Vancouver

The Enquiry Office

Translator's note: A nondescript woman walks into a railway enquiry office, unaware that she is about to enter a kafkaesque situation which is going to change her life dramatically. By the time she walks out again she has become a victim burdened with the whole destiny of Man/Woman, ripe for destruction by pitiless forces beyond his/her comprehension. The Official evolves from a caricature of the 'uncivil servant' to a lyrical prophet of doom. What began like a concert-party sketch ends as a parody of tragedy.

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:30 PM
Sep 5 - 8:30 PM
Sep 7 - 6:00 PM
Sep 11 - 6:00 PM
Sep 12 - 8:30 PM
Sep 13 - 8:30 PM
Sep 14 - 6:00 PM

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Vancouver

Year:

2008

In Tow

A high school boy muses on life, boredom and the pursuit of happiness in 'My Little Town' where “nothing ever happens” and where the grownups seem to like it that way. Something finally does happen and he meets a stranger and goes on a journey leading to self-discovery… or self destruction? Funny, poignant, vulnerable and scary. In Tow examines the possibilities that come when life takes an unexpected turn and all you have to rely on is what you’ve always expected. “Sometimes a tow truck driver is just a tow truck driver. And sometimes not.”

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:30 PM
Sep 6 - 2:00 PM
Sep 8 - 8:00 PM
Sep 11 - 7:00 PM
Sep 13 - 7:30 PM
Sep 14 - 3:30 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2008

Antigone

Three women pay homage to the Chorus in an original adaptation of Sophocles’ classical Greek tragedy, Antigone, from a translation by Ian Johnston. This collectively adapted performance art piece follows the story of the ill-fated offspring of Oedipus. Each character’s journey flows from voice to voice and body to body creating a harmony of story in a trio of bodies.

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:15 PM
Sep 6 - 2:15 PM
Sep 8 - 7:45 PM
Sep 11 - 7:15 PM
Sep 13 - 7:00 PM
Sep 14 - 3:00 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2008

Totem Figures

Jessie award winning Fringe circuit mainstay TJ Dawe (Tired Cliches, The Slip-Knot, A Canadian Bartender at Butlin's, etc etc) returns with a show about personal mythology; about having your own personal Mt. Rushmore. "TJ Dawe is a phenomenon" - Globe and Mail This will be TJ's 9th Vancouver Fringe and his 82nd Fringe worldwide.

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:00 PM
Sep 5 - 10:00 PM
Sep 6 - 7:45 PM
Sep 7 - 5:00 PM
Sep 9 - 9:00 PM
Sep 11 - 9:00 PM
Sep 12 - 6:30 PM
Sep 13 - 9:30 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2008

One More for the Road

Written by George Ryga and performed by Jacques Lalonde, "One More For The Road" is a richly textured and poignant commentary on life, carried along with song and banjo. This is Jacques 22nd annual Fringe, in a show which Ryga himself described as "a gift to the long, long line of musicians, raconteurs and folk custodians of memory." "And that", says Director John Taylor, "makes it pretty much a perfect fit for Jacques.

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:00 PM
Sep 5 - 10:15 PM
Sep 6 - 8:30 PM
Sep 10 - 6:45 PM
Sep 13 - 10:30 PM
Sep 14 - 5:15 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2008

Higher Window and Marriage Proposal?

Company:

On Cue Players

Duration:

80 minutes

Venue:

Terraces on 7th

Photograph:

Higher Window - How did Mr. Winthrop die? Marriage Proposal? Fantasy or reality? Marriage Proposal is a humerous story about a hypochondriac female suitor, an argumentative maiden and her melodramatic father. Two plays - one show - about 30 minutes each.

**Note** the Sept 14 performance has been changed to 8:00 PM, NOT 2:00 PM as listed in the program guide

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:00 PM
Sep 6 - 7:00 PM
Sep 6 - 9:00 PM
Sep 12 - 8:00 PM
Sep 14 - 8:00 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2008

Dreams and Desires

“Did she or didn’t she? That’s what they all ask when they think I’m not listening.” Elizabeth struggles on the margins of sanity, on the dreamlike boundary between fantasy and reality, as she attempts to come to terms with her past. Issues of identity, history and the meaning of love, desire and relationship are examined as Elizabeth plumbs her dreams and memories for clues to where she is and what has happened to her. Sometimes poetic and dreamy and sometimes tragic, this woman’s story is every woman’s story. Or is it?

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:00 PM
Sep 5 - 10:30 PM
Sep 6 - 8:30 PM
Sep 10 - 6:45 PM
Sep 13 - 10:30 PM
Sep 14 - 5:30 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2008

Confessions: Three Monologues

A soldier in Iraq, a convicted murderer in jail, and internet stripper in front of her computer. Confessions is three short one person shows in an intimate cafe setting with live music and multi-media.

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:00 PM
Sep 5 - 8:00 PM
Sep 6 - 8:00 PM
Sep 10 - 8:00 PM
Sep 11 - 8:00 PM
Sep 12 - 8:00 PM
Sep 13 - 8:00 PM
Sep 14 - 8:00 PM

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Year:

2008

Attachments: an Email Affair

Company: Laughter Matters Productions
Duration: 75 minutes
Cambrian Hall

Can dating survive the internet? Is computerlove.com the answer to our hero's dreams, or his worst nightmare? Join Milt and his slutty neighbour Daphne in scheme sure to find him love. Or will it? Meanwhile, across town, sweet Julie has a plan of her own, aided by her tipsy landlady and war hero husband. Guaranteed to make you LOL!

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:00 PM
Sep 7 - 2:00 PM
Sep 11 - 8:00 PM
Sep 13 - 7:00 PM
Sep 14 - 2:00 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2008

All Sorts

Company: Theatre Terrific Society
Duration: 50 minutes
Vancouver Japanese United Church

All Sorts of people. All Sorts of people with All Sorts of differences. All Sorts of differences upset All Sorts of people. Mix All Sorts; stir and shake. A choral choreography of human reactions to difference. "The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection." George Orwell

Showtimes

Sep 4 - 8:00 PM
Sep 5 - 8:00 PM
Sep 6 - 8:00 PM
Sep 10 - 8:00 PM
Sep 11 - 8:00 PM
Sep 12 - 8:00 PM
Sep 13 - 2:00 PM
Sep 13 - 8:00 PM

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Location:

Vancouver

Year:

2008