2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival Program Guide

Sept 6-16, 2018

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On and around Granville Island & East Vancouver

Theatre for Everyone!

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Proud to support the Fringe Diversity and Inclusion Program.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

We are working together with the Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society to make a difference in our communities.

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Master Schedule

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Welcome to the Fringe Fringe Festival Team Ticket Information Accessibility PAL Shows Ways to Give (How to Donate) Getting to the Fringe Fringe-O-Matic Maps Fringe Forever Opening Night featuring the Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All Theme Days Get Lucky with the 2018 Fringe Raffle!

Phillips Fringe Bar Food Trucks & Where to Eat Get Fringe-ified! (Fringe Merch) Let’s Make it Official! (Monthly Giving) Fringe Workshops Theatre Wire Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals Fringe Awards Night The Public Market Pick of the Fringe & Pick Plus

Shows by Venue 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 55 56

Studio 16 Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Performance Works Revue Stage The Cultch Historic Theatre Dramatic Works Series Advance Theatre Bring Your Own Venue (BYOVs)

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Thanks to our Donors Thanks to our Partners Thanks to our Volunteers Show Index Friend, Follow, and Fave Us

Did you know the Fringe is unjuried and uncensored?

The Fringe is a time to gorge on theatre, but selecting shows can be daunting. There are many ways to choose your shows: Be Meticulous: Read every single description and pick your favourites.

Be Random: Fringe shows are chosen by lottery or on a first come, first served method—so just go with the flow.

Choose Based on Your Schedule: Figure out when you can come to the Festival, then, check out the Master Schedule on page 34 to see what’s on at that time.

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 you’ll like. See page 6 for more info!

Show Title Where the artists are from Website

(if they have one)

Show Type Age Guideline / Warnings Show Description

Written by the artists

Bringe Your Own Venue (BYOVs) shows are all over town and their venues are listed in this flag. Mainstage venues are shown in the top left corner of their page or section.

What Are We: A Musical Awkward Banana Dates Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Jimmy bananasmakebetterspouses.com

Production Company / Artist Playwright

Funny / Intimate 14+ / Coarse Language

Accessibility Symbols

Ever looked at your banana and thought “I wonder what it would be like to date you?”

Here is the answer to that question and to so many more.

Winner of the 2016 Just for Laughs Best Comedy Award.

“What Are We: A Musical raises deep, soul-searching questions such as ‘Why aren’t I dating a banana?’ and ‘Could a banana be a better lover than my current partner?’” —The New York Times “I went and proposed to my

d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing friendly Low Vision friendly **see page 6 for more details

Reviews

Some artists include awards and reviews of their show or past shows.

banana after seeing this.” —Torontoist

Show Length Show Schedule

PAL Shows

70 mins

Saturday Sunday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 8 September 9 September 12 September 13 September 15 September 16

Noon 6:15pm 9:45pm 10:30pm 7:30pm 6:00pm

The PAL symbol indicates that the artists are donating part of their sales to the Performing Arts Lodge. See page 7 for details.

Half-Price Shows

Keep a lookout for the Half-Price symbol and score a deal on tickets.

VancouverFringe.com

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. 6 and 13 issues.

Deciphering a Show Listing:

Venue Flag (BYOVs Only)

Carousel Theatre

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Information

I am honoured to welcome you to the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival. I’m so excited to be fully immersed in the enthusiasm encompassing this Festival! My love of the Fringe began when I volunteered as an Office Assistant for the 1997 Festival on Commercial Drive. The Fringe was the first arts organization I connected with after moving to Vancouver and it’s where I met my first batch of “theatre people” in town. This experience and the reference that I got led to my first professional theatre job at the Arts Club Theatre on Granville Island where I worked in administration and marketing. Since then, I have held General Manager roles for Rumble Theatre, the performing arts centre at Capilano University, and the Firehall Arts Centre. Through all of these roles I feel proud about playing a part in bringing many, many shows to the stage in those communities. During this time I continued to attend the Fringe as a member of the theatre community and as a genuine theatre fan! For all of you ongoing fans, you can still expect to find all the things you’ve come to know and love about the Vancouver Fringe; wacky shows, rubber chickens, really moving stories, and fun times at the Fringe Bar (this year, the Phillips Fringe Bar)! I am committed to the organization’s mission of “cultivating artists and audiences to create an open and vibrant independent theatre community.” Thank you to all the artists, volunteers, donors, board members, patrons, sponsors, staff, and Jimmy. I look forward to Fringe-ing with you!

Laura Efron Executive Director Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society We are excited to have Laura Efron join our Fringe family as our Executive Director, bringing many years of theatre experience and leadership to our organization. At the Board level, we are continuing our focus on making the Vancouver Fringe more equitable, diverse, and inclusive. This is important to us. Together the board and staff are striving for meaningful and systemic change within our organization. Our current Vice President, Sharon Sutherland, is in the process of stepping into the President role and her experience working in partnership with a number of indigenous communities and organizations is proving to be valuable as we move forward in this work.

Thanks to TD Bank Group, the Vancouver Foundation, and the BC Multiculturalism Grant for providing funds to help us pursue our vision of Theatre for Everyone. We’re also excited to begin a new partnership with Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. from Victoria this year. Come join me for a beer in the Phillips Fringe Bar!

Andrew Westman Outgoing President Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society On behalf of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF), welcome to the Fringe!

We exist as an organization to unite, support, empower, and strengthen our member festivals in order to cultivate and foster independent artistic exploration for artists and audiences across North America.

We currently have 33 member Festivals spanning Canada and the USA and we are consistently growing every year.

CAFF members return 100% of the ticket price back to the artists and all Festivals are selected either by lottery or on a first come, first served basis, ensuring that everyone has the same opportunity to tell their story on stage.

We hope you enjoy this Fringe and you are inspired to visit other Fringe Festivals to explore this incredible movement with as much passion as the artists offer you and the same curiosity that brought you here.

Congratulations on being an adventurer and thank you for being a supporter of the arts.

Lucy Eveleigh President Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Each year over 200 Fringe Festivals across the world showcase hundreds of thousands of artists and performers. 19 million people see 170 thousand performers in 60,000 events. There are so many different forms of Fringe, no two are the same and they never repeat themselves.

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Fringes are the front runners in arts and creative development.

Giving audiences fresh innovation, new writing, and exciting experiences. They represent community cohesion, everyone working together for the greater good. Fringes reflect the cities and towns in which they reside, embracing the history, and future, of its venues, performers and personalities locally, nationally and internationally.

I was privileged to meet the team producing the Vancouver Fringe at the World Fringe Congress. I follow the progress of the Fringe every year and enjoy seeing it going from strength to strength. The Vancouver Fringe is an important part of the World Fringe Network.

Support your Fringe, get involved, play along and see something new. Every day is a new adventure!

Holly Lombardo Managing Director World Fringe

Welcome to the Vancouver Fringe Festival!

Fringe Festivals are a mainstay of the annual events calendar in cities around the world. Bursting with colourful and varied performances, these festivals invite audiences to discover new artists as they share their passion and creativity with the world. Our government is proud to support festivals like this one, which give people of all ages access to live performances that enrich and entertain.

As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I want to congratulate all the organizers, sponsors, volunteers, and performers who work hard to bring the Vancouver Fringe Festival to life every year.

Best wishes for another successful festival.

Enjoy the performances!

Mélanie Joly Minister of Canadian Heritage On behalf of Premier John Horgan and the Government of British Columbia, it is a pleasure to welcome you to the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival.

As the largest theatre festival in Vancouver, this is a key event for the local arts community that people look forward to every year. The Festival offers a superb theatre arts experience, with more than 700 performances, along with artists’ forums, and live music performances. With expected attendance of about 40,000 people, the Festival generates significant social and economic benefits for British Columbians.

The Government of British Columbia is a proud supporter of the Vancouver Fringe Festival with funding provided through the BC Arts Council. This year, the BC Arts Council gave an operating grant of $37,500 to support this outstanding event.

Congratulations to the Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society for organizing this much-loved festival that is known for its variety, creativity, and out-of-the-box point of view. I also want to acknowledge the more than 500 Festival volunteers for their dedication and commitment to the event.

Best wishes to everyone attending the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival. I know this year’s Festival will be the most successful one to date!

Lisa Beare Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture On behalf of the British Columbia Arts Council, it is my pleasure to welcome audiences and artists alike to the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival.

Over the next 11 days, venues around Granville Island and throughout the city will host a wide and diverse selection of theatrical performances. I hope you will enjoy the rich program of inspired performances that these actors, directors, designers, and producers have come together to create.

The BC Arts Council is proud to support the commitment of the dedicated organizers and volunteers who continue to make this event such an amazing experience for audiences.

Susan Jackson Chair BC Arts Council On behalf of the citizens of Vancouver and my colleagues on City Council, I want to extend a warm welcome to everyone attending the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival.

The Vancouver Fringe Festival has established itself as a leader in the arts community and has been at the forefront at showcasing new talent since 1985. The Fringe Festival’s mission was to open the door to artists of all genres and formats and allow the exchange of expression to flow freely— this has created one the best art festivals in Vancouver.

Congratulations to all the staff and over 500 volunteers who work so hard to create a successful festival. To all the artists, directors, producers, crews, and audiences taking part in this year’s event, I trust you will find the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival to be entertaining and enlightening.

Gregor Robertson Mayor City of Vancouver

The Fringe would like to acknowledge that our events are taking place on the traditional unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

Information Fringe staff back row (left to right): Karla Comanda, Rosemarie Gresham, Jordan Langlois, Debby Reis, Allyson Zhong He, Jess Amy Shead, Vixn Pryzbysz, Nena Pierre, Chelsey Stuyt, Robyn Kurtz, Mitchell Ingram, Eduardo Ottoni. Front row (left to right) Samantha Kannegieter, Paige Louter, Laura Efron, Kathy Costello, Samantha Chung, Emily Spencer, John Sullivan, Hillary Kaplan, Angie Descalzi Photo by My City Photos.

Board of Directors

Staff Executive Director Laura Efron

Advertising Sales Clevers Media

Box Office Manager Paige Louter

President Sharon Sutherland

Managing Director Samantha Kannegieter

Distribution Coordinator Elana Mabrito

Count Room Staff Jennifer Kasun

Past President Andrew Westman

Finance Manager Kathy Costello

Raffle Coordinator Raes Calvert

Fringe Bar Manager Ian Wardle

Director of Patron Development Robyn Kurtz

Assistant Volunteer Coordinator Nina Dosdall (May-July) Nena Pierre (July-October)

Entertainment Coordinator Soft Cedar: Corbin Murdoch & Meghan Robinson

Volunteer Supervisor Hillary Kaplan

Dispatch Coordinator Vixn Pryzbysz

Volunteer Team Leaders Samantha Chung Emily Spencer John Sullivan Allyson Zhong He

Dispatch Assistants Myriam Duchesne Liam Anthony Kearns Alisa Lokshin Christina Tinson-Price Ingrid Walther

Treasurers Phillip Djwa (incoming) Bob Wang (outgoing) Secretary Aaron Pinto Members At Large Leslie Carty Nancy More Jennifer O’Leary Jim Sibley Claudia Sjoberg Katia Tynan

Communications Director Debby Reis Theatre Wire & Volunteer Manager Angie Descalzi Sponsorship Manager Chelsey Stuyt Communications & Outreach Coordinator Karla Comanda Lead Designer Rosemarie Gresham

Production Manager Eduardo Ottoni Site Coordinator Mitchell Ingram

Junior Designer Jordan Langlois

Artist Services Coordinator Jess Amy Shead

“Jimmy” Illustrations Zuzia Juszkiewicz

Artist Mentors Genevieve Fleming (Dramatic Works Series) Joanna Garfinkel (Dramaturge for Fringe New Play Prize)

Cover Art Christache Ross

IT Consultant Tracy Georgelin Web Programmer Joseph Lo: Encore Web Studios

VancouverFringe.com

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Buy tickets early! They’re available online at vancouverfringe.com starting August 8.

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 September 4-16, 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.

NO LATECOMERS. NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES. NO EXCEPTIONS.

$7

Membership

One-time purchase

$15

Regular Ticket

Includes applicable taxes and $3 ticketing fee

Frequent Fringer 4

$40

Frequent Fringer 10

$90

Frequent Fringer 30

$270

Good for 4 performances Good for 10 performances Includes 1 Membership. Good for 30 performances

Membership Fee (One-Time Purchase)

Purchase your $7 Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society (VFTS) Membership to gain access to the Fringe Festival. Your Membership helps ensure 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 VFTS, you are entitled to participate in its direction by attending the VFTS Annual General Meeting in 2019. Completely filling in your Membership Card and dropping it off at the Box Office or any Fringe venue activates your Membership. All activated Memberships will be entered into a draw for a 2019 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 September 4, 2019.

What’s the Deal with Memberships?

Your Membership fees help cover the cost of the Festival! How does that break down?

39% Staff & Benefits Did you know the Fringe employs more than 40 people in year-round and seasonal positions?

25.6% Venue Rentals & Site Production 20% Website & Marketing 8.2% Administrative Costs Accounting, phones, internet, bank fees, etc.

4.9% Volunteer Program Appreciation incentives, training, etc.

2.3% Artist Development Awards, mentorships, etc.

Membership fees only cover 5.5% of the VFTS’s annual budget! We rely on sponsorships, government and foundation grants, and donations from people like you to cover the true cost of the Festival.

Regular Ticket Prices Vancouver Fringe Festival

$15 (Including applicable taxes and $3 ticketing fee.)

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Artists keep 100% of the base ticket price, but taxes and fees are included in the advertised price. Please note that a Fringe Membership must 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.

Questions?

Half-Price Shows Every show marked with the half-price symbol is half-price!

Fringe Info Centre

Tickets at the Door CASH ONLY. Tickets for all shows may be purchased at the individual venues with cash starting 45 minutes before show time and until show time, subject to availability.

Please arrive early. Patrons arriving after the show has started will not be admitted. No refunds for latecomers. Please note that we do not accept credit card sales at the door. Cash only.

Advance Tickets Purchase advance tickets online, or in person at the Fringe Box Office up to 45 minutes prior to show time. After that, tickets will be held for pick up at the door starting 45 minutes before show time.

Tickets go on sale online at vancouverfringe.com on August 8, 2018.

Hours

1398 Cartwright St. Granville Island (see page 10)

Weekdays 4-9:00pm Weekends noon-9:00pm

You may purchase tickets in person at our Fringe Box Office until 45 minutes before the performance.

The Fringe Box Office is open from September 4-16.

We accept cash, Visa, and MasterCard.

Flaunt Your Fringe! Ticket Top-Up When you purchase tickets in advance at our Fringe Box Office or online, you can top-up your ticket purchase with a donation to keep the Fringe Festival vibrant and healthy. As a thankyou, you’ll receive a button showing everyone that you love the Fringe!

Frequent Fringer Cards Frequent Fringers give you amazing value, but Frequent Fringer cards are limited, so buy yours now! $40

Good for 4 performances

$90

Good for 10 performances

$270

In 2014 we debuted a 30-show pass to celebrate the Fringe’s 30th anniversary. We keep bringing them back because they’re so popular! 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 tickets per performance).

Frequent Fringer Cards are limited to regular Festival performances and not valid at special events. HalfPrice Shows count as a full ticket. 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 10 for location). 100% of your Frequent Fringer Card price goes to the artists!

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.

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. For general inquiries, call the Info Centre at 604.762.5294 beginning September 6, 2018. Please note that due to the volume of messages left during the Festival, your inquiry may not be responded to for up to 24 hours.

NOTE: NO TICKET SALES VIA PHONE!

Questions About Online Sales?

Visit vancouverfringe.com/ticket-info

Please note that due to the volume of emails received during the Festival, messages may not be responded to for up to 24 hours.

Location

Frequent Fringer 30:

Weekdays 4-8:00pm Weekends noon-8:00pm

Email boxoffice@vancouverfringe.com

In person at the Fringe Box Office

Frequent Fringer 10:

Hours

Tent beside 1398 Cartwright St. Granville Island (see page 10)

Detailed help and instructions regarding difficulties using our online ticketing system.

Order online

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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. “Kid’s Show” ratings are shows meant for children. “All Ages” shows are child friendly, but are not necessarily created with children in mind. All patrons, including children two years of age and older, must present a Membership when attending shows.

Accessibility Most Fringe venues are fully accessible; however, XY is not. Some site-specific venues have limited wheelchair access. Please visit vancouverfringe.com/accessibility for detailed venue accessibility information.

Artists have indicated to the best of their knowledge if their show belongs on our list of shows that are Low Vision Friendly or d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Friendly. The full list is available at vancouverfringe.com/ accessibility.

ASL Interpreted Performances

The following performances will be interpreted in ASL for patrons who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Rocko and Nakota: Tales from the Land on Saturday, September 8 at 3:00pm at Waterfront Theatre.

Awkward Hug on Sunday, September 9 at 1:45pm at The Cultch.

Self-ish on Friday, September 14 at 8:30pm at the Revue Stage.

Angels & Aliens on Saturday, September 15 at 6:30pm at Studio 1398.

Access2 Program The Fringe is a participant of the Access2 Program. Attendants accompanying patrons with an Access2 Card will be admitted free of charge, subject to availability. Please contact boxoffice@vancouverfringe.com for advance booking.

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

Ever wonder where artists go when they retire? Well, hopefully, to PAL Vancouver! Located in Coal Harbour, Performing Arts Lodges Vancouver provide veterans of Vancouver’s performing arts industry affordable housing within a vibrant and creative community setting.

The Fringe and Fringe artists are once again partnering with PAL to help make their mission possible. As you peruse this guide, look for the PAL Vancouver symbol next to show descriptions; 3% of the ticket revenue from every show by these artists will be donated to PAL Vancouver!

In addition, your entrance in to the Fringe Awards Night on September 16 at Performance Works (see page 62 for details) is by cash donation to PAL. Thank you in advance for supporting this great organization!

For more information visit palvancouver.org.

See These Too! Opening Night featuring the Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All

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PAL Vancouver Shows

Wednesday, September 5 at Performance Works $20 Early Bird tickets available through August 20. $25 after August 20 in advance or at the door (see page 15 for details).

Passes will not be accepted.

Fringe Awards Night Sunday, September 16 at Performance Works Entrance by cash donation to Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) Vancouver.

Sorry, no passes.

The Public Market Pick of the Fringe September 19 to 23 at Performance Works $25 online from September 16 at midnight or at the door.

See page 65 for more info.

Pick Plus September 19 to 21 at Performance Works $25 online or at the door. The Pick Plus shows this year are: 50 Shades of Vinyl – A Canadian Parody, The Birdmann FINALE, Habitats, and Basic Training (see page 65 for more info).

Photo by the Georgia Straight.

November 14 - 17 | 8pm A new work by Theatre Replacement about mothers and sons Using the computer game Minecraft as a kind of theatre, a group of gamer/performers aged 10-45 enact different narratives unpacking the essential relationship of mother and son.

tickets.shadboltcentre.com

VancouverFringe.com

*MINE is not an official Minecraft product, nor is it affiliated with Mojang.

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Because 100% of the base ticket price goes directly to the artists, the Fringe Festival is only possible through generous donations from Fringe Lovers!

Ways to Give

Theatre for Everyone means supporting emerging artists, showcasing groundbreaking work, making theatre accessible, and growing a community of people who participate and share in the theatre experience. All while having a heck of a good time.

Thank you for making it possible!

To make a donation or become a monthly donor visit vancouverfringe.com/donate, email or call Robyn at robyn@vancouverfringe. com or 604.257.0350 ex. 107, or visit the Donor Booth in the Fringe Hub (see page 10 for location)!

Donate Now! Make the Fringe possible with a donation today! Your investment ensures we can continue to provide Theatre for Everyone and support emerging artists through the Festival and Theatre Wire.

Your generosity supports the Fringe’s mission of cultivating artists and audiences to create an open and vibrant theatre community. Your commitment to arts and culture through the Fringe and Theatre Wire will ripple through Vancouver and beyond! Thank you!

Join the Commitment Club!

(Become a monthly donor)

Monthly giving is easy, sustainable, and cost effective! Our goal this Festival is to increase our monthly donor base by 22 people by September 16—and when we reach that goal we’re throwing a party!

AND, through a generous Matching Donation, your first month’s donation will be matched! More details on page 29.

Charitable Tax # 118919547 RR0001

Photo by Bruce McPherson.

Rhum and Clay Theatre Company & Kit Redstone (UK)

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Oct 02–13 York Theatre

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“Awe inspiring...gives us a terrific understanding of the process of self-realisation, carried out before our eyes.”

—Culture Whisper

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BUY TICKETS AT THECULTCH.COM | 604-251-1363 | 1895 VENABLES ST.

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/cyclingroutes-maps-and-trip-planner.aspx to find your best route. You can also 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.

Mobi Try Mobi by Shaw Go for Free During Fringe sign up for a free 24 Hour Pass and use Mobi to get to and from the Festival.

To sign up visit mobibikes.ca, create an account, select the 24 Hour Pass and input the promo code fringe2018. Download Mobi’s app or visit their website for a map of all the stations to find a Mobi station nearby. Enjoy your ride and rediscover Vancouver on a Mobi by Shaw Go bike!

Taxi Taxis are often found outside the Granville Island Public Market.

Public Transit

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.

