2009

The Power of Ignorance

Company: 
Chris Gibbs
Duration: 
75 minutes
Venue: 
Performance Works
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Join Vaguen, Master of Ignorance and motivational speaker ordinaire, and learn how to use your Power of Ignorance to realize dreams and achieve goals you never even knew you had.

"Howlingly funny. This show is a must see." - CBC
 
"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, Victoria
 
Based on original material and characters created by Jeff Sumerel and Sam Reynolds.
 
Showtimes
Sep 10 - 5:00 PM
Sep 12 - 8:15 PM
Sep 15 - 5:15 PM
Sep 17 - 10:45 PM
Sep 18 - 6:45 PM

Read the PLANK Review for the Vancouver production.

Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The Man Who Couldn't Deliver

Company: 
Jack in the Box Productions
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Pacific Theatre
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A hapless delivery driver is on a search for meaning in his job, life and relationships. Unable to find any solace he copes through a bizarre mix of artistic endeavors. A comedic solo show. Created by Jeff McMahan, Chris Cook & Liz Wilton.

Showtimes
Sep 11 - 8:30 PM
Sep 12 - 8:30 PM
Sep 15 - 10:30 PM
Sep 16 - 7:00 PM
Sep 18 - 4:30 PM
Sep 19 - 10:00 PM
 
Read the PLANK Review.
Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The Journey Is Not Done Quickly

Company: 
Midnight Hotel
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Playwrights Theatre Centre
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A physical theatre experience that explores saying goodbye to past limitations for the promise of a dream. Based on a Russian folktale, a tsar's son sets out on a quest and is overpowered by a wolf and his own temptations. The pain and humor along the way are narrated by your guide, an itinerant purveyor of faith, remedies and diversions.

Showtimes
Sep 10 - 6:50 PM
Sep 13 - 6:40 PM
Sep 15 - 7:50 PM
Sep 16 - 5:00 PM
Sep 19 - 9:20 PM
Sep 20 - 1:30 PM
 
Read the PLANK Review.
Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The Importance of Being Earnest

Company: 
Manchester Central Theatre Company
Duration: 
75 minutes
Venue: 
Studio 16
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Oscar Wilde's famous comedy of flawed identity. As a baby, Jack was found in a handbag at Victoria Station! He needs to find some parents and a new name to have any chance of marrying Gwendolyn. Droll humour from literature's wittiest writer!

With an all female cast!
 
Showtimes
Sep 11 - 5:00 PM
Sep 13 - 8:10 PM
Sep 14 - 5:15 PM
Sep 16 - 10:15 PM
Sep 19 - 2:30 PM
Sep 20 - 6:15 PM
 
Read the PLANK Review.
Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over

Company: 
Gemma Wilcox
Duration: 
70 minutes
Venue: 
Waterfront Theatre
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Talking chickens, a timid rodent, a funky sax and jumping flames.

Gemma Wilcox, originally from London, UK, portrays 20 characters in this award-winning, humorous and poignant tale of love and letting go. 
 
**** "Sexy, sharp & seamless" - Now Toronto 
 
"She shows you what theater can be." - Orlando Sentinel 
 
"Shape-shifter extraordinaire." - Ottawa Citizen 
 
"You may not see a better performance at this year's festival than the one Wilcox delivers." - Winnipeg Free Press 
 
"Gemma Wilcox is both an adroit chronicler of the human condition and a wondrous chameleon of a performer" - Pioneer Press, Minneapolis
 
Showtimes
Sep 11 - 6:45 PM
Sep 12 - 2:55 PM
Sep 13 - 5:00 PM
Sep 14 - 9:35 PM
Sep 17 - 5:00 PM
Sep 18 - 8:30 PM
 
Read the PLANK Review.
Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The Hefner Monologues

Company: 
John Hefner
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Origins Organic Coffee Co
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In this hilarious TRUE story, John Hefner - the estranged cousin of Hugh Hefner - finds himself in a series of misadventures and mortifications as he struggles to make a name for himself . . . when someone else already has!
 
"Hefner is an explosive performer!" - NYTheatre.com 
"A modest-sized piece with a very big heart." - BlogCritics.org
 
Showtimes
Sep 10 - 7:00 PM
Sep 12 - 9:00 PM
Sep 13 - 3:15 PM
Sep 13 - 9:00 PM
Sep 14 - 7:15 PM
Sep 16 - 7:15 PM
Sep 19 - 9:00 PM
Sep 20 - 3:20 PM 

Read the PLANK Review.

Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The First Time

Company: 
Terminal Theatre
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Performance Works
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It's messy, it's thrilling, it gets stuck in your braces. You never forget your first time (but the second time is usually better). Based on hundreds of interviews and testimonials The First Time takes us from first base all the way to home plate. This hilarious and insightful production explores some of the most universal and private moments of modern romance!
 
Showtimes
Sep 10 - 7:00 PM
Sep 11 - 9:00 PM
Sep 13 - 6:55 PM
Sep 15 - 10:10 PM
Sep 19 - 9:50 PM
Sep 20 - 3:55 PM
Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The Cork Screw

Company: 
Nobody Sleeps Theatre Group
Duration: 
55 minutes
Venue: 
Waterfront Theatre
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Blanche has been stealing Mary's boyfriends for years, but now she's done it once too often.
 
Showtimes
Sep 11 - 5:00 PM
Sep 13 - 8:50 PM
Sep 14 - 5:15 PM
Sep 16 - 10:25 PM
Sep 19 - 1:50 PM
Sep 20 - 7:05 PM

Read the PLANK Review.

Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The Cockwhisperer: A Love Story

Company: 
Colette Kendall
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Performance Works
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From the creator of the Canadian Comedy Award nominated Tippi Seagram's Happy Hour and Who's Afraid of Tippi Seagram? 
comes a new solo offering. The story of one woman's remarkable ability to "communicate" with the penis... and completely 
misunderstand every word it says! It's a love story!
 
"A one-woman, tour de forced-entry... Her tongue is sharper than a vodka high colonic." - Xtra
 
Showtimes
Sep 10 - 10:40 PM
Sep 12 - 6:20 PM
Sep 14 - 8:00 PM
Sep 16 - 8:45 PM
Sep 20 - 12:15 PM
Sep 20 - 5:40 PM
 
Read the PLANK Review.
Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

The Accident

Company: 
Jonno Katz - Epicworlds
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Waterfront Theatre
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Sebastien cooks with his mind. Roy likes cheap chicken curry. The unexpected, unusual and unintended tale of two brothers. A fusion of theatre, dance and comedy. 

Jonno's previous shows: Uber Alice, Cactus, Jolly Roger & The Spy.
 
"The Accident is laugh-out-loud funny and wonderfully well put together. Katz's tour de force performance makes The Accident without a doubt the best thing I've seen at this year's fringe so far. Stunning." - Indyish.com 
 
Directed by Jeremy Roske and Irene Sposetti.
 
Showtimes
Sep 10 - 5:00 PM
Sep 13 - 6:55 PM
Sep 15 - 7:45 PM
Sep 16 - 5:00 PM
Sep 19 - 9:25 PM
Sep 20 - 5:10 PM
 
Read the PLANK Review for the Vancouver production.
Location: 
Vancouver
Year: 
2009

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