the Fringe Pick Plus

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Welcome to the 31st Vancouver Fringe Festival! We know the Fringe can be overwhelming, so here are some tips on how to Fringe:

1. PICK SOME SHOWS! So you found your Program Guide at a Blenz Coffee location and checked out vancouverfringe.com for info, but you’re still lost. There’s so much to see, how can you choose? Here’s some common ways: Be Meticulous: Read every single description and pick your favourites.

Be Random: Since all Fringe shows are chosen by a lottery or a first come, first served method, try that as your method of picking.

Choose Based on Your Schedule: Figure out when you can come to the Festival, then, check out the Master Schedule on page 30 or download the Theatre Wire app to see what’s on at that time.

Let Buzz Sway You: We’re one of the last stops on the Fringe Circuit, so there are tons of reviews out there. Check our Twitter feed for links (@VancouverFringe). The Georgia Straight also reviews many shows in their Sept. 10 and 17 issues.

Visit the Fringe Info Centre: Our Info Centre staff and volunteers can give you the scoop on what people are talking about and help you pick a show that you’ll like. See page 6 for more info!

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Studio 16 Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Performance Works Revue Stage The Cultch Historic Theatre Dramatic Works Series at the Vancity Lab at The Cultch 51 Advance Theatre

BYOVs 52 Bring Your Own Venues (BYOVs) 58 DAREU!

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Fringe Forever Fringe Team Thanks to Our Donors Thanks to Our Sponsors Thanks to Our Volunteers Show Index Join the Fringe Online Theatre Wire

HOW TO FRINGE 3. BEING SOCIAL (ONLINE & IN LINE)!

Lots of friendships and romances have started at the Fringe! Don’t be shy. Fringers are great resources on what to see at the Festival.

Chat with people in line and visit the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar. The Fringe Bar is also a great place to see free performances, live music, and to dance . . . not to mention have tasty beverages from Big Rock and Barefoot Wine & Bubbly. And we encourage you to be social with us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram! See page 62 for links.

4. COME TO THE PICK AND PICK PLUS! 2. GET YOUR TICKETS & MEMBERSHIPS!

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If you really want to see a particular show, advance tickets are the safest course of action. Visit vancouverfringe.com to purchase tickets online, get them throuth the Theatre Wire app, or swing by the Fringe Box Office located at 1398 Cartwright Street on Granville Island between September 8 and 20. If you’re going to see a lot of shows, get a Frequent Fringer Card! We have Frequent Fringers for four shows, 10 shows, and 30 shows! Frequent Fringer Cards are the best deal. See page 6 for details. And don’t forget everyone needs a Membership! Your $5 Membership keeps the Festival going! You can get tickets at the door of each show too, as long as it’s not sold out. For more info on tickets, see page 6.

The Public Market Pick of the Fringe and the Pick Plus run September 23 to 27! See some favourites from past Fringe artists and the best of the Festival. To be the first to find out what the Pick shows are, come to the Fringe Awards Night on September 20. See page 35 for more info on the Pick and Pick Plus and page 27 for info on Awards Night.

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WELCOME TO THE FRINGE It’s Fringe time!

I am so privileged to be involved with the First Vancouver Theatrespace Society (FVTS), the producers of the Vancouver Fringe. Over the past five years, I have learned much about our local theatre community and the artists, the technicians, the patrons, and the volunteers. I have a deep appreciation for your energy, passion, and commitment. Together, we have what it takes to truly realize our vision of Theatre for Everyone.

Our community has inspired the Board to redefine what we do and who we do it for. FVTS is helping a diverse community make, share, and love theatre.

Thank you to each of you: our connected and diverse community of artists, donors, volunteers, staff, sponsors, funders, and audience members. You have made the Fringe the community event that it is today.

I look forward to chatting with you at the Festival!

Happy Fringe everyone!

Jane Westheuser

Chair, First Vancouver Theatrespace Society

Welcome to the 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival!

As we approach the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017, let’s celebrate everything that makes Canada strong, proud, and free—including our vibrant performing arts and the creativity and originality that fuel the ongoing renewal of our cultural landscape. Our Government understands the importance of innovation in the arts, which is why we are proud to support the Vancouver Fringe Festival. This event expands the horizons of theatre and lets visitors experience imaginative works by both established and emerging artists.

On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada, I would like to thank the organizers, performers, and volunteers who have worked so hard to ensure the success of this year’s Festival.

Enjoy the shows!

The word “fringe” means “the edge, the margin, the outskirts.” Although Fringe Festivals came from a history of being outsiders or unwanted guests, we have put ourselves right in the middle of our communities. To us, Fringe means “togetherness” and “belonging.” Artist, volunteer, audience, and organizer—we are all committed to this new definition of Fringe. This year we welcome new Fringe Festivals in small cities like Lethbridge, Alberta, and North Bay and Guelph in Ontario. On behalf of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals, I welcome our new festivals. We know that these communities, like the rest of our Fringe family, will experience the kind of wholeness that can happen when we invite in the “unwanted guests” and when the “outsiders” become the heart of our communities!

Here in Vancouver, we are fortunate enough to have a long Fringe history. Our community is strong with artists, volunteers, audiences, sponsors, and donors. We are proud to take the strength of our community into new year-round initiatives like Theatre Wire that will elevate independent theatre year-round. With your involvement, we are making more “Theatre for Everyone” happen!

David Jordan

Executive Director, First Vancouver Theatrespace Society President, Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals

On behalf of Premier Christy Clark and the Government of British Columbia, I would like to welcome everyone to the Vancouver Fringe Festival, one of the city’s eclectic theatre festivals.

With more than 700 performances taking place over 11 days, the Vancouver Fringe Festival offers exciting, live entertainment that explores new realms of creativity and imagination, while providing a platform for discussion between artists and audiences.

Community festivals, such as the Vancouver Fringe Festival, showcase British Columbia’s vibrant and dynamic arts and culture sector. These festivals also provide an economic boost for local businesses, helping to make our province a great place to live, work, and invest. In recognition of the tremendous social, economic, and health returns event hosting brings to a community, our government has recently announced the development of a five-year hosting strategy, along with a $250,000 one-time funding opportunity—EventHostBC—to assist communities and organizations in their capacity to promote B.C. as the destination of choice for sport and cultural events.

I want to recognize and thank the First Vancouver Theatrespace Society, as well as the more than 600 volunteers for their commitment and hard work in bringing this year’s event together. Once again their vision has created the fun, spontaneous atmosphere that the Vancouver Fringe Festival is known for.

I wish the very best to all participants and visitors. I hope you have a fantastic time and continued success in the coming years.

Coralee Oakes

Minister of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development

Shelley Glover

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages

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On behalf of the citizens of Vancouver and my colleagues on City Council, I want to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival.

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We are very proud of Vancouver’s reputation as a major centre for performing arts and culture. The Fringe Festival is one of the few cultural organizations in Vancouver that is so successful at showcasing new talent. It has become a favourite among Vancouverites and we eagerly await the start of the Festival and its many days of performance each year.

Congratulations to the Festival staff and volunteers for yet another year of success and hard work. To all the artists, directors, producers, crews, and audiences taking part in this year’s event, I trust you will find the Festival to be entertaining and enlightening.

Gregor Robertson Mayor of Vancouver

If you can imagine it, it will likely find its way onto the stages of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. From the adventurous to the audacious, this engaging 11-day theatre event features daring artists and original acts.

With audience attendance estimated at more than 40,000, the 2015 Festival has attracted some of the world’s most innovative theatre talent, armed with bold material and engaging performances.

Thanks to the organizers and more than 600 dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly to ensure this popular event enjoys success year after year. Your work adds greatly to the vitality and dynamism of arts and culture in British Columbia.

With funding made possible by the Government of British Columbia, the BC Arts Council is pleased to continue its long-time support of the Vancouver Fringe Festival and professional theatre.

Stan Hamilton

Chair, BC Arts Council

More info and tickets are available at TheatreWire.com. All these shows are available as part of a Theatre Wire pass: buy tickets to any three or six Theatre Wire shows and save up to 30%!

December 3-5, 2015 at Studio 1398

February 2-7, 2016 at Studio 1398

PETER N’ CHRIS AND THE KINDA OK CORRAL

THE UNFORTUNATE RUTH

By Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson (Peter n’ Chris) A hilarious, wild-west adventure from Canadian Comedy Award Winning Sketch troupe, Peter n’ Chris.  “The funniest thing I’ve seen.”

—Uptown Magazine

By Tara Travis (Sticky Fingers Productions) Identical twins Ruth and Ruthie share an undeniable psychic connection... but only one of them was actually born!

An exploration of parallel universes full of heart and hope. Featuring shadow puppetry from Mind of a Snail!

February 18-21, 2016

ONE-MAN DARK KNIGHT: A BATMAN PARODY

By Charles Ross Why so serious? From the madmen behind One-Man Star Wars and One-Man Lord of the Rings comes an irreverent parody and homage to the Dark Knight Trilogy. Two-faced super-nerd, Charles Ross, lovingly tears Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece a new one in his new One-Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody. No costumes, no sets, no Batmobiles, Ross takes you on a one-hour comedic joyride, from Batman’s origins to his epic battles against Gotham’s super-villains. Hold on to your utility belt!

Tickets available at

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Can’t get enough Fringe? We’ve got you covered! The Vancouver Fringe presents a year-round series of shows from Fringes past, and the world premiere of Charles Ross’ One-Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody!

April 11-17, 2016 at Studio 1398

HIGH TEA

By James and Jamesy James struggles to hold onto reality as Jamesy’s fantastical imagination eclipses conventional logic. Tea fills Jamesy’s apartment until its pressure breaks the fourth wall, inundating the audience and the entire world with a sea of tea. An uproariously playful and interactive show.

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TICKET INFORMATION NO LATECOMERS. NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES. NO EXCEPTIONS. Buy tickets early! They’re available online at vancouverfringe.com starting August 6.

Tickets are available for pick-up or purchase in person at the Fringe Box Office, or at the venue starting 45 minutes before the performance. The Fringe Box Office is open from September 8-20, 4-9:00pm on weekdays and noon-9:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

With more than 700 performances presented over 11 days, we need to start every performance on time! We recommend arriving at least 20 minutes before a show starts to avoid disappointment. Patrons arriving after the performance has begun will not be admitted.

MEMBERSHIP FEE (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) Every patron is required to purchase a $5 First Vancouver Theatrespace Society (FVTS) Membership to gain access to the Fringe Festival. Your Membership helps ensure that there will be a Festival! You will be required to present your Membership Card at each performance you attend. If you are unable to present your Card, you will be required to purchase an additional non-refundable Card.

In addition to accessing shows during the Festival, by joining the FVTS, you are entitled to participate in its direction by attending the FVTS Annual General Meeting in 2016. Completely filling in your Membership Card and dropping it off in marked boxes at all venues activates your Membership. All activated cards will be entered into a draw for a 2016 Festival Pass. All personal information provided will be kept private and confidential and will not be passed on to any individual or organization as per our Privacy Policy, which is available at vancouverfringe.com.

Membership is valid until August 31, 2016.

QUESTIONS? FRINGE INFO CENTRE Stop by the Info Centre during the Festival and swap show recommendations with us, read show reviews, and get up-to-date info on all the latest Festival happenings.

The Info Centre is open 4-8:00pm on weekdays and noon-8:00pm on weekends. It is located in the tent beside 1398 Cartwright Street on Granville Island (next to the Waterfront Theatre. See page 14 for location).

BOX OFFICE INFO LINE

$100 in advance or at door (see page 9 for details). Includes a $50 tax receipt, access to the Tanga and Tonye Aganaba concert, and the pre-show party.

OPENING NIGHT: Tanga and Tonye Aganeba in Concert $20 in advance or at door (see page 11 for details).

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT FRINGE-FOR-ALL

NOTE: NO TICKET SALES VIA PHONE!

$10 in advance or at door (see page 17 for details). Passes will not be accepted.

Most Fringe venues are fully accessible; however, performances at Malaspina Printmakers are not.

Many site-specific venues have limited wheelchair access. Visit vancouverfringe.com/accessibility to confirm accessibility.

Lists of shows that are suitable for people who are Blind or Partially Sighted or who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing are available at vancouverfringe.com/accessibility.

The Fringe is a participant of the Access2 Program. Attendants accompanying patrons with an Access2 Card will be admitted free of charge.

For full accessibility information at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, visit vancouverfringe.com/accessibility.

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OPENING NIGHT: An Evening With Wonderheads

For difficulties using our online ticket system, call 778.938.1447 from September 8, 2015.

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CHILDREN The Fringe may not be suitable for children. Babes in arms (under two years old) are permitted, but we ask that you be respectful of other patrons and leave the theatre should your baby cause a disturbance. Keep in mind we do not censor or jury any of the content. Please consult the program guide or website for specific show ratings. All patrons, including children two years of age and older, must purchase a Membership.

FRINGE AWARDS NIGHT Entrance by cash donation to Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) Vancouver. Sorry, no passes.

See page 27 for details

PUBLIC MARKET PICK OF THE FRINGE $25 online from September 20 at midnight or at the door. The Public Market Pick of the Fringe will run from September 23 to 27 at the Revue Stage. See page 35 for more info.

PICK PLUS $25 online or at the door or buy the Pick Plus Package and see three shows for only $50 (the Package is only available online or at the Fringe Box Office, not at the door).

The Pick Plus runs September 23 to 27 at the Revue Stage and includes God is a Scottish Drag Queen III, Searching for Dick, Bookworm, and Giant Invisible Robot (see page 35 for more info).

All tickets and passes are subject to availability.

Prices include taxes where applicable.

Please turn off cell phones and other electronic devices in the theatres.

REGULAR TICKET PRICES $14 (Including applicable fees and taxes.)

Artists will keep 100% of the base ticket price, but taxes and fees are included in the advertised price. Please note that a Fringe Membership must still be presented at each performance you attend.

Shows may sell out in advance. Buy tickets early for your must-see shows. All ticket sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. In case of show cancellation, return tickets to the Fringe Box Office.

HALF-PRICE SHOWS Every show marked with the half-price symbol is half-price!

FREQUENT FRINGER CARDS Frequent Fringers give you amazing value! You can book tickets in advance with your Frequent Fringer Card, so pick one up right away!

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$270 Last year we debuted a 30-show pass to celebrate the Fringe’s 30th anniversary. they were so popular we’re bringing them back! Only 30 of these exclusive cards will be sold, and they include one Membership! It’s good for 30 performances and bragging rights!

Frequent Fringers are valid for one or two people (no more than two punches per performance). Frequent Fringer Cards are limited to regular Festival performances and not valid at special events. A limited number of Cards are available. Cards are non-transferable and tickets may be booked in advance or at the door. Memberships are required and must be purchased separately (except for the Frequent Fringer 30, which includes one Membership). Purchase your Card at vancouverfringe.com or at the Fringe Box Office (see page 14 for location). 100% of your Frequent Fringer Card price goes to the artists!

FLAUNT YOUR FRINGE! TICKET TOP-UP When you purchase tickets in advance at our Box Office or online you can top-up your ticket purchase with a donation to keep the Fringe Festival vibrant and healthy. As a thank-you, you’ll receive a button showing everyone that you love the Fringe!

ADVANCE TICKETS Purchase advance tickets online or in person at the Box Office up to 45 minutes prior to show time. After that, you may purchase tickets at the door starting 45 minutes before showtime.

Order online: Tickets go on sale online at vancouverfringe.com on August 6, 2015.

In person at the Fringe Box Office: You may purchase tickets in person at our Fringe Box Office until 45 minutes before the performance. The Box Office is located at 1398 Cartwright Street on Granville Island (next to the Waterfront Theatre). See page 14 for location. The Fringe Box Office is open from September 8-20, 4-9:00pm on weekdays and noon-9:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays. We accept cash, Visa, and MasterCard.

THEATRE WIRE APP Connect with the Fringe on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device through the Theatre Wire app! The app contains the Festival schedule, maps to our venues, updates about the Festival, and you can even buy tickets! The app will also have information about all the shows in the Theatre Wire season (see page 63 for more information).

TICKETS AT THE DOOR Day of show tickets for all shows may be purchased at the individual venues starting 45 minutes before showtime, subject to availability. New this year: We now accept cash, Visa, and MasterCard at the door! Please arrive early. Patrons arriving late will not be admitted. No refunds for latecomers.

PROGRAM CHANGES AND UPDATES Visit vancouverfringe.com for the most current information regarding added, sold out, and cancelled shows; venue and show time changes; and for updates on special events. Any changes will also be posted at the Fringe Box Office (see page 14 for location). All show times are subject to change. Please check the Fresh Sheets for updates. Fresh Sheets will be posted daily at the Fringe Box Office, Info Centre, Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, and at each venue.

SUPPORT

The Fringe is partnering with Performing Arts Lodges Vancouver (PAL) to help Vancouver’s performing arts industry veterans with affordable housing in a vibrant community setting.

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You & the Fringe

PAL offers an innovative solution for members of the professional arts and allied industries who often lose touch with the lively collective that underpins the artistic efforts we enjoy. It provides safe affordable homes and a supportive dynamic environment where residents stay active and creative.

We invited Fringe artists to donate a portion of their ticket sales to PAL Vancouver and we had a great response!

As you plan your 11 days of Fringe-ing, look for the PAL Vancouver symbol. 3% of the ticket revenue from these shows will be donated to PAL. It’s a great way for you to catch your favourite shows and support a good cause.

Plus, to get into the Fringe Awards Night on September 20 (see page 27 for details) make a cash donation to PAL. Thanks in advance for supporting this great organization!

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OPENING NIGHT AN EXCLUSIVE EVENING WITH WONDERHEADS

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 AT PERFORMANCE WORKS 1218 Cartwright Street on Granville Island

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You’ll even get a tax receipt for $50!

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Delve behind the masks and into the minds of Kate Braidwood and Andrew Phoenix, a.k.a., Wonderheads, creators of Grim and Fischer and Loon. See these masters as they share never-before-seen short pieces and create physical theatre with other Fringe artists!

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Meet Fringe artists and other Fringe VIPs during the pre-show reception, which includes complimentary: • Hors d’oeuvres from Dockside Restaurant, Emelle’s Catering, and the Keg Granville Island • Hand-crafted artisanal spirits from The Liberty Distillery • Beer from Big Rock Brewery • Wine from Barefoot Wine & Bubbly

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And get free entry to the Fringe Opening Night Dance Party with Tanga and Tonye Aganaba after the show!

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YOUR FRINGE FOR A DAY! Have a day dedicated just to you during the Festival!

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Any individual or group who donates a minimum of $1,000 can own a day of the Festival. We’ll proclaim your Fringe Love all day long—and you can bring your entourage to see some shows.

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These Fringe Super Lovers are so excited about the Fringe that they’ve made a huge investment in the 2015 Festival and each owns a day!

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Find out more about these Festival Day Owners and more about Your Fringe for a Day at vancouverfringe.com/ your-fringe-for-a-day.

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Keep your eyes peeled for these folks on their Day and share the Fringe Love with them!

Sound like the kind of fame and fun you’re looking for? Contact Gareth at gareth@vancouverfringe.com for info.

Brain

A monologue by Brendan McLeod

The human brain makes 20 million billion calculations a second. That doesn’t mean it’s always right.

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Thursday, September 10 — 6:15 pm Friday, September 11 — 6:15 pm Saturday, Sept. 12 — 4:30 & 9:45 pm Sunday, September 13 — 2:45 pm

Monday, September 14 — 6:15 pm Tuesday, September 15 — 9:45pm Friday, September 18 — 8:00 pm Saturday, September 19 — 1:00 pm

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THE FRINGE’S OPENING N I G H T D A N C E PA R T Y !

Open the Festival’s fourth decade with two of Vancouver’s hottest dance bands! Tonye Aganaba returns after two straight years of bringing the house down at the Fringe Bar to join Tanga, whose Latin, jazz, and electronic beats with a hip-hop kick goes where music has no borders.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 Doors at 9:00pm

AT PERFORMANCE WORKS Presented as part of the 2015 Fringe Festival’s Opening Night

tickets and info at

vancouverfringe.com

CASH BAR

19+ sorry, no minors

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1218 Cartwright Street

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GETTING TO THE FRINGE

Granville Island is the Vancouver Fringe Festival’s main hub!

Most Mainstage venues, the Fringe Box Office, and the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar are on Granville Island. With restaurants, the Public Market, galleries, art studios, and shops, the Island offers a lot to do between Fringe shows. Its relaxed atmosphere makes Granville Island the perfect stage for outstanding theatre at the Fringe. Located in the heart of Vancouver, Granville Island (under the south side of the Granville Street Bridge) is easily accessible through a variety of means.

WALKING AND CYCLING: The seaside path is always a treat and gets you right to Granville Island and the Fringe!