Information

Granville Island is the Vancouver Fringe Festival’s main hub! Most Mainstage venues, the Fringe Box Office, and the Phillips Fringe Bar are on Granville Island. With restaurants, the Public Market, live theatres, galleries, art studios, and shops, the Island offers a lot to do between Fringe shows. It’s the perfect stage for outstanding theatre at the Fringe.

But don’t forget, there are venues all over the city! Check out the maps on pages 10-11 for all venue locations.

Boat

The Fringe is easily accessible by bus. The #50 bus goes straight to Granville Island from Waterfront Station through downtown along Granville Street, or from the Olympic Village Station. The #84 stops on 4th Avenue and Fir Street, a short walk from the Island. 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.bc.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 timelimited parking is available in designated areas.

During those hours, a vehicle may park for a maximum of three hours (and in certain spots, only one hour). 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.

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.

Ferry The Aquabus and False Creek Ferries operate from approximately 6:30am to 10:30pm daily and make for a lovely way to get to and from Granville Island. Many Aquabuses are wheelchair accessible; however the docks at Spyglass Place and at the Plaza of Nations are not. Some ramps are steeper at low tide. Please use caution.

For more information including schedules, tickets, and maps, visit theaquabus.com and granvilleislandferries.bc.ca.

TRY MOBI E DURING FRING FREE 24 Hour Pass!

Redeem your free pass at mobibikes.ca using the promo code* fringe18

With 99 shows to choose from, you could use a little help!

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Give it a whirl today at FringeOMatic.com.

*HUGE Fringey thanks to Orlando Fringer Lewis Johnston for creating the Fringe-O-Matic and making it available to Van Fringers! *Valid from Sept 6-16, 2018. Promo code is case sensitive.

mobibikes.ca

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Log in with your Google account, rate how much you want to see any particular show, input your available times, and voila! Fringe-O-Matic builds a schedule for you! It’s fun, free, customizable, and cool!

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Fringe Hub

Fringe Box Office, Info Centre, Merch Tent, Donor Booth & Raffle Centre 1398 Cartwright St.

Phillips Fringe Bar

at Ocean Art Works, 1531 Johnston St.

Food Trucks

Starting at 6:00pm Outside the Phillips Fringe Bar at Ocean Art Works, 1531 Johnston St.

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Vancouver Fringe Festival

Note that ATMs may not be open during show times. If you are buying tickets at the door please plan ahead. The Fringe can only accept cash at the venues. To pay with a credit card, purchase your tickets at the Fringe Box Office or online at vancouverfringe.com.

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Mobi Bike Stations

See the Mobi section on page 9 for info on a free 24 Hour Pass.

The Fringe would like to acknowledge that our events are taking place on the traditional unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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Mainstage Venues 1 Studio 16

1555 West 7th Ave.

2 Waterfront Theatre 1412 Cartwright St.

3 Studio 1398

1398 Cartwright St.

4 False Creek Gym 1318 Cartwright St.

5 Performance Works 1218 Cartwright St.

6 Revue Stage

1601 Johnston St.

7 The Cultch: Historic Theatre 1895 Venables St.

8 Dramatic Works Series at the

Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch 1895 Venables St.

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BYOVs & Site-Specific Venues On-Island

Off-Island

A Carousel Theatre

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B Arts Umbrella

G Woodward’s Atrium

C Railspur Alley/Micon Parking Lot

H Firehall Arts Centre

1411 Cartwright St.

1216 Bute St.

1286 Cartwright St.

111 West Hastings St.

At door tickets will be sold across the street from Arts Umbrella.

I Havana Theatre

D Improv Centre/

F $ XY

1212 Commercial Drive

Improv Comedy Institute

1502 Duranleau St. At door tickets sales for shows at the Improv Comedy Institute will be sold at the Improv Centre.

J Your Open Closet

902 Commercial Drive

K Shoreline Studios 1425 Charles St.

E Fringe Hub/Picnic Pavilion Located behind the Waterfront Theatre.

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280 East Cordova St.

L Brian Scott Fine Arts 2227 Granville St.

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Fringe-For-All That’s right! We’re combining two of your favourite Festival events and creating a monster of a party!

We’re the Fringey Doctor Frankenstein!

Don’t miss a minute of the fun! Join us for hors d’oeuvres and desserts from the Keg and Dockside Restaurant and hummus from Habibi’s. Catch up with old friends and meet new ones as you plan your 11 days of Fringing!

And then take your seat for….

The Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All! Get your pens and Program Guides ready! 40 Fringe artists and companies will entice you into seeing their show in two minutes or less! Travis Bernhardt (Unscriptured) and Sara Vickruck (Poly Queer Love Ballad) will be your hosts for this fast and furious, two-hour, preview. With 99 shows to choose from, you won’t want to miss it!

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There are more than 200 Fringe Festivals around the world—and more than a few of them have theme days. We’re jumping on the bandwagon!

If you love dressing up, you’re going to love this. Incorporate a detail or go all out! Join us in dressing up on each day’s theme!

Thursday, Sept 6

Wednesday, Sept 12

Did you know that Mainstage shows are drawn from a hat? All the more reason to kick off the first day of the Festival with your favourite chapeau.

Embrace your inner nerd! Show off what you nerd out on, be it science, sci-fi, theatre, or pop-culture.

Hat Day

Nerd Night

Thursday, Sept 13 Friday, Sept 7

Mustache Madness

Party dresses, suits and ties—whatever you think is fancy, we want to see it.

Friday, Sept 14

Fancy Friday

Grow one, paste one, or paint one on!

Disco Fever

We had such a great time with our Disco Fever night at the Fringe Bar that we’re repeating the experience! Common People DJs will help us disco all night at the Phillips Fringe Bar, starting at 10:00pm.

Saturday, Sept 8

Rainbows

How many colours can you wear at once?

Sunday, Sept 9

Heroes and Villains

Saturday, Sept 15

Pajama Day

Is it more fun to be the good guy or the bad guy?

You decide.

Time to get comfy!

Monday, Sept 10

Sunday, Sept 16

Polka dots. Stripes. Argyle. Gingham. Herringbone.

Houndstooth. Chevron. Paisley. Tartan. Wear one.

Wear them all.

Admit it, you’ve always wanted to spike your hair and add safety pins to everything.

Pattern Panic

Punk It Up

Tuesday, Sept 11

TuTu Tuesday

Plié and pirouette your way around the Festival.

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Studio 58 / Langara College presents Season #53 An exciting mix of classic & contemporary theatre

INCOGNITO MODE: A PL AY ABOUT PORN

The World Premiere of

In Here Life is Beautiful

A generational exploration of pornography in the digital age

by Amy Rutherford

Book by Joe Masteroff Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb

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September 27 – October 14, 2018

MORTIFIED

November 15 – December 2, 2018

Co-produced with Neworld Theatre

Produced in association with Touchstone Theatre

Directed by Chelsea Haberlin Devised & written by Marcus Youssef

Directed by Anita Rochon Featuring Studio 58 alumni Lindsey Angell & Ian Butcher

Produced in conjunction with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) research project, IMPACTS: Collaborations to Address Sexual Violence on Campus.

Supported by the Studio 58 Legacy Fund

CABARET

January 31 – February 24, 2019

Directed by Josh Epstein Musical Direction by Christopher King Choreography by Shelley Stewart Hunt

New Initiative!

HOT HOUSE

March 21 – 31, 2019

Fresh takes on the theme of betrayal featuring Studio 58 students as writers, directors, designers, songwriters and performers.

Curated by Aaron Bushkowsky

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Join others across BC and host an event to share some food and talk about what matters most to you.

Be a host or a guest at onthetablebc.com The Vancouver Fringe is hosting an On the Table event!

This free event brings together fringe theatre fans, new and old, to discuss the importance of traditional theatre vs new voices. Join us at the Phillips Fringe Bar on Granville Island, Sept. 13 at 6pm.

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This 8-day adventure visits volcano-studded landscapes, charming Maya villages, and historical colonial cities.

Highlights Include: exploring Antigua’s captivating cobbled streets, sampling traditional Guatemalan cuisine and participating in cooking classes, wandering around Central America’s largest and most vibrant market in Chichicastenango, kayaking around the mystical Lake Atitlan, zip-lining over the Pacaya Volcano, and more.

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2 nights in the Nita Lake Lodge Lakeview Studio Suite with dinner for two at Aura Restaurant

Raffle Tickets $10 for one ticket or $20 for three tickets

$100 in Foodora gift cards and a Kick Ass Pass for the 2019 Vancouver Fringe Festival

Tickets are available online at vancouverfringe.com/raffle, at the Raffle Tent (by the Fringe Box Office), the Phillips Fringe Bar, and around the Festival!

Note: Total value of prizes to be awarded is $9,200.00. Prizes have no equivalent cash value.

Final Raffle draw will be on September 16, 2018 at 10:00pm at Awards Night (you do not have to be present—we’ll be in touch if you win!).

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More performances may be added!

Check vancouverfringe.com and the daily Fresh Sheets for the most up-to-date information.

Music at the 2018 Phillips Fringe Bar was curated by Soft Cedar. softcedar.com

Welcome to the Phillips Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub, located at Ocean Art Works on Granville Island. This is the best place to meet fellow Festivalgoers and artists from across the country and around the world. We’re excited to be working with Good Night Out: a global network of organizers and trainers passionate about making nights out safer for all.

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Thursday

Sept 6

Ocean Art Works 1531 Johnston Street, Granville Island

Leisure Club

You must be 19 or older to purchase alcohol but all ages are welcome!

For the 11 days of the Festival, the Fringe Bar is also Vancouver’s hottest music venue, featuring amazing local bands and artists each night. Best of all, there’s no cover charge! No Fringe experience is complete without a trip to the Phillips Fringe Bar.

8:00pm

True to their name, Leisure Club are committed to relaxed vibes and good times. Coincidentally, so is the Fringe Bar! Their infectious pop grooves are the perfect way to kick off the 2018 Festival. leisureclub.band

Ponytails

9:00pm

The buzzy Vancouver band brings their psychtinged, retro rock for their Fringe Festival debut.

Electric, engaging, and perfectly off-kilter. ponytailsband.com

Harvey Merritt DJ Set

10:00pm

Ponytails frontman Harvey Merritt keeps the party going as we celebrate the first of many late nights at the Fringe Bar.

Friday

Sept 7 Presented with Light Organ Records

Charlie Kerr (of Hotel Mira)

8:00pm

Blasts of sheer rock ‘n’ roll energy backed up by the sharp hooks and memorable melodies of one of Vancouver’s most exciting new voices. Charlie Kerr’s star continues to rise and his musical universe continues to expand. lightorganrecords.com/matt-sams-brother

Johnny Payne

9:00pm

Do you remember rock and roll radio? The harmonies, the hooks, the choruses? Johnny Payne does. Co-frontman of shaggy-pop auteurs The Shilohs steps into the limelight to deliver his unique, impeccably rendered pop rock.

10:00pm

If you wanna party, shake your body! Bella and Jess have been DJing throughout BC for years individually, but when the two stepped on stage together in 2014, it was love at first mix. Now, after years of trading track for track at all your favourite queer parties in East Van, they have developed a rep for delivering all the hype, all the time. eastvanbodyparty.com

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Sept 8 Presented with Tiny Kingdom Music

Michael & the Slumberland Band 8:00pm In the music room of his 100-year-old West End apartment, surrounded by a collection of xylophones, broken chord organs, and ancient hand drums, Michael creates post-apocalyptic soundscapes with lyrics drawn from nightmares, influenced by equal parts horror, fantasy, and science. Come hear one of the most distinct voices on the scene backed up by some of its finest players.

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FRANKIIE

9:00pm

Globe-trotting dream-rockers bring their soulful melodies and intricate harmonies for a night of enchantment. frankiietheband.com

DJ Jody G

10:00pm

Jody Glenham is a west coast based musician and DJ. She is part of an all-female DJ collective who host Shut It Thursdays, weekly at the American. Her haze-pop project, Jody Glenham and The Dreamers is a Vancouver favourite, and we are stoked to have her spinning at the Fringe! jodyglenham.bandcamp.com

Sunday

Sept 9

Harlequin Gold

8:00pm

Sisters Avery and Elle O’Brien have been singing together since they were young. Their innate gift for harmonizing is matched by their knack for writing catchy, perfectly-crafted pop. instagram.com/harlequingold

The Sumner Brothers

9:00pm

Siblings Bob and Brian make music that is impossible to predict, aggressively pushing musical boundaries in all directions. Their music has been described as a bewildering variety of genres—altcountry, folk, rock, grunge, garage. Whatever you choose to call them, it is an honour to host them on our stage. Unmissable! thesumnerbrothers.com

Monday

Sept 10

Board Night at the Bar

6:00-8:00pm

Meet and greet the Fringe’s Board of Directors!

Everyone’s invited—if you sit on, have sat on, want to sit on the board of a theatre company or arts organization, or just want to meet the folks behind the Fringe, you’re invited! We’ll have drinks, snacks, door prizes, and great conversation!

1st Annual Fringe Festival Ceilidh w/ Alison Moen 8:00-10:00pm and Kilbirnie Station After five years of success with our Fringe Square Dance, we thought we’d mix things up and try a different social dance this year: an Irish Ceilidh.

As always, the dances will be called as we go and backed up by a live band. No experience necessary, all dances will be taught on the spot. Come in groups, in pairs, or by yourself. Good times guaranteed!

Tuesday

Sept 11

Live Band Karaoke hosted by Sami Ghawi & The Apartment

8:00-10:00pm

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Alright Vancouver, time to show us what you got!

The Fringe has hired you a backing band. They know all your favourite songs and are ready to count you in. All you have to do is step up to the mic and prove to us that you are the Rock God you’ve always secretly believed yourself to be. Are you ready?

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Desiree Dawson

8:00pm

Desiree Dawson hasn’t stopped spreading love through her music since she captured the nation’s attention in 2016 when she won the CBC Searchlight Competition. Come and be transported by one of Vancouver’s most assured, passionate voices. desireedawsonmusic.com

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9:00pm

An impassioned rock choir at the centre of Vancouver’s active community choir scene. Led by director Ian Bryce, ESCHOIR bring you covers from all over the musical spectrum: from Neutral Milk Hotel to Celine Dion and back again. eschoir.tumblr.com

Common People DJs

10:00pm

Week two at the Fringe Bar will feature our resident party experts: Common People DJs. Playing everything from R&B, Britpop, house, indie, and retro, these gentlemen helm some of Vancouver’s greatest club nights and we are thrilled to have them at the Fringe Bar all week. facebook.com/commonpeopleyvr

Thursday

Sept 13

On the Table

6:00-8:00pm

The Vancouver Fringe is hosting an On the Table event! This is a free event where those new to Fringe theatre and Fringe fans alike are invited to come together to discuss: What’s more important to arts and culture; traditional theatre or new voices? And what does the decline of print media and criticism mean for local theatre? onthetablebc.com

Kimmortal

8:00pm

Kim Villagante, also known as Kimmortal, is a queer filipin@ diasporic first generation settler based on unceded, unsurrendered Coast Salish Territories. Primarily known as an emcee and singer-songwriter, Kimmortal takes a multi-faceted approach to music by incorporating song, poetry, visual art, and dance. kimmortal.com

Dawn Pemberton

9:00pm

We are beyond thrilled to have this local legend grace our stage. Vibrant, genuine, and soulful, Dawn Pemberton crafts her music with a sense of adventure, quirkiness, and serious groove and shapes it into her own unique and dynamic package. Tight, expressive, and bold, Dawn will hit you where it counts, funk you up, and make you say “Go ‘head!” dawnpemberton.ca

Common People DJs

10:00pm

Week two at the Fringe Bar will feature our resident party experts: Common People DJs. Playing everything from R&B, Britpop, house, indie, and retro, these gentlemen helm some of Vancouver’s greatest club nights and we are thrilled to have them at the Fringe Bar all week. facebook.com/commonpeopleyvr

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Friday

Sept 14

8:00pm

Kitty and the Rooster

Ridiculous rock and roll from East Van guitar wizard Noah Walker and hard-hitting percussionist Jodie Ponto. Get ready to have some fun! kittyandtherooster.com

9:00pm

Parlour Panther

Parlour Panther makes gorgeous gritty rock with three-way soulful vocals and dark and dirty guitar riffs. Their songs are sometimes passionate, sometimes furious, exploring Queer love, empowerment, truth, and triumph. parlourpanthermusic.com

10:00pm

Common People DJs Second Annual ‘70s night!

Our week two residents Common People DJs help us kick off the final weekend of Fringe by throwing a ‘70s theme party. Are you ready to catch the fever?!

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Saturday

Sept 15 Presented with Vancouver World Music Festival

8:00 & 9:00pm

Tambura Rasa

It is an honour to be partnering with the Vancouver World Music Festival to bring you an evening of music from one of BC’s most dynamic globalistas. Tambura Rasa is a buoyant cultural cross-pollination that fuses contemporary grooves and traditional rhythms into one energetic musical brand of their own. The act weaves a tapestry of sound and dance from the Balkans, Spain, Turkey, the Middle East, and beyond. tamburarasa.com

10:00pm

Common People DJs

Week two at the Fringe Bar will feature our resident party experts: Common People DJs. Playing everything from R&B, Britpop, house, indie, and retro, these gentlemen helm some of Vancouver’s greatest club nights and we are thrilled to have them at the Fringe Bar all week. facebook.com/commonpeopleyvr

Sunday

Sept 16

Common People DJs

7:00pm-2:00am

DJs Adam Fink, Bazz Mathe, and Bryan Sea, AKA Common People DJs, finish off their Fringe Bar residency in an epic seven-hour set on the final night of the Fringe! Playing everything from R&B, Britpop, house, indie, and retro, these gentlemen helm some of Vancouver’s greatest club nights and we are thrilled to have them at the Fringe Bar all week.

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Every night of the Festival we offer up the best of Vancouver’s Food Trucks.

Find these Food Trucks in front of the Phillips Fringe Bar, located at Ocean Art Works, next to Ocean Concrete:

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Visit one of our Partners: On Granville Island: Dockside Restaurant, The Keg Granville Island, the Public Market Or off Granville Island: Blenz Coffee, Havana Restaurant, Boston Pizza Staying in?: Foodora Photos by Mark Freeman (top) and Chris Shrubsall (bottom).

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This year, along with our classic logo options, we’ll have limited edition 2018 items available!

Thanks to our awesome partner Make (located on Granville Island). When you buy Fringe Merch you support the Festival and Fringe artists!

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2018/2019 SEASON Tickets available at theatrefilm.ubc.ca

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By Anais West and Sara Vickruck Directed by Julie McIsaac

Winner of the 2018 Fringe New Play Prize

REVUE STAGE 1601 Johnston St.

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If you’ve been playing the field (seeing all different shows) and now you’re ready to settle down, we’ve got the club for you! It’s filled with Fringe Lovers who have taken the plunge and said “I DO!” We are looking for 22 people to step up and make a commitment to the Fringe through our monthly giving program—what we lovingly call our Commitment Club!

Monthly giving is an easy, sustainable, and cost effective way to support the Fringe, Fringe artists, and our vision of Theatre for Everyone! You can choose any amount to give, and your donation can be made through your bank or credit card. Simple.

Tom and Pete are committed to us all the way from California (but they spend their Fringe with us) (top left) Liam and Vixn are committed Fringe Lovers and Fringe staffers! (top right & bottom right) Anne, Elizabeth, and Bob want you to join the club! (bottom left)

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So, say yes to the Fringe, and make it official by joining the rest of our generous monthly donors today!

Plus! If you sign up before September 15, your first month’s donation will be matched by our generous friend and Fringe lover, Peter Austin and Peter Austin Property Tax Consultants.

And, if we meet our goal of welcoming 22 new people to the Commitment Club, we’re going to throw a party! Think cake and champagne, wedding reception style!

To become a monthly donor and have your first month matched, visit vancouverfringe.com/donate or the Donor Booth in the Fringe Hub! (see page 10 for location)

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Inclusive Hiring and Casting Practices in Theatre

Unleashing Your Inner Storyteller with Josh Languedoc $10 | For people 14+

FREE for all participants All levels of experience welcome

Register at tickets.vancouverfringe.com/ categories/workshop

Please email artist@vancouverfringe.com to RSVP. You do not have to RSVP to attend.

Dating back to ancient times, oral storytelling is the oldest art form. A crowd would gather and hold their breath as a skilled and passionate storyteller would weave a majestic story that taught us about our own mortality. In this workshop, playwright/storyteller/improviser Josh Languedoc (Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land) will demonstrate the skills needed in captivating an audience, holding their attention, and weaving a story in an interesting and dynamic way. Josh will take you through different ways to tell a story and how to access your inner storytelling voice. Special attention will be given to you—where you come from, your own stories, and your own culture.

Wear comfortable clothing that you can move in, and bring one story.

This story can be a real story from your life, a story you enjoy reading/ watching, or a traditional story from your culture.

Tuesday

September 11

10:00am-1:00pm

ASL Interpretation is available. Please RSVP to artist@vancouverfringe.com by August 31 if you require ASL interpretation and would like to attend this discussion.

Do you want to: • Clarify your responsibility to create inclusive and equitable artistic teams on and off stage?

• Recognize and address the challenges you may experience when creating an inclusive and equitable artistic team?

• Gain more knowledge on what barriers underrepresented communities experience in the performing arts sector?

• Learn more about how to move forward with engaging artists of colour, artists with disabilities, and artists of various gender identities?

