Vancouver

Wagabondi Ho!

Company:

Upintheair Theatre

Duration:

15 minutes

Venue:

A van outside performance works

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YOu never know what you're gonna get and neither do we!Every 30 minutes, a fresh 4 person audience decides where Wagabondi Ho! will take them. After being invited into our magical van for a cup of tea, audience members compete for the right to choose from a menu of true tales for presentation.

The fluid nature of Wagabondi Ho! makes it possible to see a new show again and again. A unique. site-specific performance tailored to each audience of four people; its a new show every 30 minutes. Developed over the summer of 2009 the piece is directed by Eric Rhys Miller and performed by UITA Artistic Directors Daniel Martin and Dave Mott.

An ambitious theatrical challenge, Wagabondi Ho! blends traditional theatrical forms, site-specific performance, audience engagement, and the general randomness of life to weave an evolving Fringe tale.

Wagabondi Ho! is performed for 4 audience members in a green and white 1973 Dodge X-Plorer Van parked outside Performance Works - 1218 Cartwright Street on Granville island.

SHOW DATES AND TIMES:

Opening Night: Thursday September 10 @ 7 pm

Show Run: Wednesday - Sunday September 10 - 20 @ 5 pm - 10 pm

Every 30 Minutes Daily.

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

WordWear

Company:

Theatre Terrific

Duration:

55 minutes

Venue:

Vancouver Japanese United Church

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The language of clothes. Why we wear...What we wear....When we wear it! A parade of characters stroll and strut their fashion. Mayhem and love spice the runway with all the complexity of intentions behind the clothes we wear. Dramaturgy by Joanna Garfinkel

"Man's earthly interests are all hooked and buttoned together and held up by clothes." Thomas Carlyle

Showtimes
Sep 10 - 8:00 PM
Sep 11 - 8:00 PM
Sep 12 - 8:00 PM
Sep 16 - 8:00 PM
Sep 17 - 8:00 PM
Sep 18 - 8:00 PM
Sep 19 - 2:00 PM
Sep 19 - 8:00 PM

Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

Virtual Solitaire

Company:

Theatre X

Duration:

75 minutes

Venue:

Studio 16

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Two scientists with conflicting morals struggle to pull a virtual reality junkie caught inside VR back to real life in this one man virtuosic tour de force exploring themes of technology and isolation. In 2000, Nichols, the playwright, toured Virtual Solitaire to 5-Star reviews across Canada. Now, Darren Boquist takes the reigns with his own electrifying performance of 30 distinct characters.

Showtimes
Sep 10 - 5:00 PM
Sep 12 - 7:45 PM
Sep 15 - 5:15 PM
Sep 17 - 9:40 PM
Sep 18 - 6:45 PM
Sep 20 - 1:00 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

Under the Mango Tree

Company:

Veenesh Dubois

Duration:

70 minutes

Venue:

Studio 16

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Going to a new country for most young men is a magical journey full of hope, promise, and opportunity. But what about the children left behind?

This semi-autobiographical tale about the young girl Timal, her village, and the messages from overseas that she receives from her distant father, is an enchanting story of love, loss, and immigration.

Showtimes
Sep 11 - 8:15 PM
Sep 12 - 9:45 PM
Sep 13 - 3:15 PM
Sep 15 - 9:45 PM
Sep 17 - 7:45 PM
Sep 19 - 4:30 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

Uncalled for Presents: Today is All Your Birthdays

Company:

Uncalled For

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Performance Works

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From Uncalled For, creators of THUNDERSPANK! and Blastback Babyzap, comes all new spicy-sweet stream-of-consciousness sketch comedy.

"**** The time/space continuum better watch its ass" - Hour

"***** A highly-polished, side-splitting comedic gem" -EYE Weekly

"Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes." - www.indyish.com

WINNERS - Just For Laughs Best Comedy Award (Montreal Fringe 2008)
WINNERS - Second City Best of the Fest Award (Toronto Sketch Fest 2008)

Showtimes
Sep 10 - 8:45 PM
Sep 12 - 1:00 PM
Sep 13 - 10:50 PM
Sep 17 - 6:50 PM
Sep 19 - 6:10 PM
Sep 20 - 2:00 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

Twice the Same River

Company:

Vanity Projects

Duration:

65 minutes

Venue:

Pacific Theatre

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Vanity Projects attempts to stage the unstagable. Four adulterers and a coroner travel to the underworld to find the true meaning of death, community and identity. They lose their bodies and souls, only to find each other's.

Showtimes
Sep 10 - 6:30 PM
Sep 11 - 10:30 PM
Sep 12 - 10:30 PM
Sep 14 - 6:30 PM
Sep 16 - 5:00 PM
Sep 18 - 11:30 PM
Sep 19 - 6:00 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

TransCanada '69

Company:

Attunement Productions

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Performance Works

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Take a musical journey to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the summer of '69 with songs of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Liona Boyd, Lenny Breau, Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, and Leonard Cohen.

"Five stars . . . Colin Godbout is a virtuoso." - Times Colonist

"With complex fretwork and dazzling finger picking, it's all luxuriously listenable." - The Georgia Straight

"Stunning . . . thoroughly enjoyable." - Ottawa Citizen

Showtimes
Sep 11 - 10:45 PM
Sep 12 - 4:35 PM
Sep 13 - 1:00 PM
Sep 16 - 7:00 PM
Sep 18 - 5:00 PM
Sep 19 - 8:05 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

The Seven Lives of Louis Riel

Company:

Monster Theatre

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Havana Theatre

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A Canadian cowboy comedy! The Life of Louis Riel, viewed from seven different points of view in another historically hysterical comedy.

Completely sold-out run in 2008! Held-Over 2008, 2006, 2002 (The Shakespeare Show, Jesus Christ: The Lost Years, The Canada Show).

"Wildly funny, wonderfully crafted, and brilliantly acted! Flawless!" ***** - CBC

"Nothing Short of a Comic Miracle!" ***** - FFWD

Showtimes
Sep 10 - 7:15 PM
Sep 11 - 10:00 PM
Sep 12 - 9:30 PM
Sep 13 - 5:30 PM
Sep 15 - 9:00 PM
Sep 16 - 9:00 PM
Sep 17 - 9:00 PM
Sep 18 - 6:30 PM

Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

The Secret Love Life of Ophelia

Company:

Theatre ABC

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Studio 16

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Sex, lust, love, politics, scandals, murder, deceit, betrayal, and devotion are a few of the many layers depicted in Steven Berkoff's award-winning script. The play reveals new insights into Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship - from their courtship to their ultimate tragedy. Innovative director, Jeremy Waller, perfectly casts on- and off-stage lovers Alicia Novak and Darren Boquist in this beautifully poetic and visually spectacular piece of theatre.

Showtimes
Sep 10 - 7:00 PM
Sep 13 - 6:25 PM
Sep 15 - 8:00 PM
Sep 16 - 5:00 PM
Sep 19 - 9:40 PM
Sep 20 - 4:30 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2009

All's Well that Ends Well: bedtrickery

Vancouver: Director Rachel Ditor’s All’s Well that Ends Well at Bard on the Beach has lots to recommend it, including well-thought-out set and costume design, good timing, and accomplished acting. But what most struck me about this production is its cheerfulness. Although the play begins in mourning and ends with a possible repetition of the same mistake that put its plot into gear in the first place, Ditor has cut and spliced Shakespeare’s play to produce a lean, sweet comedy. Lois Anderson’s appealing Helena, both wholeheartedly loving and pleasantly self-aware, becomes the heart of the play, lively and warm,...