A bicycle is also a fantastic way to navigate the Fringe. Visit vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/cycling-routes-maps-andtrip-planner.aspx to find your best route. These routes are also suitable for people on foot. You can take your bike on the Aquabus’ Cyquabuses for free! Bikes are only allowed on the Cyquabus and your best chance to catch one is to board from the Hornby Street dock. See the Ferry section below for more information. car2go:

car2go is a unique car share program that lets you pick up and park your car2go pretty much anywhere in the “Home Area,” which includes the Fringe’s home base, Granville Island. As a special deal to Fringers who are new to car2go, you can sign up with the promo code FRINGE1530 and they’ll reduce the registration fee to $15 and give you 30 minutes of drive time! There’s dedicated car2go parking on Granville Island too, just to make things easy for you. Keep a look out for car2go at the Festival where you can play games to win drive time too! For more info on car2go, and to sign up and get driving, visit Vancouver.car2go.com.

FERRY:

The Aquabus and False Creek Ferries operate from approximately 6:40am to 10:30pm daily and make for a lovely way to get to and from Granville Island. For more information including schedules, tickets, and maps, visit the theaquabus.com and granvilleislandferries.bc.ca.

BOAT:

If you’ve got your own boat or other water based form of transportation, free three hour visitors’ moorage is located behind the Granville Island Public Market. Space is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.

PUBLIC TRANSIT:

The Fringe is easily accessible by bus.

The #50 bus goes straight to Granville Island from Waterfront Station thru downtown along Granville Street, or from the Olympic Village Station. Otherwise the #4, #7, #10, #14, or #16 all stop on the south side of the Granville Street bridge, where a leisurely stroll through the Granville Street Bridge Pedestrian Underpass and across the Granville Loop Park will find you in the heartland of the Fringe. For more personalized transit information and trip planning go to translink.ca or call 604.953.3333 (from 6:30am to 11:30pm).

PARKING:

After 7:00pm, parking is free and without time constraint in most parking spots on Granville Island! Between 7:00am and 7:00pm, free time limited parking is available in designated areas around the Island. During those hours, a vehicle may park for a maximum of three hours (and in certain spots, only one hour). Moving to another spot is permitted as long as the total time parked on the Island does not exceed three hours. If you want to extend your stay, we recommend that you move into a pay lot and purchase the extra time needed. Vehicles parked overtime will be ticketed.

TAXI:

Taxis are often found outside the Granville Island Public Market.

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MAINSTAGE VENUES 16 1 Studio 1555 West 7th Ave.

1363 Railspur Alley

Theatre 2 Waterfront 1412 Cartwright St.

Food Truck Feast

1398 3 Studio 1398 Cartwright St.

September 11-12 & 18-19, 7:00pm-late (plus nightly Food Trucks) Micon Parking Lot 1325 Cartwright St.

Creek Gym 4 False 1318 Cartwright St. Works 5 Performance 1218 Cartwright St.

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Stage 6 Revue 1601 Johnston St.

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The Cultch: Historic Theatre 1895 Venables St.

Dramatic Works Series 8 at the Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch 1895 Venables St.

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BYOVs & SITE-SPECIFIC VENUES 1502 Duranleau St.

Pacific Theatre

1440 West 12th Ave.

Firehall Arts Centre 280 East Cordova St.

Plays in Cafés on Sept. 12, 16 (8:00pm) & 20

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West 6th Avenue

Malaspina Printmakers

1608 Commercial Drive Plays in Cafés on Sept. 14, 15 & 16 (5:00pm)

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THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT

FRINGE-FOR-ALL

A FAST & FURIOUS FESTIVAL REVIEW At Performance Works 1218 Cartwright St. on Granville Island

With 108 shows in this year’s Festival, it’s going to be hard to choose! Join hilarious host David C. Jones in this two-hour preview. Artists have two minutes to convince you to circle their shows in your Program Guide!

And car2go Shows are back too! Chosen by car2go members and Fringers like you, winning shows receive promotional support from car2go. Visit Vancouver.car2go.com for info.

$10 (sorry, no passes) Tickets available online or at the door (if we don’t sell out first!)

10:00PM

THURSDAY

SEPT 10

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OCTOBER 10-11 11AM-3PM AT MOA

NY Portuguese Short Film Festival 2015 makes its Canadian premiere at MOA

UBC Museum of Anthropology 6393 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver 604.822.5087 | moa.ubc.ca

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Join us for the closing weekend of our exhibition, Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art, as we bring the NYPSFF to the museum to showcase films with a unique Portuguese perspective.

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BIG ROCK BREWERY FRINGE BAR

And The Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage In the heart of the Railspur District on Granville Island is the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar and the Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage, home to free entertainment every night of the Festival!

Take your photo with My City Photos Thursdays-Sundays. Don’t forget to tag yourself when we post these at facebook.com/ VancouverFringeFestival. And you can even buy a print from MyCityPhotos.ca for only $5.

Plus: food carts every night just around the corner from the Bar! More performances may be added as the Festival nears. Check vancouverfringe.com and the daily Fresh Sheets for the most up-to-date information.

Photo by Michael Sider.

The Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar is open from 7:00pm till late, nightly at 1363 Railspur Alley.

Photo by Katie Gingera.

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thursday

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SEPT

8:00pm

Ford Pier Vengeance Trio Endlessly creative, unapologetically curious, and undeniably talented, Ford Pier has been delighting and challenging Vancouver audiences for decades.

Virtuosic and bombastic, The Vengeance Trio tears through their sets with a rigour that is at once relentless and restrained. The perfect way to kickstart 11-days of live music! fordpier.bandcamp.com 9:00pm

Adrian Teacher and the Subs Adrian Teacher is one of Vancouver’s most beloved songwriters and performers. Best known for his work with Apollo Ghosts and COOLTV, he has been self-releasing music for over 10 years. His album Mount Benson, was nominated for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. The Subs feature Amanda P. on the kit, Robbie N. on the bass, and a variety of other talented musical contributors. adrianteacher.com

Adrian Teacher

10:00pm

City of Glass (a.k.a. Michael Champion and David Phu) is a Canadian musical duo that cut their teeth touring across Europe. Along the way they amassed a wealth of under the radar influences. Their DJ set will draw on their encyclopedic knowledge of underground classics and infectious electro-pop.

Dancing shoes required! cityofglassmusic.com

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saturday

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8:00pm

SAVVIE A seductive mix of sultry, brooding rock and infectious pop hooks, SAVVIE is the brand new outlet for Savannah Leigh Wellman’s insatiable musical appetite. Her debut album, Night Eyes, has caught fire with music-lovers across the country and is poised to take the rest of the world by storm. savviemusic.com 9:00pm

JP Maurice JP Maurice is an unabashed lover of pop music and he wants to make you a believer. A stalwart of the local music scene, JP Maurice has built a reputation as one of the city’s finest songsmiths and producers.

His live shows are becoming legendary for their energy and dynamism. Not to be missed! jpmaurice.bandcamp.com 10:00pm

City of Glass (DJ Set) Because you can’t have too much of a good thing!

City of Glass (a.k.a. Michael Champion and David Phu) are back with another set of dark, synth-laden, electro-pop classics. cityofglassmusic.com

SAVVIE

8:00pm

sunday

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JP Maurice

Tariq Tariq is a beloved figure on the local music scene.

If you see a lot of live music in Vancouver, then chances are you’ve seen Tariq, either on stage or showing his support from the audience, donning his signature beaming smile. Best known for his work in Brasstronaut and as a CBC Radio 3 personality, Tariq is a songwriter of the highest order. Come meet the best friend you never knew you had. tariqmusiq.com 9:00pm

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8:00pm

Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars The brain-child of local musical maven Colin Cowan, the Elastic Stars play psychedelic pop music that is equal parts nostalgia and revelation. His criticallyacclaimed new album, Spring Myths, was released in the spring. elasticstars.com

Cloudsplitter Dave Gowans, the man behind the late, great Buttless Chaps and Vancouver’s favourite record store, Red Cat Records, is a poet and a melody-maker in a class of his own. With Cloudsplitter, Gowans has assembled some of Vancouver’s finest musicians to bring his soaring, nuanced ballads to life. cloudsplitter.bandcamp.com

9:00pm

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As they declare proudly on their website: “Power Pop for the People Since 2005!” It doesn’t need to be any more complicated than that. Come out, dance your face off, leave happy. This is gonna rock! thetranzmitors.bandcamp.com 10:00pm

DJ Su Comandante Originally from El Salvador, Raul Espinoza (a.k.a.

DJ Su Comandante) deftly mixes world rhythms with hip-hop and electronic dance music. He’s shared stages with Wyclef Jean, K-OS, and Fishbone and we are thrilled to have him rocking our dance floor. sucomandante.wordpress.com

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Travis Bernhardt Presents:

8:00pm

The Discomfort Zone Fringe favourite, Travis Bernhardt (Unpossible), is inviting Vancouver’s best and brightest to step out of their comfort zone! What happens when a musician tries their hand at stand-up comedy? Or when a Shakespearean tackles contemporary dance? Will the results be hilarious, miraculous, or disastrous? Come see for yourself.

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tuesday

9:30pm

Viper Central

monday

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8:00pm

Third Annual Fringe Square Dance with Paul Silveria Grab your cowboy boots and your finest plaid shirt and come on down to the Fringe Bar for a night of social dancing! Hosted by expert caller Paul Silveria and featuring a live band made up of some of Vancouver’s finest pickers, Monday nights have become legendary at the Fringe Bar. No experience necessary. Dances are taught on the spot. squaredancepaul.com 10:00pm

Phantom Signal

Featuring Andrew Bailey, Jayson McDonald, and Tara Travis

We are thrilled to present the inaugural performance of Phantom Signal, an homage to the old-timey, creaky, old cobwebby radio programs recorded live!

It’s a tip of the hat to stories that got under your skin and sent you to bed with the lights on. Prepare for a bloodcurdling tale based on actual speculation, performed with all the trappings of the great studio anthologies of yester-century! At turns hilarious and horrifying, but mostly hilarious, and always horrifying. Special guests will be joining Andrew, Jayson, and Tara—whether they’re from this realm or the next is the question.

10:30pm

Viper Central

Weekend Leisure Karaoke

After the square dance, we’ll keep the party going with an intimate acoustic set from Viper Central.

A Vancouver bluegrass who’s-who, Viper Central drift effortlessly between old-time standards, contemporary classics, and their own original compositions. The perfect capstone to a perfect night. vipercentral.ca

Pump up the stereo, go get your hairbrush, and start practicing in the bathroom. If there is one thing that we can say for sure, it is that the Fringe loves karaoke. We are thrilled to welcome Weekend Leisure back for what has become a crucial component of the Festival. What’s your song? weekendleisure.ca

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wednesday

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SEPT

8:00pm

Kingsgate Chorus They are East Van’s rock ‘n’ roll choir and they will make you swoon! Choir director Jenny Ritter creates ambitious, intricate, and adventurous arrangements of all your favourite pop songs and Kingsgate delivers. Resistance is futile! They have us waaaay outnumbered. kingsgatechorus.bandcamp.com 9:00pm

Steve Brockley Band Timeless tunes, driving bass, gut-thumping drums, and rollicking finger-picked guitar. This deceptively simple combination allows the Steve Brockley Band to do what it does best: draw you into the world of the song and keep you transfixed until the last notes have rung out. These three powerhouse musicians play their hearts out, and when they do, nothing else really matters. stevebrockley.com

Supermoon

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8:00pm

Uptights There is a new crew of upstarts storming the walls of the Vancouver music scene. Jesse Gander, Barry Higginson, Tyler Mountenay, and Jason Stevenson are all veteran players. They concentrate their years of experience with laser-like precision to create nearperfect, two-minute pop-rock anthems. uptights.bandcamp.com 9:00pm

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Expertly crafted pop-punk gems beamed down from outer space! Heralded as one of the best live acts in the city, the quartet’s instantly catchy songs are bolstered by an energy that is equally infectious.

Come find out why everyone is talking about Supermoon. allmoonsaresuper.bandcamp.com 10:00pm

DJ Freaky-guchi From the bustling streets of Nairobi to the abandoned suburbs of Bucharest, wherever he goes DJ Freaky-guchi leaves a trail of legendary parties in his wake. The Fringe is next on his hit-list.

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Wooden Horsemen

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8:00pm

Wintermitts Fringe favourites return with their unique blend of rollicking, party-ready, bilingual pop. Get ready to swoon over delicious melodies played by a gang of genre-defying musical misfits. wintermitts.com 9:00pm

Wooden Horsemen Steven Beddall has sparked something with the Wooden Horsemen. Not only has he managed to recruit some of the city’s top musicians into its ranks, but those ranks keep growing. With a legion of devoted collaborators to draw upon, Beddall’s unique approach to blues and soul-infused folk continues to evolve, often right in front of the audience. Come bear witness. woodenhorsemen.com 10:00pm

Many Bothans Jess Latty (a.k.a. Many Bothans) is on a quest to make the world dance. Hip-hop, R&B, electro, breakbeat, top 40 remixes—none shall be spared! facebook.com/manybothans

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8:00pm

Balkan Shmalkan Big, brassy beats handcrafted in small batches for discerning Vancouver party lovers. No-holds-barred joyful noises that ring out across the globe. balkanshmalkan.com 9:00pm

Love You, Miss You The party continues with another band chomping at the bit to transform Vancouver into one giant dance party. Seven players united in their passion for the funk. Saturday nights at the Fringe Bar are always off the hook, and with these fellas at the helm, this year will be no different. facebook.com/WeLoveYouMissYou 10:00pm

DJ Ruggedly Handsome

sunday

20 SEPT

8:00pm

DJs Murdoch and Kinley Two DJs, one laptop, and a penchant for ‘80s top 40. It’s the last night of the Fringe and Entertainment Programmer Corbin Murdoch and Assistant Bar Manager Wade Kinley have got what you need.

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East Vancouver’s most reliable party starter.

Let’s prance!

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THE FLAME storytelling workshops at the Fringe

2 0 15 - 2 0 1 6 S E A S O N Free Performances on Sept. 16 & 18 10:00pm at the False Creek Gym

See four shows from just $64!

Choose from 14 shows, including: LOVE BOMB

Shameless Hussy Productions

THE INCOMPLEAT FOLKSINGER The Other Guys Theatre Co.

CHELSEA HOTEL

The Songs of Leonard Cohen

THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT Fringe hit

LITTLE ONE Alley Theatre

POSTSECRET: The Show Directed by TJ Dawe

Work with Deb Williams, the always entertaining writer, performer, producer, and co-creator of The Flame, Vancouver’s premiere storytelling event, and the worldwide hit Mom’s The Word (seen by 1.4 million people). Deb will share her 30 years of expertise in an inclusive and compelling atmosphere, focused on learning and growth.

firehallartscentre.ca 604.689.0926

The workshop is split into two categories: beginner and intermediate.

YOUR STORY, YOUR VOICE Workshop: September 14-16, 10:00am-3:00pm at Studio 1398 Performance: September 16, 10:00pm at the False Creek Gym $100 +GST, payable on the first day of the workshop (cash or cheque) RSVP to deborah williams1@me.com with the subject line “Your Story, Your Voice” Maximum 15 people!

New to storytelling, but passionate about it? This workshop is for you! Bring a short, interesting personal anecdote, and Deb will work with you to get it performance ready. It has to be true, about you, and told in less than five minutes. This workshop culminates with a performance at the False Creek Gym on Wednesday, September 16 at 10:00pm.

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Workshop: September 17-18, 10:00am-3:00pm at Studio 1398 Performance: September 18, 10:00pm at the False Creek Gym $100 +GST, payable on the first day of the workshop (cash or cheque) RSVP to deborah williams1@me.com with the subject line “Your Story, Too!” Maximum 8 people!

You have some experience, but really want to get better at storytelling? Join Deb to improve your development and performance skills. Bring a well honed story that is ready to perform. It has to be true, about you, and told in less than 10 minutes. This workshop culminates with a performance at the False Creek Gym on Friday, September 18 at 10:00pm.

Daniel Arnold & Marisa Smith in Little One, credit Kaarina Venalainen

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THE FRINGE

FOOD TRUCK FEAST every night of the Festival

7:00pm till late Every night of the Festival we offer up the best of Vancouver’s burgeoning Food Truck culture. One truck every weeknight and more on Fridays and Saturdays!

Come hungry.

Find these Food Trucks in the Micon Parking Lot, just steps away from the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar throughout the Festival:

• Melt City Grilled Cheese • Guanaco • Super Thai • Kaboom Box • Culver City Salads

• Community Pizzeria • This Little Piggy • Burger Bus • Pressure Box • Chouchou Crepes

photo by Michael Gabriana.

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Season Sponsor

A SEASON OF WORLD PREMIERES A reimagined

FourPlay:

(aka Until the Stars Grow Old) October 1 – 18, 2015 In association with Chop Theatre

February 3 – 14, 2016

ROMEO and JULIET

FLEE November 26 – December 6, 2015 An act of self-preservation set to rare and significant music Presented by Electric Company Theare and Studio 58 at The Fox Cabaret

NEW WORK BY EXCITED WRITERS THE CROWD

March 17 - April 3, 2016 Written by George F. Walker In association with Green Thumb Theatre Tickets: www.ticketstonight.ca or 604.684.2787

www.studio58.ca | #50Gr8Yrs

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Melissa Oei as Adelaide and Jon Lachlan Stewart as Nathan Detroit in Guys & Dolls. Photo by David Cooper.

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Mail to: 203 - 1398 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R8

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FRINGE LOVERS ARE FRINGE HEROES! The Fringe is a charity? Yes! And it’s YOU who helps the Festival and Fringe artists change our world for the better! How will you help?

See page 60 to see this past year’s Fringe Heroes!

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Top-up your advance ticket purchase with a micro-donation (macro accepted, too!) and keep the Festival vibrant and healthy. Your chic button will flaunt your Fringe Love everywhere you go!

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YOUR FRINGE FOR A DAY! Have a day dedicated to you during friends who donates a minimum of the Festival and we’ll proclaim your for this year’s Day owners and info

the Festival! Any individual or group of $1,000 to the Fringe can own a day of Fringe Love all day long! See page 10 on how you can get your own day.

FRINGE FOREVER Become a Fringe Immortal and make sure the Festival is strong far into the future! See page 59 for details.

The 2015 Public Market Pick of the Fringe Awards The hottest shows return September 23-27 for hold-overs at the Revue Stage!

Cultchivating the Fringe Award From the Fringe to The Cultch, the “Cultchivating the Fringe Award” pays tribute to the show that demonstrates unique potential and rewards it with a run at The Cultch.

Joanna Maratta Award Honouring those who best exhibit the original founding spirit of the Vancouver Fringe Festival.

The Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award Colin Thomas and Kathleen Oliver, the Georgia Straight’s theatre critics, will surrender to the mighty onslaught of Fringe talent, nominate five of the most outstanding shows, and select a winner!

BC Touring Council Award For the artist with the best potential for touring in B.C. The winner gets mentorship, marketing support, and the chance to showcase their work at Pacific Contact the BC Touring Council’s annual tradeshow and booking conference for the performing arts.

Artistic Risk Award The Fringe’s Board of Directors awards this prize for risk-taking in Fringe theatre to the artist or group of artists who best pushes the boundaries of theatre.

September 20 at 9:00pm

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Fringe Awards Night

Performance Works (1218 Cartwright Street)

Your cash donation to the Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) Vancouver gets you into the Fringe Awards Night.

The 2015 Award is in memory of Mollie Bradley.

Site-Specific Award For the show that made the best use of a non-traditional or site-specific theatre venue.

Volunteer Choice Award Some of our most dedicated fans have their say!

The Fringe New Play Award Playwrights Theatre Centre offers dramaturgy for the winning script and a guaranteed Mainstage spot in the 2016 Vancouver Fringe Festival!

The SOFA (Spirit of the Fringe Award) This award goes to the artist or artists that Fringe staff and volunteers feel most exemplifies the Fringe attitude.

Photos from the 2013 and 2014 Fringe Awards Night by My City Photos.

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Find yourself in the city

Vancouver Fringe Festival

1100 Chestnut Street @ Vanier Park

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FRINGE FESTIVAL RAFFLE Grand PRIZE

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The 2015

Inca Discovery Plus!

G Adventures wants to send two of you on a nine-day trip of a lifetime to Peru to visit Machu Picchu, the Inca Trail, the Sacred Valley, and the Ollantaytambo Ruins.

Specific itinerary subject to availability.

2nd PRIZE 3rd PRIZE A Motorino XPn Electric Scooter!

Raffle Tickets

$10 for one ticket or $20 for three tickets.

Cash only.

Tickets are available at the Raffle Tent (by the Fringe Box Office), the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, and around the Festival!

Winners will be drawn at the Fringe Awards Night, Sept. 20, doors at 9:00pm, draw at 9:30pm at Performance Works (you don’t have to be present—we’ll be in touch if you win!).

A Motorino LTf Electric Bicycle

4th PRIZE A 2016 Fringe Festival Kick Ass Pass valid for two and a Camino gift basket!