Join Rohit Chokhani (Project SAT {South Asian Theatre}), Marisa Emma Smith (Alley Theatre), Mily Mumford (Nebula Company Theatre), Raes Calvert (Hardline Productions), and Susanna Uchatius (Theatre Terrific) to hear how they’ve found success, and how they’ve learned from their mistakes in creating diverse, inclusive, and equitable teams.

Wednesday

September 12

10:00am-noon

*with space open for informal conversation until 1:00pm Studio 1398

Studio 1398

New(to)Town Collective Training Jam: Embodied Awareness

Musical Improv

$10-$15 Sliding Scale

$48 | For adults 18+

Register at tickets.vancouverfringe.com/ categories/workshop

Register at tickets.vancouverfringe.com/ categories/workshop

It’s all about the process!

What?! Yes! Musical Improv is exactly as it sounds: creating a musical on the spot! This means scenes, songs, dance, and music all created spontaneously in the moment. It requires emotional expression, collaboration, a willingness to go big, and a connection to your inner voice. Through a series of exercises, musical improv games, and improvised musical scene work, you will get a beautiful introduction to the world of musical improvisation. Veteran musical improvisers Jennifer Pielak and Peter Abando (Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key of P) are known for creating an incredibly safe and playful space to work. Come to this workshop and be blown away by just how much fun you will have!

Regardless of your experience level, artist or non-artist, there’s always room to hone your craft. Training Jams offer space for exploration, curiosity, and connection to community. This class will focus on “Embodied Awareness,” playing with exercises, and utilizing one’s awareness in relation to performance and daily life.

Bring yourself and an open mind. Bring water and clothes you can move in, and a notebook.

Thursday

September 13

10:00am-1:00pm

Skills You Will Learn: spontaneous song creation / new ways to organically use your voice / improv rhyming / improv dance / group collaboration / emotional expression through music, dance & song / yes and & heightening moments / musical & song theory This Workshop is for: Singers. Actors. Improvisers. Musical Theatre Nerds. Drama Teachers. Shower Singers. Karaoke Stars. Creative Types.

Bad Singers. People Who Are Terrified of Trying It. People Who Think This Would Be The Greatest Thing.

Wear comfortable shoes and clothing in layers (you will move a lot).

Bring water, tea/coffee, and a snack. Please arrive 15 minutes early so we can start on time.

Friday

September 14

10:00am-1:00pm

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In this Training Jam you will: • Participate in a safe and open space to develop, explore, and hone your artistic curiosity.

• Learn new performance techniques.

• Learn new skills from various artists.

• Share your own experience.

• Participate in peer-to-peer support and feedback.

• Meet new collaborators in various disciplines and widen your community.

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2018/2019 Your Connection to Local, Independent, and Fringe Theatre, Year-Round!

Theatre Wire Package

A project from the

Studio 1398

Featuring our usual mix of Vancouver’s independent scene, Fringey shows, the new SeeMore Theatre Series, and cultural events around the city, Theatre Wire is the best way to see theatre in Vancouver.

November 7-9, 2018

Razor

Kahlil Ashanti | Directed by TJ Dawe In 2003 the largest supermarket strike in history locked out over 70,000 workers. Broke, discouraged, and unable to find acting work, Kahlil crosses picket lines during the strike to stock shelves for less than minimum wage. His coworkers— hardened criminals and ex-cons from a local halfway house—expose Kahlil to transformative but hard truths about incarceration, poverty, and social change.

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November 27 – December 2, 2018

Soul Samurai

Theatre Under the Gun

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Monster Theatre

It’s deadline driven, insomnia fueled creation at its best. Six Vancouver theatre companies receive an inspiration package and have just 48 hours to create an original piece of theatre! See the six short plays created during this competition in one night!

Hosted by Monster Theatre and copresented by the Fringe, Theatre Under the Gun is one of the most epic, exciting, surprising, and electric theatre events of the season.

The How and the Why

From Sarah Treem (House of Cards) comes a thought-provoking play about science, family, and the difficult choices women face. Rachel, a promising evolutionary biologist, visits Zelda, a world-renowned scientist and pioneer. When Rachel posits a radical hypothesis to explain why women menstruate, Zelda’s ground-breaking work, the “Grandmother Hypothesis,” is challenged.

Studio 1398

One part samurai revenge epic. Two parts hip-hop combat extravaganza.

One part queer vampire love story. All parts badass, pulpy fun. Welcome to Soul Samurai. In a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, young samurai Dewdrop is on a mission to avenge the death of her lover at the hands of the Long Tooth Gang. But she’ll have to battle burnouts, shoguns, flashbacks, and her wise-ass b-boy sidekick.

February 9, 2019

November 14-18, 2018

Aenigma Theatre

Affair of Honor

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December 5-7, 2018

God is a Scottish Drag Queen: A Christmas Special

Mike Delamont

From 20-time Best of the Fest winner Mike Delamont comes an all new testament! God, dressed in that familiar power suit, comes down to skewer everything from fruit cake to Santa in an evening of hilarity celebrating the birth of Jesus! Plus, we’re celebrating Fringemas during the December 7 performance! Join us that day for extra merriment!

Studio 16

April 17-May 5, 2019

Dead People’s Things Zee Zee Theatre

Phyllis, a Millennial, inherits a house and all its contents after her estranged hoarder aunt commits suicide. She must work with neighbour Beatrice, a Baby Boomer who has been named executrix, to try and make sense of the life and death of a woman she barely knew through the things she left behind.

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November 22 - December 8, 2018

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Chicken Girl rice & beans theatre

Following the surreal adventures of a 24-hour Chinese fried chicken restaurant worker investigating the mysterious disappearance of her boss, Uncle Chan; a homesick intergalactic rock star drifting through space looking for his home planet; and a submariner embarking on a one-way pilgrimage to a legendary forest at the bottom of the sea with the help of a human-sized cat.

April 9 – 20, 2019

Never the Last Berlin 1919: A violin prodigy and composer meets an expressionist painter and war veteran. She is passionate, rude, and gifted; he is witty, emotional, and compassionate. Their love affair spans 10 years, four cities, artistic successes and failures, and tragedy. Nearly 100 years later, the most essential record of their time together lives in Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté’s 10 violin compositions.

Taylor Mac’s timely and darkly comedic interpretation of the classic dysfunctional family. Isaac has returned from the wars only to discover a household in revolt.

Arnold, the patriarch, has become disabled, leaving Paige liberated from an oppressive and abusive marriage. Isaac’s sibling Max, is a newly out transgender teen with a thing or two to teach the world.

And Isaac? He has to come to terms with where his loyalties really live.

May 24 – June 7, 2019

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July 18 – 27, 2019

#whatnow Alley Theatre

A verbatim theatre/dance creation about sex and hashtags. #realstories #experimental #youhavetoseeittoknowmore #whatthe%@!*isahashtaganyway #nastywoman #naughtygirl #feminist #thisshitisgoingtogetreal #etceteraetcetera

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Friday, September 7 Fancy Friday

Legend Theme Days

Workshops

Fringe Special Events

Advance Theatre

Free Performances at the Phillips Fringe Bar

Half-Price Shows

Wednesday, September 5 Start Time

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7:00pm

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Opening Night, featuring the Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All

Performance Works

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Thursday, September 6

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Hat Day

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Start Time

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5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:40pm 9:00pm 9:15pm 9:20pm 9:40pm 9:45pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:30pm

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Fastcar: man of action La Palabra en el Tiempo Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit F*ck Tinder: a love story My Imagination Ran Away Without Me Redemption Auguries of Innocence Roy & Janet Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key Of P Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play TravelTheatrics Banned In The USA Hullaboo and The End of Everything 5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0 The ADHD Project Die Hard: The Musical-ish Throne Life Field Zoology 101 FIX Rabbit Hole Weirdo 50 Fun Things Jasper in Deadland Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation Leisure Club Wastelands Blackbird Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead Unscriptured The Cockwhisperer...A Love Story Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus Small Town Boys Trevor & Margaret Big Sister Angels & Aliens The F Words Ponytails lolcow The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant A Sad-Ass Cabaret Squeeze My Cans Harvey Merrit DJ Set The Lady Show Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life

False Creek Gym Studio 16 Revue Stage Performance Works Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Woodward’s Atrium Firehall Arts Centre Improv Institute Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Carousel Waterfront Theatre False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Studio 16 Revue Stage Railspur Alley Culture Lab Performance Works The Cultch Historic Firehall Arts Centre Havana Theatre Phillips Fringe Bar Micon Parking Lot Shoreline Studios Brian Scott Fine Arts Arts Umbrella Carousel False Creek Gym Studio 16 Waterfront Theatre XY Revue Stage Studio 1398 Performance Works Phillips Fringe Bar The Cultch Historic Culture Lab Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Phillips Fringe Bar Firehall Arts Centre Carousel

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Lip Service Baba Yaga and the Black Flower Hysteria The Camping Guy SELF-ish Ruby Rocket Returns!

Absolute Magic Bonnie & Clyde Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play Hip.Bang! presents Surveil Who We Care For Jan & Peg’s Ritual Sacrifice Vampires in Barcelona Unscriptured The Other Side of the Flood Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s Poly Queer Love Ballad Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land Box of Freedom Unhinged FIX Ben Price Magic Presents Rabbit Stew Fake Ghost Tours Training of the Shrew Mel Malarkey Gets The Bum’s Rush The Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae Dear Elizabeth Virginia Jack Wastelands Blackbird Banned In The USA Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play Spinning You Home Charlie Kerr (of Hotel Mira) Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show The Silent House Awkward Hug TrudeauMania CGossamer Obsessions One Step at a Time Johnny Payne A Brief History of Beer MIND MAGIC G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead Body Party Martin Dockery: Delirium The Shape of Things Life, Blood, Water The Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning Cocky Hullaboo and The End of Everything Carriage

Firehall Arts Centre False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Studio 16 Revue Stage Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 Culture Lab Brian Scott Fine Arts XY Improv Institute Improv Centre Havana Theatre Performance Works Arts Umbrella Carousel False Creek Gym Your Open Closet

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Firehall Arts Centre Revue Stage Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Railspur Alley Studio 16 Fringe Hub Picnic Pavilion Performance Works Havana Theatre

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Culture Lab False Creek Gym Micon Parking Lot Shoreline Studios Arts Umbrella Improv Institute Carousel Phillips Fringe Bar Your Open Closet

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Waterfront Theatre The Cultch Historic Firehall Arts Centre Studio 16 Revue Stage Studio 1398 Phillips Fringe Bar Performance Works False Creek Gym Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Phillips Fringe Bar Waterfront Theatre Culture Lab The Cultch Historic Revue Stage Studio 16 Carousel Studio 1398

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The F Words Squeeze My Cans Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant No Belles

Performance Works Arts Umbrella Havana Theatre Culture Lab False Creek Gym

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Big Sister Small Town Boys

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Studio 1398 Studio 16 The Cultch Historic Carousel

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2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm

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Angels & Aliens Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus Unhinged Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life Blackbird Roy & Janet Lip Service A Brief History of Beer The Other Side of the Flood

Shoreline Studios Woodward’s Atrium Firehall Arts Centre Performance Works False Creek Gym

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2:45pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:15pm 3:15pm 3:45pm 3:45pm 4:25pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 4:40pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 5:00pm 5:20pm 5:45pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:20pm 6:25pm 6:30pm

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Studio 16 Revue Stage Studio 1398 Havana Theatre Fringe Hub Arts Umbrella The Cultch Historic Waterfront Theatre Carousel Culture Lab Firehall Arts Centre Performance Works False Creek Gym XY Studio 16 Waterfront Theatre Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Revue Stage Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Culture Lab Carousel Performance Works Firehall Arts Centre Improv Institute Improv Centre The Cultch Historic Studio 16 False Creek Gym Your Open Closet

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Arts Umbrella Revue Stage Waterfront Theatre

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6:35pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:15pm

7:35pm 7:45pm 7:55pm 8:45pm 8:30pm 9:15pm 8:40pm 9:00pm 9:20pm 8:45pm 9:15pm 8:45pm

Havana Theatre Studio 1398 Railspur Alley Picnic Pavilion Carousel Culture Lab Performance Works Micon Parking Lot Shoreline Studios Improv Institute The Cultch Historic Studio 16 Phillips Fringe Bar Your Open Closet

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8:15pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:20pm 8:20pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:25pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:05pm 10:15pm 10:15pm

9:15pm 9:30pm 9:15pm 9:30pm 9:30pm 9:20pm 9:45pm

Ben Price Magic Presents Rabbit Stew Poly Queer Love Ballad Box of Freedom TravelTheatrics Fake Ghost Tours Vampires in Barcelona lolcow Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land Spinning You Home Bonnie & Clyde TrudeauMania F*ck Tinder: a love story MIND MAGIC Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

Cocky Martin Dockery: Delirium Who We Care For Banned In The USA The Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning Carriage Life, Blood, Water The Shape of Things jem rolls: I, IDIOT Red Bastard: Lie With Me Jasper in Deadland Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play Hip.Bang! presents Surveil Flute Loops The Bridge The Cockwhisperer...A Love Story Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead Hardly Trying Rachel and Zoe: Uncorked and Uncensored A Sad-Ass Cabaret Magical Mystery Detour FIX Training of the Shrew Unscriptured Precious Little Weirdo Wastelands Blackbird Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play 50 Fun Things Throne Life Michael & the Slumberland Band Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show The Lady Show Squeeze My Cans Field Zoology 101 5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0 G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. The ADHD Project Die Hard: The Musical-ish FRANKIIE Mel Malarkey Gets The Bum’s Rush CA Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s Hullaboo and The End of Everything Dear Elizabeth Awkward Hug Gossamer Obsessions DJ Jody G Virginia Jack Vampires in Barcelona The Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae The Silent House One Step at a Time

Firehall Arts Centre Arts Umbrella Revue Stage Waterfront Theatre Havana Theatre False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Phillips Fringe Bar Performance Works Studio 16 Firehall Arts Centre Carousel Culture Lab The Cultch Historic Revue Stage Phillips Fringe Bar False Creek Gym Arts Umbrella Havana Theatre

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Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398

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Noon 12:25pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 12:45pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 1:30pm

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The Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning MIND MAGIC The Shape of Things Life, Blood, Water Martin Dockery: Delirium A Sad-Ass Cabaret Banned In The USA Cocky Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key Of P Unscriptured

Revue Stage False Creek Gym Culture Lab The Cultch Historic Waterfront Theatre Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Studio 16 Firehall Arts Centre Carousel

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

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The Cultch Historic Revue Stage Picnic Pavilion Shoreline Studios Woodward’s Atrium Brian Scott Fine Arts Performance Works False Creek Gym Waterfront Theatre Havana Theatre Studio 1398 Arts Umbrella Studio 16 Culture Lab Firehall Arts Centre Carousel The Cultch Historic Revue Stage Performance Works False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Waterfront Theatre Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Studio 16 The Cultch Historic Culture Lab Firehall Arts Centre Revue Stage Performance Works Carousel

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False Creek Gym Improv Centre Waterfront Theatre Studio 16 Studio 1398 Havana Theatre Your Open Closet

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Arts Umbrella False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Revue Stage Waterfront Theatre Fringe Hub Carousel Performance Works Culture Lab Studio 1398 Studio 16 Micon Parking Lot Firehall Arts Centre Phillips Fringe Bar Havana Theatre

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Awkward Hug Gossamer Obsessions Training of the Shrew Blackbird Roy & Janet Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach Mel Malarkey Gets The Bum’s Rush Virginia Jack The Silent House G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. One Step at a Time Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead CDear Elizabeth Jasper in Deadland Spinning You Home Unhinged Poly Queer Love Ballad Weirdo The Other Side of the Flood Box of Freedom Ruby Rocket Returns!

Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation Squeeze My Cans The Bridge Auguries of Innocence The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant TrudeauMania Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit The F Words Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life Fastcar: man of action Hip.Bang! presents Surveil My Imagination Ran Away Without Me La Palabra en el Tiempo Redemption TravelTheatrics Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show Vampires in Barcelona No Belles Hysteria SELF-ish Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land Fake Ghost Tours Hullaboo and The End of Everything F*ck Tinder: a love story Rabbit Hole Absolute Magic The Camping Guy Wastelands A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s Harlequin Gold The Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae Banned In The USA Small Town Boys Baba Yaga and the Black Flower Big Sister The Sumner Brothers lolcow jem rolls: I, IDIOT Jan & Peg’s Ritual Sacrifice Angels & Aliens Who We Care For Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus Bonnie & Clyde The Lady Show Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead

Arts Umbrella Waterfront Theatre False Creek Gym Revue Stage Phillips Fringe Bar The Cultch Historic Carousel Performance Works Studio 1398 Havana Theatre Studio 16 Culture Lab Firehall Arts Centre Arts Umbrella

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Tuesday, September 11

Monday, September 10

Start Time

Pattern Panic Start Time

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1:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 6:40pm 6:50pm 6:55pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm

2:50pm 6:15pm 5:30pm 6:05pm 6:00pm 5:55pm 6:10pm 6:15pm 7:00pm

8:10pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:20pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:35pm 8:45pm 9:15pm 9:20pm 9:30pm 9:50pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:20pm 10:30pm

9:05pm 9:15pm 9:15pm 9:20pm 9:30pm 9:30pm 9:35pm 10:15pm 10:30pm ~ 11:00pm 10:40pm ~ 10:50pm 10:55pm 11:10pm ~ 11:15pm 11:35pm 11:30pm

7:30pm 7:10pm 7:30pm 7:15pm 7:35pm 7:50pm 7:25pm 7:55pm 8:00pm 8:35pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 8:20pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:45pm 9:20pm 9:00pm 9:00pm

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Gametes MIND MAGIC Life, Blood, Water Cocky SELF-ish Weirdo Martin Dockery: Delirium Carriage TravelTheatrics Board Night at the Bar Squeeze My Cans Hullaboo and The End of Everything Auguries of Innocence Trevor & Margaret Mel Malarkey Gets The Bum’s Rush La Palabra en el Tiempo My Imagination Ran Away Without Me FIX Lip Service Rabbit Hole Fastcar: man of action Redemption Fake Ghost Tours Hardly Trying Hip.Bang! presents Surveil A Sad-Ass Cabaret Blackbird jem rolls: I, IDIOT Wastelands 1st Annual Fringe Festival Ceilidh w/ Alison Moen and Kilbirnie Station Ruby Rocket Returns!

Vampires in Barcelona Flute Loops A Brief History of Beer No Belles Magical Mystery Detour Ben Price Magic Presents Rabbit Stew TrudeauMania Poly Queer Love Ballad The Shape of Things Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation Rachel and Zoe: Uncorked and Uncensored Banned In The USA Hysteria Absolute Magic The Camping Guy Spinning You Home

False Creek Gym False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Studio 16 Revue Stage Performance Works Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 Havana Theatre Phillips Fringe Bar Arts Umbrella Carousel The Cultch Historic XY Performance Works Studio 16 Waterfront Theatre Railspur Alley Firehall Arts Centre Culture Lab False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Fringe Hub Revue Stage Improv Centre Havana Theatre Shoreline Studios Carousel Micon Parking Lot Phillips Fringe Bar

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

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10:00am

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1:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 5:15pm 5:25pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:55pm 8:00pm 8:00pm

3:15pm 6:10pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 7:10pm 7:15pm 7:15pm 8:10pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 7:50pm 8:15pm 8:20pm 8:15pm 8:45pm 8:35pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 9:05pm 9:15pm 9:00pm

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Unleashing Your Inner Storyteller with Josh Languedoc The Ones We Leave Behind The Cockwhisperer...A Love Story lolcow The F Words Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land Field Zoology 101 Angels & Aliens Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus Trevor & Margaret G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead Unscriptured Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key Of P Precious Little Jan & Peg’s Ritual Sacrifice Rachel and Zoe: Uncorked and Uncensored Fake Ghost Tours Baba Yaga and the Black Flower Flute Loops The Bridge Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit Magical Mystery Detour Who We Care For Squeeze My Cans Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life

Studio 1398

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False Creek Gym False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Performance Works Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Studio 1398 Studio 16 XY Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Carousel Brian Scott Fine Arts Firehall Arts Centre Culture Lab Performance Works Waterfront Theatre Fringe Hub False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Studio 16 Revue Stage Studio 1398 Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Carousel

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Live Band Karaoke hosted by Sami Ghawi & The Apartment Red Bastard: Lie With Me A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s The Other Side of the Flood Ruby Rocket Returns!

