Victoria

The Power of Ignorance

Company:

Chris Gibbs (London, UK)

Duration:

75 minutes

Venue:

Venue 7 Victoria College of Art + Design UCW (950 Kings near Quadra)

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If you don't know who you are, you can be anyone you want to. Join Vaguen, master of ignorance and motivational speaker ordinaire, and learn how to stop thinking and start living! "One of the funniest shows I've seen in years. Cleverly written and beautifully performed, The Power of Ignorance is satirical comedy at its finest." 5 Stars - Times Colonist.

SHOW TIMES • SAT, AUG 29 2:15 PM • SUN, AUG 30 7:30 PM • FRI, SEP 04 6:00 PM • SAT, SEP 05 7:45 PM • SUN, SEP 06 1:30 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over

Company:

Gemma Wilcox (London, UK)

Duration:

65 minutes

Venue:

Venue 7 Victoria College of Art + Design UCW (950 Kings near Quadra)

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Talking chickens, a timid rodent, a funky sax and jumping flames. Wilcox (London,UK) plays 20 characters in this award-winning, humorous and poignant tale of love and letting-go. BEST-IN-FEST, WINNIPEG FRINGE / BEST-SOLO-PERFORMANCE, OTTAWA FRINGE / BEST-IN-FEST,BOULDER FRINGE ***** Winnipeg Free Press. "Sexy, sharp and seemless." (4 out of 4 stars) - Now Toronto. "She shows you what theater can be." - Orlando Sentinel. "Shape-shifter extraordinaire." - Ottawa Citizen.

SHOW TIMES • MON, AUG 31 6:15 PM • TUE, SEP 01 8:00 PM • THU, SEP 03 9:45 PM • FRI, SEP 04 9:45 PM • SAT, SEP 05 2:45 PM • SUN, SEP 06 8:45 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

shortened

Company:

Saucy Fops (Kamloops, BC)

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Venue 7 Victoria College of Art + Design UCW (950 Kings near Quadra)

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The Saucy Fops are back with another original comedy! The Fops brought you Articulate ("Witty, touching, funny and extraordinarily well written," 5 Stars, Best of Fest - Winnipeg Free Press), Audible ("Intelligent and provocative" 5 stars - Monday Magazine) and Saucy Fops: The Musical? (Best Comedy, Victoria Fringe). The Fops bring you a series of comedic, unique and witty plays written by Cayman Duncan.

SHOW TIMES • FRI, AUG 28 7:45 PM • SUN, AUG 30 4:00 PM • MON, AUG 31 8:00 PM • TUE, SEP 01 6:15 PM • SAT, SEP 05 6:15 PM • SUN, SEP 06 5:15 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Jem Rolls leastest flops

Company:

Big Word Performance Poetry (London, UK)

Duration:

58 minutes

Venue:

Venue 7 Victoria College of Art + Design UCW (950 Kings near Quadra)

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The cheeky Englishman lands in Victoria for the first time with his solo comedy about the trials of youth, love and loss (of virginity). Physical, fast-paced, hilarious storytelling with at least one dance routine and tangents within tangents. Patron's Pick, Winnipeg Fringe 2008, Eye Magazine - Toronto Best of the Fringe 2008, Best of Fringe (Diesel Playhouse) - Toronto Fringe Festival 2007.

SHOW TIMES • FRI, AUG 28 9:30 PM • SAT, AUG 29 9:30 PM • SUN, AUG 30 5:45 PM • WED, SEP 02 8:00 PM • SAT, SEP 05 9:45 PM • SUN, SEP 06 7:00 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Full Blast

Company:

Classics with a Twist (Nevada City, CA)

Duration:

55 minutes

Venue:

Venue 7 Victoria College of Art + Design UCW (950 Kings near Quadra)

Preview Link:

http://www.plankmagazine.com/preview/full-blast

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For anyone who can laugh, all ages, all genders. A desperate actress takes over a theatre after another failed audition! Smart, touching, bold. Her cell phone is constantly ringing. The costume rack is at her disposal. Pirates anyone? The janitor is trying to kick her out. Dysfunctional? Yes! But, there is a surprise ending. By internationally acclaimed playwright Mila Johansen.