Actual contents of the Camino gift basket may differ from what is shown.

2015 Fringe Festival Raffle ticket purchasers acknowledge and accept that the companies offering prizes are fully responsible and liable for any harm, injury, or loss resulting from use and enjoyment of the prize each company offers and that the First Vancouver Theatrespace Society, presenters of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, bear no responsibility for any such harm, injury, or loss.

Chances are 1 in 1,750 (total tickets for sale) to win a grand prize. BC Gaming Event Licence #76025 Problem Gambling Help Line 1-888-795-6111 www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca

Know your limit, play within it.

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Friday, September 11

MASTER SCHEDULE

MASTER SCHEDULE Legend Your Fringe For A Day Fringe Special Events Workshops Free Performances on the Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Half-Price Shows

Tuesday, September 8 START TIME 6:00pm 9:00pm

SHOW TITLE Opening Night: Wonderheads Opening Night: Tanga and Tonye Aganaba

VENUE Performance Works Performance Works

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Thursday, September 10 START TIME

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Spookeasy

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Edgar Allan The Edge UnCouth Following the Sun Vaudevillian Pipef@%!

Eurydice For Body & Light Presents: Bear Dreams Chris & Travis DAREU! The Traveller

Revue Stage Studio 16 Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre Studio 1398 Firehall Arts Centre Pacific Theatre Waterfront Theatre Carousel Theatre Anderson Street Parking Lot Havana

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6:15pm 6:15pm

Camel Camel Brain

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High Life ESUM Dances with Spoons The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path Rhonda Badonda: ... Pain in Her Brain

Culture Lab Malaspina Printmakers Revue Stage Studio 1398 False Creek Gym

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Falstaff Do I Have To Do Everything My Fucking Self?

Studio 16 Performance Works

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6:55pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm

Pacific Theatre Anderson Street Parking Lot Emily Carr Parkade Cultch Historic Theatre Havana Waterfront Theatre Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Anderson Street Parking Lot Carousel Theatre Firehall Arts Centre

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8:00pm 8:15pm 8:25pm 8:30pm 8:40pm 8:45pm 8:50pm

Hunger Games: The Musical DAREU! Olya the Child Climb The Green Room Presents...

The Exclusion Zone Ford Pier Vengeance Trio DAREU! Alone in the Universe TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto Kiss Around Pass Around Lust & Marriage The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper In Search of Cruise Control Love is for Superbeasts A Quiet Place

Arts Umbrella Revue Stage Stage Studio 1398 Performance Works False Creek Gym Studio 16 Culture Lab

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Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra Peter n’ Chris present: Here Lies Chris Adrian Teacher and the Subs DAREU!

Cultch Historic Theatre Pacific Theatre Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Anderson Street Parking Lot

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Olya the Child

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A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien

Havana

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The Most Honest Man In The World

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City of Glass (DJ Set)

Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage

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Fringe-For-All

Performance Works

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James & Jamesy in the Dark

Firehall Arts Centre

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The Fighting Season

Carousel Theatre

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Darsey Meredith Day Balance 2.1 Quack Quack Penis Saturn Returns A Story of O’s Alone in the Universe James & Jamesy in the Dark He Roars An Empty House (full of air) hoof

Studio 1398 Studio 16 Performance Works False Creek Gym Carousel Theatre Firehall Arts Centre Pacific Theatre Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse Waterfront Theatre

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5:15pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:20pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:55pm 6:55pm 7:00pm 7:00pm

Dreamscape: Our Dreams Told Through Dance Pornography TJ’s Kitchen Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS Being Animal DAREU! Brain An Empty House (full of air) ESUM Leftovers Going On Dating for Dumb Heads (Dating für dumm Köpfe) The New Conformity Mrs. Singh & Me Peter n’ Chris present: Here Lies Chris Fringe Food Truck Feast Keith Brown: Exchange

Cultch Historic Theatre Culture Lab Havana The Improv Centre Sculpture Grove Anderson Street Parking Lot Arts Umbrella Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse Malaspina Printmakers Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Cultch Historic Theatre Pacific Theatre Micon Parking Lot Revue Stage

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7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm

The Dudes of My Life God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II Shake the Sheets!

Olya the Child DAREU! The Four of Us Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars Mona Monaé The Situation DAREU!

Studio 16 Performance Works Carousel Theatre Emily Carr Parkade Anderson Street Parking Lot Culture Lab Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Havana Arts Umbrella Anderson Street Parking Lot

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The Living Shh Fire in the Meth Lab Mars Oh the Humanity, and Other Good Intentions Porn & Pinochet (uncut & extended) Take Flight: an Adventure in Cirque Hunger Games: The Musical The Sama Kutra The Positive of Power Thinking The Tranzmitors Olya the Child DAREU! Spilling Family Secrets

False Creek Gym Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 Firehall Arts Centre Studio 16 Cultch Historic Theatre Pacific Theatre Revue Stage Performance Works Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Emily Carr Parkade Anderson Street Parking Lot Havana

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Chris & Travis

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Faroe Islands & Ostrich DJ Su Comandante Blackbird My First Sony The O.C.: The Musical The Middle of Everywhere Small Town Hoser Spic Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets Eurydice Village Ax The Birdmann in Momentous Timing The Seven Lives of Louis Riel

Arts Umbrella Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Culture Lab Studio 1398 Firehall Arts Centre Waterfront Theatre Cultch Historic Theatre Revue Stage Pacific Theatre Studio 16 Performance Works Carousel Theatre

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Saturday, September 12 START TIME noon noon 12:15pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:15pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 1:55pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 2:45pm

SHOW TITLE Asha Kydd Day Oh the Humanity, and Other Good Intentions Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical The Traveller The Exclusion Zone Love is for Superbeasts The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper Mrs. Singh & Me Pornography The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto Kiss Around Pass Around The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien Eurydice Sperm Wars Pipef@%!

Being Animal God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra Faroe Islands & Ostrich

VENUE Firehall Arts Centre Pacific Theatre Havana Waterfront Theatre Studio 16 Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre Culture Lab Arts Umbrella Revue Stage Studio 1398 Havana Pacific Theatre False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Sculpture Grove Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre Arts Umbrella

10 52 54 54 39 37 45 48 50 56 46 41 55 54 42 53 57 44 49 57

START TIME 2:45pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:15pm 3:15pm 3:45pm 3:45pm 3:50pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 5:15pm 5:20pm 5:45pm 5:45pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:10pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:25pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 6:35pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 7:30pm

SHOW TITLE Leftovers The Dudes of my Life Keith Brown: Exchange Going On A Quiet Place The O.C.:The Musical The Living Shh The Green Room Presents...

Hunger Games: The Musical The Seven Lives of Louis Riel The Middle of Everywhere Village Ax The Birdmann in Momentous Timing Brain Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets My First Sony Small Town Hoser Spic Blackbird Mercutio & Tybalt The New Conformity Spilling Family Secrets He Roars Shake the Sheets!

Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS DAREU! LOCO+HERO+JOE Grandma’s Dead HUMAN being The Situation The Inventor Of All Things Buy Me Dinner First: A Sketch Comedy Show ESUM Instant Life In Search of Cruise Control Fringe Food Truck Feast

VENUE PAGE Waterfront Theatre 38 Studio 16 36 Revue Stage 47 Studio 1398 40 Culture Lab 50 Firehall Arts Centre 53 False Creek Gym 42 Havana 54 Pacific Theatre 54 Carousel Theatre 53 Waterfront Theatre 39 Studio 16 36 Performance Works 45 Arts Umbrella 56 Revue Stage 46 Studio 1398 40 Cultch Historic Theatre 48 Culture Lab 50 False Creek Gym 43 Firehall Arts Centre 53 Havana 54 Pacific Theatre 54 Carousel Theatre 52 The Improv Centre 55 Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 Performance Works 45 Waterfront Theatre 39 Studio 16 37 Arts Umbrella 56 Revue Stage 47 Cultch Historic Theatre 48 Malaspina Printmakers 56 Studio 1398 41 False Creek Gym 43 Micon Parking Lot 25 56 Emily Carr Parkade

7:30pm 7:40pm 7:40 pm 7:55pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm

Olya the Child DAREU! TJ’s Kitchen Falstaff TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus Plays in Cafés A Weekend Near Madison Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical Do I Have To Do Everything My Fucking Self?

SAVVIE For Body & Light Presents: Bear Dreams The Most Honest Man In The World

8:00pm 8:00pm 8:10pm 8:20pm 8:20pm 8:30pm 8:45pm

An Empty House (full of air) DAREU! Dances with Spoons Lust & Marriage CLIMB Dating for Dumb Heads (Dating für dumb Köpfe) The Fighting Season

Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse Anderson Street Parking Lot Revue Stage Studio 1398 Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym Carousel Theatre

9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:15pm 9:20pm 9:30pm 9:35pm 9:40pm 9:45pm 9:45pm 9:45pm 9:50pm 9:55pm 9:55pm 10:00pm 10:20pm 10:45pm

Olya the Child DAREU! JP Maurice Mona Monaé An Empty House (full of air) Porn & Pinochet (uncut & extended) Peter n’ Chris present: Here Lies Chris The Positive of Power Thinking Fire in the Meth Lab Camel Camel The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto The Sama Kutra Take Flight: an Adventure in Cirque The Four of Us City of Glass (DJ Set) Mars Alone in the Universe

Emily Carr Parkade Anderson Street Parking Lot Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Havana Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse Studio 16 Pacific Theatre Performance Works Waterfront Theatre Firehall Arts Centre Arts Umbrella Revue Stage Cultch Historic Theatre Culture Lab Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Studio 1398 Carousel Theatre

Anderson Street Parking Lot Havana Studio 16 Firehall Arts Centre

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Café Deux Soleils Culture Lab Pacific Theatre Performance Works Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Waterfront Theatre Arts Umbrella

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SHOW TITLE

VENUE

5:15pm

PAGE 10 46 Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets Revue Stage Camel Camel Firehall Arts Centre 53 Small Town Hoser Spic Cultch Historic Theatre 48 The Birdmann in Momentous Timing Performance Works 45 The Green Room Presents...

Havana 54 The Middle of Everywhere Waterfront Theatre 39 Blackbird Culture Lab 50 My First Sony Studio 1398 40 Hunger Games: The Musical Pacific Theatre 54 The Most Honest Man in the World Arts Umbrella 56 An Empty House (full of air) Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse 56 36 Village Ax Studio 16 Dating for Dumb Heads (Dating für dumb Köpfe) False Creek Gym 42 47 The Sama Kutra Revue Stage The Positive of Power Thinking Performance Works 44 Take Flight: an Adventure in Cirque Cultch Historic Theatre 49 Shake the Sheets!

Carousel Theatre 52 TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy 53 of Titus Andronicus Firehall Arts Centre 57 Being Animal Sculpture Grove Fire in the Meth Lab Waterfront Theatre 38 54 Mona Monaé Havana An Empty House (full of air) Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse 56 Porn & Pinochet (uncut & extended) Studio 16 36 Brain Arts Umbrella 56 Mars Studio 1398 40 The Four of Us Culture Lab 50 Peter n’ Chris present: Here Lies Chris Pacific Theatre 55 In Search of Cruise Control False Creek Gym 43 Keith Brown: Exchange Revue Stage 47 Mrs. Singh & Me Cultch Historic Theatre 48 44 God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II Performance Works The Traveller Havana 54 The Fighting Season Carousel Theatre 52 hoof Waterfront Theatre 39 James & Jamesy in the Dark Firehall Arts Centre 52 The Situation Arts Umbrella 56 40 Going On Studio 1398 37 HUMAN being Studio 16 Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical Pacific Theatre 54 Sperm Wars False Creek Gym 42 Edgar Allan Revue Stage 47 49 Following the Sun Cultch Historic Theatre 50 Pornography Culture Lab 55 A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien Havana

5:25pm

UnCouth

Performance Works

6:00pm

The Edge

Studio 16

37

6:00pm

Oh the Humanity, and Other Good Intentions

Firehall Arts Centre

52

6:00pm

Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS

The Improv Centre

55

6:00pm

DAREU!

6:15pm

Faroe Islands & Ostrich

Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 57 Arts Umbrella

6:20pm

Vaudevillian

Studio 1398

41

6:45pm

Nashville Hurricane

Revue Stage

46

6:45pm

Rhonda Badonda: ... Pain in Her Brain

False Creek Gym

43

6:45pm

Alone in the Universe

Carousel Theatre

53

6:45pm

Eurydice

Pacific Theatre

54

7:00pm

Olya the Child

Emily Carr Parkade

56

7:00pm

DAREU!

7:10pm

Saturn Returns

Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 45 Performance Works

7:15pm

Dreamscape: Our Dreams Told Through Dance

Cultch Historic Theatre

7:15pm

Spilling Family Secrets

Havana

54

7:30pm

High Life

Culture Lab

50

7:40pm

Leftovers

Waterfront Theatre

38

7:45pm

Quack Quack Penis

Studio 16

37

7:45pm

The O.C.: The Musical

Firehall Arts Centre

53

8:00pm

Tariq

8:00pm

Balance 2.1

Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 20 40 Studio 1398

8:00pm

The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto Arts Umbrella

8:00pm

DAREU!

8:45pm

Kiss Around Pass Around

Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 46 Revue Stage

8:45pm

A Story of O’s

False Creek Gym

42

8:45pm

Chris & Travis

Carousel Theatre

53

8:45pm

TJ’s Kitchen

Havana

55

8:55pm

Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra

Cultch Historic Theatre

49

9:00pm

Cloudsplitter

9:00pm

DAREU!

Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 20 Anderson Street Parking Lot 58

9:10pm

The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper

Performance Works

45

9:35pm

The Exclusion Zone

Waterfront Theatre

39

9:45pm

The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path

Studio 1398

41

9:45pm 9:45pm 9:50pm 10:00pm

Love is for Superbeasts The Most Honest Man in the World A Quiet Place The New Conformity

Studio 16 Arts Umbrella Culture Lab Firehall Arts Centre

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noon noon noon 12:10pm 12:15pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:10pm 1:30pm 1:40pm 1:45pm 1:45pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:15pm 2:15pm 2:20pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 2:50pm 2:55pm 2:55pm 3:10pm 3:25pm 3:30pm 3:40pm 3:45pm 4:00pm 4:10pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 4:35pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 5:00pm 5:10pm 5:15pm 5:15pm

MASTER SCHEDULE

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Monday, September 14 START TIME 10:00am 1:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:10pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 6:40pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:55pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:20pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:20pm 9:30pm 9:45pm 9:45pm 9:55pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:15pm 10:15pm 10:35pm 10:45pm 10:45pm

PAGE 10 Studio 1398 24 False Creek Gym 51 Waterfront Theatre 38 Revue Stage 46 Studio 1398 41 Studio 16 37 Cultch Historic Theatre 49 False Creek Gym 43 52 Oh the Humanity, and Other Good Intentions Firehall Arts Centre Plays in Cafés Libra Room 56 UnCouth Performance Works 44 A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien Havana 55 The Seven Lives of Louis Riel Carousel Theatre 53 Brain Arts Umbrella 56 ESUM Malaspina Printmakers 56 My First Sony Studio 1398 40 Village Ax Studio 16 36 Rhonda Badonda: ... Pain in Her Brain False Creek Gym 43 The O.C.: The Musical Firehall Arts Centre 53 The Birdmann in Momentous Timing Performance Works 45 The Middle of Everywhere Waterfront Theatre 39 Small Town Hoser Spic Cultch Historic Theatre 48 High Life Culture Lab 50 Third Annual Fringe Square Dance with Paul Silveria Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 21 The Inventor Of All Things Revue Stage 47 53 Chris & Travis Carousel Theatre Mona Monaé Havana 54 The Situation Arts Umbrella 56 The Dudes of my Life Studio 16 36 Instant Life Studio 1398 41 LOCO+HERO+JOE Performance Works 45 hoof Waterfront Theatre 39 Buy Me Dinner First: A Sketch Comedy Show Cultch Historic Theatre 48 Dating for Dumb Heads (Dating für dumm Köpfe) False Creek Gym 42 52 James & Jamesy in the Dark Firehall Arts Centre 50 Blackbird Culture Lab TJ’s Kitchen Havana 55 Keith Brown: Exchange Revue Stage 47 Faroe Islands & Ostrich Arts Umbrella 57 Quack Quack Penis Studio 16 37 Viper Central Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 21 Grandma’s Dead Waterfront Theatre 39 Balance 2.1 Studio 1398 40 Saturn Returns Performance Works 45 Dreamscape: Our Dreams Told Through Dance Cultch Historic Theatre 49 Shake the Sheets!

Carousel Theatre 52 Pipef@%!

Firehall Arts Centre 53 SHOW TITLE Claudia Sjoberg Day Your Story, Your Voice Kitimat Spookeasy Nashville Hurricane Vaudevillian The Edge Following the Sun In Search of Cruise Control

VENUE

Tuesday, September 15 START TIME 10:00 am 1:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 5:15pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:30pm

Vancouver Fringe Festival

6:45pm 7:00pm 7:00pm

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7:30pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:10pm 8:45pm 9:00pm

SHOW TITLE JRo Team Day Your Story, Your Voice 27 Voices Leftovers The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path Love is for Superbeasts Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra Sperm Wars Pipef@%!

Plays in Cafés Dances with Spoons Do I Have To Do Everything My Fucking Self?

Alone in the Universe The Green Room Presents...

DAREU! The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus Mercutio & Tybalt A Weekend Near Madison DAREU! Grandma’s Dead Instant Life HUMAN being UnCouth Buy Me Dinner First: A Sketch Comedy Show The Discomfort Zone Edgar Allan The Fighting Season Spilling Family Secrets The Most Honest Man in the World An Empty House (full of air) DAREU! A Story of O’s The New Conformity The Dudes of my Life

VENUE

PAGE 10 Studio 1398 24 False Creek Gym 51 Waterfront Theatre 38 Studio 1398 41 Studio 16 37 Cultch Historic Theatre 49 False Creek Gym 42 Firehall Arts Centre 53 Libra Room 56 46 Revue Stage Performance Works 44 Carousel Theatre 53 Havana 54 Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 Arts Umbrella 56 Firehall Arts Centre 53 False Creek Gym Culture Lab Anderson Street Parking Lot Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 Studio 16 Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Revue Stage Carousel Theatre Havana Arts Umbrella Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse Anderson Street Parking Lot False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Studio 16

43 50 58 39 41 37 44 48 21 47 52 54 56 56 58 42 53 36

START TIME 9:00pm 9:15pm 9:15pm 9:15pm 9:20pm 9:30pm 9:30pm 9:30pm 9:35pm 9:35pm 9:45pm 10:30pm 10:30pm 10:45pm

SHOW TITLE DAREU! hoof Going On Pornography An Empty House (full of air) Phantom Signal The Positive of Power Thinking The Traveller The Sama Kutra Mrs. Singh & Me Brain Weekend Leisure Karaoke Oh the Humanity, and Other Good Intentions The Seven Lives of Louis Riel

VENUE Anderson Street Parking Lot Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 Culture Lab Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Performance Works Havana Revue Stage Cultch Historic Theatre Arts Umbrella Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Firehall Arts Centre Carousel Theatre

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Wednesday, September 16 START TIME SHOW TITLE Doug Beaton Day 10:00am Your Story, Your Voice 1:30pm After Love, Life 5:00pm Edgar Allan 5:00pm Lust & Marriage 5:00pm Falstaff 5:00pm Saturn Returns 5:00pm Rhonda Badonda: ... Pain in Her Brain 5:00pm The O.C.: The Musical 5:00pm Peter n’ Chris present: Here Lies Chris 5:00pm An Empty House (full of air) 5:00pm Plays in Cafés 5:15pm For Body & Light Presents: Bear Dreams 5:30pm CLIMB 6:00pm Chris & Travis 6:00pm TJ’s Kitchen 6:00pm DAREU! 6:15pm The Situation 6:20pm An Empty House (full of air) 6:30pm ESUM 6:35pm Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets 6:45pm He Roars 7:00pm The Living Shh 7:00pm The Four of Us 7:00pm Olya the Child 7:00pm DAREU! 7:15pm The New Conformity 7:45pm Spookeasy 7:45pm Vaudevillian 7:45pm The Edge 7:45pm LOCO+HERO+JOE 7:45pm Following the Sun 8:00pm Kingsgate Chorus 8:00pm Shake the Sheets!