The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant Ben Price Magic Presents Rabbit Stew Unhinged Gossamer Obsessions Box of Freedom The Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae Vampires in Barcelona jem rolls: I, IDIOT

Phillips Fringe Bar

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Wednesday, September 12 Nerd Night Start Time

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Noon

1:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 5:15pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:30pm

2:45pm 6:15pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 7:15pm 7:30pm

6:45pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 8:35pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:15pm 9:25pm 9:30pm 9:40pm 9:45pm 9:45pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:30pm

7:45pm 8:00pm 8:40pm 7:50pm 8:15pm 8:20pm 8:55pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 8:15pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 8:45pm 9:30pm 9:50pm 10:15pm 9:55pm 10:10pm 10:05pm 11:00pm 10:30pm 10:40pm 11:00pm 10:45pm 11:15pm 11:25pm

Show Title

Venue

Inclusive Hiring and Casting Practices in Theatre Rubble 50 Fun Things Throne Life The Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning Red Bastard: Lie With Me 5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0 The ADHD Project Die Hard: The Musical-ish Trevor & Margaret TravelTheatrics Banned In The USA jem rolls: I, IDIOT Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit The Lady Show Dear Elizabeth Jan & Peg’s Ritual Sacrifice La Palabra en el Tiempo Fake Ghost Tours Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation Fastcar: man of action Auguries of Innocence My Imagination Ran Away Without Me Wastelands Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead Spinning You Home Redemption Desiree Dawson Hardly Trying F*ck Tinder: a love story Jasper in Deadland CThe Silent House ESCHOIR Virginia Jack Rabbit Hole One Step at a Time A Sad-Ass Cabaret Squeeze My Cans Awkward Hug Common People DJs SELF-ish Hullaboo and The End of Everything

Studio 1398

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Mustache Madness Start Time

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1:00pm

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2:45pm 5:55pm 6:00pm 5:50pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 5:55pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 8:00pm 7:15pm 7:15pm 7:30pm

6:35pm 6:40pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:55pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:25pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:35pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:35pm 9:45pm 9:50pm

7:50pm 7:40pm 7:55pm 7:45pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 7:45pm 7:55pm 8:05pm 8:20pm 8:50pm 9:15pm 9:05pm 9:00pm 9:20pm 8:55pm 9:00pm

10:00pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:10pm 10:15pm 10:25pm 10:30pm 10:30pm

11:00pm 11:15pm

9:25pm 9:30pm 9:45pm 9:45pm 9:40pm 9:15pm 9:55pm 11:15pm 10:45pm 10:50pm

11:25pm 11:15pm 11:10pm 11:35pm 11:30pm

10:30pm 11:45pm 10:40pm 11:55pm

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Disco Fever

Show Title

Venue

New(to)Town Collective Training Jam: Embodied Awareness While You Sleep The Other Side of the Flood Flute Loops The Bridge Trevor & Margaret Hardly Trying Mel Malarkey Gets The Bum’s Rush Rachel and Zoe: Uncorked and Uncensored Magical Mystery Detour Precious Little Jasper in Deadland Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play Hip.Bang! presents Surveil G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. On the Table Vampires in Barcelona Spinning You Home Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show The Camping Guy No Belles Hysteria Big Sister A Brief History of Beer Small Town Boys Absolute Magic FIX Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

Fake Ghost Tours Bonnie & Clyde TrudeauMania Who We Care For Wastelands Blackbird Banned In The USA jem rolls: I, IDIOT Kimmortal The ADHD Project The Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning The F Words Carriage Cocky Life, Blood, Water Martin Dockery: Delirium Dawn Pemberton The Shape of Things Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead The Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae Lip Service 50 Fun Things Common People DJs MIND MAGIC Field Zoology 101 Throne Life Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life Die Hard: The Musical-ish 5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0

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1:00pm 3:00pm 6:30pm 6:40pm 5:50pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 5:55pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:10pm 6:00pm 6:40pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:15pm

6:30pm

7:30pm

6:35pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 6:55pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:25pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:20pm 8:25pm 8:30pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 8:55pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 9:35pm 9:40pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:15pm 10:30pm 10:30pm 10:35pm 10:40pm 11:15pm

7:35pm 8:00pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 7:40pm 8:00pm 8:10pm 7:55pm 8:15pm 8:55pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:20pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:15pm 9:30pm 8:50pm 9:40pm 9:30pm 9:55pm 9:45pm 9:50pm 9:50pm 10:10pm 10:30pm 10:40pm 10:45pm 11:10pm 10:55pm 11:15pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 11:20pm 11:35pm 12:15am

Show Title

Venue

Musical Improv Speed Dating For Sperm Donors TrudeauMania Dear Elizabeth Virginia Jack Trevor & Margaret Awkward Hug CGossamer Obsessions A Brief History of Beer The Silent House One Step at a Time Roy & Janet Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play Hip.Bang! presents Surveil A Sad-Ass Cabaret Squeeze My Cans Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show The ADHD Project 50 Fun Things Throne Life Field Zoology 101 Weirdo Die Hard: The Musical-ish 5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0 FIX Lip Service The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant Training of the Shrew TravelTheatrics Wastelands Blackbird Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play Unscriptured Kitty and the Rooster Vampires in Barcelona The Camping Guy Baba Yaga and the Black Flower Red Bastard: Lie With Me SELF-ish Hysteria Absolute Magic Ruby Rocket Returns!

Fake Ghost Tours Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach Jasper in Deadland Parlour Panther Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation The Cockwhisperer...A Love Story Precious Little Banned In The USA Common People DJs: ‘70s Night Ben Price Magic Presents Rabbit Stew Poly Queer Love Ballad jem rolls: I, IDIOT Box of Freedom Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land Unhinged Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key Of P

Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Culture Lab False Creek Gym XY The Cultch Historic Studio 16 Revue Stage Performance Works Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 Woodward’s Atrium Improv Institute Improv Centre Havana Theatre Arts Umbrella Carousel

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Thursday, September 13

The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) is the largest theatre touring circuit in North America. We are the home of independent and innovative theatre in Canada and the US, and are connected to a movement of Fringe Festivals worldwide. Anyone can perform in a CAFF Festival! Everyone can attend—we are affordable and accessible! Participate as an artist, audience member, or start your own Fringe! Visit fringefestivals.com for more info and Festival dates and locations!

For a full list of all the Fringe Festival’s in North America visit fringefestivals.com Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal

Boulder International Fringe Festival

Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival

VancouverFringe.com

Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival

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Sunday, September 16 Pajama Day

Punk it Up

Start Time

End Time

Show Title

Venue

Noon Noon 12:30pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 12:55pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:10pm 1:15pm

1:30pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 1:40pm 1:30pm 1:55pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:00pm 2:15pm

TrudeauMania Flute Loops Precious Little The Cockwhisperer...A Love Story Hardly Trying Rachel and Zoe: Uncorked and Uncensored Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation Red Bastard: Lie With Me The Bridge Magical Mystery Detour

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

49 52 54 46 51 42 60 49 40 45

1:30pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 2:15pm 2:25pm 2:40pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:15pm 3:40pm 3:45pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:20pm 4:35pm 4:40pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 5:10pm 5:15pm 5:30pm 5:45pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:15pm 6:25pm 6:30pm

2:30pm 2:55pm 3:15pm 3:15pm 2:55pm 3:35pm 4:25pm 4:00pm 3:55pm 3:50pm 4:05pm 3:50pm 4:00pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 5:30pm 5:50pm 5:40pm 5:45pm 6:30pm 6:15 pm 6:45 pm 6:45 pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:15pm 7:30pm

Carousel The Cultch Historic Firehall Arts Centre Revue Stage False Creek Gym Waterfront Theatre Culture Lab Studio 16 Havana Theatre Fringe Hub XY Performance Works Studio 1398 Carousel False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Firehall Arts Centre Revue Stage Waterfront Theatre Performance Works Havana Theatre Studio 16 Studio 1398 Culture Lab False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Carousel Revue Stage Improv Institute Improv Centre Firehall Arts Centre Arts Umbrella Performance Works Waterfront Theatre Studio 16 Your Open Closet

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6:30pm 6:35pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm

7:30pm 7:35pm 7:55pm 8:05pm 7:55pm 8:55pm 8:20pm 8:45pm 8:30pm

Studio 1398 Havana Theatre Railspur Alley XY False Creek Gym Culture Lab Fringe Hub Picnic Pavilion Carousel

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7:30pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:20pm

8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:20pm 9:00pm 9:15pm 8:45pm 9:05pm

The Cultch Historic Revue Stage Micon Parking Lot Shoreline Studios Firehall Arts Centre Arts Umbrella Improv Institute Studio 16 Phillips Fringe Bar Performance Works Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 Havana Theatre

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8:40pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:15pm 9:40pm 9:45pm 9:50pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:00pm 10:05pm 10:10pm 10:15pm 10:40pm 11:00pm

9:55pm 10:00pm

Spinning You Home Hysteria Lip Service SELF-ish Baba Yaga and the Black Flower Ruby Rocket Returns!

Dear Elizabeth The Camping Guy TravelTheatrics Fake Ghost Tours Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

Jan & Peg’s Ritual Sacrifice Absolute Magic Unscriptured Virginia Jack Awkward Hug Jasper in Deadland Gossamer Obsessions The Silent House Mel Malarkey Gets The Bum’s Rush Who We Care For COne Step at a Time Bonnie & Clyde No Belles lolcow jem rolls: I, IDIOT Big Sister Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play Hip.Bang! presents Surveil The Lady Show Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead The F Words Small Town Boys Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show Angels & Aliens A Sad-Ass Cabaret FIX Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

The Other Side of the Flood The Shape of Things Fake Ghost Tours Training of the Shrew Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life Life, Blood, Water The Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning Wastelands Blackbird Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key Of P Squeeze My Cans Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play Cocky Tambura Rasa F*ck Tinder: a love story Martin Dockery: Delirium Carriage The Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae MIND MAGIC Auguries of Innocence Tambura Rasa Trevor & Margaret Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit Rabbit Hole A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s La Palabra en el Tiempo Vampires in Barcelona Hullaboo and The End of Everything Common People DJs G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. My Imagination Ran Away Without Me Redemption Fastcar: man of action Lotte Lenya's Cabaret of Bullshit

False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Phillips Fringe Bar XY Revue Stage Culture Lab Firehall Arts Centre Studio 16 Arts Umbrella Carousel Phillips Fringe Bar Havana Theatre Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Performance Works

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9:30pm 9:25pm 9:30pm 9:20pm

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Noon Noon 12:15pm 12:30pm 1:00pm

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1:00pm 1:00pm 1:15pm 1:25pm 1:30pm

2:00pm 2:15pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 2:30pm

1:40pm 1:45pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 3:00pm 3:10pm 3:15pm 3:15pm 3:30pm 3:30pm 3:45pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 4:40pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 5:15pm 5:15pm 5:45pm

2:25pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 3:20pm 2:40pm 3:05pm 3:15pm 2:55pm 3:45pm 3:55pm 3:45pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 5:05pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:10pm 5:30pm 5:15pm 5:45pm 5:50pm 5:45pm 5:30pm 6:30pm 5:45pm 6:45pm

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

6:35pm 7:20pm 7:05pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 7:10pm 7:30pm 7:30pm

6:30pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:20pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:05pm 8:15pm 8:15pm 8:45pm 8:45pm 9:30pm 9:45pm

8:00pm 7:25pm 7:30pm 7:15pm 2:00am 8:15pm 8:35pm 8:25pm 8:45pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:35pm 9:15pm 9:05pm 9:45pm 9:45pm 11:00pm

Show Title

Venue

Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key Of P Field Zoology 101 A Brief History of Beer 50 Fun Things The Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae The ADHD Project Die Hard: The Musical-ish 5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0 Bonnie & Clyde Unscriptured

Firehall Arts Centre Revue Stage Performance Works The Cultch Historic Havana Theatre

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False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Waterfront Theatre Culture Lab Carousel

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Throne Life Big Sister Training of the Shrew Blackbird Roy & Janet Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s Weirdo lolcow G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. No Belles Angels & Aliens Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus Spinning You Home Small Town Boys Rabbit Hole Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit F*ck Tinder: a love story Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach TrudeauMania Fastcar: man of action Auguries of Innocence Who We Care For La Palabra en el Tiempo Redemption Poly Queer Love Ballad My Imagination Ran Away Without Me Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life Jan & Peg’s Ritual Sacrifice The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

Hip.Bang! presents Surveil The Cockwhisperer...A Love Story Banned In The USA Box of Freedom Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show Jasper in Deadland Unhinged Ben Price Magic Presents Rabbit Stew Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land Common People DJs Hardly Trying Red Bastard: Lie With Me Hullaboo and The End of Everything Trevor & Margaret Wastelands Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead Baba Yaga and the Black Flower Rachel and Zoe: Uncorked and Uncensored Precious Little Flute Loops The Bridge The Lady Show Magical Mystery Detour Fringe Awards Night Squeeze My Cans

Studio 16 Revue Stage Picnic Pavilion Shoreline Studios Woodward’s Atrium XY Firehall Arts Centre Performance Works The Cultch Historic Havana Theatre False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Studio 16 Carousel Waterfront Theatre Culture Lab Revue Stage Performance Works Brian Scott Fine Arts Firehall Arts Centre False Creek Gym The Cultch Historic Havana Theatre Studio 16 Studio 1398 Revue Stage Waterfront Theatre Carousel

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Performance Works Culture Lab XY Improv Centre False Creek Gym Arts Umbrella Studio 1398 Your Open Closet

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Sept 19 Sept 20 Sept 21 Sept 21

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

50 Shades of Vinyl - A Canadian Parody Habitats Basic Training The Birdmann FINALE

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Shows

1555 West 7th Ave. Ben Price Magic Presents Rabbit Stew Ben Price Magic Calgary, Canada Playwright: Ben Price benpricemagic.com

Shocking 18+ • Coarse Language

Funny / Silly / Naughty 14+

Have you ever wanted to attend the ultimate magic show? Ben Price uses his abilities in sleight of hand, thought influence, and comedy to take you on a journey through the perfect magic show.

This 60-minute, interactive show will have audiences laughing, gasping, and cheering as Ben performs all kinds of marvels from card tricks to mind reading.

60 mins

Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Friday Sunday

The Bridge Green Eggs and Ham Surrey, Canada Playwrights: Nick Rinke & Caitlin Docking

An anonymous man and woman search for the last of their kind under the beaconing arch of the Golden Gate Bridge. Humour, heartbreak, shadow puppets, and Christopher Walken bring this post-apocalyptic tale of love and survival to life.

“The Bridge is a very well acted and very effective piece.” —Hi-Fi Way: The Pop Chronicles

50 mins

September 7 September 8 September 10 September 11 September 14 September 16

7:00pm 2:45pm 8:35pm 9:20pm 10:15pm 6: 30pm

Saturday Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 8 September 9 September 11 September 13 September 15 September 16

6:20pm 4:30pm 7:45pm 5:00pm 1:10pm 8:15pm

URTHONA PRESENTS

Auguries of Innocence

A new play inspired by the poetry of William Blake

AUG 29, 7:30pm

(Preview show at Havana Theatre)

SEPT 6, 5:15pm (Half-price show)

SEPT 9, 5:15pm SEPT 10, 6:15pm SEPT 12, 7:45pm SEPT 15, 8:45pm SEPT 16, 4:30pm THE CULTCH HISTORIC THEATRE 1895 Venables Street

Tickets: vancouverfringe.com

Every Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born Every Morn and every Night Some are Born to sweet delight

blakean.com

C-

The Camping Guy

SPNP Tech Brooklyn, USA Playwright: Eric Jaffe cminusplay.com

Darkhorse West Shaunavon, Canada Playwright: Dianne Greenlay Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Tear-Jerker 14+ • Coarse Language

Funny / Intellectual 18+ • Coarse Language

Twenty years after college, a once promising student sets out to track down his formerly hard-partying, now middleaged fraternity brothers in order to understand the value of the education he largely squandered.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

A comedy about education, career, and the challenge of finding your calling in life.

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“Eric Jaffe can give you a higher education ... Poignant ... hilarious.” —CBC “This is a class in the school of life that’s worth attending.”

—Edmonton Journal

55 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

If you like camping or if you hate camping, you’re gonna love The Camping Guy! Stop the madness! Earl has survived rock slides, knife wounds, wild animal attacks, and even an angry wife’s rants, but nothing has made him want to swallow an entire bottle of pain killers and slit his throat more than spending a weekend mentoring a hapless newbie.

Winner of Best Play, Best Actors, Best Director, and an Honourable Mention for Back Stage Technical at the 2014 TheatreOne Competitive Festival (Saskatchewan) “Crowds were thoroughly delighted.”

—The Shaunavon Standard

75 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 12 September 14 September 15

8:45pm 9:30 pm 2: 50pm 9:00pm 5:00pm 4: 45pm

Friday Sunday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday

September 7 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 14 September 15

5:00pm 7:50pm 10:20pm 6:35pm 8:15 PM 2:45 PM

Shows

Cocky

La Palabra en el Tiempo

Beth McLaughlin San Francisco, USA Playwright: Beth McLaughlin bethmclaughlin.com

Palabra Flamenco Victoria, Canada Playwrights: Denise Yeo & Garth Martens denisejy.wixsite.com/palabraflamenco

Funny / Intense / Intimate 18+

Intense / Musical / Poetic All Ages

Yes, technically, I’m a Catholic. I know this because in third grade when we all got ID bracelets—probably for when our little bodies were found after a Hiroshima-like blast—mine said: “In case of an accident, notify a priest.”

“Wonderful storytelling—warm, touching and humorous... a pure delight.” —Fresno Rogue Festival Audience Review

In this amalgam of poetry and flamenco, dancer Denise Yeo, poet Garth Martens, guitarist Gareth Owen, and singer Veronica Maguire plunge mythological depths and excavate human shadow.

With joy, mockery, humour, sunlight, these conscious and celebrated tools to reclaim ourselves whole and human, they go where “the word in time” soaks its way to dark corners.

On Garth Martens’ Prologue for the Age of Consequence (House of Anansi Press, 2014): “Not merely good, but important.”

—Arc Poetry Magazine

65 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday

60 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15

10:25pm 4:30pm 1:00pm 5:00pm 8:35pm 8:00pm

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

September 6 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 16

5:00pm 6:05pm 6:50pm 7:15pm 9:50pm 4:45pm

An indoor Fringe play at Brian Scott Gallery, 2227 Granville Street Be inspired by the return of our thought-provoking comedy-drama about Vancouver’s world-famous but misunderstood Wreck Beach. Watch us male and female therapists try to cure volunteer clothoholics from the audience! Will the audience strip off for the thrill of it?

And to protest war, waste, and sexism?

Our play is about nudism (naturism), a movement for fun, equality, and emotional and social healing (not for sex). We invented peer-counselling ‘shy therapy’ at Wreck Beach and have practiced it there, free to patients, since 2011.

It is quicker, better, and funnier than shrinks and drugs.

Modern society has been brainwashed that we must wear clothes; that our glorious bodies are yucky, ugly, and evil; that breastfeeding is dispensable; and that disrespecting others is inevitable. Those myths lead to gawking, shame, conflict, illness, and misery.

Last fall, audiences loved this play, but the media refused to mention us, except the Langara Voice. Other shows might have 5 or 10 seconds of nudity. We give you 70 minutes of cheery, cheeky, shameless nudity.

From the audience, ask us about beach controversies.

Learn about beauty, bikinis, and burqas.

Warning: possible clothing. No sex, drope, violence, or photography. Nudity optional for audience.

For all ages (minors must be with parent).

Each show is different—attend often.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Love and peace!

Throne Life

Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus

The Electronic Gospel Lockport, Canada Playwright: Christopher VanHeyst

Coming of Age Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Colleen Brow

Intense / In Your Face / Intellectual 14+ • Strobe Lights / Smoke/Fog

Funny / Intimate 14+

Swingers parties, obituaries, sex, Gwyneth Paltrow (damn her), and more. Writer and humourist, Colleen Brow, explores the trappings of aging through a comedic, bifocal lens; offering up handy tips and midlife musings as thick as an errant chin hair. Irreverence with a smidgen of melancholy. If we can’t be young again, at least we can be immature.

Electronic music is the driving force that creates The Electronic Gospel. Throne Life is an internal dialogue between God and man. The main character finds his life in a state of complete destruction and seeks wisdom from the throne of God. The answer unfolds an explosive revelation.

In order to become wise you must first become a fool.

For the nude-friendly indoor swim-spa parties listed above and many other events year-round, read the BC-wide nude-friendly events calendar: www.Korky.ca -- click on ‘Nude events’.

Some are nude-mandatory, others optional.

‘Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach’ indoor shows at

50 mins

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Brian Scott Gallery, 2227 Granville Street,

45 mins

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8:15pm 1:10 pm 9: 50pm 5:25pm 6:25pm 3: 10pm

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6:45pm 8:00pm 5:00pm 10:25pm 6:45pm 1:40pm

between 6th and 7th Avenues, a short walk south of Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish.

KorkyDay@yahoo.com; FaceBook events.

Tickets from the Vancouver Fringe Festival.

VancouverFringe.com

“Hits a chord with her humorous observations culled from the mundane landscape of North American life.”

—North Shore Outlook “An entertaining Wendy Liebman-esque quality.” —the Georgia Straight “Who cares if she’s funny. Her place is a mess. She can’t cook.” —Colleen’s Mother

2018 schedule: September 6, Thursday, 8 pm. Shy Therapy, 1/2 price.

September 7, Friday, 6 pm. Shy Therapy.

September 8, Saturday, 9:30-11 pm. . . . . Nude swim-spa (not part of Fringe), Surrey, BC. September 9, Sunday, 2 pm. Shy Therapy.

September 11, Tuesday, 7 pm. Shy Therapy.

September 14, Friday, 9 pm. Shy Therapy.

September 15, Saturday, 7:30-9:30 pm. . . . . Nude swim-spa (not part of Fringe), Vancouver, BC. September 16, Sunday, 4 pm. Shy Therapy.

September 29, Saturday, 7:30-9:30 pm. . . . . Nude swim-spa (not part of Fringe), Vancouver, BC.

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Shows

1412 Cartwright Street

5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0

Martin Dockery: Delirium Martin Dockery Brooklyn, USA Playwright: Martin Dockery martindockery.com

Paco Erhard Berlin, Germany Playwright: Paco Erhard pacoerhard.com

Funny / Intense / Intimate 14+

Funny / Multicultural 18+ • Coarse Language

Wanna be German? Of course you do. And now you can, as award-winning German comedian Paco Erhard teaches you how.