SHOW TIMES • FRI, AUG 28 6:00 PM • SAT, AUG 29 4:15 PM • SUN, AUG 30 9:30 PM • WED, SEP 02 6:15 PM • THU, SEP 03 8:00 PM • SUN, SEP 06 3:30 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Burlesque Unzipped

Company:

Prairie Fire Presents (Regina, SK)

Duration:

55 minutes

Venue:

Venue 7 Victoria College of Art + Design UCW (950 Kings near Quadra)

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The multi-talented Prairie Fire (Sharon Nowlan) returns to the Fringe Festival circuit with a brand new work: a one-woman show-and-tell variety hour! Come out and see all that gets revealed as she peels off the layers of what was, and is, burlesque! "A quick-change artist loaded with flair and magnetism." 4 Stars - Times Colonist.

SHOW TIMES • THU, AUG 27 8:00 PM • SAT, AUG 29 6:00 PM • SUN, AUG 30 2:15 PM • MON, AUG 31 9:45 PM • TUE, SEP 01 9:45 PM • SAT, SEP 05 4:30 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

@Life

Company:

No Snowcones (Edmonton, AB)

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Venue 7 Victoria College of Art + Design UCW (950 Kings near Quadra)

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Video games and the internet have an astounding effect on the world we live in, these three emerging artists have come together to bring you a comedy about those effects. Through wit and unique storytelling @Life shows the many sides of this crazy RPG we call life. Funny scenes come one after another in this non-stop comedy of three men's lives.

SHOW TIMES • THU, AUG 27 6:15 PM • SAT, AUG 29 7:45 PM • WED, SEP 02 9:45 PM • THU, SEP 03 6:15 PM • FRI, SEP 04 8:00 PM • SAT, SEP 05 1:00 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Straight (from that side of town)

Company:

Catherine Montgomery (A Performance Tube Creation)

Duration:

50 minutes

Venue:

Venue 6 Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard at Fisgard)

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Trace Morgan's mother is dead. Trace will do whatever it takes to forget. She travels through the night and ultimately finds what she's looking for in a familiar face - the eccentric child protege Tracey Joy. Through Space Exploration, Jack Daniels, and the dreaded. Emotional Overload, together they draw a map of human experience that transcends age and circumstance. "Tough yet vulnerable." - Montreal Gazette)

SHOW TIMES • THU, AUG 27 9:45 PM • FRI, AUG 28 7:45 PM • SAT, AUG 29 8:15 PM • SUN, AUG 30 2:45 PM • MON, AUG 31 6:00 PM • THU, SEP 03 9:15 PM • SAT, SEP 05 11:00 PM • SUN, SEP 06 1:00 PM

Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Oh Winnipeg! A Suprising Musical Memoir

Company:

Bit by Bit Productions (Vancouver, BC)

Duration:

50 minutes

Venue:

Venue 6 Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard at Fisgard)

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What happens when the kids leave home? For John Pippus, the answer was recovering his musical roots. This one man dramatic comedy explores growing up in 1950's Winnipeg, surprising musical influences, and the craziness of life on the road and beyond. The Vancouver Province says singer/songwriter John Pippus is "... a refined tunesmith with serious pop hooks." www.johnpippus.com

SHOW TIMES • THU, AUG 27 6:00 PM • FRI, AUG 28 4:15 PM • SAT, AUG 29 6:30 PM • SUN, AUG 30 10:00 PM • TUE, SEP 01 9:30 PM • FRI, SEP 04 8:30 PM • SAT, SEP 05 4:00 PM • SUN, SEP 06 8:15 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Not Fit for Flight

Company:

Modern Myth Physical Theatre (Victoria, BC)

Duration:

50 minutes

Venue:

Venue 6 Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard at Fisgard)

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A barbiturate addicted home maker of the 1950's stands in her kitchen, watches soap operas and makes a pie. She waits patiently for her guests, but grows increasingly anxious when they do not arrive. Her environment possesses her and she is taken into a strange world of imaginings and hallucinations.

SHOW TIMES • SAT, AUG 29 10:00 PM • SUN, AUG 30 1:00 PM • MON, AUG 31 7:45 PM • THU, SEP 03 7:30 PM • FRI, SEP 04 6:45 PM • SAT, SEP 05 9:15 PM • SUN, SEP 06 4:30 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009