8:00pm Mona Monaé 8:00pm Faroe Islands & Ostrich 8:00pm Plays in Cafés 8:00pm DAREU! 8:15pm The Inventor Of All Things 8:35pm Mercutio & Tybalt 8:45pm Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical 9:00pm Steve Brockley Band 9:00pm Oh the Humanity, and Other Good Intentions 9:00pm Olya the Child 9:00pm DAREU! 9:20pm High Life 9:25pm Mars 9:30pm Porn & Pinochet (uncut & extended) 9:30pm God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II 9:30pm A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien 9:45pm Fire in the Meth Lab 9:45pm Take Flight: an Adventure in Cirque 9:45pm The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto 10:00pm The Flame 10:00pm Nashville Hurricane 10:45pm The Seven Lives of Louis Riel 10:45pm Camel Camel 10:45pm Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS

VENUE

PAGE 10 24 Studio 1398 False Creek Gym 51 Revue Stage 47 Studio 1398 41 Studio 16 36 Performance Works 45 False Creek Gym 43 Firehall Arts Centre 53 Pacific Theatre 55 Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse 56 Libra Room 56 38 Waterfront Theatre Cultch Historic Theatre 48 53 Carousel Theatre Havana 55 Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 Arts Umbrella 56 Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse 56 56 Malaspina Printmakers Revue Stage 46 54 Pacific Theatre False Creek Gym 42 Culture Lab 50 Emily Carr Parkade 56 Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 Firehall Arts Centre 53 Waterfront Theatre 38 Studio 1398 41 Studio 16 37 Performance Works 45 49 Cultch Historic Theatre Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 22 Carousel Theatre 52 Havana 54 Arts Umbrella 57 Café Deux Soleils 56 Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 47 Revue Stage False Creek Gym 43 Pacific Theatre 54 Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 22 52 Firehall Arts Centre 56 Emily Carr Parkade Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 50 Culture Lab 40 Studio 1398 36 Studio 16 44 Performance Works 55 Havana 38 Waterfront Theatre 49 Cultch Historic Theatre 56 Arts Umbrella 24 False Creek Gym 46 Revue Stage 53 Carousel Theatre 53 Firehall Arts Centre 55 The Improv Centre

Friday, September 18 PAGE

START TIME

SHOW TITLE

10:00am 1:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm

V-Day (Veronica’s B-Day) Your Story, Too! Trialogue Grandma’s Dead The Inventor Of All Things HUMAN being God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II Buy Me Dinner First: A Sketch Comedy Show Dating for Dumb Heads (Dating für dumm Köpfe)

Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Studio 16 Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym

5:00pm 5:00pm 5:10pm 5:15pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:50pm 6:55pm

The New Conformity Eurydice Instant Life A Weekend Near Madison Shake the Sheets!

Spilling Family Secrets DAREU! Quack Quack Penis The Most Honest Man in the World ESUM The Exclusion Zone Kiss Around Pass Around The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper A Story of O’s James & Jamesy in the Dark Dreamscape: Our Dreams Told Through Dance Balance 2.1

Firehall Arts Centre Pacific Theatre Studio 1398 Culture Lab Carousel Theatre Havana Anderson Street Parking Lot Studio 16 Arts Umbrella Malaspina Printmakers Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Performance Works False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Cultch Historic Theatre Studio 1398

7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm

Hunger Games: The Musical Olya the Child DAREU! A Quiet Place TJ’s Kitchen Uptights The Seven Lives of Louis Riel The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto DAREU!

Pacific Theatre Emily Carr Parkade Anderson Street Parking Lot Culture Lab Havana Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Carousel Theatre Arts Umbrella Anderson Street Parking Lot

8:15pm

Village Ax

Studio 16

8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:40pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm

The Middle of Everywhere Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets The Birdmann in Momentous Timing Small Town Hoser Spic Sperm Wars Pipef@%!

My First Sony Peter n’ Chris Present: Here Lies Chris Supermoon Olya the Child DAREU!

Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Studio 1398 Pacific Theatre Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Emily Carr Parkade Anderson Street Parking Lot

9:30pm

Blackbird

Culture Lab

9:30pm 9:45pm 9:50pm 10:00pm 10:00pm

Mona Monaé Faroe Islands & Ostrich Falstaff DJ Freaky-guchi TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus Do I Have To Do Everything My Fucking Self?

Dances with Spoons For Body & Light Presents: Bear Dreams CLIMB He Roars Lust & Marriage The Fighting Season Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS

Havana Arts Umbrella Studio 16 Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Firehall Arts Centre

57 36 22 53

Performance Works Revue Stage Waterfront Theatre Cultch Historic Theatre Pacific Theatre Studio 1398 Carousel Theatre The Improv Centre

44 46 38 48 54 41 52 55

10:05pm 10:10pm 10:15pm 10:15pm 10:20pm 10:30pm 10:45pm 10:45pm

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START TIME 10:00am 1:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 6:35pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:55pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 7:15pm 7:35pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:20pm 8:20pm 8:25pm 8:40pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 8:55pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:45pm 9:45pm 9:50pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:25pm 10:25pm 10:30pm 10:30pm 10:40pm 11:00pm 11:45pm

SHOW TITLE Mollie Bradley Day Your Story, Too! Forget About Tomorrow The Sama Kutra Mars Porn & Pinochet (uncut & extended) The Positive of Power Thinking Take Flight: an Adventure in Cirque The Living Shh The Fighting Season TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical Fire in the Meth Lab A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS Being Animal DAREU! The Most Honest Man in the World ESUM In Search of Cruise Control Dances with Spoons Lust & Marriage CLIMB Do I Have To Do Everything My Fucking Self?

Fringe Food Truck Feast Falstaff Alone in the Universe Eurydice Olya the Child DAREU! The Middle of Everywhere Camel Camel A Weekend Near Madison Wintermitts The Green Room Presents...

Brain DAREU! Dreamscape: Our Dreams Told Through Dance Mercutio & Tybalt Nashville Hurricane Saturn Returns Balance 2.1 He Roars hoof Wooden Horsemen Quack Quack Penis The O.C.: The Musical DAREU! Shake the Sheets!

The Situation Pornography Many Bothans The Flame Mrs. Singh & Me The Traveller Leftovers Keith Brown: Exchange Going On Hunger Games: The Musical LOCO+HERO+JOE The Dudes of My Life Chris & Travis

VENUE Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Revue Stage Studio 1398 Studio 16 Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym Carousel Theatre Firehall Arts Centre

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Pacific Theatre Waterfront Theatre Havana The Improv Centre Sculpture Grove Anderson Street Parking Lot Arts Umbrella Malaspina Printmakers False Creek Gym Revue Stage Studio 1398 Cultch Historic Theatre Performance Works Micon Parking Lot Studio 16 Carousel Theatre Pacific Theatre Emily Carr Parkade Anderson Street Parking Lot Waterfront Theatre Firehall Arts Centre Culture Lab Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Havana Arts Umbrella Anderson Street Parking Lot Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym Revue Stage Performance Works Studio 1398 Pacific Theatre Waterfront Theatre Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Studio 16 Firehall Arts Centre Anderson Street Parking Lot Carousel Theatre Arts Umbrella Culture Lab Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage False Creek Gym Cultch Historic Theatre Havana Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Studio 1398 Pacific Theatre Performance Works Studio 16 Carousel Theatre

MASTER SCHEDULE

Thursday, September 17

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MASTER SCHEDULE

Saturday, September 19

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VENUE

Russ & Elaine Day

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noon noon noon noon 12:30pm 12:30pm 12:45pm 12:55pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm

LOCO+HERO+JOE Buy Me Dinner First: A Sketch Comedy Show Mercutio & Tybalt James & Jamesy in the Dark Grandma’s Dead A Weekend Near Madison Spilling Family Secrets HUMAN being The Inventor Of All Things Shake the Sheets!

Peter n’ Chris Present: Here Lies Chris

Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Waterfront Theatre Culture Lab Havana Studio 16 Revue Stage Carousel Theatre Pacific Theatre

1:00pm 1:15pm

Brain Instant Life

Arts Umbrella Studio 1398

1:25pm 1:45pm 1:50pm 2:00pm 2:00pm

A Story of O’s Saturn Returns Dreamscape: Our Dreams Told Through Dance The New Conformity Being Animal

False Creek Gym Performance Works Cultch Historic Theatre Firehall Arts Centre Sculpture Grove

2:10pm 2:15pm 2:15pm

Quack Quack Penis hoof TJ’s Kitchen

Studio 16 Waterfront Theatre Havana

2:45pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:10pm 3:30pm 3:45pm

Nashville Hurricane The Four of Us He Roars The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto Balance 2.1 The Seven Lives of Louis Riel Dating for Dumb Heads (Dating für dumm Köpfe) Take Flight: an Adventure in Cirque Fire in the Meth Lab

Revue Stage Culture Lab Pacific Theatre Arts Umbrella Studio 1398 Carousel Theatre False Creek Gym Cultch Historic Theatre Waterfront Theatre

3:45pm

The Positive of Power Thinking

Performance Works

3:45pm 4:10pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 4:45pm

The O.C: The Musical Porn & Pinochet (uncut & extended) Mona Monaé The Most Honest Man in the World The Sama Kutra Mars

Firehall Arts Centre Studio 16 Havana Arts Umbrella Revue Stage Studio 1398

4:45pm

Hunger Games: The Musical

Pacific Theatre

4:50pm 5:05pm 5:15pm 5:40pm

Sperm Wars A Quiet Place Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra The Exclusion Zone

False Creek Gym Culture Lab Cultch Historic Theatre Waterfront Theatre

5:40pm

The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper

Performance Works

5:45pm

Chris & Travis

Carousel Theatre

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5:45pm

The Green Room Presents...

Havana

54

6:00pm

James & Jamesy in the Dark

Firehall Arts Centre

52

6:00pm

Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS

The Improv Centre

55

6:00pm

DAREU!

6:10pm

Love is for Superbeasts

Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 37 Studio 16

53 36 54 56 47 40 54 42 50 49 39 45

56

6:15pm

The Situation

Arts Umbrella

6:30pm

Kiss Around Pass Around

Revue Stage

46

6:30pm

ESUM

Malaspina Printmakers

56

6:30pm

The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path

Studio 1398

41

6:35pm

The Living Shh

False Creek Gym

42

6:45pm

Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical

Pacific Theatre

54

7:00pm

Fringe Food Truck Feast

Micon Parking Lot

25

7:00pm

Olya the Child

Emily Carr Parkade

56

7:00pm

DAREU!

7:05pm

Blackbird

Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 50 Culture Lab

7:15pm

Small Town Hoser Spic

Cultch Historic Theatre

48

7:25pm

For Body & Light Presents: Bear Dreams

Waterfront Theatre

38

7:25pm

The Birdmann in Momentous Timing

Performance Works

45

7:45pm 7:45pm

Carousel Theatre Firehall Arts Centre

52

8:00pm

The Fighting Season TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus Balkan Shmalkan

8:00pm

The Traveller

Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 23 54 Havana

8:00pm

Faroe Islands & Ostrich

Arts Umbrella

57

8:00pm

An Empty House (full of air)

Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse

56

8:00pm

DAREU!

8:05pm

Village Ax

Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 36 Studio 16

8:10pm

Rhonda Badonda: ... Pain in Her Brain

False Creek Gym

43

8:15pm

Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets

Revue Stage

46

8:15pm

My First Sony

Studio 1398

40

8:45pm

Eurydice

Pacific Theatre

54

9:00pm

Love You, Miss You

9:00pm

UnCouth

Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 23 44 Performance Works

9:00pm

Following the Sun

Cultch Historic Theatre

49

9:00pm

Olya the Child

Emily Carr Parkade

56

9:00pm

DAREU!

9:10pm

Spookeasy

Anderson Street Parking Lot 58 38 Waterfront Theatre

9:15pm

A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien

Havana

55

9:20pm

An Empty House (full of air)

Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse

56

9:30pm

High Life

Culture Lab

50

9:40pm

The Edge

Studio 16

37

9:45pm

Brain

Arts Umbrella

56

9:55pm

Edgar Allan

Revue Stage

47

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START TIME 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:05pm 10:30pm 10:45pm

SHOW TITLE DJ Ruggedly Handsome Pipef@%!

Vaudevillian Alone in the Universe Olsen and Johnson’s Cabaret of Bullshit

VENUE PAGE Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage 23 53 Firehall Arts Centre Studio 1398 Carousel Theatre Performance Works

41 53

Sunday, September 20 SHOW TITLE Pete & Tom Day (Pete’s B-Day) The Living Shh The Green Room Presents...

Lust & Marriage Do I Have To Do Everything My Fucking Self?

CLIMB James & Jamesy in the Dark He Roars An Empty House (full of air)

VENUE

5:00pm

PAGE 10 False Creek Gym 42 Havana 54 Studio 1398 41 Performance Works 44 Cultch Historic Theatre 48 Firehall Arts Centre 52 Pacific Theatre 54 Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse 56 38 Spookeasy Waterfront Theatre Falstaff Studio 16 36 In Search of Cruise Control False Creek Gym 43 Dances with Spoons Revue Stage 46 A Quiet Place Culture Lab 50 The Fighting Season Carousel Theatre 52 Being Animal Sculpture Grove 57 Spilling Family Secrets Havana 54 An Empty House (full of air) Pandora Park’s Fieldhouse 56 Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra Cultch Historic Theatre 49 The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper Performance Works 45 TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy Firehall Arts Centre 53 of Titus Andronicus The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path Studio 1398 41 Hunger Games: The Musical Pacific Theatre 54 the Exclusion Zone Waterfront Theatre 39 Sperm Wars False Creek Gym 42 Love is for Superbeasts Studio 16 37 46 Kiss Around Pass Around Revue Stage The Traveller Havana 54 High Life Culture Lab 50 The Seven Lives of Louis Riel Carousel Theatre 53 UnCouth Performance Works 44 Following the Sun Cultch Historic Theatre 49 Vaudevillian Studio 1398 41 For Body & Light Presents: Bear Dreams Waterfront Theatre 38 Camel Camel Firehall Arts Centre 53 54 Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical Pacific Theatre

5:05pm 5:25pm 5:25pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:20pm 6:25pm 6:30pm 6:35pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm

Rhonda Badonda: ... Pain in Her Brain Edgar Allan The Edge Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS LOCO+HERO+JOE Pornography Going On ESUM Mrs. Singh & Me Leftovers Alone in the Universe The New Conformity

False Creek Gym Revue Stage Studio 16 The Improv Centre Performance Works Culture Lab Studio 1398 Malaspina Printmakers Cultch Historic Theatre Waterfront Theatre Carousel Theatre Firehall Arts Centre

7:00pm

Keith Brown: Exchange

Revue Stage

7:00pm 7:05pm 7:10pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:10pm 8:20pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:35pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 8:50pm 9:00pm

Olya the Child A Story of O’s The Dudes of My Life Plays in Cafés DJs Murdoch and Kinley Instant Life Buy Me Dinner First: A Sketch Comedy Show Grandma’s Dead The O.C.: The Musical A Weekend Near Madison The Inventor Of All Things HUMAN being Chris & Travis Mercutio & Tybalt Fringe Awards Night

Emily Carr Parkade False Creek Gym Studio 16 Café Deux Soleils Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Stage Studio 1398 Cultch Historic Theatre Waterfront Theatre Firehall Arts Centre Culture Lab Revue Stage Studio 16 Carousel Theatre False Creek Gym Performance Works

START TIME noon 12:15pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:15pm 1:30pm 1:35pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:15pm 2:20pm 2:35pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:15pm 3:20pm 3:30pm 3:40pm 3:45pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 4:35pm 4:45pm 5:00pm 5:00pm

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PICK PLUS SHOWS DATE Sept. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 27

START TIME 7:00pm 9:00pm 7:00pm 9:00pm

SHOW TITLE Bookworm Giant Invisible Robot Searching for Dick God is a Scottish Drag Queen |||

VENUE Revue Stage Revue Stage Revue Stage Revue Stage

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INFORMATION

Bringing back your best-loved shows!

PICK OF THE FRINGE The Festival’s most popular shows are held over for your enjoyment! Missed them during the Festival? Sold out the night you tried to go? This is your last chance to catch these shows! Pick shows are chosen based on their popularity with audiences and critical acclaim. Think you’ve found a gem? Tell us via Facebook and Twitter!

Winning shows will be announced at the Fringe Awards Night on September 20 (see page 27), and shortly thereafter at vancouverfringe.com. Tickets go on sale at midnight on September 20, and are $25 (taxes and fees included), with a portion of the proceeds supporting the Fringe.

SEPTEMBER 23-27 AT THE REVUE STAGE 1601 JOHNSTON ST. ON GRANVILLE ISLAND

PICK PLUS

$25

Sometimes Fringers love a show so much, we just have to bring it back! Enter Pick Plus: a series of Fringe smash-hits handpicked for your enjoyment.

2014 Pick of the Fringe show, Caws & Effect. Photo by Michael Sider.

GET THE PICK PLUS PASS & SAVE Buy tickets to three or more Pick Plus shows and get more than 30% off—it’s like getting a show for FREE! vancouverfringe.com/pickplus

7:00pm September 23 at Revue Stage

9:00pm September 24 at Revue Stage

BOOKWORM

GIANT INVISIBLE ROBOT SEARCHING FOR DICK

Written, created, and performed by Corin Raymond

Written and performed by Jayson McDonald

A hit at the 2012 Vancouver Fringe Festival, Bookworm is the story of a father reading to his son, growing up in a library, Spiderman, Ray Bradbury, and meeting the Minotaur for the first time just outside of Wawa. Warning: this show will open your heart.

Russel is a terminally shy young man who’s had an imaginary friend all his life. Unfortunately, that imaginary friend is Giant Invisible Robot who is programmed to destroy. Join Russel as he attempts to find love, bury the past, and prevent his Giant Robot from destroying Earth’s cities one by one.

“Creative, inventive, unique—this show is why you go to the Fringe.”

—Vue Magazine “Jam packed with observant humour and emotional honesty.”

—Vancouver Sun “One of the best pieces of theatre that I have seen in a long, long while.”

—Plank Magazine

Written by Jim and Tara Travis

with verbatim text from visits with psychic mediums

Tara talks to dead people. Twelve years ago, she received a message that would send her on an unforgettable adventure.

Witness magical puppetry, eat delicious brownies (recipe courtesy of the spirit world), and follow Tara as she searches for Dick. From the performer of Monster Theatre’s hit Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Based on a true story. “…an incredible journey, and Travis is rare talent.”

—the Georgia Straight “Ouija board says, see this one.”

—the Vancouver Sun

9:00pm September 26 at Revue Stage

GOD IS A SCOTTISH DRAG QUEEN III Written, created, and performed by Mike Delamont From Canadian Comedy Award Nominee Mike Delamont comes God Is A Scottish Drag Queen III! Vancouver’s favourite deity returns in an all new hour of comedy to skewer everything from Moses to Muhammed.

“At only an hour… it’s never enough!”

—Orlando Weekly “We just can’t get enough of the almighty.”

—Orlando Sentinel “It would be a sin to miss!”

—Watermark

VancouverFringe.com

“Raymond has impeccable timing, and his performance is at once intimate, openhearted, and evangelical.”

—the Georgia Straight “Corin Raymond is a storyteller who by the end of the night you’ll have known your whole life.”

—the Globe and Mail “Magic.”

—the Edmonton Journal

7:00pm September 25 at Revue Stage

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MAINSTAGE SHOWS

STUDIO 16 Falstaff

1555 WEST 7TH AVENUE

Village Ax

Clayton Jevne & Theatre Inconnu Victoria, Canada Adapted and performed by Clayton Jevne based on the work Falstaff by Robert Nye. theatreinconnu.com This adaptation of Nye’s acclaimed novel is a wild romp through the life of Sir John. Jack takes us into bars, battles, and bedrooms—reliving the ecstasies of the carnal and the horrors of the carnage. Falstaff is a mercurial combination of Shakespeare’s buffoon and the historic figure of John Fastolf.

Advisory: Nye writes for the modern ear.

“Amazing story teller.” —CBC “Masterful ... revealed a more sympathetic side of the buffoon without losing his bawdy edge.”

—Monday Magazine

Peachy Keen Productions Winnipeg, Canada Playwrights: Sydney Hayduk & Elsa Reesor Taylor peachyk.ca Standing tall is a high security Village.

Inside live 200 people struggling for their lives. Inside them is a small, vulnerable creature. Peachy Keen Productions proudly presents: a story within a heart within a person within a village that goes down in history, and proves the interconnectedness of humanity.  “Winnipegger Sydney Hayduk is thoroughly entertaining.” —CBC “Village Ax is your perfect piece of avant-garde insanity.”

—Orlando Weekly

“Unapologetically profane, but surprisingly sacred and poetic at the same time.” —Coastal Spectator Funny / Intense / Intimate 75 mins • 14 + • Sexual Content

Thursday Saturday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday

BEING

Animal

Sept. 10 Sept. 12 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 20

Intense / Poetic / Intimate 50 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

6:45pm 7:30pm 5:00pm 9:50pm 7:00pm 1:30pm

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday

Directed by Susanna Uchatius & James Coomber The Dudes of my Life

(uncut & extended)

Christina Andreola Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Christina Andreola

Caturro Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Andy Canete In 1973, at the age of two months, my family and I left war-torn Chile to come to Canada. In 1987, my father decided to move us back to Chile where dictator Pinochet was still in charge. It is the story of a Chilean growing up in Canada and a Canadian growing up in Chile. Funny and sometimes sad. Just like life.