Sold out at Vancouver Fringe 2017 and a Fringe World Best Comedy Nominee, it’s the first ever stand-up show to hold a mirror up to real modern Germany, Canada, and the rest of the world. You will laugh. If you want. Zis is not an order.

“Stand-up genius.”

—Edinburgh Guide “Keeps the room in stitches whether you’re German or not.”

—Vue Weekly “Insightful and hysterical.”

—Broadway Baby “Articulate and thoughtful ... the comedy world is a better place for it.”

—Herald Sun 75 mins

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A ridiculous, true story of love, loss, and butterflies at the Top of the World.

Hilarious and heartbreaking, this is Dockery’s uplifting account of both falling in love and falling apart.

Winner of Best Solo Show at the Orlando Fringe 2017.

“That rare ability to vividly mix the mundane and transcendent is why Dockery remains, quite simply, the best.”

—Orlando Sentinel “A verbal magician ... Hilarious and harrowing.” —Now (Toronto) “A master storyteller.” —CBC “A deliriously good show.”

—Winnipeg Free Press “Shout-it-from-the-rooftop acclaim.”

—Fresno Bee “Deliriously entertaining.”

—Orlando Weekly 70 mins

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6:15pm 8:15pm 5:00pm 10:40pm 6:55pm 1:15pm

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September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15

10:10pm 4:30pm 12:30pm 5:00pm 8:45pm 8:15pm

栀愀眀欀 洀漀洀 瀀爀漀搀甀挀琀椀漀渀猀 瀀爀攀猀攀渀琀猀 䀀 琀栀攀 挀甀氀琀挀栀Ⰰ ㄀㠀㤀㔀 瘀攀渀愀戀氀攀猀 猀琀

My Imagination Ran Away Without Me

Rachel and Zoe: Uncorked and Uncensored

My Imagination Ran Away Without Me Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Josh Green

PrettyUgly Theatre Productions Ottawa, Canada Playwrights: Hannah Gibson-Fraser & Jodi Morden prettyuglytheatreproductions.weebly.com

Intense 14+

Embark on an acrobatic adventure through the mind of an adventurous procrastinator.

Watch him fight, fly, and soar around different themes of his life searching for the meaning behind it all. My Imagination Ran Away Without Me can be thought of as a mini circus show. You may have purchased the whole seat, but you’ll only need the edge.

The girls sit down with a bottle of wine to face the reality of Rachel’s pending nuptials. Reflecting on awkward sexual encounters, failed relationships, and painful mistakes in search for a “soul mate,” is it really the American dream Rachel is looking for? Or the continued support of Zoe, while she makes the biggest decision of her life?

“Jodi Morden and Hannah Gibson Fraser, playing Rachel and Zoe respectively, give us some of the strongest acting I’ve seen at the festival so far this year.”

—Allan Mackey, Onstage Ottawa “Funny, sexy, disturbing and thoughtprovoking.” —Kevin Reid, The Visitorium

Vancouver Fringe Festival

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Funny / Intense / Naughty 18+ • Coarse Language / Violent Content Sexual Content / Nudity

30 mins

爀漀戀戀椀攀 栀甀攀戀渀攀爀

瀀愀猀挀愀氀 氀愀洀漀琀栀攀猀ⴀ欀椀瀀渀攀猀

欀愀爀椀渀 猀愀愀爀椀

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

60 mins

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

Saturday Monday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

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6:30pm 9:50pm 7:15pm 5:00pm 12:55pm 8:00pm

Shows

Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land Indigenized Indigenous Theatre St. Albert, Canada Playwright: Josh Languedoc Warm and Fuzzy / Intimate / Multicultural All Ages

Meet Nakota, a young boy who is trying to write the greatest story ever. One day, his grandfather, 103-year-old Rocko, comes over for a visit. Next thing Nakota knows, he is whisked away into a world of stories that are right below his feet.

Within the land.

This show explores the interplay between stories of the present against the long forgotten.

The Saturday, September 8 performance will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

45 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Sunday

Ruby Rocket Returns!

Stacey Hallal Portland, USA Playwright: Stacey Hallal staceyhallal.com Funny / Naughty / Poetic / LGBTQ+ 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content Gunshots / Smoke/Fog

Ruby Rocket is an intoxicating, intoxicated private eye who always gets her man.

Except, of course, when she doesn’t. Stacey Hallal returns to the Fringe as Ruby, weaving vivid noir storytelling, physical comedy, and multimedia imagery in this hilarious improvised show featuring a rotating guest cast of Vancouver’s top improvisers. Not to be missed!

“Hallal’s strong improv skills and comedic timing take audiences on a ride where there’s no guessing what’s in store.”

—Vue Weekly “Hallal is a stage dynamo. Fast and fearless.” —Winnipeg Free Press “She’s a genuine talent.” —The Oregonian

55 mins

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6:45pm 3:00pm 7:15pm 5:00pm 10:35pm 6:30pm

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The Silent House

Small Town Boys

Saye Theatre Tehran, Iran Playwright: Mehdi Mashhour sayetheatre.com

Sean Casey Leclaire Westborough, USA Playwright: Sean Casey Leclaire smalltownboystheplay.com

Intellectual / Multicultural 14+

5:00pm 4:20pm 8:10pm 9:00pm 8:55pm 2:40pm

Funny / Intense / Poetic 14+ • Sexual Content

Benjamin and Shiva have lived in a refugee camp for two years now...

A band of boys graduate from a high school in a rough and tumble town near Montreal. After a life-changing moment of violence and recovery, the narrator, one of the boys, follows the two older boys out west. The solo show asks uneasy questions. Does a homeless man shame us all? Is fear stronger than love? What is the power of vulnerability in men?

“A timely ‘testosterone wash!’ ... Riveting, fierce, equally tender and punch in the gut tough, absolutely hilarious!”

—PeoplesWorth

75 mins

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8:15pm 10:15pm 2:25pm 9:00pm 5:00pm 4:20pm

Thursday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday

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8:15pm 1:00pm 8:45pm 6:45pm 6:15pm 3:15pm

VancouverFringe.com

70 mins

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1398 Cartwright Street Absolute Magic

Angels & Aliens

Keith Brown London, Canada Playwright: Keith Brown AbsoluteMagic.ca

Peachy Keen Productions/ Active Salad Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Sydney Hayduk & Jeff Leard peachyk.ca

Funny / Intimate / Shocking All Ages

Funny 14+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Expect the unexpected from world-class Magician Keith Brown. He’s inspired wonder in over 22 countries and counting.

Toronto’s best magician and he’s not even from Toronto! Prepare to be engaged in extraordinary feats of magic that you have to see in order to believe!

“If you’re into straight-up, fast-paced, family-friendly card tricks with tons of fun audience participation, you’re sure to fall under Brown’s spell.”

—CBC “You’re incredible!” —Dave Grohl “Magic done right.” —Theatre in London “Mesmerizing.” —Orlando Weekly “Mind-bending, mind-boggling, and mind-blowing!” —Orlando Sentinel

60 mins

Friday Sunday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday

5:00pm 7:45pm 10:15pm 6:45pm 8:45pm 3:00pm

The Saturday, September 15 performance will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Thursday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Saturday Sunday

September 6 September 8 September 9 September 11 September 15 September 16

Box of Freedom

Carriage

Sonia Productions Inc. Burnaby, Canada Playwrights: Adelina Suvagau, Sonia Suvagau & Steve Saunders soniaproductions.com

Yellowbelt Productions Mission, Canada Playwright: Elisa McRae

Box of Freedom is the story of Dora, a Romanian stand-up comedienne whose hopes at speaking her mind in a free country vanish when former communist leaders threaten her life. She decides to flee in a cargo ship’s container bound for Canada. Using humour to survive her harsh reality, Dora writes and performs new comedic material for the other two passengers in the container.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

From the creators of Sperm Wars ( “Its own epic masterpiece.” — Edmonton Journal) and Bizarro Obscure ( “Weird, funny, and delightful.”

—CBC).

“Unstoppably funny from top to bottom.”

—The New Ottawa Critics

60 mins

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Funny / Intense / Multicultural 18+ • Coarse Language

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Fringe favourites Jeff Leard and Sydney Hayduk team up in this bold comedy to answer the big questions. Questions like: Are we alone in the universe? Are we living in a computer simulation? And what do two irresponsible roommates eat for breakfast the morning after awkward sex?

In short: No. Yes. And eggs.

75 mins

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8:30pm 1:00pm 9:30pm 5:15pm 6:30pm 3:00pm

Intense / Intimate 14+

In the #metoo era, how do we support someone when we are in the #notme category? On the eve of Lucy’s wedding, revelations of past abuse trigger reactions that will change this family forever. This witty, entertaining, and profound ensemble family drama asks: if we confront the horrors of the past, can we move forward with hope?

75 mins

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6:45pm 2:45pm 4:15pm 9:30pm 10:30pm 6:15pm

Friday Saturday Monday Thursday Saturday

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10:30pm 4:45pm 5:00pm 8:30pm 8:15pm

Shows

Die Hard: The Musical-ish

Magical Mystery Detour

One Step at a Time

Redemption

District 13 Presents Langley, Canada Playwright: Mark Vandenberg

Gemma Wilcox London, UK Playwright: Gemma Wilcox gemmawilcox.com

James Melcher Vancouver, Canada Playwright: James Melcher

Breaking the Cycle Films Ltd. Belen, USA Playwright: James Walter Charleston redemption.one

Funny / Silly / Musical 14+ • Coarse Language

Funny / Weird / Poetic / LGBTQ+ All Ages

Funny / Warm and Fuzzy 14+ • Coarse Language

Nakatomi Plaza. Christmas Eve. 1988. John McClane is on a mission to save his wife from German terrorists led by the debonair Hans Gruber... while singing parodies of hit songs from the ‘80s. District 13 Presents (Hunger Games Musical Trilogy) is back with an all new action-packed musical ready to blow your mind. Yippee-Ki-Yay, Mister Falcon!

20-time Best-Of-Fest Winner returns with a sparkling new solo show, exploring the unexpected twists and turns of life, love, and being on the road...

One woman. 23 characters! Human, furry, feathered, mythical, and steel!

From creator of The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over (Pick of Fringe 2009), Shadows in Bloom, and 52 Pick Up.

Intense / Intimate 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

From the first time he wore a dress to a Boy Scout meeting, to meditating in a Thai monastery, James takes you on an inspiring and funny adventure through stories, poetry, and song. A heartfelt journey into a world of self-discovery, One Step at a Time is a story for everyone searching for who they truly are.

“James Melcher puts on a touching performance.” —Plank Magazine

Empowering her own abuse with purpose, a therapist confronts toxic masculinity with compassion in an attempt to find the root causes and bring an end to rape culture.

“A veteran of multiple Fringe festivals, touring artist Jim Sea stuns audiences with his one-man show.” —Tina Farmer, KDHX Radio (St. Louis)

“Scintillating, top-notch theatre ... jaw-dropping.” —Times Colonist (Victoria) “Run to see her ... A bolt of pure energy.” —Edmonton Journal “Sexy, sharp, and seamless.”

—Now Toronto —Winnipeg Free Press —CBC 75 mins

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60 mins

September 6 September 8 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 16

6:30pm 8:30pm 5:15pm 10:30pm 6:45pm 1:00pm

Saturday Monday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

60 mins

September 8 September 10 September 11 September 13 September 15 September 16

6:45pm 8:30pm 7:45pm 5:00pm 1:15pm 8:45pm

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

45 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 12 September 14 September 15

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

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

September 6 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 16

5:00pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 10:15pm 4:45pm

PROUD SUPPORTER of the Vancouver

Fringe Festival

VancouverFringe.com

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1318 Cartwright Street

Baba Yaga and the Black Flower

The ADHD Project Squirrel Suit Productions Hamilton, Canada Playwright: Carlyn Rhamey squirrelsuit.ca

Vancouver Puppet Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Viktor Barkar vancouverpuppet.com

Funny / Silly / Warm and Fuzzy All Ages

Award-winning storyteller Carlyn Rhamey (SAOR) shares the trials and triumphs of growing up a little bit “special” and embracing what makes us different.

The ADHD Project is a hilariously honest journey exploring ADHD and celebrating neurodiversity. Enter Carlyn’s world of chaos, creativity, and combat with her mind.

Musical / Warm and Fuzzy / Multicultural Kid’s Show / All Ages • Smoke/Fog

Come see a new family-friendly puppet show at Fringe this year: Baba Yaga!

Puppet show, you say? Yes! Handmade marionettes are waiting to tell you the story of Baba Yaga. This ancient Russian forest entity is cosmically cranky and lives in a chicken legged-house. There’s only one thing that can stop her and it isn’t love.

2017 Ottawa Fringe Emerging Artist Award “A gifted and charismatic storyteller, endearing, captivating, and tremendously abuzz with charming energy.” —On Stage Ottawa “Rhamey takes it to a higher level.”

—Arts Ally Hamilton

60 mins

Thursday Saturday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday

30 mins

September 6 September 8 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 16

6:30pm 8:20pm 5:15pm 8:25pm 6:35pm 1:00pm

The Cockwhisperer...

A Love Story Colette Kendall Hamilton, Canada Playwright: Colette Kendall colettekendall.com Funny / Naughty / Tear-Jerker 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Vancouver Fringe Festival

The story of one woman’s quest to find the love and penis of her dreams. A phallic journey both humorous and dark from three-time Canadian Comedy Award nominated, Colette Kendall, creator of Tippi Seagram’s Happy Hour and Who’s Afraid of Tippi Seagram?

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“Get past title, because this show should not be missed.” —Theatre in London “Her storytelling is selfdeprecating, honest, painful, and hilarious all over the course of the hour.”

—Edmonton Sun “She certainly has got some balls!””

—The Beat Magazine “This show is honest, revealing, and will have you laughing from the moment the lights dim.” —Winnipeg Sun 70 mins

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Friday Sunday Tuesday Friday Saturday Sunday

September 7 September 9 September 11 September 14 September 15 September 16

5:00pm 9:00pm 7:45pm 8:20pm 2:25pm 8:00pm

Fastcar: man of action Blindfool Productions Monterey, USA Playwright: Amo Gulinello blindfool.com Funny / Intense / Intimate 14+ • Sexual Content

A quick-paced show full of skills and intensity. Silly and sincere. A James Bond-style love story complete with ‘80s references.

A phone ringing in the middle of the night. However, this telephone turns out to be a formidable adversary. The call leads to an encounter (chicken!), which in turn demands an important mission. Careful of the pigeon.

“A well-paced, 45 minute comedy that does indeed find ‘adventure in the mundane,’ by mixing ridiculous circumstance, excellent physical comedy, and some great actormade sound effects.”

—Mooney On Theatre

45 mins

September 6 September 8 September 11 September 14 September 15 September 16

8:15pm 6:25pm 5:00pm 9:35pm 12:30pm 6:00pm

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

September 6 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 16

5:00pm 5:45pm 7:00pm 7:45pm 10:40pm 4:30pm

Shows

MIND MAGIC

No Belles

MIND MAGIC Productions Edmonton, Canada Playwright: Louis Pezzani canadamentalist.com

Portal Theatre Corvallis, USA Playwrights: Melissa Schenter, Jade Strong, Kimberly Wilson & Michael Phillips portaltheatre.com

Funny / Weird / Intellectual All Ages

Warm and Fuzzy / Intimate All Ages

Master mentalist and magician Louis Pezzani has been blowing audiences’ minds around the world for decades. This astounding show features mindreading, lightning calculation, and incredible mindover-matter demonstrations where metal bends, twists, and melts! Astonishing, interactive, critically acclaimed, and very funny. Unforgettable theatre for all.

“An engaging, nonthreatening, mindblowing, audience participation magical mystery tour.” —Monday Magazine (Victoria) “[Pezzani’s] act is pretty cool, and I recommend checking it out.”

—the Georgia Straight

75 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday

The story of women in science is one of broken barriers and groundbreaking discoveries. Yet, only 17 women have won Nobel Prizes in Science. Portal Theatre weaves together moving stories of some of the most remarkable women to don a lab coat. Women who, with determination, persistence, and a love of the work, changed the face of science.

“A positive and often uplifting hour that both entertains and enlightens.”

—Edmonton Sun “Inspiring.” —Broadway Baby “Infectious, disarming, and ultimately very moving.” —The Scotsman “It is magnificent.”

—Saskatoon StarPhoenix

60 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15

9:30pm 4:25pm 12:25pm 5:00pm 10:10pm 8:40pm

Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15 September 16

The Other Side of the Flood

Virginia Jack

David Lee Morgan London, UK Playwright: David Lee Morgan davidword.com/?page_id=1480

Virginia Jack Toronto, Canada Playwrights: Virginia Jack virginiajack.com

Intense / Musical / Poetic / Multicultural 18+ • Coarse Language

A computer wakes up in the year 2035 on the eve of a world socialist revolution.

Fighting has broken out all over the globe.

For the first time, the US military has used tactical nuclear weapons against its own population. Suddenly, all communication stops.

Spoken word musical theatre by David Lee Morgan, a London, UK and BBC Poetry Slam champion.

Funny / Weird / Intellectual / LGBTQ+ All Ages

Inspired by art house cinema and a penchant for the fantastically bizarre, Virginia Jack creates a brash and compelling one-act play on the spot. Two improvisers create characters together, and build an entire play from a single audience suggestion. The result is sometimes dark, often beautiful, and always hilarious.

“Sprightly, fast-paced performance ... an ironclad format and strong character work.” —the Portland Mercury

50 mins

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6:15pm 2:45pm 4:00pm 9:00pm 5:00pm 7:00pm

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 12 September 14 September 15

7:55pm 10:05pm 2:25pm 9:15pm 5:00pm 3:40pm

VancouverFringe.com

55 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday

1:00pm 7:15pm 8:30pm 6:40pm 5:15pm 2:45pm

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Shows

1218 Cartwright Street A Brief History of Beer

The F Words

Wish Experience Astoria, USA Playwrights: Will Glenn & Trish Parry wishexperience.com

Yvette Dudley-Neuman Coquitlam, Canada Playwright: Yvette Dudley-Neuman tteeVy.com Funny / Naughty / Tear-Jerker 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Funny / Silly / Intellectual 18+

Drink-a-long through time in the Quantum Pint Machine! A sci-fi sketch comedy about the life and times of the humble beer.

Already excited to discover the beer scene in Vancouver for the first time, A Brief History of Beer has been playing to New York audiences for over three years and touring Fringes since 2013, where it was born in Edinburgh.

“A memorable splash that will refresh the most jaded Fringe palate.”

—Rip It Up (Adelaide) “Charming, funny, and infinitely attractive as new drinking buddies.”

—CBC Winnipeg “Are they drunk? Are we? Who cares!”

—Orlando Sentinel

60 mins

Friday Saturday Monday Thursday Friday Sunday

9:15pm 2:00pm 8:20pm 6:45pm 5:00pm 12:15pm

Thursday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday

September 6 September 8 September 9 September 11 September 13 September 15

8:40pm Noon 5:30pm 5:00pm 8:30pm 6:15pm

F*ck Tinder: a love story

Jan & Peg’s Ritual Sacrifice

David Rodwin San Francisco, USA Playwright: David Rodwin f-tinder.com

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

Comedic storytelling crack from The Moth champion, David Rodwin, who gets held up at gunpoint the night his girlfriend breaks up with him, moves to San Francisco, and becomes addicted to dating apps. He goes out with 120 women in two years, in search of love, but finds everything else... until there’s a twist and things get weird.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

“The F Words is an F-ing great play and the perfect show to catch at the Fringe this year! It’s vividly insightful, upliftingly musical, and educationally punny. ... I guarantee you’ll come away laughing and with an expanded vocabulary.”

—Sonja Cvoric, Plank Magazine “Dudley-Neuman is the perfect mix of manic energy and depressed stupor ... [an] amazing emotional tour de force.”

—Edmonton Journal “Yvette is a skilled actress and storyteller.

Her message is personal, universal, and resonant.” —VUE Weekly 75 mins

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Funny / Naughty / Shocking 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

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This award-winning show is “lively, tough, sexy, hilarious, and transformational!”

(Theatre BC) And it received an honourable mention from Theatre BC’s 2014 Playwriting Competition.

“A phenomenal writer.” —Stage and Cinema “A master storyteller.” —Theatre Eddys “Masters of the form like Spalding Gray and Eric Bogosian ... David Rodwin does deserve to be mentioned in such company.”

—Better Lemons

75 mins

Thursday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

Funny / Weird / In Your Face 14+ • Violent Content

Cousins Jan and Peg are hosting a nice, normal party—and you’re invited! It’s definitely a totally normal party and nothing sinister is going on at all! Did someone say “trip to the underworld?” No, no—more like “trip to the FUNderworld!”

No, seriously!

Warning: This new work from duo Valour & Tea features in-your-face audience interaction!

50 mins

September 6 September 8 September 9 September 12 September 15 September 16

5:00pm 3:45pm 7:30pm 8:35pm 8:15pm 3:45pm

Friday Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

September 7 September 9 September 11 September 12 September 15 September 16

6:00pm 9:30pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 3:00pm 5:45pm

Mel Malarkey Gets The Bum’s Rush Erroneous Productions Toronto, Canada Playwright: Charlie Petch charliecpetch.com/mel-malarkey.html Funny / Weird / Poetic / LGBTQ+ 14+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

It’s the last night at the Vagabond Theatre and Mel can’t bear to tell the audience.

She keeps the bawdy acts going and the elixir flowing. In private, she delivers odes and tells stories of her “Vaudeville theatre for the unrefined.”

Written and performed by award winning playwright and spoken word artist, Charlie Petch. Donkeys! Desperation!

Debauchery!

Best Spoken Word Album of 2017. “A bittersweet tribute to an age when the options for performance seemed endless ... a chronicle of lost theatre forms ... [a] bizarre and hilarious play.”

—Electric City Magazine “Flamboyant and raunchy ... solemn and emotional ... for my money the best Vaudeville act.” —The Coast (Halifax) 55 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday

Red Bastard: Lie With Me

Weirdo

Red Bastard Plantation, USA Playwrights: Eric Davis and Aitor Basauri redbastard.com

Robbie T Subiaco, Australia Playwright: Robbie T robbiet.com.au

Funny / Intense / Naughty 18+

Funny / Weird / Poetic 14+

Award-winning trickster, Red Bastard, teeters on the tip of your moral highs and lows as he asks each audience the seemingly simple question: What are the Rules of Love?

A hilariously fun, 5-star affair that exposes how we love and why. Don’t miss this mind-warping show for singles, couples, and anyone who’s dared to adore.

“Hilarious and beautifully written ... tantalising you with stories of love and lust ... it’s an experience ... as funny as it is unforgiving ... There really is nothing quite like it ... Just go.”

—Edinburgh Festivals Magazine “Hysterically funny and thoughtprovoking ... an unquestionable must see!”

—The Adelaidian 75 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15

7:35pm 9:25pm 2:10pm 6:40pm 5:00pm 4:35pm

Saturday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday Sunday

One man’s transformative journey, from socially awkward to utterly inept. Yes, Robbie is a magician! And despite what you see on TV, magicians are generally uncool. Through a mix of storytelling, magic, and hilarious overshares, Robbie reveals his inner weirdo, and encourages you to embrace your own.

Written & directed by Sally Stubbs

“I’ve never heard of you.”

—David Copperfield

Featuring: Sarah Roa & Simon Webb

A Spinners Collective presentation ‘...Stubbs’ play is pure Canadiana.’

- Fun! Fun! Vancouver

Dates/Times

55 mins

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Shows

Even dead, Sarah’s Grampa tells the best stories.

5:45pm 8:35pm 5:00pm 8:25pm 1:00pm 7:20pm

Thursday Saturday Sunday Monday Friday Sunday

September 6 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 14 September 16

7:00pm 7:45pm 3:50pm 5:00pm 6:45pm 2:00pm

Sep 7, 8:00pm Sep 9, 3:15pm Sep 12, 8:00pm Sep 15, 1:30pm

Sep 8, 3:15pm Sep 10, 10:30pm Sep 13, 6:15pm Sep 16, 3:15pm

Tix/Info: vancouverfringe.com & sallystubbswriter.com CAROUSEL THEATRE GRANVILLE ISLAND

at the Telus Studio Theatre

WEDNESDAY OCT 3 2018 / 7:30PM Telus Studio Theatre

Hawaii’s first poet laureate gives captivating slam performances that stem from his identity as a modern Indigenous citizen of the world.

CHAN CENTRE AT UBC

Tickets and info at chancentre.com

VancouverFringe.com

Kealoha

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Shows

1601 Johnston Street The Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning

Big Sister Rapid Pitch Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Deborah Vogt deborahvogt.com/sister-show

FBS Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Francis Brian Shaw

Funny / Silly / Intimate 14+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Big Sister is a comedy about the relationship between two sisters and what happens when one of them changes dramatically. It is the true story of older sister/actor Naomi’s 70-pound weight loss, written through the perspective of younger sibling/writer Deborah. Big Sister explores a world of evil siblings, fat shaming, and unlikely collaboration.

Funny / Silly / Weird 14+ • Coarse Language

In this world of uncertainty, its important to know the value of a little chaos.

Blending the personal with the political with a good ol’ story about a cow, The Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning is the fifth (and final) installment of the oneman-show series by comedian Francis Brian Shaw about the chaos within and around this strange and funny man.

“A vulnerable but fierce perspective ... an inclusive, uplifting philosophical vision of life as the ultimate crapshoot.”

—Raise The Hammer “Unpretentious and hilarious.”

—View Magazine (Hamilton)

60 mins

Thursday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday

60 mins

September 6 September 8 September 9 September 13 September 15 September 16

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

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Thursday Saturday

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 12 September 13 September 15

10:20pm 4:45pm Noon 5:00pm 8:30pm 7:30pm

WH Y N OT

TONIGHT? Whether you join us before the show for dinner or after the show for appetizers and drinks, we’ll make you feel celebrated.

Field Zoology 101 Shawn O’Hara Victoria, Canada Playwright: Shawn O’Hara Funny / Silly / Weird 14+ • Coarse Language

From Producer Mike Delamont comes Shawn O’Hara’s Field Zoology 101! From the untamed wilds of the Delta Landfill, to the loading bay behind Duffin’s Donuts, Brad Gooseberry has seen it all. In this introductory course he shares a lifetime of “knowledge” and “experience,” teaching you to survive in the harrowing and hilarious world of field zoology.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

“Hilarious!” —the Georgia Straight “Raucously funny!” —Showbill.ca Winner of Favourite Comedy, Victoria Fringe Festival 2016

Rob Gee Leicester, UK Playwright: Rob Gee robgee.co.uk Funny / Tear-Jerker / Poetic 14+

From comic, slam poet, and psych nurse Rob Gee. Jim’s wife, a patient on a dementia ward, has died from what appears to be natural causes. Jim is a retired police detective and he smells a rat. He’s determined to solve one last murder. The problem is he also has dementia. It’s a case worthy of the greatest detective mind, but his will have to do.

—CBC

“Smart, witty, and razor-sharp.”

“Hilarious and heartbreaking.”

—Times Colonist (Victoria) “This one-man triumph.”

—Winnipeg Free Press “Compelling.”

—Saskatoon StarPhoenix 60 mins

1499 Anderson St | 604.685.4735 | kegsteakhouse.com

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Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit

Thursday Saturday Tuesday Thursday Friday Sunday

60 mins

September 6 September 8 September 11 September 13 September 14 September 16

6:45pm 8:15pm 5:15pm 10:15pm 6:45pm Noon

Thursday Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

September 6 September 9 September 11 September 12 September 15 September 16

5:00pm 5:30pm 7:45pm 6:45pm 9:15pm 3:30pm

Gossamer Obsessions

Hardly Trying

Gossamer Obsessions Edmonton, Canada Playwrights: Amy Shostak & Paul Blinov

Laurel A. Trueman Surrey, Canada Playwright: Laurel A. Trueman

presents a Rainer Werner Fassbinder masterpiece...

Funny / Intense / Poetic 14+

Funny / Weird 14+ • Coarse Language

Gossamer Obsessions is sketch comedy unlike any you’ve seen before. Warped by the winsome world, two curious narrators offer hilarious, spine-winding tales of mirth, malady, and mirthful malady. Gossamer Obsessions has previously headlined the 2015 Vancouver Sketch Festival and toured the continent to great acclaim.

A 17-year-old girl’s cynical but passionate outlook on life and her premature struggles influences her to write, direct, and perform a solo show, only to quickly realize that her age and viewpoint may make that incredibly tricky. A one-woman show full of failed attempts and teenage struggles may not have been exactly what she hoped for.

“A gut-busting sketch act.”

—Edmonton Journal “I started laughing so hard I couldn’t take notes.” —Edmonton Sun “A fearlessly oddball duo.” —Winnipeg Free Press

“A fascinating rococo experiment in power!”

—New Yorker Magazine

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

“A disturbing story that encourages discussion on gender roles” —Theatre is Easy

THE CULTCH LAB 60 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Saturday

1895 Venables Street Vancouver, British Columbia

60 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 11 September 14 September 15

8:45pm 10:00pm 1:45pm 9:30pm 5:00pm 4:00pm

Saturday Monday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 8 September 10 September 12 September 13 September 15 September 16

Poly Queer Love Ballad

SELF-ish

Anaïs West and Sara Vickruck Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Anaïs West & Sara Vickruck anaiswest.com/poly-queer-love-ballad

Classy Little Bitch Productions Burnaby, Canada Playwright: Kuan Foo

Naughty / Musical / Poetic / LGBTQ+ 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

An intimate, edgy new musical, merging slam poetry with catchy pop-folk tunes.

Nina, a polyamorous bisexual poet, meets Gabbie, a monogamous lesbian songwriter, at Cafe Deux Soleil. With two microphones, a loop pedal, and array of instruments, they struggle to reconcile their fierce mutual attraction with their opposing perspectives on love.

75 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Friday Sunday

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

Funny / Tear-Jerker / Intimate / Multicultural 14+ • Coarse Language

SELF-ish follows Esther, a 35-year-old Korean-Canadian woman, examining herself in the face of a recent tragedy.

Esther wakes up to the familiar tremor of existential angst ripple over her body like a pee shiver and takes us into her family dynamics, her crappy workplace and her present day angst.

“Kuan Foo’s script resonates especially for Asian-Canadian audience members. When Esther’s tears finally come, Bang has no trouble digging deep, and in the intimate BMO Incubator, it’s hard not to feel those same emotions.”

—NOW Magazine The Friday, September 14 performance will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

60 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 14 September 16

6:45pm 2:45pm 3:30pm 9:15pm 10:15pm 5:15pm

Directed by Beau Han Bridge & Lee Booker

Sept. 6, 9:20pm Sept. 8, 1:00pm Sept. 9, 5:20pm Sept. 11, 9:15pm Sept. 14, 7:25pm Sept. 16, 5:50pm

Friday Sunday Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday

September 7 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 14 September 15

5:00pm 7:15pm 5:00pm 10:15pm 8:30pm 2:15pm

VancouverFringe.com

“Vickruck can belt a song, croon a song, and massage a song into existence—and she can act, too.” —Vancouver Courier (on Love Bomb) “[Anaïs West has] got great comic timing and she is fearless about going to dark emotional places.” —the Georgia Straight (on Dry Land)

Shows

MIDTWENTIES THEATRE SOCIETY

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Historic Theatre 1895 Venables Street 50 Fun Things

Auguries of Innocence

Maniac Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jeff Hoffman

Urthona Vancouver, Canada Playwright: William Rubel

Silly / Musical / Tear-Jerker 14+ • Coarse Language

Intense / Musical / Poetic 14+

50 Fun Things is a new quirky musical romantic comedy about the twists and turns of life, love, and the power of fun.

“I have a theory: that no matter where you are, or what is happening around you, there are always 50 Fun Things you can do in that situation. No. Matter. What.”

“50 Fun Things is the best thing to come out of the Victoria Fringe in years.” —Kelly Clark, Showbill (re: Victoria Fringe 2016)

75 mins

Thursday Saturday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday

75 mins

September 6 September 8 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 16

7:15pm 8:00pm 5:00pm 10:00pm 6:45pm 12:30pm

September 6 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 16

Flute Loops

Cory Thibert Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Cory Thibert linneagwiazda.com/awkward-hug

Devon More Music Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Devon More devonmoremusic.com

Award-winning actor, writer, and storytelling champion Cory Thibert embodies his 19-year-old self as he uncovers the truth behind what sets his family apart in this coming-of-age story with a twist. Hilarious. Honest. Impactful.

Director: Linnea Gwiazda. Writer/Performer: Cory Thibert. Dramaturge: TJ Dawe.

This is a new work by Cory Thibert, the co-creator of: HappinessTM: “The script is precise and powerful ... flawless performance.”

—Winnipeg Free Press “One of the best plays showing at the Fringe, hands down.”

—On Stage Ottawa

Vancouver Fringe Festival

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Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

Awkward Hug

Funny / Tear-Jerker / Intimate 14+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

MARIONETTE SHOW FOR CHILDREN

Two brothers return to the island cabin where their father, a struggling novelist, met a tragic end. It takes an old actor, the spirit of William Blake, and love and anger across three centuries to help them perceive the infinite in the midst of loss.

Written by a Blake scholar, and author of several ritual poetic dramas, including Sonnets to Orpheus (Paper Trails new play prize), the story draws on Blake’s letters, his marriage, his three years in a cottage at Felpham, and his basic myth of the division of Urizen (reason) into Spectre (thought) and Emanation (feeling). Several of Blake’s poems weave in and out of the action, in the form of an original, live musical score. Come share an hour in eternity.

5:15pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 7:45pm 8:45pm 4:30pm

Funny / Musical / Intellectual 14+

With the latest viral hipster band due onstage any moment, a quantum physics student under the influence (of Stephen Hawking) is warping space-time..! Quarks, quirks, and the substance of sound collide in a subatomic pop opera where anything that can happen does.

Another “masterful blend of musical storytelling” (Plank Magazine). Just like Berlin Waltz.

Reviews for Berlin Waltz: “This show is a work of art.”

—CJLO Montreal (2017) “Berlin Waltz is a masterful blend of musical storytelling.” —Plank Magazine

The Sunday, September 9 performance will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

60 mins

1318 Cartwright St

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

60 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 12 September 14 September 15

8:35pm 10:00pm 1:45pm 9:45pm 5:00pm 3:45pm

Saturday Monday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 8 September 10 September 11 September 13 September 15 September 16

6:15pm 8:15pm 7:45pm 5:00pm Noon 8:15pm

Shows

Hysteria

Life, Blood, Water

Direct Theatre Collective Richmond, Canada Playwright: Jill Raymond

interdepend dancetheatre Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Levana Irena Prud’homme & Clay Nikiforuk

Funny / Intense / Intellectual 18+ • Coarse Language / Violent Content / Sexual Content / Nudity

All is not well in Fornicopia. Questioning everything and answering nothing, the all-female Direct Theatre Collective pulls no punches in this sexy, unapologetic showdown. A darkly hilarious exploration of modern sexuality, social constructs, and cultural bias.

Featuring original live music, powerful imagery and the truth.

Maybe a dance party.

70 mins

Friday Sunday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday

Poetic / Intellectual / Intimate / LGBTQ+ 14+

Amid pro-choice/pro-life debates, what about having choices—plural? A dancetheatre piece that proposes a completely alternative—or perhaps ancient—vision of pregnancy loss. Described as “powerful,” “moving,” and “thought provoking,” dance and story combine to bring empathy, community, and an unconventional offering of autonomy to the discussion.

Audience feedback: “Powerful! Moving; stays with you long after it’s over.”

“Deep and thought provoking.”

“Powerful work. It is moving and emotional and real and important.”

“I want this to be performed everywhere.”

30 mins

September 7 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 14 September 15

5:00pm 7:15pm 10:00pm 6:45pm 8:45pm 1:45pm

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday

lolcow

Unhinged

Hawk Mom Productions Victoria, Canada Playwright: Robbie Huebner

Knight & Daïs Entertainment Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Luke Purm

Funny / Weird / Intellectual 18+ • Coarse Language / Violent Content

lolcow: a person whose foolish behavior can be “milked” for amusement. Having grown up online, Sheena suddenly confronts the thinning line between public and private in an increasingly digitized world when targeted by online trolls.

A dark comedy that explores isolation, identity, and the vulnerability of being constantly accessible to an audience.

10:20pm 5:00pm 12:30pm 5:00pm 8:45 pm 7:30pm

A one-man, two-act hysterical satire about a lunatic jester ordered to toast the demented King of a crumbling empire.

Luxius Rexx seizes the opportunity to roast his Majesty as the empire around them burns to ashes. Known for putting the hits in this royal shitshow, can he go too far if it’s already too late?

“This is a clever, thoughtful discussion of online communication, persona and performance, and gender, which is increasingly necessary in contemporary media and art.” —Jakelene Plan, The Martlet

75 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15

Funny / Intense / Naughty 18+ • Coarse Language / Smoke/Fog

Thursday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Saturday Sunday

55 mins

September 6 September 8 September 9 September 11 September 15 September 16

9:15pm 3:00pm 9:10pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 2:30pm

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Sunday

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 11 September 14 September 16

6:55pm 1:20pm 3:30pm 9:30pm 10:40pm 6:30pm

VancouverFringe.com

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at the Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch

1895 Venables Street

Generously supported by the Lochmaddy Foundation to boost dramatic content at the Fringe, this year’s Dramatic Works Series participants are being mentored by actor, director, and producer Genevieve Fleming. Genevieve is the Artistic Producer of Hardline Productions, the 2018-19 inaugural company-in-residence at the Arts Club Theatre Company, and was the 2015-16 Resident Producer at Neworld Theatre, where she returned in 2017 and 2018 to work as a producer on King Arthur’s Night. Recent directing credits include Wilderness (Studio 58), Flare Path (Slamming Door), and Of Mice and Men (Hardline). Select performance credits include The North Plan (UpintheAir), Creeps (Realwheels), Bug (Hardline), and most recently, Wet (Itsazoo). Genevieve will next be directing Tom at the Farm for Hardline Productions this fall at the Annex. She is a graduate of Mount Allison University and Studio 58.

The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant Midtwenties Theatre Society Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Rainer Werner Fassbinder mtstheatre.com Poetic / Intellectual / Intimate / Multicultural / LGBTQ+ / 14+

Set in modern Germany, an arrogant, female fashion designer falls in love with a beautiful but cold ingénue who wants to be a model. Themes of narcissism, intimacy, and obsession are explored in beautiful melodramatic fashion in this stage production of one of the most beloved films of New German Cinema auteur, Rainier Werner Fassbinder.

“A fascinating rococo experiment in power.” —Hilton Als, The New Yorker Magazine “A disturbing story that encourages discussion on gender roles and reflects a lot of our society’s dormant issues.”

—Ran Xia, Theatre Is Easy

90 mins

Thursday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Sunday

1934. The American South. Outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde have found one last place to hide. Time is ticking—they’re on the run from the law and from reality, but which one will catch them first?

Based on the true story, Bonnie & Clyde is an intimate re-telling of the final hours of one the world’s most legendary crime duos.

“Bank robbers, murderers, American legends—Bonnie and Clyde captured the public imagination in the 1930s and haven’t relinquished it since.”

—SF Chronicle “Commit murder for a ticket. But only if ya have to.” —Venue Magazine

80 mins

September 6 September 8 September 9 September 11 September 14 September 16

9:20pm 1:00pm 5:20pm 9:15pm 7:25pm 5:50pm

Friday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 13 September 15 September 16

5:45pm 3:15pm 9:55pm 7:30pm 5:10pm 1:25pm

Precious Little

Rabbit Hole

The Shape of Things

Wunderdog Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Sarah Ruhl wunderdogtheatre.com

star star theatre Richmond, Canada Playwright: Madeleine George starstartheatre.com

Frolicking Divas Burnaby, Canada Playwright: David Lindsay-Abaire instagram.com/frolickingdivastheatre

Heckin’ Good Theatre New Westminster, Canada Playwright: Neil Labute

Together but continents apart, Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop exchanged more than 400 letters from 1947 to 1977, exploring poetry, romance, illness, grief, and the profound affection they had for one another.

From Sarah Ruhl comes a touching reflection on friendship, art, and what it means to love across distances.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Intense / Poetic / Intimate 14+

Dear Elizabeth

Intense / Poetic / Intellectual / LGBTQ+ 14+

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Bonnie & Clyde The Ordinary Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Adam Peck

“[Dear Elizabeth] delicately explores, through nothing more than the letters ... the solitude of the artist, the exactitude of the writer’s craft, the balance between confession and privacy and, in the end, why poetry matters.” —Variety

100 mins

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

Funny / Intellectual / Intimate / LGBTQ+ 14+ / Coarse Language

Three women across three generations play 10 characters in this ensemble play about the connections we form when language fails us. A 42-year-old lesbian linguist gets unsettling news about her pregnancy. When the grad student she’s dating is no comfort, she turns to two unlikely sources: an elderly speaker of a dying language... and a gorilla at the zoo.

“A crisp, fast-moving, tough-minded but often comic play about love, language, memory, culture and commitment.”

—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

90 mins

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 12 September 14 September 15

7:50pm 10:00pm 2:55pm 7:00pm 5:00pm 2:45pm

Saturday Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Tear-Jerker / Intimate 14+

Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside-down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Rabbit Hole charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day.

Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize.

“David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that’s not just a departure but a revelation—an intensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion, and searing honesty.” —Variety

95 mins

September 8 September 11 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 16

7:45pm 7:00pm 5:15pm 9:40pm 12:30pm 8:05pm

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

Intense / Intellectual / Shocking 14+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

From the ever-popular Neil Labute, a biting tale of love, lust, and betrayal. When shy and sheltered Adam meets art student and would-be vandal Evelyn, the two are immediately drawn to each other. Before long, Evelyn adds a dose of chaos and rebellion to Adam’s life with her boldness, fierceness, and the revelation of one shocking secret.

“Clever, uncomfortable and brilliantly staged, The Shape of Things leaves the audience with much to talk about.”

—CurtainUp “Mean and marvelous.” —TheaterMania

100 mins

September 6 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 16

7:00pm 7:35pm 7:00pm 9:25pm 9:40pm 3:30pm

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday

September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15

10:15pm 5:20pm 12:30pm 9:20pm 9:35pm 7:15pm

Shows

New Works by Diverse Women at the False Creek Gym

1318 Cartwright Street This is your Advance notice: diverse women are taking the stage In 2015, Ruby Slippers Theatre approached Playwrights Guild of Canada and the Fringe with the idea to showcase dramatic readings of five new plays by Canadian women playwrights. Why? According to a national study, women account for less than a third of artistic directors, working directors, and produced playwrights in professional Canadian theatre. Hence, Advance Theatre! Curated

by Ruby Slippers Theatre with priority given to diversity, these five new plays written and directed by diverse Canadian women will be presented as 1:30pm matinees during the Festival.