“At times tragic, at times bittersweet, and always funny as hell.” —Dylan Rhymer (of Comedy Now!)

Vancouver Fringe Festival

10:35pm 4:30pm 1:10pm 6:45pm 8:15pm 8:05pm

How do we survive as a species?

Porn & Pinochet

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Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 19

“Andy C. is the raw vital force of truth.” —Bill Marchant (actor know for

Parents wish the best for their children at school, at work, and especially in love. As an unmarried 26-year-old Italian girl, the pressure is on to please “the family” by creating a family of her own. Will Christina Andreola find the man of her (mother’s) dreams?

Join Christina as she navigates through today’s swipe-right culture in Dudes: an ode to the single millennial faced with too many fish in the proverbial sea.

Chappie, The 100)

Join us in Sculpture Grove on Granville Island Friday, September 11 @ 6pm Saturday, September 12 @ 2pm Sunday, September 13 @ 2pm Friday, September 18 @ 6pm Saturday, September 19 @ 2pm Sunday, September 20 @ 2pm

Funny / Tear-Jerker / Multicultural 75 mins • 18 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content

Funny / Naughty / Intimate 50 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Friday Sunday

Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 19

8:35pm 9:30pm 2:45pm 9:30pm 5:00pm 4:10pm

Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 20

7:00pm 2:55pm 8:20pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 7:10pm

MAINSTAGE SHOWS

HUMAN God Frombeing The Machine Little Canary Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Sarah Roa What is it to be a human being? It is incredibly complicated. It is both hard and beautiful. We know so much about humans, but there is this incredible void we have yet to discover. This is a story about the discovery of what it is to be a human being. Join us in our journey. Will you teach us how to be human?

Love is for Superbeasts If You Can’t Beat ‘Em / Little Mountain Lion Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Mily Mumford littlemountainlion.com From CSI to Dexter, Criminal Minds, and many more, modern audiences are obsessed with portrayals of murderers... but how accurate are they?

Join a panel of media and academic experts and meet two real serial killers in the flesh. Find out about their first date, what video games they play—and why they do it.

“Witty, smart, and full of unexpected fun.” —The Marble (Victoria) “Superbeasts is like a medium steak— meaty with thought provoking dialogue ... well done and tender.”

—Times Colonist (Victoria)

Silly / Weird / Intimate 30 mins • All Ages

Saturday Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 20

Funny / Intense / Intellectual 70 mins • 14 + • Violent Content

6:15pm 4:45pm 7:45pm 5:00pm 12:55pm 8:45pm

Quack Quack Penis

Thursday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Saturday Sunday

Sept. 10 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 19 Sept. 20

8:45pm 1:00pm 9:45pm 5:00pm 6:10pm 3:30pm

The Edge

Lara & Laura Langley, Canada Playwrights: Lara Deglan & Laura Shortt

Unlikely Heroes Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Martin Schobel facebook.com/edgeofthefringe

Quack Quack Penis is about friendship, love, and the struggles one faces in the pursuit of happiness...

Now that the standard crap is out of the way, Quack Quack Penis is about two broads trying to carve their own path through life, treading between DILLIGAFing (NOT giving a f*ck what others think) and GAFing (giving a f*ck what others think).

After decades of chasing empty goals, a man steps into the desert of his soul to excavate the artifacts of a life lived in a dream. The Edge is the highly intimate and fantastical journey of a person meeting themselves for the first time.

Raunchy puppets, secretive shadows, and heaving bodies will guide you as you explore the dark and exhilarating edges of human experience.

This is Martin Schobel’s first show in 15 years and is the unexpected sequel to his first play which debuted at the Fringe in 1995. Join the story now, online.

Intense / Poetic / Intellectual 60 mins • 18 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content

Friday Sunday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 19

5:00pm 7:45pm 9:55pm 6:15pm 9:00pm 2:10pm

Sept. 10 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 20

5:00pm 6:00pm 5:00pm 7:45pm 9:40pm 5:25pm

VancouverFringe.com

Funny / Naughty / Shocking 75 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content

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MAINSTAGE SHOWS

WATERFRONT

THEATRE 1412 CARTWRIGHT STREET

Fire in the Meth Lab

For Body and Light Presents: Bear Dreams

2hoots Productions Melbourne, Australia Playwright: Jon Bennett jonbennettcomedy.com

Wired on Words Productions Montreal, Canada Spoken Word and Music: Ian Ferrier forbodyandlight.org

How’s jail? Is it just like the movies?

Are you getting really strong? I’m writing a show about you. Is that ok?

You’re in jail so you can’t really say no...

Love from your little brother, Jon From the creator of Pretending Things Are A Cock (2010), award winning Australian storyteller Jon Bennett is back for the Vancouver Fringe 2015!  “Bennett is the patron saint of storytelling.” —Broadway Baby (UK) Four-time Best Comedy Award Nominee (Montreal Fringe: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) Critics Choice Award Winner (San Diego Fringe)

Bear Dreams is animal magic fired by stories, music, and dance. A young couple go searching—first for each other, then for the heart of winter.

High in the Rockies they encounter an animal spirit that transforms their lives. Acclaimed choreographer Stephanie Morin-Robert blends narration and music by Ian Ferrier with the intimate dance of Danika Cormier and Joachim Yensen-Martin.

For Body and Light buzz: “Breathtakingly beautiful.”

—The Happiest Medium (New York)

 “Goose-bump inducing.”

—Vue Weekly

Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Poetic 70 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

Poetic / Intellectual / Intimate 60 mins • 14 +

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

Thursday Saturday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 19

8:30pm 9:45pm 2:15pm 9:45pm 5:15pm 3:45pm

Leftovers

Sept. 10 Sept. 12 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 20

6:00pm 8:00pm 5:15pm 10:15pm 7:25pm 5:00pm

Spookeasy

Dark Matter Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Brianna Wiens You can’t choose your family, but you can ignore their phone calls. In this unusual comedy, two siblings connect the dots between past and present when they are forced to spend the weekend together. Laugh till you snort. Funny with dialogue that might sound a little too familiar, Leftovers is a brilliant new work worth writing home about.

The New Eccentrics San Francisco, USA Playwrights: Jasper Patterson, Clay Letson, & Dave Clay spookeasysf.com Step into the seedy underbelly of the Spookeasy! This multimedia theatre experience combines new vaudeville comedy and spectacular circus skills with cutting edge projection mapping and Japanese black-art puppetry.

The New Eccentrics invite you to this groundbreaking spectacle that caused a sensation at their sold out run in San Francisco.  “It’s a gem.” —TheaterStorm “Howlingly entertaining vaudeville.”

Vancouver Fringe Festival

—SF Weekly

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“Super-rich, visual, colorful worlds.”

—The Examiner (San Francisco)

“Daring, bold, and sophisticated.”

—BAM Magazine Funny / Poetic / Intellectual 60 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Sunday

Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 20

6:45pm 2:45pm 7:40pm 5:00pm 10:25pm 6:45pm

Funny / Weird 75 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Smoke • Fog

Thursday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

Sept. 10 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 20

4:00pm 5:00pm 7:45pm 9:10pm 1:15pm

Grandma’s Dead God From The Machine

MAINSTAGE SHOWS

The Traveller hoof

Sam S. Mullins Toronto, Canada Playwright: Sam S. Mullins samsmullins.com

Elysse Cheadle Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Elysse Cheadle elyssecheadle.com

When two brothers receive word that their grandmother has passed away in small-town Saskatchewan, their mother sends them to represent the family at the funeral. Along the way, their relentless sibling drama sends their road trip into disarray.

From Canadian Comedy Award-winner Sam S. Mullins, creator of Fringe hits Tinfoil Dinosaur and Weaksauce.

A mohawked centaur snorts as the world burns down behind her; an antlered Cleopatra glides by with insurmountable beauty; a fashion show gets stuck to a wall; and a family of ungulates sit patiently awaiting their delivery dinner. hoof is inspired by herd behavior, mythic beasts, the melodrama of portraiture, and the banality of TV dinners.

“The melodramatic wordplay canters on and we eat it up ... funny, strange, and charming ... hoof has a serious humour, a humour of straight faces.” —Robert Leveroos, Vandocument

SHOWTIMES

September 10 Thursday 6:00 - 6:45pm September 12 Saturday 12:15 - 1:00pm

September 13 Sunday

3:45 - 4:30pm

September 15 Tuesday 9:30 - 10:15pm September 18 Friday 10:00 - 10:45pm September 19 Saturday 7:45 - 8:30PM September 20 Sunday

3:45 - 4:30pm

thetravellerplay.com Funny / Warm and Fuzzy 60 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

Silly / Weird / Poetic 45 mins • All Ages

Saturday Monday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

Friday Sunday Monday Tuesday Friday Saturday

Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 20

6:15pm 10:15pm 7:30pm 5:00pm 12:30pm 8:30pm

Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 19

5:15pm 4:10pm 8:45pm 9:15pm 8:55pm 2:15pm

Created and Performed

by Priscilla Costa

The Exclusion Zone

The Middle of Everywhere

Martin Dockery Brooklyn, USA Playwright: Martin Dockery MartinDockery.com

Wonderheads Portland, USA Playwrights: Wonderheads wonderheads.com

In this true, layered story about a book about a film about a journey to a room, Brooklyn storyteller Martin Dockery (The Dark Fantastic) takes the audience to the very heart of the irradiated ghost-city of Chernobyl.

Here, in a no man’s land that’s straight out of a Russian sci-fi movie, Dockery searches for a legendary room.

One bus stop... infinite destinations.

“Best storyteller in the United States.”

—Orlando Sentinel

“Martin Dockery sweeps you up in the madness and mayhem ... the imagery he creates is so strong you can almost smell [it].” —Herald Sun (Melbourne,

Wonderheads return with their larger than life masks and a story that bends time and space in a journey of epic proportions! From nine-time Best of Fest Winners and the creators of Fringe hits Grim & Fischer and LOON.  —CBC “A captivating, wordless journey of physical theatre.” —Edmonton Journal  “Prepare to be entertained.”

—The StarPhoenix

 “A captivating comedy.”

—Winnipeg Free Press

—CBC Intellectual / Intimate / Shocking 60 mins • All Ages

Funny / Family Friendly 60 mins • All Ages

Thursday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Friday

Sept. 10 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 20

7:45pm 1:00pm 9:35pm 6:45pm 5:40pm 3:15pm

Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 18

HAVANA THEATRE – 1212 COMMERCIAL DRIVE 10:25pm 4:30pm 12:30pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:10pm

Fri Sept 11 – 8:00 pm Sat Sept 12 – 9:15 pm Sun Sept 13 – 2:15 pm Mon Sept 14 – 8:00 pm

Wed Sept 16 – 8:00 pm Thu Sept 17 – 9:30 pm Sat Sept 19 – 4:15 pm moremona.tumblr.com

VancouverFringe.com

Australia)

“An incredible feat of storytelling.”

“Hideously wily, exquisitely wicked, elegantly perverse and profoundly awkward, Priscilla’s performance is an extremely charming and necessary experience.” – Guilt & Comedy

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MAINSTAGE SHOWS

STUDIO 1398 1398 CARTWRIGHT STREET

Balance 2.1

Going On

Poiema Productions Leduc, Canada Playwright: Kenneth Brown poiemaproductions.com

Going On Productions Halifax, Canada Playwright: Elizabeth Richardson elizabeth-richardson.com

Two people seek balance in their world after suffering personal loss.

Having adopted her father’s disciplined, intellectual approach to life, a daughter finds herself having to grow a new heart at exactly the same moment her hidebound old father has to.

A unique, humorous, and insightful look into the paradoxical life of a Buddhist actress. Drawing from her own life, Elizabeth counterpoints her struggles as a budding actress working with Peter O’Toole with her later challenges as a Buddhist on a three-year meditation retreat. We see art and life collide as characters from Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, and more fill the stage. Revealing her challenging and heartbreaking relationship with her mother, the show is funny, vulnerable, and courageous.

From the writer of Anatolia Speaks, Spiral Drive, and Letters in Wartime, Balance 2.1 will be opening at the Winnipeg Fringe this summer. Ken and Candice’s last show, Anatolia Speaks, received rave review across the country.

“Touching and funny and insightful.”

—Berkshire On Stage “Funny and human ... beautifully poetic and clear.”—The Chronicle Herald Funny / Intense / Poetic 60 mins • All Ages

Friday Sunday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday

Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 19

Funny / Intimate 60 mins • 18 +

5:00pm 8:00pm 10:15pm 6:55pm 8:45pm 3:00pm

Mars

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Sunday

Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 20

6:45pm 3:00pm 4:35pm 9:15pm 10:30pm 6:25pm

My First Sony

new best friend London, Canada Playwright: Jayson McDonald newbestfriend.ca

Roy Horovitz Tel Aviv, Israel Playwright: Benny Barbash royhorovitz.com

A pair of starry-eyed astronauts on a critical voyage to Mars find that they must make some unexpected choices when a navigational error throws them miles off target.

“That night too I woke up and heard Mom and Dad arguing.” This is how the story about the deterioration of an Israeli family, told by Yotam, begins: Yotam, an 11-year-old child, obsessed with documentation, records everything in his children’s tape, “My First Sony.”

Vancouver Fringe Festival

An award-winning monodrama, that got rave reviews, both moving and funny!

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1/2 “A gentle, affecting production ... performed with sensitivity ... There will be tears but they will be very real.”

—Edmonton Sun “A beautiful and very well acted play.”

—Daily Yediot “Beautifully crafted and performed.”

—Global TV Funny / Silly 60 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Intimate 65 mins • 18 +

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday

Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 19

8:30pm 10:20pm 2:50pm 9:25pm 5:00pm 4:45pm

Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 19

10:15pm 4:45pm 1:00pm 6:40pm 8:40pm 8:15pm

MAINSTAGE SHOWS

Instant Life God From The Machine

Lust & Marriage

Instant Life Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Eric Hinch & Paul Surjadinata

Dance Naked Productions Portland, USA Playwright: Eleanor O’Brien dancenakedproductions.com

The truth behind NASA’s 1998 SPACE PROJECT STS-95. The lives of geriatric astronaut John Glenn, impeached President Bill Clinton, and Dr. Von Braunhut (wealthy Jewish/Neo-Nazi/mad genius behind sea-monkeys) collide for this mission.

Science, political scandal, betrayal, and the fact that they took 400 million sea-monkeys into space shapes this amazing tale.

Emily is searching for her soulmate. When a Burning Man fling turns out to be her beloved, she thinks she’s found her lifelong BBQ. But is it possible to be monogam... ish? From the creator of GGG:Dominatrix 4 Dummies ( —Edmonton Sun) comes an intimate comedy exploring monogamy, polyamory, and what happens when two become three.

“400 million sea-monkeys!?! Holy shit... that’s a lot!” —Joe Taxpayer “Hitler wasn’t a bad guy. He just received bad press.” —Harold Nathan Braunhut, aka Dr. Harold Von Braunhut

Dramaturged by TJ Dawe.

“Engrossing ... O’Brien recounts it with verve and zip and generous heaps of humor ... She has a knack for making theater about sex that’s buoyant, candid, and refreshingly devoid of preachiness.”

—Willamette Week

Funny / Weird / Musical 60 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Smoke Fog • Strobe Lights

Intimate 75 mins • 18 + • Sexual Content

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The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path Embrace Theatre Saskatoon, Canada Playwright: Nathan Howe embracetheatre.ca A young man takes a job he’s not ready for in a place he’s never heard of.

A town being overgrown by forest keeps its school in a cage.

A wild dog (that resembles a bear) is hungry and has figured out how to get through the fence.

Silly / Warm and Fuzzy 60 mins • All Ages

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Vaudevillian James Jordan Calgary, Canada Playwright: James Jordan jjordanmagic.com This is a one-man vaudeville variety show with original magic, skilled juggling, royalty-free music and comedy, lots of comedy. James Jordan’s professional and polished performance has been headlining comedy clubs and children’s festivals all over the world!

“Humorous, lighthearted, and fastpaced.” —Andrea Hill, The Saskatoon StarPhoenix

“[James Jordan] will leave you in stitches.” —Joshua Collis, The Marble, Victoria

Funny / Silly / Family Friendly 55 mins • All Ages

6:40pm 1:15pm 9:45pm 5:00pm 6:30pm 3:00pm

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A fish-out-of-water story about a 23-year-old principal and a wild bear-dog in Northern Saskatchewan from the creator of Matchstick and co-creator of Aiden Flynn Lost His Brother So He Makes Another.

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FALSE CREEK GYM 1318 CARTWRIGHT STREET

A Story of O’s Tonya Jone Miller Portland, USA Playwright: Tonya Jone Miller tonyajonemiller.com

Dirty Old Dating forWoman Dumb Heads (Dating für dumm Köpfe) Jim Sands Presents Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Gina Bastone & Jim Sands jim-sands.ca

Wonder what it’s really like to talk dirty for a living? From four-time Best of Fest winner and professional phone sex operator Tonya Jone Miller (Threads  —Winnipeg Free Press,  —CBC) comes a reality-based, partially-improvised solo show about oral skills, aural thrills, and discovering there might just be a little bit of pervert in all of us.

In a world torn by global warming, Fukushima, pipelines, and dying bees, Hansel searches the Internet for someone to hold through the chaos.

Hansel is living far from his home in Hamburg, Germany and his only friends are on Facebook.

“Several laugh-out-loud moments ...

But the show’s momentum relies not on mere erotic absurdity. Rather than reducing her clients to caricatures, Miller humanizes them.”

“Delivers [a] clever cabaret number.”

—Willamette Week (Portland, OR)

Jim Sands is an East Vancouver based storyteller, musician, and clown.

Written and directed by Gina Bastone.

—Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight

“He’s funny. He’s corny. He’s the real thing.” —View (Hamilton) “Honest, heartfelt, and well-crafted.”

—Vue Weekly (Edmonton)

Funny / Naughty / Intimate 60 mins • 18 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content • Nudity

Silly / Weird / Naughty 55 mins • 14 + • Sexual Content

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Sperm Wars

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The Living Shh

Random Samples Collective Victoria, Canada Playwright: Jeff Leard Sperm Wars takes place in a brutal, futuristic, and utterly absurd universe.

Sperm and eggs battle for reproductive supremacy amid stories of loss, betrayal, spaceships, sword fights, life, love, and death before birth. This outrageous physical comedy features one man, dozens of characters, a healthy dose of spandex, science fiction, and sex jokes.  “Its own epic masterpiece.”

C-Command Mississauga, Canada Playwright: Callahan Connor facebook.com/CCommand Inspired by a freestyle rap in a lucid dream, The Living Shh is a one-man spoken word, physical theatre, psychedelic odyssey. Follow C-Command across a densely rhythmic rhyme-scape to the secret places deep inside where surreal ideas flutter, fuse, and explode. This quest for knowledge is dizzying, but laughter and music are constant companions.

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“Leard is a master of mime, and of vocal sound effects, and he plays the air like an instrument.”

—Fringe Review, UK “To-die-for hilarious.”

—Production Ottawa Funny / Silly / Naughty 60 mins • 18 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content

Funny / Intense / Poetic 50 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content

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In Search of Cruise Control God From The Machine

Mercutio & Tybalt God From The Machine

Gangland Productions Toronto, Canada Playwright: James Gangl sexhangup.com

Valour & Tea Calgary, Canada Playwrights: Valour & Tea facebook.com/ValourandTea

In this true story, James Gangl gives his teenaged nephew the sex talk he never asked for and will never forget.

James unpacks every mistake he should have made during four years of high school during a four-month cruise contract sailing aboard the Norwegian Dawn at the age of 28. Strap in, rough seas ahead.

Forget Romeo and Juliet; the real stars are Mercutio and Tybalt! In this offthe-page re-imagining of Shakespeare’s best-loved play, Valour & Tea presents a star-crossed bromance, punctuated by wit, music, and a bit of swordplay.

An all-new script (written in iambic pentameter!).

 “Exceptionally hilarious.”

Rhonda Badonda: . . . Pain in her Brain Deep Water Productions New York, USA Playwright: Rhonda S. Musak rhondabadonda.com She squeaks by with a pile of self-help books and coaches in every corner. Is she dumb? Why can’t she function normally in the world? When a mysterious pain dismantles her coping strategies, Rhonda Badonda embarks on a journey that leads her to the Paris Opera, Mozart, and the ultimate face-off... with her brain.

—Edmonton Journal

 “Amazing ... will stay with you long after you leave the theatre.”

—Toronto Star

“Gangl is a charming performer.”

—Georgia Straight

Funny / Naughty / Intimate 60 mins • Coarse Language • Sexual Content

Funny / Poetic / Intellectual 40 mins • 14 +

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Funny / Intense / Intellectual 75 mins • 18 +

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PERFORMANCE

WORKS 1218 CARTWRIGHT STREET

Do I Have To Do Everything My Fucking Self?

Regina of Light Fires Toronto, Canada Playwright: Reg Vermue

Mike Delamont Victoria, Canada Playwright: Mike Delamont mikedelamont.com

The one-woman cabaret by Regina a.k.a. the alter ego of Toronto indie musician Gentleman Reg. The show features comedy based storytelling, interspersed with songs by Light Fires, the electronic dance act Regina created with James Bunton (Ohbijou).

Set within a “night with Regina” framework, à la Sandra Bernhard, you get laughs, songs, and high kicks!

“Regina the Gentlelady takes us on a gloriously entertaining trip ... [and] has a fierce vocal presence.” — Glenn Sumi, NOW Magazine

Funny / In Your Face / Queer 60 mins • 18 + • Coarse Language

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The Positive of Power Thinking

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God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II

A 2014 nominee for Just For Laughs Best Comedy Award, Vancouver’s favourite deity in a power suit returns in an all new testament to skewer everything from Mormons to Scientologists in an unforgettable hour of comedy! Come and see what everyone is talking about and why God has sold out theatres across the continent!  “It would be a sin to miss this show.” —Winnipeg Free Press  “This is hallelujah-praiseJesus funny.” —Orlando Sentinel 1/2 “You’ll cry from laughter.”

—Edmonton Journal

Funny / Silly 60 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

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UnCouth

LanceLife Portland, USA Playwrights: Wallace Fessler & Joshua Fisher Lance-Life.com

Windy Wynazz Oakland, USA Playwrights: Windy Wynazz & Dan Griffiths WindyWynazz.com

Are negative thoughts obscuring your path to more money, a bigger house, and a better life? Join Lance Banks, creator of the LanceLife Comprehensive Total Life System, for his multimedia powinar, The Positive of Power Thinking, and learn how ordinary Canadians just like you can live the American dream.

Experience a fast-paced physical theatre, clown, and burlesque send-up of a wannabe showgirl.

The endearingly maladroit Wynazz (Best Comedienne of San Francisco 2014) has the taste for showbiz and fantasizes about her impending international acclaim. Largely dialoguefree, UnCouth has puppetry, song, dance, and involves the audience in the show!

“It’s impossible not to get caught up in Lance’s cyclical web of self-help jargon.” —Oregon Arts Watch “A long-needed mockery of all things American Corporate Happy Talk.”

—Portland Stage Reviews

“Driven by her zany energy ... [Wynazz] made clowning around sexy!”

—New Orleans Gambit

“Funniest woman I’ve seen in a long time ... the future of theatre is in good hands.” —Bay Area Dance Watch

Funny / Weird / Family Friendly 70 mins • All Ages

Funny / Weird / Family Friendly 70 mins • All Ages

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LOCO+HERO+JOE God From The Machine

Saturn Returns

Darcy McFadden Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Darcy McFadden facebook.com/darcyspace

Whitehall Entertainment Incorporated Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Written by ensemble cast facebook.com/SaturnReturnsPlay

What happens when a local Vancouver hero from the 1800s weighs in on a discussion of his life with two women nearly a century after his death?

LOCO+HERO+JOE is a new musical inspired by the life of legendary Vancouver lifeguard, Joe Fortes.

Every 29 years, Saturn orbits the sun and lands in the exact position at the time of our birth, marking significant life stages: adulthood, mid-life crisis, and “golden years” of wisdom. It’s a tremendous time of change and reflection. Saturn Returns is an entertaining and moving collection of women’s personal stories. Come along for the ride!

Local Vancouver artist, Darcy McFadden, has crafted a new musical and enlists a troupe of local artists to bring Joe back to English Bay for the Fringe!

Starring Christine Lippa, Jenn Griffin, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Rae Clark, Jamie Chrest, Jennifer Perrin, Barbara Beall, Briana Rayner, Sindy Angel, and special guest Ellie Harvie.

The Birdmann in Momentous Timing The Birdmann Clear Island, Australia Playwright: The Birdmann thebirdmann.com.au

Corin Raymond Toronto, Canada Playwright: Corin Raymond CorinRaymond.com

A one-man romantic comedy circus show about a rock ‘n’ roll comedian, the audience, and everything in between. A star of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, the Glastonbury Festival, and just nominated “most original comedy” at the Edinburgh Fringe. In an art-house explosion, a man like no man searches for love in a mysterious stiletto and ultimately himself.

From the creator of Bookworm, the story of how a Toronto songwriter paid for the making of his album with Canadian Tire money. A grassroots tale of music, money, and work, and how an absurdly beautiful triumph of community transformed one man’s ideas about all three.

 —Times Colonist “Deliciously surreal.” —Georgia Straight “Idiosyncratic genius.” —The Scotsman “Amazement.” —The Guardian “Ingenious.” —Chortle “Triumph.” —The Age “Show like no other.” —CBC Canada

Musical / Intimate / Multicultural 70 mins • 14 +

Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Queer 75 mins • 14 + • Strobe Lights

Funny / In Your Face / Intimate 50 mins • 14 +

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The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper

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Dramaturgy by TJ Dawe.

“Corin Raymond is a storyteller who by the end of the night you’ll have known your whole life.” —Globe and Mail “Raymond has impeccable timing ... intimate, openhearted, and evangelical.”

—Georgia Straight

Funny / Poetic / Intimate 60 mins • 14 +

10:40pm 4:30pm 12:10pm 6:55pm 8:30pm 7:25pm

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Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets Adam Francis Proulx Toronto, Canada Playwright: Adam Francis Proulx AdamFrancisProulx.com Rub-a-dub-dub, the Baker was found dead in the tub! Now his husband the Butcher is on trial. And what ever happened to this mysterious Candlestick Maker? A single puppeteer, Adam Francis Proulx, transforms one puppet into the 12 members of the jury in this courtroom puppet dramedy!

“Proulx is a winning versatile performer, [and] his puppets [are] inventive and full of personality.”

—Glenn Sumi, NOW Magazine, Toronto

“A true tour-de-force performance, playing all the characters, using one puppet.” —Crew Magazine

Dances God Fromwith TheSpoons Machine Generation Goat Rocket Port Townsend, USA Playwrights: Sophie & Phina Pipia goatrocket.com Hailed as “impossible to resist” by the Montreal Gazette, these performers leave you smiling, humming, and wanting more. Two real-life sisters play everything from tubas to ukuleles, guitars, and accordions to bring a topsy-turvy world to life. This odyssey follows a pair of lovable detectives as they ride the rails to crack their biggest case ever.

“Impossible to resist.” —Montreal Gazette “Gorgeously imaginative.”

—The Visitorium (Montreal)

Funny / Naughty / Intellectual 55 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content

Funny / Musical / Family Friendly 55 mins • All Ages

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Kiss Around Pass Around SHOSHINZ Tokyo, Japan Playwright: Yanomi shoshinznet.web.fc2.com

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Nashville Hurricane Chase Padgett Productions Portland, USA Playwrights: Chase Padgett & Jay Hopkins NashvilleHurricane.com

A hilarious and fantastical physical comedy. Highly visual with stunning sounds. Created by Japanese artist Yanomi, a.k.a. Miss Hiccup. An adventure featuring a mysterious creature wandering the world looking for its daddy. Leaves, wind, water—for a traveler, anything’s a compass. This unruly innocent creature will sneak in and steal your heart.

Chase Padgett (6 Guitars) returns as a manager, a mother, a mentor, and a guitar prodigy who all share their side of what really happened to the best damn guitar player you’ve never heard of... the Nashville Hurricane. Filled with comedy, music, and characters, this curious tale of finger picking fury will blow you away!  “Simply a stunner.”

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—Winnipeg Free Press

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“Hugely entertaining and smart storytelling.” —Orlando Sentinel “Don’t let this blow by without you.”

—Edmonton Journal

Funny / Weird / Family Friendly 60 mins • All Ages

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Funny / Intense / Musical 75 mins • 14 +

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Edgar Allan God From The Machine The Coldharts Brooklyn, USA Playwrights: Katie Hartman & Nick Ryan thecoldharts.com Eleven-year-old Edgar Allan has only one goal: to be the most remarkable boy at boarding school. He has only one obstacle: Edgar Allan. A manic lullaby inspired by the childhood and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. The creators of The Legend of White Woman Creek return with a dark musical comedy for brave children of all ages.

“If Edward Gorey were to write a children’s ukulele musical, it would look like this ... A jewel box of a play.”

—L’etoile Magazine

“Best of the 2014 Fringe Festival.”

—Minneapolis City Pages

Keith Brown: Exchange Keith Brown Magic London, Canada Playwright: Keith Brown keithbrown.ca Keith Brown is a recent TEDx speaker and award-winning magician. Join him in an exchange of mystery, wonder, and imagination fused together in an intimate theatre setting. Interactive entertainment at its finest revolving around you, the audience.

“I have been doing this for 13 years because I love it and hopefully you enjoy it as much as I do.” —Keith Brown “Don’t miss this.” —CBC “Brown’s sweetness and talent charm the audience.” —Winnipeg Free Press “A delight for young or old.”

—Beat Magazine

“It will leave you on pins and needles.”

—Orlando Sentinel Funny / Family Friendly / Shocking 60 mins • All Ages

Funny / Intense / Poetic 50 mins • All Ages

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TheFrom Inventor All Things God The Of Machine big word performance poetry Camberley, United Kingdom Playwright: jem rolls facebook.com/TheInventorOfAllThings A Hungarian Jew wrecked the Nazi atomic bomb?

The amazing, true story of forgotten genius Leo Szilard: peacemaker, physicist, refugee, celebrity, Martian, and more. And very funny. Hated by Generals, first to think of the atom bomb, and too good to flush his own toilet.

“Rolls’ enthusiasm and sense of disbelief that such a man as Szilard could exist is infectious.”

—Montreal Gazette, 2015

Funny / Intellectual / Shocking 60 mins • 14 +

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The Sama Kutra Sizzle and Spark Calgary, Canada Playwrights: Jed Tomlinson & Jacqueline Russell sizzlespark.com After endless years of marriage, Spark and Sizzle Fandango are desperate to infuse some passion into their wilting relationship. Lost, afraid, and confused, they blunder their way through a night of ridiculous erotic antics and kinky desires. Can the secrets of the ancient Sama Kutra save their marriage?  “A fringe comedy treat.”

—Calgary Herald (Best of Fest)

“A run for the title of ‘best sex ever’ show.” —Calgary Sun  “A sexy, naughty, wild, and hilarious ride.” —Calgary Is Awesome

Funny / Naughty / Shocking 60 mins • 14 + • Sexual Content • Smoke • Fog

6:25pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 5:00pm 1:00pm 8:45pm

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“Story telling and hidden history at its best.” —Montreal Times, 2015 “Jem Rolls is always great.”

—Toronto Now

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THE CULTCH HISTORIC THEATRE 1895 VENABLES STREET

Buy Me Dinner First: A Sketch Comedy Show Buy Me Dinner First Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Dylan Archambault “Hey gurl, this club be bumpin’ tonight. What do you say we get out of here and find something else to bump and...” STOP. Has this happened to you? Feel used, abused, and forgotten? There’s no need to feel alone. Laugh with us. Buy Me Dinner First delves into the unpalatable world of dating.

A sketch comedy show from the mind of Dylan Archambault.

CLIMB Deathbench Productions Bellingham, USA Playwrights: Meredith Hambrock & Esther de Monteflores deathbenchproductions.com One circus artist. Two ropes. CLIMB is a journey through four stages of life on two axes. Featuring Esther de Monteflores performing on both corde lisse (aerial rope) and slack rope, CLIMB is a work of contemporary circus theatre that daringly combines narration and movement to reinterpret different phases of life. Set to an original score by Aaron Read, CLIMB questions how our experience of movement, narrative, and time changes as we grow.

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Weird / Poetic / Intimate 47 mins • 14 +

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There’s always something happening on Granville Island.

Mrs. Singh & Me

Small Town Hoser Spic

South Asian Arts Society Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Munish Sharma southasianarts.ca

rice & beans theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Pedro Chamale riceandbeanstheatre.com

Mrs. Kuldeep Singh has been kidnapped by a man named Raj. When she finds out why, she is faced with a choice that she simply cannot accept. This dark comedy puts you in a unique situation with classic themes, along with some chai and cookies. Basically, imagine if Romeo kidnapped Juliet’s mom! What would happen next?

Pedro Chamale’s brave one-man venture, Small Town Hoser Spic is inspired by the creator’s experience with being a person of Hispanic descent growing up in a small town in Northern British Columbia. Small Town Hoser Spic is the struggle of a first generation Hispanic Canadian trying to find a home, a culture, and a national identity.

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Created in collaboration by Pedro Chamale and Derek Chan. Written and performed by Pedro Chamale.

Directed by Derek Chan.

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Funny / Intense / Multicultural 60 mins • 14 +

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Intense / Intimate / Multicultural 60 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

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Dreamscape: Our Dreams Told Through Dance Viva Dance Company Edmonton, Canada Playwright: Stephanie Lilley vivadancecompany.com Through 55 captivating minutes of contemporary dance, the dynamic Viva dancers give you a glimpse into their dreams. Through their inspired movement, they explore the notions of losing control, past love, and chaos.

Although the dancers are highly technical and emotive, you do not need to be a dance connoisseur to appreciate the artistry and athleticism of this company. Dreamscape is a family friendly show sure to please all!

Following the Sun

Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra

Vancouver Gypsy Group Roma Gry Asso Burnaby, Canada Playwright: Katia Luchyshyna romagry.com

rice & beans theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Derek Chan riceandbeanstheatre.com

Following the Sun is a tale about passionate gypsy love, treachery, and above all, the family connections that form from traveling together. Forever on the move, free and proud, gypsies follow the sun. The play is full of gypsy dances and the beautiful music of Eastern Europe. It is a show with breathtaking plot, vivid characters, and colourful costumes.

Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra tells the story of astronaut Thomas Malinsky and his perilous journey to a planet far away in a one-person spaceship. Drawing from parallels between the birth of a child and space exploration, it is a wild and intimate story about leaping into territories unknown and connections lost in today’s hyperconnected world.

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Funny / Musical / Multicultural 75 mins • All Ages • Strobe Lights

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Clutching a one-way ticket to his dreams, Bumbles’ plane stalled on the tarmac. With his heart and mind at odds, Bumbles must choose between clinging to the past or leaping into the unknown. Join Kiki, Bumbles, and Fink as they journey into a world of whimsy and imagination where they explore the exhilarating joy and crippling fear of taking flight.

—K. Hammergren, Audience Member

Edmonton Journal

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Imaginez Ensemblez Chicago, USA Playwrights: Imaginez Ensemblez imaginezensemblez.com

“Funny and poignant, great for kids and adults, took itself just the right amount of serious, and beautiful.”

“It’s a veritable perpetual motion machine of a show.” —Liz Nicholls, Family Friendly 55 mins • All Ages

Take Flight: an Adventure in Cirque

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Weird / Poetic / Intimate 75 mins • 14 +

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DRAMATIC WORKS SERIES at The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab 1895 VENABLES STREET These Fringe artists were chosen on a first come, first served basis to produce these previously published dramatic works.

With generous support from the Lochmaddy Foundation, the Fringe is proud to boost the dramatic contest at the Festival.

Be sure to check show descriptions throughout the program guide to find more drama at the Fringe!

A Quiet Place

A Weekend Near Madison

Psyche Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Brendan Gall psychetheatre.com

Island Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Kathleen Tolan

In a room with no door, two amnesiacs attempt to solve the puzzle of their own existence while trying not to kill each other or fall in love. A great reckoning in a little room, this play will take you from mystery to comedy to tragedy—all with just two men, one chair, and a light bulb. *By special arrangement with the Canadian Playwrights Guild

Vanessa arrives with her lesbian lover Sammy for a weekend visit with her college friends David, his wife Doe, and his younger brother Jim—her ex-lover. As Vanessa asks Jim to father her child, the play charts the funny journey of the four friends’ political alliances, especially the chasm that has opened up between men and political women.

“Appealing characters and fresh from the vine dialogue.” —The New York Post “Warm, vital, glowing...full of wise ironies and unsentimental hopes.”

—Newsweek

Weird / Poetic / Intimate 47 mins • 14 +

Weird / Intellectual / Shocking 75 mins • 14 +

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Pornography

Aenigma Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: David Harrower

Husky Guy Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Lee MacDougall

Fifteen years ago, 40-year-old Ray was sentenced to prison for an illicit affair he had with Una, who was then only 12. Now he is confronted for the first time by an adult Una, who still struggles with violently conflicting emotions. What transpires is an intense, unsettling, profoundly tragic interaction that exposes painful truths and harsh realities

1989. Fresh out of jail. Need a fix.

What’s a thug to do? Join Dick, Bug, Donnie, and Billy as they scheme, punch, steal, and charm their way through the perfect heist!

“Blackbird ... is one of the best British plays of the decade.” —Chicago Tribune “This is an extraordinary, no-holdsbarred drama that both chills and thrills.” —The Telegraph

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“I can’t believe what I’ve brought together here. We are sitting on the biggest gold mine anybody’s ever dreamed of, and you three stooges are gonna f#@k it up.” —Dick, High Life

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The Four of Us

star star theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Simon Stephens starstartheatre.wordpress.com

The Common Era Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Itamar Moses brianmcochrane.com

From the excitement of the announcement of the 2012 London Olympic Games to the fear and confusion following the bombings of July 7, 2005, Pornography follows the private lives of seven people as they move inevitably towards a suicide bombing on the subway. The stories reveal complex lives in a society focused on objectification and fear.

What if all your dreams came true for your best friend? The Four of Us follows Ben, whose first novel vaults him into literary stardom, and David, a struggling playwright who is thrilled

by Ben’s success... and crushed by it.

This coming-of-age comedy covers 10 years, two continents, and one friendship on the brink of collapse.

Producer of past Fringe hits The Spice of Life, Baby With The Bathwater, and 2001’s Beyond Therapy (People’s Choice Award Winner for Best Actress: won by a male for the only time!).

“An extremely clever and enjoyable study of friendship ... funny, touching, and wickedly smart.”

—Time Out, New York

“90 minutes of humor and painful truths that really zip along.”

—Chicago Tribune

Intense / Intimate / Shocking 100 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

Funny / In Your Face 95 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Violent Content

Intense / Intellectual / Multicultural 90 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Sexual Content • Nudity • Violent Content

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MAINSTAGE SHOWS

ADVANCE THEATRE

NEW WORKS BY WOMEN

at the False Creek Gym 1318 CARTWRIGHT STREET According to a national study, women account for less than a third of artistic directors, working directors, and produced playwrights in professional Canadian theatre. That’s why Ruby Slippers Theatre and Equity in Theatre partnered with the Fringe to showcase dramatic readings of five new plays

by Canadian women playwrights. Curated by Ruby Slippers Theatre with priority given to diversity, these dramatic readings will be presented as matinees during the Festival.

Tickets are available at the door only and are pay-what-youcan with a suggested rate of $5 to $10.

27 Voices

Kitimat Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Elaine Avila Directed by Kate Weiss elaineavila.com

Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Sarah Megan Hunter Directed by TBA

Kitimat, an industry town in remote, glorious B.C. wilderness, finds itself the centre of international controversy when the town is asked to vote “no” or “yes” on an incoming oil pipeline project.

Family and community loyalties collide as residents try to decide what is best for the future. Based on true events.

A journey through the ancient world of souls, following the missing and murdered women that have been dismissed in our Canadian currents. Through 27 Voices, we wander through the void of lost souls, grieving mothers, and ancient promises of history to retrieve the missing souls and parts of memory that have dispersed over times’ history.

“One can only hope Kitimat travels throughout Canada, and beyond.”

—Vancouver Observer

Praise for Elaine Avila’s other works: “Touching, exciting ... People will be talking about it for years to come.”

—Monday Magazine

—Stephen Hunt, UBC Faculty

—Vancouver Courier

“Similar in ambition and execution to TS Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land.’”

—Edmonton Journal

“Passionate, hyper-Canadian.”

—National Post

Trialogue

Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Colleen Ann Fee Directed by Tammy Bentz

What happens when you lose the love of your life? After Love, Life dramatizes the transformative journey from grief to joy, with life-affirming lyricism, heartbreak, comedy, and music, featuring a multigenerational ensemble of characters—the doubtful, the survivor, the unlucky, the samesex, the guilty, the self-inflicted, the forever, the amorous, and the fiddler— drawn from Vancouver’s rich cultural diversity, portrayed by its favourite performers.

Intense / Intimate / Shocking 90 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Mature Content • Sexual Content

Intense / Poetic / Intimate 70 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Mature Content

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Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Carolyn Nakagawa Directed by Marisa Smith

Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jill Daum Directed by Pam Johnson

Take an old story, break it open, and see what comes out... in Trialogue, three women embody the fragments of a myth. What does it mean to tell a story, to tell a story while being a woman, to appear before and with others on a stage?