Tickets are available at the door only and are pay-what-you-can with a suggested price of $5 to $10. Cash Only.

Our definition of female includes trans women, non-binary, and gender queer individuals on the femme spectrum. Our definition of diversity includes cultural background, age, sexual orientation, and physical/mental ability.

Gametes

The Ones We Leave Behind

Vancouver/Montréal, Canada Playwright: Rébecca Déraspe (translated by Leanna Brodie) Director: Leanna Brodie leannabrodie.com

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Loretta Seto Director: Donna Yamamoto vact.ca

Funny / Poetic / Shocking / Multicultural 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Acclaimed Québec writer Rébecca Déraspe tackles female friendship, self-fulfillment, and other stuff that shouldn’t be so damn funny, as Anne’s pregnancy threatens her relationship with her lifelong BFF. How do modern young women negotiate love, ambition, and reproduction? What lines can we never cross, even for a friend?

“Gametès, a nuanced text on female fulfillment, examines the force and complexity of the friendships between women ... Intelligent, funny, and moving, the unifying feminism of Gamètes avoids the pitfalls of pamphleteering and guides us from the intimate to the universal.”

—Jury citation, Montréal Critics’ Prize for Best New Play of 2016-17 “One of the few times I have ever seen an onstage representation of female friendship that is powerful and true.”

—Huffington Post “Certainly one of the most promising voices of the last decade.” —Les Librairies

80 mins

Monday

1:30pm

While You Sleep

Toronto, Canada Playwright: Suvendrini Lena Director: Mindy Parfitt

Vino Buono Victoria, Canada Playwright: Kai Taddei in collaboration with the original ensemble: Molly Mcdowell-Powlowski, Arielle Parsons, Grace Le, Ann-Bernice Thomas & Christina Patterson Director: Karin Saari vinobuonoproductions.com

Rubble is an exploration of family life under relentless siege in the Gaza Strip inspired by the works of Palestinian poets Mahmoud Darwish and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.

Intense / Poetic / Intimate / LGBTQ+ 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content / Gunshots / Smoke/Fog / Nudity

How do you fight fear—intangible, insidious, and all-consuming? Told in fragments of monologue, spoken word, and scene, While You Sleep follows six different people—a sports reporter, a professional gamer, a politician, an LGBTQ+ activist, an academic, and a playwright—as they try to cope in the wake of receiving death threats.

75 mins

75 mins

September 12

1:30pm

Thursday

Tuesday

September 11

1:30pm

Speed Dating For Sperm Donors Sandy Point, Canada Playwright: Natalie Meisner Director: Jan Derbyshire nataliemeisner.com Funny / Intellectual / Intimate Multicultural / LGBTQ+ • All Ages

Girl meets girl. Girl marries girl. They want to have babies… but they need a little help.

Helen calls Nova Scotia home and Paige is from the south of France. After meeting at an airport, they uproot their lives for one another, settle in Calgary, and decide to have a baby together. Thus begins the frustrating, complicated, and straining journey to find a biological father for their coveted future offspring. Speed Dating for Sperm Donors delivers humour, wit, and emotion through high stakes and rich characters that result in a delightfully heartwarming story.

“Heartwarming fun.” —Jenna Shummoogum, GetDown.ca “This story implemented so firmly in my mind I completely missed my stop on the train ride home. I want everyone I know to go and see this play.” —Janine Eva Trotta, Gay Calgary “Effervescent new comedy.” —Stephen Hunt, Calgary Herald 90 mins

September 13

1:30pm

Friday

September 14

1:30pm

VancouverFringe.com

“[Kai Taddei] is a young new playwright to watch.” —Janis La Couvée, I Have My Own Life To Live

Wednesday

From the writer of the smash hit Dirty Old Woman, comes a new play about the redemptive power of human connection.

Abby Chung is tasked to locate next-of-kin for an elderly woman who died without anyone to claim her. But in the process, Abby is forced to face the mystery of her own life—the truth about the father who walked out on her years ago.

105 mins

September 10

Rubble

Intense / Poetic / Multicultural 14+ • Violent Content

Funny / Tear-Jerker / Intimate / Multicultural All Ages • Coarse Language

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Carousel Theatre

Shows

Carousel Theatre

Hullaboo and The End of Everything

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.

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

The story of an imaginary friend who refuses to be forgotten. Hullaboo has been Mikaila’s sidekick for as long as he can remember, going on adventures and fighting The Evil Scowl. But now, Mikaila the Magnificent is growing up, and a new monster is hunting for Hullaboo. What can an imaginary friend do to survive?

“Fringe theatre at its finest ... It’s smart, it’s fun, it tugs at the heartstrings— if you ever wanted to see a Pixar movie at the Fringe, this is it.”

—Saskatoon StarPhoenix

55 mins

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday Carousel Theatre

Musical / Warm and Fuzzy / Intimate All Ages

Even dead, Grampa tells the best stories: A storm rages. Trapped, Sarah and Grampa bring to life the tale of legendary gold miners, Cariboo, and Sophia Cameron.

Celebrates love that transcends death, a haunting chapter in BC history, and the power of storytelling.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

From Sally Stubbs, Sarah Roa, and Simon Webb of And Bella Sang With Us, Pick of Fringe 2016.

An inspirational story of life, challenges, battles, and triumph. Evil Tomatoes! Heroic banjos! What choices do you make when confronted with life’s obstacles? Will your pursuit of a passion take you places you had never imagined?

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 15

5:45pm 9:30pm 8:00pm 10:30pm 6:15pm 8:00pm 10:30pm 5:45pm

Unscriptured Travis Bernhardt Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Travis Bernhardt travisbernhardt.com Funny / Silly / Weird All Ages

The completely improvised church service for a religion made up on the spot!

A joyous new comedy from Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning Charlatan!, Unpossible!, and Chris & Travis.

Come sing, laugh, and pray together!

“Incredibly clever ... revitalizing the collective spiritual experience through goofy ad libbing.” —Vue Weekly, Edmonton

“With poetic prose, Stubbs’ play is pure Canadiana ... the perfect love letter to a time gone by ... Ambitious and noteworthy.” —Alan Woo, Fun! Fun! Vancouver!

60 mins

40+ reviews.

200+ reviews.

Reviews for Jem’s last show, The Inventor Of All Things: —CBC —Winnipeg Free Press —Saskatoon StarPhoenix —Edmonton Journal

Carousel Theatre

Quivering Dendrites Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Keith Alessi

Funny / Poetic / Intimate 14+

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6:15pm 10:30pm 10:00pm 7:30pm 6:15pm 10:30pm 10:00pm 7:30pm

Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life

Spinners’ Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Sally Stubbs sallystubbswriter.com

You know they say everyone has got a novel in them?

Well, you know what it’s called, that novel we’ve all got in us?

It’s called I, IDIOT. With verbal and physical buffoonery, jem rolls cartoons the personal and the universal in his own epic of blundering idiocy. jem has done more Fringe Festivals than anyone else on earth.

33,333 muckups. And counting.

60 mins

September 6 September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 16

Carousel Theatre

Spinning You Home

big word performance poetry Finchampstead, UK Playwright: jem rolls Funny / Silly / Poetic 14+

Silly / Warm and Fuzzy / Tear-Jerker All Ages

BYOV shows are all over Vancouver!

See pages 10-11 for a map of all the venue locations.

jem rolls: I, IDIOT

60 mins

60 mins

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September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 12

8:00pm 3:15pm 3:15pm 10:30pm 8:00pm

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September 6 September 8 September 9 September 11 September 13

10:30pm 1:30pm 5:45pm 8:00pm 10:30pm

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday

September 6 September 7 September 8 September 9 September 11

8:00pm 6:15pm 7:30pm 1:30pm 6:15pm

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September 13 September 15 September 16

6:15pm 1:30pm 3:15pm

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September 14 September 15 September 16

6:15pm 7:30pm 5:45pm

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September 14 September 15 September 16

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Arts Umbrella

Arts Umbrella

Arts Umbrella

Arts Umbrella

Shows

Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead Thunder Blunder Montreal, Canada Playwright: Al Lafrance al-lafrance.com

Ever wonder what happens to your brain when you’re sleep-deprived? I Think I’m Dead is two times Just For Laughs Award-Winner Al Lafrance’s exploration of unconsciousness as he has experienced it.

Voted Audience Choice & Best Solo Show at the Halifax Fringe 2017.

“Sharp as a tack, funny as hell.”

—Vue Weekly “Quick-fire, well-timed, and touching ... this is what the Fringe is all about.”

—Adelaide Theatre Guide “Wacky and wise.” —From the Turnstiles (Perth, Australia) 60 mins September 6 September 7 September 8 September 9 September 9 September 11 September 12 September 13 September 15 September 16

Squeeze My Cans

Vampires in Barcelona

That’s Enough Drama Montreal, Canada Playwright: Gerard Harris gerardharrisdotcomistaken.com

Squeeze My Cans Studio City, USA Playwright: Cathy Schenkelberg squeezemycans.com

Skinny Walrus Projects Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Brian Cochrane skinnywalrusprojects.com

Funny / Intense / Intellectual 14+ • Coarse Language

Funny / Weird / Intense 14+ • Coarse Language

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

Banned In The USA

8:00pm 9:45pm 6:30pm 2:45pm 10:00pm 6:15pm 8:00pm 9:45pm 6:15pm 8:00pm

Funny / Intimate / Shocking / Multicultural 14+ • Sexual Content

The British secret agent comedian and storyteller returns (after 2014’s Verbal Diarrhea: “Very funny and smart.”

—the Georgia Straight) with this iNSAne, unMI5sable true story of his exploits in cybersecurity, border security, job insecurity, and getting tangled up in a dark web of espionage, fake nations, and improvised murder (assuming he’s not been detained).

“Hugely talented, a cut above most storytellers.” —CBC “Engaging, hyperkinetic, intelligent ... a riveting entertainer.” —Cult MTL

55 mins

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Told with masterful fluidity and hilarious jabs, this one woman show takes you on a roller coaster ride down the “rabbit hole” that is Scientology. Just under two decades and a million dollars, in 75 minutes Schenkelberg takes you on her journey as a 20-something looking for her place and purpose in the world. Hilarious, heartbreaking and redemptive.

Tampa Bay Times’ #2 of top 10 Tampa Bay shows of 2017 “Lets you experience for yourself how Scientology devours money ... and lives.”

—Chicago Reader “Heart-pumping and electrifying.”

—Edge Media Network

Funny / Intimate 14+ • Coarse Language

2006. 22 years old. Backpacking. Falling in love. A heartbroken magician. Bad Spanish.

Worse pictures. Vampires in Barcelona is a true story. As true as a story of “being sent to a vampire bar by a magician you met at a hostel” can be when you’re telling it 12 years after the fact... Fans of The Moth and The Flame ought to dig it.

“Vampires in Barcelona is very funny, offbeat—and I hesitate to call it sweet—but it’s sweet.” —JoLedingham.ca “Master of the deadpan pause.”

—the Georgia Straight “A winning bit of theatrical storytelling.”

—Vancouver Presents

75 mins

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60 mins

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6:15pm 3:00pm 10:15pm 6:30pm 8:15pm 10:00pm 6:15pm 8:15pm 10:00pm

In Memoriam

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The SFU Library worked with Perry over the last few years to establish the “Perry the Poster Man Collection.” Perry’s foresight to create and maintain this rich archive is a legacy that will benefit students, researchers, artists, and anyone interested in the social, political, and cultural history of Vancouver. The Library is digitizing the collection with an estimated completion date of April 2019.

Perry’s collection will be shared online and at the Library, once again making these posters visible.

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Perry will certainly be missed by the community.

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Learn the business side of the arts and entertainment industry so you can manage your career effectively.

Perry supported the arts and culture communities in Vancouver for decades as the go-to guy for postering. During this time he amassed a huge collection of posters ranging from live theatre and music shows to social and political activities in the city.

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Railspur Alley

The Improv Centre

Improv Comedy Institute

Shows

Micon Parking Lot

Wastelands

FIX

Hip.Bang! presents Surveil

Pretentious Productions Edmonton, Canada Playwright: Savanna Harvey savannaharvey.ca

The Elegant Ladies Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: The Elegant Ladies Collective elegantladiescollective.weebly.com

Hip.Bang!

Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Tom Hill & Devin Mackenzie hipbang.ca

Silly / Weird / Intellectual 18+ • Coarse Language

Intense / Poetic / Intimate / Multicultural / LGBTQ+ • 14+

Protagonist is the last remaining human on earth. She has been stranded on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, in the middle of the ocean, for years... but her days are numbered. She tells her final tale using improvised garbage puppets and really, really bad poetry. Wastelands is an apocalyptic comedy about garbage and the pieces of trash who produce it.

60 mins

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8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm

Funny / In Your Face / Intellectual 14+ • Coarse Language

Award-winning comedy duo Hip. Bang! (Just For Laughs, The Irrelevant Show, Comedy Central, creators of Fin, History of Romance) returns with a new immersive comedy about modern surveillance and invasion of privacy. Please arrive early to sign the mandatory waiver and to prepare your belly for some deep, satisfying laughs.

Reviews from past shows: On Embryonic: “What these people do is a special kind of magic.” —Two Cents & Two Pence On Peripetiea: “Go see it!”

—Plank Magazine On ESUM: “They share freely of their creativity and compassion.”

—Plank Magazine

“So funny you might wet yourself ... A must-see.” —Edmonton Journal & National Post

—Vancouver Sun Best Of The Fest —Vue Weekly Pick of the Fringe —Victoria Fringe

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7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm

A spontaneous improvised radio play that combines recognizable Film Noir tropes with a dash of Science Fiction. Listen as a curious new mystery-adventure unfolds every show, inspired by audience suggestions.

You’ll get shady villains, red herrings, and hilarious reversals of gender stereotypes.

A little bit of everything with something for everyone.

45 mins 60 mins

55 mins

Roevaan Entertainment Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Rachelle Lachland Funny / Silly 14+ • Gunshots

The Elegant Ladies are back with another interactive, site-specific, interdisciplinary theatrical adventure. Located in Railspur Alley, we will take an intimate journey through addiction: what makes us want a “fix,” what are our fixes rooted in, and how can we begin to fix this?

A compassionate, heartbreaking, and beautiful look at what ails us.

Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday

Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 7:30pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm

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Vancouver Fringe Festival

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Fringe Hub

Picnic Pavilion

Firehall Arts Centre

Firehall Arts Centre

Shows

Fake Ghost Tours

Training of the Shrew

Whells Phargo Production Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Shawn O’Hara & Abdul Aziz

1001 Steps Surrey, Canada Playwright: William Shakespeare; Adapted by Fred Ribkoff 1001steps.org

Funny / Weird / Intimate All Ages

Expand your mind and open your wallet as amateur ghost hunters Abdul Aziz and Shawn O’Hara take you on a 100% accurate and legitimate walking tour of Granville Island’s most definitely haunted locations.

“The two ‘brothers’ deliver punchline after punchline, leaving audiences laughing uncontrollably while tourists watch on, confused.” —Victoria Buzz “Fake Ghost Tours is better than any real ghost tour you could do.” —Showbill

Funny / Silly / Naughty 14+ • Violent Content / Sexual Content

Champion boxer “Bianca the Golden Girl Minola” cannot be signed to a trainer until one is found for her elder sister “Katherina the Curst Minola.” A story of love, family and... boxing. Join the Ring Guy, the Ring Announcer, and Amazona Donna in this zany retelling of Shakespeare’s controversial comedy, The Taming of the Shrew.

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7:30pm 3:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 9:00pm 3:00pm 7:30pm

75 mins

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TJ Dawe Vancouver, Canada Playwright: TJ Dawe tjdawe.ca

Jennifer Pielak & Peter Abando Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Jennifer Pielak, Peter Abando & Alison Chisholm jenniferpielak.com

Funny / Intellectual / Intimate 14+ • Coarse Language

Funny / Weird / Intimate 14+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Jessie Award winning Fringe favourite TJ Dawe (Slipknot, Medicine, Roller Coaster) returns with the 15th anniversary remount of his show about a working holiday in England, pouring pints at Butlin’s Holiday Camp—the McDonald’s of resorts—a British cultural institution—and an absolute shithole. This is TJ’s 113th Fringe. Yes, really.

75 mins

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7:30pm 7:30pm 2:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 2:00pm

Firehall Arts Centre

Firehall Arts Centre HAVANA

Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key Of P

“This guy’s headed for the stand-up hall of fame.” —the Georgia Straight “Dawe has storytelling down to a fine art.”

—the Vancouver Sun “If Jerry Seinfeld and George Carlin has a baby, it’d be TJ Dawe.” —Winnipeg Sun “A master monologist.” —Toronto Star

50 mins

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A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s

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Veteran musical improvisers Jennifer Pielak and Peter Abando use the presentmoment, their incredible chemistry, and their storytelling skills to let inner voices out to play. This duo will make you wonder how they got inside your head in this silly, honest, and introspective musical that celebrates vulnerability and how weirdly the same we are.

60 mins

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6:45pm 10:00pm 8:00pm 8:45pm 9:45pm 2:00pm

Firehall Arts Centre

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6:00pm 1:30pm 7:00pm 10:45pm 8:00pm

Sunday

September 16

Noon

Firehall Arts Centre

Jasper in Deadland

The Lady Show

Lip Service

TrudeauMania

Awkward Stage Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Ryan Scott Oliver & Hunter Foster awkwardstageproductions.com

The Lady Show Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: The Lady Show theladyshow.com

Pulsive Party Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Ashley Whitehead & Natalie Tin Yin Gan ashleywhitehead.ca/tagged/pulsiveparty

Walking Shadows Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Daniel K. McLeod

Weird / Intense / Musical / LGBTQ+ All Ages

Funny / In Your Face / Intellectual / Multicultural / LGBTQ+ • 18+

When you’re failing classes, kicked off the swim team, and your family is on the skids, life can feel like it’s going to hell. In a night of teenage desire, Jasper and her best friend Agnes consummate a yearslong friendship. In the morning Agnes is gone. Jasper goes after her. Come meet us at the touch of water. Take a deep dive into Deadland.

“Jasper In Deadland is a journey of selfdiscovery that moved me in such a way that it brought tears to my eyes.”

—New York Theatre Guide “An electrifying surge of theatrical energy!”

—Entertainment Weekly

We put the JOY in feminist killjoy! Sketch, stand-up, monologue, satirical news, and more starring Diana Bang (Assaulted Fish, The Interview), Morgan Brayton (CBC’s The Debaters, Vancouver Fringe Festival Critics’ Choice Award), Fatima Dhowre (Winnipeg Comedy Fest, JFL NorthWest), and Katie-Ellen Humphries (Vancouver Comedy Joke of the Year Award, The Debaters).

Silly / Intimate / Shocking / LGBTQ+ 18+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Will you come? Maybe-a-labia.

They’re pink! They’re passionate! They’re practically perfect in every play. Through saucy song and aggressive choreography, this hilarious duo dives into cheeky vulva personas in search of acceptance of themselves and of each other.

90 mins

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TrudeauMania, with music, dance, satire, and drama, looks at Justin’s charismatic and brilliant father Pierre, from his rapid rise to the Prime Minister’s chair in 1968 on the eve of the Summer of Love, to his secret engagement to 21-year-old Margaret, to his darkest days in October 1970, when he invoked the War Measures Act, suspending civil liberties.

Reviews of our 2015 & 2016 Fringe show Just Watch Me: “The music ... is brilliant!” —Steve Edge, Rogue Folk Club “Exuberant youthful energy ... Great casting, great ensemble performance! ...

Original music and a five-piece band.”

—Plank Magazine

90 mins

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7:45pm 6:00pm 3:15pm 8:45pm 5:30pm 9:00pm 4:00pm 6:30pm

60 mins

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60 mins

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10:00pm 8:15pm 10:00pm 7:00pm 6:15pm 8:45pm

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5:00pm 2:00pm 7:00pm 10:00pm 7:15pm 2:15pm

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8:45pm 3:45pm 5:30pm 8:45pm 7:45pm 5:00pm Noon 4:00pm

VancouverFringe.com

“You may not attend a comedy show in hopes of being taken on an emotional ride other than that of laughing so hard you cry; however, The Lady Show delivers powerful performances filled with commentary and satire.”

—Room Magazine

Funny / Musical / Poetic All Ages

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XY

Havana Theatre

Havana Theatre

Shows

XY

Trevor & Margaret Tomo Suru Players Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Gerald Williams & Max Hall tomosuruplayers.com Funny / Intense / LGBTQ+ 19+ • Coarse Language / Violent Content Sexual Content

How well do you ever really know someone? Trevor and Margaret bring this struggle to the stage with life changing consequences for everyone involved.

From the very beginning in Trevor’s life, complicated relationships have a strong impact, starting with his father and a dead mother. Margaret has her own issues as a woman willing to settle for something far less than perfect. A relationship built on disappointment and half-truths shouldn’t be enough for anyone, but Margaret is considering marriage. When will too much be too far for even this long suffering, self deluding woman?

Please note that XY is a 19+ venue and patrons attending shows there must be 19 or older and must present ID at the door.