Forget About Tomorrow is a dramatic comedy that weaves together the experiences of Jane, Tom, and their two “adult children,” in the months following Tom’s diagnosis with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Each family member struggles with their own personal fears, questions about love, memory, and life’s purpose. But when Jane questions the meaning of being loyal to a man who will ultimately forget her name, the family’s unity is put into peril.

on Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged

“This show earns every belly laugh and mid-scene round of applause for its fearless and honest portrayal of modern motherhood.” —Christine Matte, Monday

“Seductive, joyous, and full of juice.”

—Elizabeth Aird, Vancouver Sun on ellemental secrets

Magazine) on Mom’s the Word: ReMixed

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Praise for Jill Daum’s other works: “Jill Daum can be wickedly self-revealing ... I’ll carry this gem with me for a long time.” —Colin Thomas, the Georgia Straight

—Kerry Moore, The Province on IKEBANA:-an arrangement of love

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—Matthew Lawson, Poet

Forget About Tomorrow

Praise for Colleen Ann Fee’s other works: “Multi-artful and playful.”

100 mins • 18 +

“Vivid and anguished and poetic ... a provocative piece of writing about a painful aspect of Canadian reality.”

“Complex, nuanced characters.”

“Subversive, full of surprises.”

After Love, Life

Thanks to Julia Trops for the image of Mother Earth Dances.

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BYOVs Shake the Sheets!

The shows in the Bring Your Own Venue (BYOV) category are chosen on a first come, first served basis. The artists behind these shows have made their own venue arrangements and planned their technical needs on their own BYOV shows are all over Vancouver!

See page 14-15 for a map of all the venue locations.

The Fighting Season

Level-Headed Friends Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Mack Gordon mackgordontheatre.com A couple find themselves in a strange in between world where the power of words can take them anywhere. The only question is: how do they get out? Featuring a score by Vancouver musician Jordan Klassen and a cameo appearance by a different Fringe celebrity every night, Shake the Sheets! is a verbal and auditory trip.

Praise for Level-Headed Friends: “A story to tell, a night they won’t forget... ingenuity, passion, and incredible talent.” —Laura Murray PR “Exudes sufficient energy to power a small B.C. town.” —Times Colonist

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Vancouver Fringe Festival

“Evan Frayne will be one to watch in the coming years.” — Mark Robins, Vancouver Presents Sean Harris Oliver, 2013 Top Emerging Talents —Colin Thomas

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Inspired by his father’s deployment in Afghanistan as a surgeon with the Canadian Forces, Sean Harris Oliver’s new play investigates Canada’s mission in Afghanistan through the eyes of an ER doctor, an inflight medical technician, and an ICU nurse. The Fighting Season is directed by Jessie Award winning director Evan Frayne.

Intense / Intellectual 70 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language • Violent Content • Sexual Content

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Evan Frayne Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Sean Harris Oliver

Oh the Humanity, and Other Good Intentions

James & Jamesy Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: James & Jamesy in collaboration with David MacMurray Smith jamesandjamesy.com

Staircase Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Will Eno staircasetheatre.com

British comedians and 10-time Best of Fest winners, James & Jamesy (2 for Tea / High Tea) emerge from darkness and delight themselves into existence. A story of discovery and imagination, In the Dark is a feat of theatrical ingenuity, exquisitely crafted by masters of physical theatre. Raw, beautiful, and utterly hilarious.

A masterfully witty script, Oh The Humanity, and Other Good Intentions examines the nature of human misery through a filter of jet black comedy. It is sure to hit you where it hurts—right in the humanity. Jessie Award nominated Staircase Theatre is pleased to present this remount, directed by Brian Cochrane and featuring Maryanne Renzetti and Brad Duffy.

 “Outrageously funny, magnificently written ... beautifully choreographed.” —London Free Press  “Extraordinary...hilarious... amazing.” —Edmonton Journal  “Complete and utter fun.” —CBC Funny / Weird / Intellectual 60 mins • All Ages • Smoke • Fog

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“These plays will make you laugh, make you feel, and remind you that ‘we should learn to look at each other harder.’

A gem.” —Kathleen Oliver, the Georgia Straight

Funny / Intense / Intellectual 60 mins • 14 + • Violent Content • Coarse Language • Fog

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The Seven Lives of Louis Riel

Alone in the Universe

Chris & Travis

Monster Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Ryan Gladstone monstertheatre.com

Adam Pateman Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Adam Pateman aloneintheuniverse.space

Travis Bernhardt Vancouver, Canada

Outlaw. Murderer. Madman. Hero.

Traitor. Prophet. Legend. The life of Louis Riel, told seven times, from seven different people’s points of view, in seven different genres. Monster Theatre brings its controversial and hilarious smash hit about the legendary Louis Riel back to Vancouver. Created by Fringe superstar Ryan Gladstone.

After being launched into space to find the meaning of existence, Adam Pateman is forced to do a one-man sketch comedy show to save the entire universe from being destroyed!

 “The idea is as brilliant as the execution is funny.” —CBC  “Historians will riot when they hear Gladstone’s interpretations of the tales of Louis Riel!”

—Winnipeg Sun

“It’s unique and funny and maddening.”

—The Orlando Sentinel “The always-delightful comedy heavyweight Adam Pateman.”

—Splitsider “Entirely at home in a professional staging.” —the Georgia Straight

Funny / Silly / Weird 55 mins • 14 +

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Pipef@%! is a multimedia theatre project that mixes elements of devised theatre and topics of recent environmental issues in British Columbia. It explores the dynamics of cohabitation between working class and upper class populations in the city.

Pipef@%! is also a sensory experience engaging audiences from all angles of space and thematics.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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The New Conformity

The Uninvited Guests Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Valerie Christiansen & Marc-Oliver Harvey

An original, macabre comedy: David Lynch meets Abbott and Costello.

The sublimely grotesque vaudeville duo, The Camel Sisters, invite you into their delightfully bizarre “act” which begins to turn in on them when a nefarious death-worm appears and they struggle to escape. Born from the absurdist/surreal poetry of Ukrainian prisoner Oleg Navolska.  “Absurd and profound ... perfect Fringe show.” —Cam Fuller,

Funny / Weird 45 mins • All Ages

FIREHALL

Pipef@%!

What happens when anything can happen? Vancouver improvisers Chris Ross and Travis Bernhardt scribble outside the lines of improv comedy with their high-energy, hilarious, and surreal two-man show. Their extreme physicality, endearingly strange characters, and commitment to entertain by any means necessary have surprised and delighted audiences all across Canada. A spontaneous, provocative, rollicking good time!

Glitter Gizzard Blue Lake, USA Playwrights: Janessa Johnsrude & Meghan Frank camelcamelshow.com

1/2 “Intelligence, enduring creativity, and great sense of fun.”

—Edmonton Sun

Weird / Naughty / Intimate 60 mins • 14 + • Sexual Content

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Camel Camel

Funny / Weird / Poetic 60 mins • 14 +

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The O.C.: The Musical EL CENTRO

Cause & Effect Circus Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Chris Murdoch, Sean Brossard, Sia Metta & Yuki Ueda causeeffectcircus.com

Two Lobster Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Angela Wong & Stewart Yu theocmusical.com

Three of the west coast’s favourite jugglers team up to create an awardwinning show that blends theatrical circus with social commentary. This brings to light a universal struggle of the modern age: the comfort of conformity versus the freedom of individuality, all told through tightly choreographed prop manipulation, martial arts, and physical theatre.

The O.C.: The Musical is an unauthorized parody of the hit teen drama FOX series. It follows the life of Ryan Atwood, a troubled 16-yearold bad boy who is abandoned by his parents but is given a second chance by his attorney, Sandy Cohen. Ryan bonds quickly with Sandy’s nerdy son, Seth, and they quickly get caught in a storm of musical teen drama.

TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus Awkward Stage Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Andrew Wade & Jenny Andersen awkwardstageproductions.com BLOOD, GORE, DISMEMBERMENT. Made you look!

Now imagine it all set to music.

Shakespeare’s grizzliest play renewed into the giddiest musical, exploring why violence is so darn entertaining.

Appalled? Offended?

But you know you want to see it.

So tap and sing along to TITUS— more than a parody, more than an adaptation —it’s a bloody grand time.

Poetic / Intellectual / Shocking 55 mins • All Ages Funny / Weird / Poetic 38 mins • 14 + • Sexual Content • Nudity

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Funny / Musical / In Your Face 90 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

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TITUS is a dark struggle for power and revenge —but why slit a throat when you can sing and dance, right?

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Mona Monaé

Spilling Family Secrets

SavageCreampuff Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Priscilla Costa moremona.tumblr.com

Goodside Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Susan Freedman susanfreedman.ca

Lighting up a crowd with her luscious bubble butt, Mona Monaé maniacally dances a tense tightrope between devilish provocation, ancestral shame, and childlike vulnerability. She invites self-healing through perversion and slutty-ness... and enjoys sharing.

Mona Monaé is a necessary experience that you won’t forget.

Enter at your own risk...

At 11, Susan snooped into old love letters her parents wrote to each other beginning when they were 19. She cringed with embarrassment. Today, can the letters spill secrets of their inspiring marriage—and shed light on Susan’s own marital misadventures?

“She is terrifying and delightful at the same time... a really captivating performer.” —Danielle Marleau of Black

“Will make you want to run out and hug those you love.” —CBC Manitoba “Left me breathless and teary eyed.”

—Mooney on Theatre (Toronto) “Compelling ... a show worth seeking out.” —Victoria Times Colonist

Pants Theatre

Susan’s fourth Fringe comedy got 4-star reviews in Toronto, Winnipeg, and Victoria in 2014.

The Green Room Presents . . .

BlackJacq Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: 2015 Green Room students, supervised by Chris Nash, Jason Vander-Hoek & Becky MacDormand moremona.tumblr.com The Green Room is a theatre camp comprised of high school students from the Surrey school district. They devised, wrote, and star in The Green Room Presents..., a turbulent, fun-filled look into the issues facing youth in 2015, as seen through their eyes.

Be careful what you look for, you just might find it. The Traveller is a stark, gripping, poetic morality tale about the dark side of travel, one young man’s memories of Central America and how far he went to find something real.

Written by avid backpacker/playwright Daniel Morton and directed by film industry veteran Cecilia Davis.

Praise for Garibian Productions: “I cannot help but be taken by this play.” —Beyond YVR “Artfully and intelligently crafted.”

—Plank Magazine “Methodical, intense, and captivating.”

—Ravenbran Reviews

Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Intimate 45 mins • All Ages

Multicultural / Funny / Silly / Family Friendly 75 mins • All Ages

Intense / Poetic 45 mins • 18 +

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Eurydice

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He Roars

Hunger Games: The Musical

ProVan Productions North Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Kirsty Provan

District 13 Productions Richmond, Canada Playwright: Mark Vandenberg

On her wedding day, Eurydice suddenly finds herself soaking wet in the Underworld where she is reunited with her Father. As Orpheus struggles to rescue her, she searches for memories of her own lost love.

“The war isn’t over, Rose. It just isn’t in Afghanistan anymore.”

A priceless pop culture parody of Suzanne Collin’s hit novel and its inevitable film.

Watch as Katniss Everdeen takes a stand against the Capitol, while belting out twisted Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, and Lorde tunes (to name a few). Experience a ridiculous ride through teenage angst. It’s all the fun of a dystopian death match, now with kicky pop tunes!

Two children navigate the corridors of life, struggling to believe in something greater than the decade-long war that takes them from childhood to something else. Based on interviews with Canadian Soldiers, He Roars is a new play by Vancouver local and Studio 58 graduate Kirsty Provan.

“An authentic, bristling account of a deep love shared between a young woman and a Canadian soldier and their mutual loss of innocence.” —Lucia Frangione, Playwright/ Actor

Silly / Weird / Poetic 70 mins • All Ages

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Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical Amleth Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Daniel K. McLeod High school student May Lee is sent back in time to research her history paper on the 1970 October Crisis. The FLQ has kidnapped a British diplomat and a Quebec Cabinet Minister, so Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau imposes the War Measures Act for the first time in peacetime. May meets a singing Trudeau at his famous “Just Watch Me” press conference. High school students include Carlos (gang leader), Gabriel (Quebecer who falls for May), and Raj (songwriter and field hockey star).

Based on a true story of a B.C. teacher fired for speaking out in 1970.

Intense / Intellectual / Intimate 70 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

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Plan Z Theatre Company Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Sarah Ruhl

“Rhapsodically beautiful ... A weird and wonderful new play ... about love, loss and the pleasures and pains of memory.” —The New York Times

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Garibian Productions Vancouver, Canada Daniel Morton

Queer / Weird / Naughty / Intimate 60 mins • 14 + • Sexual Content

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TJ’s Kitchen

A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien (20 Anniversaty Edition)

Big Sandwich Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: TJ Dawe tjdawe.ca

One Crazy Frenchman Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jacques Lalonde

TJ Dawe has been Fringing since 1994.

Each day he’ll do an entirely different show: Tracks (Sept. 11), The Slipknot (Sept. 12), Medicine (Sept. 13 & 14), Marathon (Sept. 16), Toothpaste and Cigars (which became the movie The F Word) (Sept. 17), and his new one: Burn Job (Sept. 19). This will be his 103rd Fringe. Like, for real.

A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien (20th Anniversary Edition) follows the life and political career of the little guy from Shawinigan. It is gut bustingly funny, clever, and silly at the same time.

You’ll learn about how the truth is a lot like silly putty and how life, politics, and hockey are the same... and NOT! A Canadian classic!

“TJ Dawe knows how to tell a story better than just about anyone else.”

—Now Toronto “Dawe is a flawless performer.”

—Charleston City Paper “Riveting ... intelligent ... nakedly honest.” —Vancouver Courier

“Jacques Lalonde should run for Prime Minister!” —CBC News “The rave of the Fringe!” —Vancouver Sun “Bang on impersonation … Uncanny.”

—the Georgia Straight “A comic thrill ride. Non-stop laughs.” —me

Funny / Intellectual / Intimate 70 mins • 14 + • Coarse Language

75 mins • 14 +

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Peter n’ Chris Present: Here Lies Chris Peter n’ Chris Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Peter Carlone & Chris Wilson peterNchris.com Three-time Canadian Comedy Award winning duo and Fringe favourites Peter n’ Chris return with an all new, hilarious adventure like you’ve never seen before!

Does Chris die? Yes! Wait, no, maybe. Just come see it. Peter n’ Chris have played in Just For Laughs, JFL42, and have won numerous Vancouver Pick of the Fringes.

They are writers for CBC Radio’s The Irrelevant Show.

Funny / Weird / Intellectual 60 mins • All Ages • Smoke • Fog

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Hip!Bang! presents WHITE PANTS Hip.Bang!

Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Tom Hill & Devin Mackenzie hipbang.ca Hip.Bang! is a Canadian Comedy Awardnominated duo whose playful, bold sketch comedy has delighted audiences worldwide. WHITE PANTS is a sketch show that celebrates the majesty and raw beauty of white pants. Witness it and risk igniting a laughter fire in your gut that only a tall glass of sadness milk can put out.  —CBC, Winnipeg Free Press, and Vue Weekly Best of the Fest, Edmonton Fringe —Vue Weekly “World-class.” —Curtain Up, NYC

Pick of the Fringe, Victoria Fringe Funny 60 mins • 14 +

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Brain Brendan McLeod Toronto, Canada Playwright: Brendan McLeod brendanmcleod.ca The human brain makes 20 million billion calculations per second. That doesn’t mean it’s always right. Brendan McLeod, Canadian SLAM champ and award winning novelist, performs a heartbreaking, hilarious monologue about coming of age, mental illness, and the nature of thought. An intense comedy about what it means to be good.

The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto Hard Tack Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Dolores Drake Welcome aboard Flight 946, flying today from St. John’s, Nfld. to Toronto, Ont. where Theresa Madonna Molloy, who is leaving the rock for the first time will regale you with hilarious and horrific family secrets. Whether you want her to or not. Oh, and keep your seat belt on. It’s bound to get a little turbulent.

“Among the most prolific artists in the city ... a creative typhoon ... a charmingly silly creature ... [who] also strives for deeper significance.”

—the Georgia Straight Funny / Intense 60 mins • 14 + • Sexual Content

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The Troika Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Lauren Kresowaty thetroikacollective.com

The Elegant Ladies Collective are back with a brand new interdisciplinary, collaborative, interactive experience exploring the idea of the “Artist’s Muse.” A myriad of visual and performing artists will collaborate on a performance piece in which they inspire and challenge one another while asking the question: Where does art come from?

Sometimes bleak, sometimes whimsical, Olya the Child explores the myths and realities of the feral child through the eyes of a young girl adopted from a Russian state orphanage, and through the dreams and struggles of the Canadian woman who hopes to make her her own.

Review of Eidola from the 2014 Fringe: “At the end of the night we sang a song and all of womankind was liberated. Well, not really. But it sure was something special.”

—Plank Magazine

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Sophie’s problem? Dating is hard.

There’s no one worth getting dressed up for, or so it seems. She decides it’s time to join the world of online dating.

It can’t be that bad, right? Will she find her Prince Harry? Or be in a state of panic as potential suitors reveal their quirks? How will she get out of The Situation?

 “Andrew Wade bares his soul in this romantic tell-all ... cleverly arranged... A brave experiment, in both theatre and life.” —Saskatoon StarPhoenix

“A humorous and unnervingly realistic portrayal of how people find love using social media.” —Fringe Review UK “Would recommend to anyone who has ever made an arse of themselves.”

—Heckler

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Intimate 50 mins • 14 +

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CAFÉ DEUX SOLEIL & THE LIBRA ROOM

Luciana D’Anunciacao & Carolina Bergonzoni (in collaboration with Dance Troupe Practice) Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: L. D’Anunciacao & C. Bergonzoni (with Dance Troupe Practice) dancetroupepractice.com lucianaartwork.com How can two bodies activate and inhabit the intriguing space of an empty house?

Playing with domestic props and the architecture, two artists choreograph scenes that investigate partnership in performance. The result is tender and humourous (and borderline explosive!) within the intimacy of Pandora Park’s Field House.

“I offered several empathetic winces for battered elbows and hips as both women flung themselves about with abandon ... how organically this piece was in tune with its site.” —Peter Dickenson,

Intimate 35 mins • Coarse Language

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In this life-long love story about the pursuit of honesty over all happiness, Andrew Wade builds a working lie detector machine and straps himself in.

Using stories, music, apps, mementos, and tap shoes, Wade looks at old relationships and insecurities as he tries to learn how to honestly let go. What do you need to let go of?

An Empty House (full of air)

The Elegant Ladies Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Leslie Stark elegantladiescollective.weebly.com

Naughty / Poetic / Intimate 35 mins • 14 +

Amanda Jane Porter Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Amanda Jane Porter facebook.com/ sunkissedpresentsthesituation

PANDORA PARK’S FIELD HOUSE

Olya the Child

The Situation EL CENTRO

Spired Theatre Richmond, Canada Playwright: Andrew Wade andrewwade.ca

Intense / Intimate 65 mins • 14 +

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Funny / Intense / Intimate 60 mins • 18 +

The Most Honest Man In The World

Plays in Cafés Shadowpath Newmarket, Canada Playwright: Alex Karolyi shadowpaththeatre.ca Grab a cup of joe, catch a few laughs, and experience café theatre, serving up two plays with a live musical soundtrack featuring Shelly and Frank in Shadowpath’s Vancouver debut.

Shelly and Frank are the perfect couple, Frank thinks. After taking a quiz in Happy Lady Magazine, Shelly thinks she’s not a happy lady. Shelly has 37 magazine subscriptions.

Performances on Sept. 12, 16 (8:00pm) & 20 will be at Café Deux Soleils.

Performances on Sept. 14, 15 & 16 (5:00pm) will be at The Libra Room.

Performance, Place, And Politics

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Being Animal

Faroe Islands & Ostrich EL CENTRO Dirt Road Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Nicolas Billon facebook.com/dirtroadtheatre

Theatre Terrific Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Susanna Uchatius theatreterrific.ca

Following successful runs of Nicolas Billon’s award-winning plays, Iceland and Greenland, Jessie-nominated director Kathleen Duborg takes on the final show of the Fault Lines trilogy and the world premiere of Billon’s new work, Ostrich. This darkly funny show takes you through two opposing seminars: whale activism and how to spin an oil spill. Come get your name tag, grab a coffee, and check in for this unusual double bill!

Being Animal is a conversation with the natural world. A place you may walk by. You sit on cool grass. Lean on a tree. Watch water. See sky. Feel air.

We ask, “Do you speak with them?”

With song, dance, music, and puppetry, Being Animal seeks ways to “repatriate ourselves as citizens of the natural world... in order to survive as a species.”

“Billon is a masterful storyteller.”

—NOW Magazine

“[Fault Lines] absolutely blew me away.”

—The Canadian Book Review Funny / In Your Face / Intimate 60 mins • All Ages

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Being Animal draws from philosopher, cultural ecologist, and performance artist, David Abram’s poetic perception in The Spell of the Sensuous and Becoming Animal, about how we have forgotten to truthfully “live” in our world and speak its language.