45 mins

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8:30pm 6:30pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 9:00pm 8:00pm

Produced by Tender Container, Associate Producers Neworld Theatre, and New(to)Town Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Davey Calderon newtotowncollective.com Funny / Musical / Intimate / Multicultural / LGBTQ+ • 19+

Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night! is a Clown-Drag-Karaoke Extravaganza, serving up Filipino-Canadian identity shenanigans, queer insights, family epiphanies, and soul gratifying karaoke! Inspired by Davey Calderon’s visit to his family’s ancestral land, the Philippines, this show is an interactive celebration of the intersections found in oneself.

The Wretched Orphans Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: TJ Dawe & Lindsay Robertson tjdawe.ca Musical / Tear-Jerker / Intimate 14+

Fringe mainstay TJ Dawe talks, singer/ songwriter Lindsay Robertson plays music and sings, as they explore stories and songs of musicians who turned the trauma and pain of their lives into beauty. Learn about Hank Williams, Judy Garland, Sufjan Stevens, and others in this intimate hybrid performance piece which shows why we’re drawn to sad-ass music.

The Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae The Crystalline Cabaret Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: The Crystalline Cabaret facebook.com/thecrystallinecabaret Naughty / Intimate / LGBTQ+ 18+ • Sexual Content / Nudity

An electric roadhouse where enigmatic fantasies come alive after dark. With every sip, witness a menagerie of captivating performers prowling the dusty stage.

Eclectic dancers, burlesque stripteasers, and torch singers show you the intoxicating taxonomy of the night. Be careful when you step into House Nocturnae... you may never want to leave.

Please note that XY is a 19+ venue and patrons attending shows there must be 19 or older and must present ID at the door.

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6:00pm 4:30pm 7:00pm 10:30pm 3:00pm 7:00pm 2:00pm 6:00pm

Havana Theatre

G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. Green Room Theatre Surrey, Canada Playwrights: Ian Kuiken & Juniemar Angelo Paa greenroomtheatrecamp.com Funny / Silly / Weird 14+ • Coarse Language

Two plays in one! First a story of your typical ma & pa orchard struggling to stay afloat. They prayed for a savior and the devil’s lettuce came to the rescue. And second a tale of Avery, a pretty normal girl. Except she has bombs in her ovaries.

So really, she isn’t a pretty normal girl.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

A Sad-Ass Cabaret

65 mins

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Havana Theatre

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Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

60 mins

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60 mins

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9:40pm 6:35pm 12:45pm 7:45pm 9:40pm 6:00pm 6:35pm

Havana Theatre

Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation Innocence International Vancouver, Canada Producer: Ken Klonsky kenklonsky.com

Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation plays out the transcript of an actual RCMP interrogation. Two interrogators attempt to manipulate Miyoshi into turning on his friends, Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns, both accused and later wrongly convicted of the murder of Rafay’s family.

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7:50pm 10:15pm 8:05pm 9:50pm 9:50pm 8:20pm 1:00pm

Havana Theatre HAVANA

TravelTheatrics

Who We Care For

Standing Room Only Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Keara Barnes kearabarnes.com

Strange Cat Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Keith Opatovsky

Funny / Poetic / Intimate 14+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Funny / Intense 14+ • Coarse Language

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

A storytelling show featuring six true tales from across the globe, from the mountains of Malaysia to the Medinas in Morocco.

Tales of tigers. Of romance. Of ghosts. Of dangerous drives, fairies, and family.

Funny / Intense 14+ • Coarse Language

After an accident, a family gathers in a hospital waiting room to learn the fate of a loved one, while learning what led them to this path and how to move forward.

A solo show with 15+ characters!

From the creator/performer of last year’s sold out Almost a Stepmom.

Are you ready for an adventure?

“Keara Barnes has a stage presence like none I have ever seen.” —The Marble (Victoria) “A terrifically engaging storyteller.”

—JoLedingham.ca “A born storyteller.” —Calgary Herald “An exceptional actor.” —Winnipeg Fringe Review

70 mins

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60 mins

70 mins

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9:35pm 8:20pm 2:30pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 10:05pm 2:45pm

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7:45pm 1:00pm 4:25pm 9:30pm 7:45pm 9:30pm 1:00pm

Thursday Saturday Sunday Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday

70 mins

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6:00pm 2:55pm 6:20pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 7:45pm 2:55pm

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6:00pm 4:40pm 9:50pm 7:55pm 7:55pm 4:40pm 4:40pm

Woodward’s Atrium

Your Open Closet

Shoreline Studios

Brian Scott Fine Arts

Shows

Roy & Janet Theatre Terrific Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Susanna Uchatius in collaboration with an inclusive cast theatreterrific.ca Weird / Musical / Poetic / Multicultural / LGBTQ+ • All Ages

LOVE! A huge tiny four letter word!

Roy & Janet tackles love, person to person, tribe to tribe, human to nature.

Shakespeare, Ovid, The Twin Sisters (The Lions of Vancouver)... it’s all connected!

Give us your hand, we’ll take you there!

Theatre Terrific’s 14th Vancouver Fringe Festival production. Join us!

“If you have not previously heard of Theatre Terrific, you are missing out ...

This company supports artists of diverse abilities to develop their performance skills, and collaborate in the production of provocative theatrical works.”

—The Vandellous

40 mins

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6:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 6:00pm 2:00pm

Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show Maximaliste Productions Montreal, Canada Playwrights: Maximaliste Productions Funny / Silly / Intimate / LGBTQ+ 14+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Two-time Montreal Spirit of the Fringe Award winner (2016/17), Montreal’s Best Kisser (2015), and Certified Sexpert Fiona Ross stars as Ms. Beatrice Haven (who knows little about sex, and frankly, finds it scary). Watch as she struggles to navigate sexual education, her own sexuality, and dental dams. Hopefully, you’ll learn something along the way.

Blackbird

Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach

Kestrel Solutions (Collective) Vancouver, Canada Playwright: David Harrower Intense / Intimate 14+ • Coarse Language / Sexual Content Violent Content

Fifteen years ago Una and Ray had an illegal relationship. They haven’t seen each other since. Now she’s found him. What does she want? Blackbird is intensely intimate: the audience is in the room with the characters, or spies on video.

Director: Omari Newton.

Designer: Stephanie Wong.

Live Video: Jordan Lloyd Watkins.

Performers: Stephanie Elgersma and David Bloom.

Lake-Scott-Abrams Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Korky Day korky.ca Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Intellectual 18+ • Nudity

About our Wreck Beach. We bust 2017’s media black-out! Therapists cure willing clothoholics for peace, love, feminism, acceptance, fun, pride, breastfeeding!

Quicker, better cures than shrinks and drugs. About nudism-naturism, beauty, bikinis, burqas. Uplifting, funny, radical, all nude. No sex, violence, or photography.

Earn a Bare Bum Certificate!

Additional seating available by donation at the door for those wishing to watch the action through live video feed.

60 mins

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80 mins

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6:30pm 8:15pm 6:30pm 8:15pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 6:30pm

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8:00pm 8:00pm 2:00pm 8:00pm 2:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 2:00pm

70 mins

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8:00pm 6:00pm 2:00pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 4:00pm

DIRECT FROM SELL-OUT SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA

A magician’s transformative journey, from socially awkward to utterly inept.

VancouverFringe.com

SIX SHOWS ONLY, FROM 6-16TH SEPT PERFORMANCE WORKS, 1218 CARTWRIGHT ST, GRANVILLE ISLAND, VANCOUVER, BC. FOR MORE INFO: WWW.ROBBIET.COM.AU/WEIRDO

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2017 Pick of the Fringe winners.

Photo by Philip Dovey.

Sunday, Sept 16 at 9:30pm

Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street

We’re once again happy to support the Performing Arts Lodges! Your cash donation to PAL Vancouver gets you into the Fringe Awards Night.

The 2018 Public Market Pick of the Fringe Awards The hottest selling shows return September 19-23 for holdovers at Performance Works!

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

The Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award The Georgia Straight’s theatre critics will nominate five outstanding shows, and award one with this coveted prize!

Joanna Maratta Award In honour of the Vancouver Fringe Festival’s founder, this award goes to an artist who best exhibits the original founding spirit of the Fringe.

BC Touring Council Award The winner of this award receives the chance to showcase their work at Pacific Contact, BC Touring Council’s annual tradeshow and booking conference for the performing arts.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Mollie Bradley Award

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Selected by jury, this cash award is given to either the winner of the Joanna Maratta Award or the BC Touring Council Award and provides financial help for travel, marketing, and other professional development.

This award is given in honour of Fringe Board member Jim Sibley’s mother-in-law, Mollie.

The Fringe New Play Prize Won by Sara Vickruck and Anaïs West in 2018 for their show Poly Queer Love Ballad, Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC) is now accepting submissions for the 2019 Prize. PTC supplies dramaturgy and more for the winning script while the Fringe offers a guaranteed Mainstage spot in the 2019 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Visit playwrightstheatre.com/programs/ fringe-new-play-prize to submit your project!

Artistic Risk Award Selected by jury and financially supported by the Fringe’s Board of Directors, this award is given to an artist or group of artists for risk-taking in Fringe theatre.

Volunteer Choice Award Fringe volunteers will vote to determine their favourite show!

Spirit of the Fringe Award This award goes to the artist, or artists, that the Fringe staff feel most exemplify the Fringe values of collaboration, community, and camaraderie, with other artists, staff, volunteers, and patrons.

The winner will be awarded something spirited... or a sofa.

The TD Award (In Development)

In partnership with Neworld Theatre and generously sponsored by TD Financial, the Fringe is developing a new Award to honour voices from communities that have been historically marginalized. The Award will feature a presentation opportunity, production resources, audience development, and mentorship from senior artists. Criteria will be announced soon. The Award will be launched as part of the 2019 Fringe Festival.

Appendix

These Fringe Lovers have stepped up to support the Festival, Fringe artists, and year-round independent theatre. Fringe Lovers, your generosity and commitment to arts and culture is phenomenal and we can’t thank you enough. You make the Fringe possible, THANK YOU!

2017-2018 Fringe Lovers donations of $25 or more from July 2016 to June 2017 Growing Old Together: those who have donated for 10 or more years!

Long-Term Lovers: those who have donated for 5 to nine years!

The Story has Just Begun: those who just started donating this year!

Our One True Love (this year’s top donor)

Kevin Campbell & the Lochmaddy Foundation!!!

The Commitment Club (Monthly Donors) Soul Mates ($1000+)

Alison Bell & Dean Gingrich Bob & Anne Wang Geoff Bannoff Jane & Chris Westheuser Jim Sibley & Amanda Bradley, in memory of Mollie Bradley June Harrison for the Harrison Bergeron Private Foundation Tom Paolucci & Pete Emrick

Hot Lava Lovers ($500+) Ann Harvey & Don Gardiner David Jordan & Bethan Stewart Don Wright & Deborah Loren Joan Sangster Joanna Maratta John & Mardie Mason John Sullivan Nancy More Phyllis & John Stewart Regina & Eugene Gorodetsky Robyn, Jason, Ayden & Fin Kurtz

Going Steady ($250+) Amanda Tipper Benita Cersney Brian Rowland Diane Kent Jane Harris Karen LeClair Katia Tynan & Jeff Ilich Kathy & Al Costello Ken Hsueh Leslie Carty Liam (The Great) Kearns Neil Jones-Rodway Peter Dickinson Robert Spooner Susan Ogul-Propas & Lonnie Propas Vixn Przybysz

Sweetheart ($100+)

Soul Mates ($1000+)

Fringe Fling ($50+)

Anil Patel Asha Kydd Claudia Sjoberg Laura Efron Lightburn Family Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation Steven Hanju Lee Leonard Schein & the Schein Foundation Sharon Sutherland & Mark Meredith Peter Austin & Austin Property Tax Consultants

Alyssa Sy de Jesus Andrea Loewen Christina Price Deanna Cheng Devon More Music Jan MacLellan Karen Chan Kristen Johnson & Paul Campbell Malcolm Page Pia Kuni Sue Kingsley

Hot Lava Lovers ($500+) Bruce McPherson Fawn Mulcahy through RBC’s Corporate Giving Program Helen Davis Sandra Herd Susan Freedman & Bill Galloway

Going Steady ($250+) Carolyn Heller & Alan Albert Elaine & Russ McRitchie/Miranda Evi Mustel Julia & Doug Wallis Elaine & Ken Carty Tom MacGowan

Sweetheart ($100+) Art Perret Barbara Bernhardt Bill Hubbard Bob Symington, in memory of Cheryl Innes Carolyn Railton Chuck McEwen Craig Laven Darby Honeyman Diana Sandberg Eduardo Ottoni Estha Parg-Murenbeeld Ellen & Bill Schwartz Gerald Murenbeeld Glenn Mair Ian Mass Jim & Patricia Anhorn Janet Neufeld John Holland Judith Coffin Kate Gole Kathryn Shaw Linda Netherton Marcia Lucas Michael Levy Neal Jennings Robert Kaiser Scott Miller Sharon Styve Peter Herd

First Kiss ($25+) Cherrye Davis Colette Babinszki Colleen Brow Lai Lee Lynell Anderson Roy Sasano Rudi Leibik Ruth Stewart Scott Venners Steve Chitty Vesna Bokic

In-Kind Friends of the Fringe Tracy Georgelin Thank you to everyone at Granville Island Cultural Society (GICS) for their many years of being our awesome neighbours and colleagues

You too can become a Fringe Lover with a capital L! Visit VancouverFringe.com/Donate or the Donor Booth in the Fringe Hub today! XXOO

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Anthea Jordan Brian Paterson Darren Ainsley Debby Reis Gareth Duncan Gerald Kowalenko Jackie Day Jane Heyman Kate & Dustin Ladyshewsky Laurel March Maren Hansen & Andrew Westman Mathew Hill Matthew Minson Nancy Barker Odessa Cadieux-Rey Regina Ogmundson Shannon LaBelle & Kevin Forbes Shaun Jackman & Elizabeth Kirkland Sheila Butt Stephen Silverthorne & Siobhán Quinn

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Appendix Government and Foundations

Presenting Partners

Signature Partners

Leading Partner

Supporting Partners

Sustaining Partners

Festival Hubs Partner

Boosting Partners

Thanks to our Volunteers!

2018 marks 34 years of the Fringe Vision of Theatre for Everyone! For over three decades our wonderful volunteers have donated their time, support, and enthusiasm to ensure the Vancouver Fringe Festival is a success! Thanks to every single one of you, the Festival is filled with fun, diversity, and inclusivity. We continue to grow and expand our horizons, and Fringe volunteers are a huge part of that. Here’s to many more decades of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, and to the many volunteers who make it one of the best theatre festivals in town!

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Thank you! 唔該!

Gracias! ありがとう!

Obrigado! 谢谢!

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Merci! ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ!

Danke! Grazie! धन्यवाद! Спасибо!

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!

Photos by Chris Shrubsall & Al Ricard.

And a special thanks to Boston Pizza, who’ll be making the Volunteer Appreciation Party extra awesome this year.

A Huge Thank You To Our 2017 Volunteer Centre Donors!

We’re incredibly grateful to all the generous donors who helped keep our volunteers happy and well-fed during the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival! Thank you for your support!

Terra Breads Muffin Granny Instant Theatre Vancouver International Improv Festival Lee’s Donuts Origins Organic Coffee Original Cupcakes (Cupcakes on Broadway) Moksha Yoga East Vancouver Moksha Yoga Vancouver Vancouver TheatreSports League Firehall Arts Centre Real Canadian Superstore (North Vancouver) The Cinematheque Arts Club Theatre Company The Cultch Pacific Theatre FlyOver Canada Choices Markets Storm Crow Alehouse Havana Restaurant The Keg Steakhouse + Bar (Granville Island) Rio Theatre Bandidas Taqueria

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.

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Information

Sept 19 – 23 Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street on Granville Island

Winning shows will be announced at the Fringe Awards Night on September 16 (see page 62), and shortly thereafter at VancouverFringe.com. Tickets go on sale at midnight on September 16, and are $25 (taxes and fees included), with a portion of the proceeds supporting the Fringe.

Bringing back your best-loved shows!

2017 Pick of the Fringe Shows Swordplay: A Play of Swords (top) and An Arrangement of Shoes (right).

Can’t get enough Fringe Theatre?

Enter Pick Plus: a series of Fringe hits handpicked for your enjoyment.

Performance Works

Performance Works

50 Shades of Vinyl – A Canadian Parody Happysad Theatre

50 Shades of Vinyl is a funny, racy comedy that entertains more than it scandalizes. Part parody, part homage, and an overall gentle reminder that it’s never too late to try something new.

Wednesday

September 19

7:00pm

Performance Works

Habitats

Basic Training

The Birdmann FINALE

By Isabelle Kirouac & Nayana Fielkov

Written, created, and performed by Kahlil Ashanti

Downunderground

Accompanied by a mysterious white hare, a woman travels through time in search of home. Winner of the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival Joanna Maratta and Mollie Bradley Awards, Habitats is a living poem about migration, transformation, and how we find trust in the unknown.

Reminiscent of Fellini and Lewis Carroll, Habitats enchants audiences of all ages, combining physical comedy, dance, circus, and shadow puppetry.

A comedic, powerful, and redemptive story about a young man (Kahlil Ashanti) who joins the US Air Force to escape a violently abusive childhood. Less than 24 hours before departing for boot camp, Kahlil’s mother reveals a family secret that forces him to question everything he has become, and everything he is running away from.

Twenty-three unforgettable characters guide you through this award winning interactive true story.

A man like no man, the internationally infamous, award-winning, festival favourite with the world’s finest collection of comedy variety classic hits! Be wowed by incredible acts like plastic bag juggling, interpretive high heel dancing, interactive origami extravaganzas, and climbing inside a giant balloon—with original music from Egg of Japan. Following 10 world tours from the Glastonbury Music Festival to nominee for Most Original Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe, fly to the future for one fantastic night only!

Thursday

Friday

Friday

September 20

7:00pm

September 21

7:00pm

September 21

8:45pm

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Kink has never been so polite! This trio of original stories spoofs a beloved Canadian radio program (you’ll know it when you hear it) with warmth, humour, and more than a little spice. A middleaged couple embarks on a series of sexy misadventures after reading a popular book about kink. It does not go smoothly.

Performance HAVANA Works

$25

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Appendix 52 50 Fun Things 42 5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0 44 Absolute Magic 46 ADHD Project, The 57 Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead 44 Angels & Aliens 52 Auguries of Innocence 52 Awkward Hug 46 Baba Yaga and the Black Flower 57 Banned In The USA 40 Ben Price Magic Presents Rabbit Stew 60 Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!

50 Big Sister 54 Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant, The 61 Blackbird 54 Bonnie & Clyde 44 Box of Freedom 40 Bridge, The 48 Brief History of Beer, A 40 C40 Camping Guy, The 59 Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s, A 44 Carriage 46 Cockwhisperer... A Love Story, The 41 Cocky 60 Crystalline Cabaret Presents: House Nocturnae, The 54 Dear Elizabeth 45 Die Hard: The Musical-ish 58 Dyck Spacee - A Spy-Fi Improvised Radio Play 48 F Words, The 48 F*ck Tinder: a love story 59 Fake Ghost Tours 50 Fancy Brain Show: The Reckoning, The

46 50 58 52 50 60 55 51 51 58 56 53 59 61 48 59 56 41 59 53 59 53 45 42 49 47 60 42 47 45 55 47 51

Fastcar: man of action Field Zoology 101 FIX Flute Loops Forget Me Not - The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I. Gametes Gossamer Obsessions Hardly Trying Hip.Bang! presents Surveil Hullaboo and The End of Everything Hysteria Inside Voices: A Musical In The Key Of P Is That How Clowns Have Sex? A One-Woman, Queer Clown Sex-Ed Show Jan & Peg’s Ritual Sacrifice Jasper in Deadland jem rolls: I, IDIOT La Palabra en el Tiempo Lady Show, The Life, Blood, Water Lip Service lolcow Magical Mystery Detour Martin Dockery: Delirium Mel Malarkey Gets The Bum’s Rush MIND MAGIC Miyoshi: An RCMP Interrogation My Imagination Ran Away Without Me No Belles One Step at a Time Ones We Leave Behind, The Other Side of the Flood, The Poly Queer Love Ballad

54 54 42 49 45 43 61 55 43 60 51 54 61 43 43 55 56 57 41 41 56

Precious Little Rabbit Hole Rachel and Zoe: Uncorked and Uncensored Red Bastard: Lie With Me Redemption Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land Roy and Janet Rubble Ruby Rocket Returns!

Sad-Ass Cabaret, A SELF-ish Shape of Things, The Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach Silent House, The Small Town Boys Speed Dating for Sperm Donors Spinning You Home Squeeze My Cans Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus Throne Life Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life 59 Training of the Shrew 60 TravelTheatrics 60 Trevor & Margaret 59 TrudeauMania 53 Unhinged 56 Unscriptured 57 Vampires in Barcelona 47 Virginia Jack 58 Wastelands 49 Weirdo 55 While You Sleep 60 Who We Care For

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Appendix

SMALL TOWN BOYS “A timely testosterone wash!”

– Peoplesworth

A devastatingly beautiful story about how no man is born violent.

Written and performed by Sean Casey Leclaire Directed by Lisa Dalton SHOW DATES: 6-Sept 8:15pm | 8-Sept 1:00pm

9-Sept 8:45pm, 1/2 price night!

13-Sept 6:45pm | 15-Sept 6:15pm | 16-Sept 3:15pm

Tickets are available at VancouverFringe.com for $15 plus Membership.

www.SmallTownBoysThePlay.com

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VENUE: Waterfront Theater on Granville Island

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