Musical / Family Friendly / Poetic 40 mins • All Ages

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THEATRE + MUSIC TAKE YOUR THEATRE TRAINING TO THE NEXT STAGE. Audition for the Arts Umbrella Pre-Professional Theatre Program.

September 13 Now accepting applications for Arts Umbrella Year-long Intensive Programs.

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START FRINGING EARLY! Catch these Fringe shows before the Fringe! $8 at the door only!

TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus BLOOD, GORE, DISMEMBERMENT. Now imagine it all set to music. Shakespeare’s grizzliest play transformed into the giddiest musical, exploring why violence is so darn entertaining. TITUS is a dark struggle for power and revenge— but why slit a throat when you can sing and dance, right?

Friday, Sept. 4 at 9:00pm

Mona Monaé Lighting up a crowd with her luscious bubble butt, Mona Monaé maniacally dances a tense tightrope between devilish provocation, ancestral shame, and childlike vulnerability.

She invites self-healing through perversion and sluttyness... and enjoys sharing. Mona Monaé is a necessary experience that you won't forget. Enter at your own risk.

Thursday, Sept. 3 at 8:00pm

The Birdmann in Momentous Timing A one-man romantic comedy circus show about a rock ‘n’ roll comedian, the audience, and everything in between. A star of the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Glastonbury Festival and just nominated “most original comedy” at the Edinburgh Fringe. In an art-house explosion a man like no man searches for love in a mysterious stiletto and ultimately himself.

Saturday Sept. 5 at 7:00pm

Spilling Family Secrets At 11, Susan snooped into love letters her parents wrote to each other beginning when they were 19.

She cringed with embarrassment. Today, can the letters spill secrets of their inspiring marriage—and shed light on Susan’s own marital misadventures?

Friday, Sept. 4 at 7:00pm

A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien (20 Year Anniversary Edition) A Closer Walk With Jean Chretien (20th Anniversary Edition) follows the life and political career of the little guy from Shawinigan. It is gut bustingly funny, clever, and silly at the same time. You’ll learn about how the truth is a lot like silly putty and how life, politics, and hockey are the same... and NOT! A Canadian classic!

Saturday, Sept. 5 at 9:00pm

Visit havanarestaurant.ca for more info

*Please note Fringe Memberships are not required for preview performances at Havana and tickets will not be sold through the Fringe Box Office.

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Dating for Dumb Heads (Dating für dumm Köpfe) In a world torn by global warming, Fukushima, pipelines, and dying bees, Hansel searches the Internet for someone to hold through the chaos. Hansel is living far from his home in Hamburg, Germany and his only friends are on Facebook.

Jim Sands is an East Vancouver based storyteller, musician, and clown. Written and directed by Gina Bastone.

Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 8:00pm

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ANDERSON STREET PARKING LOT The Fringe has partnered with The Only Animal to mentor young artists in their exploration of a new hybrid form: Augmented Reality Theatre. Working with The Only Animal’s Artistic Producer, Eric Rhys Miller, and mentors Sophia Dagher and Tricia Collins, participating artists have created short pieces to be experienced using phones or tablets. Each story is discovered by exploring a specific location and are connected by the theme of “risk.” This immersive, site-specific experience was made possible in part due to the generous support of the RBC Emerging Artists Project, Telus, and BC Arts Council.

Photo by George Roberts.

Leaving the House Ticket Price: $12 Schedule: September 10-13 and September 15-19 at 6:00pm, 7:00pm, 8:00pm & 9:00pm

Lead Artist: Amy Dauer

It’s the biggest risk we have to take every day; Leaving the House is an artistic representation of drowning in your own bubble of anxiety— and what gets you out.

Main Collaborators: Josh Dauer, Lane Kitsul, Eleanor Felton, Jenessa Galbraith, Trevor McMahan, Shelby Dumoulin & Mikaela Fuqua

A mobile device will be provided for your experience.

A Letter Too Late

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Lead Artist: Sultan Owaisi

Lead Artist: Marcela Amaya

As the audience discovers a journal, they journey back in time to the 1940s and see Jacob in the middle of a significant moment in his life. They soon meet Sarah and Linda, two women intertwined with Jacob’s story in the past and present.

Job. Dog. Girlfriend. Car. Joe has it all over in the next parking stall.

He’s living the dream in the city!

Enjoying his coffee.

See what happens next. Just try to look away.

What’s the cost of getting too close?

Main Collaborators: Christine Wu, Esther Leung, Ellen Gu, Gwendolyn Loi, Stefanie Michaud & Kristina Hampton

Main Collaborators: Eric Rhys Miller, Remi Sonier & Tricia Collins

Profanity

Cirque Distopic

Portability Lead Artist: Jess Amy Shead jessamyshead.com

Lead Artist: Mily Mumford

Imagine a future where being an artist meant enslavement in corporate circuses... Meet two masked strangers as they find each other and hope for a midnight escape.

A young person has run away from home.

All they have with them is their dog, Marshall (they couldn’t bring Sam because unfortunately, fish aren’t portable). Their childlike ability to make the best out of a bad situation brings a new world to life, filled with endless possibilities and furry friends. Experience what it feels like to take a stand, make a journey, and have the world celebrate you, for you.

Main Collaborators: Tricia Collins, Zebulon Zang, Matt Reznek & Mishelle Cuttler

Main Collaborators: Noah Ferguson & James Coomber

Exhibit A

Stall 43

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Lead Artist: Claire Love Wilson

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Lead Artist: Baraka Rahmani (Kiki)

A close-knit group of children experiment with “truth or dare” one summer by the lake.

Their wild and meandering impulses lead them into “the clubhouse” where they delve into new realms of bodily and sexual exploration.

When “Aunt” stumbles upon their game, shame descends onto the landscape of curiosity and play, and a child becomes trapped within the confines of adult perception.

Main Collaborators: Minah Lee, Tricia Collins, Michaela Baer, Deneh Thompson, Sophia Dagher & Mily Mumford Sexual Content

Every car has its own story; who it belongs to, where its been, and what happens inside. In the unsettling atmosphere of a parking lot, a red minivan parked in stall 43 shares glimpses of the secrets it holds about the broken family that owns it. A voyeuristic short film about the weight parents’ happiness—or lack thereof— has on their children.

Main Collaborators: Joel McCarthy, Alex Shamku, Kellen Jackson & Gabriel Raminhos

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LIVE FOREVER BY MAKING A DIFFERENCE THAT LASTS How can you support the Fringe, its artists, and the transformations they bring, for decades to come?

You can continue your impact on the world, indefinitely through a Fringe Forever gift.

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CULTURE MAKES US HUMAN

YOU PROTECT CULTURE, IT’S TRUE!

We tell stories about our communities, stories that teach us about our lives, show us different experiences, and open us to new possibilities.

Your support for Fringe theatre is vital because theatre tells stories that relate an authentic understanding of what it is to be human. Your support encourages the creation of theatre for everyone, by everyone, far into the future.

You can help Fringe artists continue to tell our stories forever!

First take care of your loved ones.

Then do something lasting for your community. Make a gift in your will to the Fringe and become a Fringe Immortal!

Help Fringe artists and audiences continue to come together to tell stories, making sure the Festival is strong in the future.

Become a Fringe Immortal and create a Fringe Forever legacy that will forever change the world! Leave the gift of culture to future generations.

To find out more, contact Gareth Duncan at 604.257.0350 (Ext. 107) or gareth@vancouverfringe.com.

Staff

Jimmy’s Creator Zuzia Juszkiewicz

Box Office Manager Emily Henney

Executive Director David Jordan

Creative Agency St. Bernadine Communications

Fringe Bar Manager Ian Wardle

Operations Manager Shantini Klaassen

Advertising Sales Clevers Media

Assistant Bar Manager Wade Kinley

Past Chair Beverley Kort

Finance Manager Kathy Costello

Entertainment Coordinator Corbin Murdoch

Treasurer Andrew Westman

Director of Sponsorship & Development Gareth Duncan

Distribution and Raffle Coordinator Chelsey Stuyt

Secretary Karen LeClair

Communications Director Debby Reis

Production Manager Eduardo Ottoni

Marketing Director Alex Buchner

Site Coordinator Mitchell Ingram

Audiences Services Manager Angie Descalzi

Artist Services Coordinator Jess Amy Shead

Lead Designer Rosemarie Gresham

Artist Research Alyssa Sy de Jesus

Junior Designer Sera Rabbett

Artist Mentors Eric Rhys Miller and The Only Animal (Onsite Program) Kathleen Flaherty and Playwrights Theatre Centre (Dramaturge for Fringe New Play Award)

Chair Jane Westheuser

Members At Large Lianna Walden Robyn Kurtz Nancy More Jim Sibley Sharon Sutherland

Communications Coordinator Hannah Bellamy

Videographer Michael Sider

Dispatch Coordinator Vixn Pryzbysz Assistant Volunteer Coordinator Katt Campbell Volunteer Team Leaders Emma Campbell John Sullivan Olga Ralchenko Annika Hecht IT Consultant Tracy Georgelin Web Programmer Joseph Lo

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Left to right: “Jimmy,” Jess Amy Shead, Shantini Klaassen, David Jordan, Kathy Costello, John Sullivan, Angie Descalzi, Olga Ralchenko, Katt Campbell, Annika Hecht, Debby Reis, Alyssa Sy de Jesus, Alex Buchner, Hannah Bellamy, Sera Rabbett, Rosemarie Gresham, Emily Henney, Chelsey Stuyt.

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THANKS TO OUR DONORS FRINGE MATCH MAKERS! The Fringe Match Makers challenged Fringers to donate, increase their gifts, or become monthly donors. They told us they’d double up to $10,000 in such donations made

by June 6, 2015, and you rose to the challenge!

Thanks to all you new and increased Fringe Lovers and thanks to the amazing Fringe Match Makers for their leadership and commitment to the Festival and Fringe artists!

❤ Susan Ogul-Propas & Lonnie Propas ❤ Art Perret Vixn Przybysz Martin Roland ❤ Brian Rowland ❤ Joan Sangster Robert Spooner ❤ Julia & Doug Wallis

Sweetheart ($100+)

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Leonard Schein & the Schein Foundation Peter Austin, Property Tax Consultant Alison Bell & Dean Gingrich Susan Freedman & Bill Galloway Ann Harvey & Don Gardiner

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Our One True Love (This year’s top donor):

Kevin Campbell/Lochmaddy Foundation!!!

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Soul Mate ($1000+) ❤ Geoff Bannoff Doug Beaton ❤ Wade Carpenter & Cher Choi ❤ Dean Gingrich & Alison Bell June Harrison ❤ Diane Kent ❤ Beverley Kort & Ray Schachter ❤ Robyn, Jason, Ayden & Fin Kurtz Asha Kydd Elaine McRitchie & Russ Miranda Steven Hanju Lee Lightburn 4 Pillars Fund Tom Paolucci & Pete Emrick ❤ Leonard Schein & the Schein Foundation ❤ Jim Sibley & Amanda Bradley (in memory of Mollie Bradley) Claudia Sjoberg Sharon Sutherland ❤ Jane Westheuser & Chris Plagnol

Hot Lava Lover ($500+) ❤ Austin Property Tax Consultants ❤ Susan Freedman & Bill Galloway Kelly Gartshore & Ryan Murfitt ❤ David Jordan & Bethan Stewart Bruce McPherson ❤ Joanna Maratta ❤ ❤ John & Mardie Mason ❤ Nancy More Judy Shaw ❤ Julia Stewart ❤ Phyllis & John Stewart ❤ Don Wright & Deborah Loren

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Anonymous (an awesome retired TELUS employee!) ❤ Leslie Carty ❤ Charles Cook ❤ Kathy & Al Costello Frances Craig ❤ Helen Davis ❤ Peter Dickinson ❤ Janet & David Dowis ❤ Clive Duncan ❤ Dr. Eugene Gorodetsky Dr. Jane Harris ❤ Ann Harvey & Don Gardiner Carolyn B. Heller & Alan Albert Neil Jones-Rodway ❤ Liam (The Great) Kearns Karen LeClair Tom MacGowan Estha & Gerry Murenbeeld

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Darren Ainsley Jim Anhorn & Patricia Walberg-Anhorn Nancy Barker Scott Bellis Barbara Bernhardt (in honour of Carmina Bernhardt & Emerging Artists) Alex Buchner Sheila Butt Bennett Chin Judith Coffin Jackie Day Angie Descalzi Elise Drake Gareth Duncan Margaret Duncan Kathleen Flaherty Kate Gole Maren Hansen & Andrew Westman Jane Heyman Mathew Hill William Hubbard Jeff Ilich George Ilsley Darlene Isaac Shaun Jackman & Elizabeth Kirkland Jackman Anthea & Jim Jordan Gerald Kowalenko Steven Krajnyak & Shantini Klaassen Shannon LaBelle & Kevin Forbes Angela Lavery Jo Ledingham Carolyn Lymn Jan MacLellan Laurel March Ian Mass Laura Moore Linda Moore Kate Muchmore Linda Netherton Babs Perowne France Perras Diane Pfingsttag Odete Pinho Samantha Quon Carolyn Railton Mary Arvilla Read Debby Reis Diana Sandberg Bill & Ellen Schwartz Anthony Sharman Kathryn Shaw Leslee Silverman Stephen Silverthorne & Siobhán Quinn Mark Sutherland Cheryl Swan Bob Symington (in memory of Cheryl Innes) Kaarina Talvila Katia Tynan Carrie Villeneuve

Fringe Fling ($50+)

Genny Bourdages Odessa Cadieux-Rey Katharine Carol Karen Chan ❤ Gail Cryer Miranda Duffy & Sean Vanderfluit Sahra Hailey Darby Honeyman Kristen Johnson & Paul Campbell Sue Kingsley Maureen MacDonald Fiona Mackay Glenn Mair & Theresa Taylor Mair Sandy Marquardt John Mendoza Renira Naidu James Narvey ❤ Regina Ogmundson Brian Phillips ❤ Christina, Stephen & Matthew Price Charles Ross ❤ Lindy Sisson Eleanor Sleath Amanda Tipper Gillian Walker Kim Ward Kenneth Westdorp Sandra Willing Craig Withers Mary Yee

First Kiss ($25+) Patricia Chu Kiersten Eis Les Ewener Neal Jennings Faune Johnson Boris Lau Rudi Leibik D. Kim Rowley Nancy Stern Alyssa Sy de Jesus Zobeewa Wayzobeh Larry Wong

So Kind In-Kind Friends 2014-2015 Humans Off the Tracks Staff Tracy Georgelin Ben Keen Michael Sider Rachel Snee Simon Trevelyan & S.T. Legacy Group Tracie Collignon & the Dockside Restaurant staff Businesses Dockside Restaurant

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THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS Government and Foundations

Presenting Partners

Signature Partners

Leading Partners

Supporting Partners

Sustaining Partners

Online Music Partner

Opening Night Partners

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR 2014 VOLUNTEER CENTRE DONORS! 600 people is a lot of mouths to feed, which is why we’re so grateful to all of our generous donors who helped keep our volunteers happy and well-fed during the 2014 Vancouver Fringe Festival!

• Cambie Save-on-Foods • Costco (Downtown) • Duso’s Italian Foods • Lee’s Donuts • Muffin Granny • Original Cupcakes on Broadway • Origins Organic Coffee • Terra Breads

Photo by Clayton Wong

Thank you! 唔該! Merci! ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ!

Gracias! ありがとう! Danke! Grazie! धन्यवाद! Obrigado! 谢谢! Спасибо!

We are thrilled to welcome our volunteers for the 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Thank you so much to each and every one of our 600 volunteers for donating their time, support, and amazing energy to the Fringe this year. The Festival could not exist without their dedication, generosity, and skill, and we sincerely appreciate everything they do.

Do you want to be part of this incredible volunteer community and make a difference in the lives of artists and patrons? Go to vancouverfringe.com/volunteer to find out more!

And a special thanks to Shear Comfort for supporting our 2015 Festival Volunteer Program.

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Fringe volunteers take on over 20 different positions including bartending, ticket selling, data entry, production, and much more!

They make the Festival run smoothly and make us look good!

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27 Voices After Love, Life Alone in the Universe Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets Balance 2.1 Being Animal Birdmann in Momentous Timing, The Blackbird Brain Buy Me Dinner First: A Sketch Comedy Show Camel Camel Chris & Travis Cirque Distopic CLIMB Closer Walk With Jean Chretien (20 Year Anniversary Edition), A Dances with Spoons DAREU! Dating for Dumb Heads (Dating für dumm Köpfe) Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto, The Do I Have To Do Everything My Fucking Self?

Dreamscape: Our Dreams Told Through Dance Dudes of My Life, The Edgar Allan Edge, The Empty House (full of air), An ESUM Eurydice Exclusion Zone, The Exhibit A Falstaff Faroe Islands & Ostrich Fighting Season, The Fire in the Meth Lab Following the Sun For Body And Light Presents: Bear Dreams Forget About Tomorrow Four of Us, The God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II Going On Grandma’s Dead Great Canadian Tire Money Caper, The Green Room Presents..., The He Roars High Life Hip.Bang! presents WHITE PANTS hoof HUMAN being Hunger Games: The Musical In Search of Cruise Control Instant Life Inventor Of All Things, The James & Jamesy in the Dark Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Musical Keith Brown: Exchange Kiss Around Pass Around

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Kitimat Leaving the House Leftovers Letter Too Late, A Living Shh, The LOCO+HERO+JOE Love is for Superbeasts Lust & Marriage Mars Mercutio & Tybalt Middle of Everywhere, The Mona Monaé Most Honest Man In The World, The Mrs. Singh & Me My First Sony Nashville Hurricane New Conformity, The O.C.: The Musical, The Oh the Humanity, and Other Good Intentions Olya the Child Peter n’ Chris present: Here Lies Chris Pipef@%!

Plant Plays in Cafés Porn & Pinochet (uncut and extended) Pornography Positive of Power Thinking, The Portability Quack Quack Penis Quiet Place, A Rhonda Badonda: ... Pain in Her Brain Sama Kutra, The Saturn Returns Seven Lives of Louis Riel, The Shake the Sheets!

Situation, The Small Town Hoser Spic Sperm Wars Spilling Family Secrets Spookeasy Stall 43 Starstuff: Per Aspera Ad Astra Story of O’s, A Take Flight: an Adventure in Cirque TITUS: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus TJ’s Kitchen Traveller, The Trialogue UnCouth Vaudevillian Village Ax Weekend Near Madison, A Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path, The

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INTRODUCING

INDUSTRY: THE FOOD MUST GO OUT The Fringe is excited to announce our newest project: Theatre Wire! We created Theatre Wire to help connect you to the creative powerhouses behind Vancouver’s independent theatre scene. Visit TheatreWire.com for exclusive videos featuring local theatre luminaries, enlightening blog posts, and tickets to the most exciting shows and independent theatre happenings in our city!

DRESSING FOR A WEDDING Solo Collective

By Aaron Bushkowsky November 12-29, 2015 A dark comedy with music about a mother’s attempt to run her daughter’s wedding (without losing her mind—or her family).

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Twenty Something Theatre

By TJ Dawe & Rita Bozi November 13-29, 2015 52 scenes are written on a deck of cards and performed in an order determined by fate—revealing a hilarious and heartbreaking love story. No two performances are ever the same!

The Progressive Polygamists/Pump Trolley

By Pippa Mackie and Nik Bunting October 5-26, 2015

Performed at Edible Canada Granville Island, this all-star cast uses their personal stories to expose the comic, tragic, messy, and tasty truths of working in a restaurant.

PETER N’ CHRIS AND THE KINDA OK CORRAL Peter n’ Chris

By Peter Carlone & Chris Wilson December 3-5, 2015 Peter n’ Chris have been pleasing Fringe audiences for years… prepare to be pleasured again!

TENDER NAPALM

Twenty Something Theatre

By Philip Ridley

October 23 - November 8, 2015 What is this thing called love? One man and one woman struggle to survive in the face of catastrophe.

THE UNFORTUNATE RUTH Sticky Fingers Productions

By Tara Travis February 2-7, 2016 Identical twins Ruth and Ruthie share an undeniable psychic connection... but only one of them was actually born!

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By Charles Ross

February 18-21, 2016

Why so serious? From the madmen behind One-Man Star Wars and One-Man Lord of the Rings comes an irreverent parody and homage to The Dark Knight Trilogy.

HIGH TEA

By James and Jamesy April 12-17, 2016 James struggles to hold onto reality as Jamesy’s fantastical imagination eclipses conventional logic. Tea fills Jamesy’s apartment until its pressure breaks the fourth wall, inundating the audience and the entire world with a sea of tea.

5 @ 50

Ruby Slippers & Zee Zee Theatre

By Brad Fraser May 12-28, 2016 When Olivia loses control at her 50th birthday party, her three best friends decide to intervene. A bold examination of addiction and intervention—and of the friendships we can’t live without.

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ONE-MAN DARK KNIGHT: A BATMAN PARODY

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