2009

pornStar

Company: 
Fancy Molasses Productions (Winnipeg, MA)
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 5 Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad)
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Small town librarian Esther never thought she would become a porn star. That was before she found out her ex-boyfriend secretly videotaped her having sex and sold the tape for money. Hilarious and raunchy, don't miss this sell out show by off-Broadway playwright Chris Craddock. "Wyman delivers a stunning performance." 4 Stars - CBC 2008. 5 Stars - CBC 2005. 4 Stars - Winnipeg Sun 2008.

SHOW TIMES  •  SAT, AUG 29 6:30 PM  •  SUN, AUG 30 3:15 PM  •  WED, SEP 02 6:30 PM  •  FRI, SEP 04 8:15 PM  •  SAT, SEP 05 4:45 PM  •  SUN, SEP 06 6:30 PM

Read Mike Vardy's PLANK Review.

Or you could check out Alina Cerminara's Plank Review.

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

It's Probably Love

Company: 
Rosa Parks Improv (Vancouver, BC)
Duration: 
45 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 5 Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad)
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ROSA PARKS IMPROV presents It's Probably Love, an evening of exceptional improvised theatre. With your suggestions, four talented improvisers spin new tales every performance. Veterans of the Vancouver and Victoria International Improv Festivals, ROSA PARKS IMPROV is your funniest friend, your smartest lover and your coolest sister at once. That they're all female is intentional, but entirely beside the point.

SHOW TIMES  •  THU, AUG 27 6:30 PM  •  SUN, AUG 30 5:00 PM  •  MON, AUG 31 8:00 PM  •  TUE, SEP 01 6:30 PM  •  WED, SEP 02 8:15 PM  •  THU, SEP 03 6:30 PM

Read Paul McKinnon's PLANK Review.

Or if you'd rather read Mike Vardy's PLANK Review you could do that.

 

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

Fruitcake

Company: 
Rob Gee (Leicster, UK)
Duration: 
55 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 5 Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad)
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Comedian, poet, and reformed psychiatric nurse, Rob presents an idiot's guide to finding out how mad you are. "Hilarious, ghastly, quirky... I didn't want to miss a second!" 4.5 Stars - Winnipeg Free Press. "Hilarious, poignant, joyful!" 4.5 Stars - Uptown Magazine. "Delightful... certifiably funny!" 4 Stars - Saskatoon Star Phoenix.

SHOW TIMES  •  THU, AUG 27 8:00 PM  •  SAT, AUG 29 3:00 PM  •  SUN, AUG 30 8:15 PM  •  MON, AUG 31 6:30 PM  •  SAT, SEP 05 6:30 PM  •  SUN, SEP 06 4:45 PM

Read the PLANK Review.

 

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

Archy and Mehitabel

Company: 
Ausable Theatre (London, ON)
Duration: 
55 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 5 Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad)
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Meet Archy, a politically active cockroach with a critical eye on humanity, and Mehitabel, an aging bohemian alley cat with an unbreakable spirit. "A glorious run - Jeff Culbert is terrific as both Archy (ur-environmentalist, complainer, seer, visionary, poet, parodist, wit) and Mehitabel (bohemian, wild, romantic, dancer, singer, survivor)." - James Reaney, London Free Press. Directed by Jayson McDonald.

SHOW TIMES
FRI, AUG 28 8:15 PM

SAT, AUG 29 4:45 PM

SUN, AUG 30 6:30 PM

THU, SEP 03 8:00 PM

SAT, SEP 05 8:15 PM

SUN, SEP 06 3:00 PM

Read the PLANK Review.

 

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

Tuesdays with Morrie

Company: 
No Bells and Whistles Productions
Duration: 
90 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 4 St. Andrews School Gymnasium (1002 Pandora at Vancouver)
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Mitch Albom has found success and popularity in his occupation, but emotionally and spiritually he is bankrupt. While watching television one night, he learns that his former university professor Morrie Schwartz is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. The two begin to discuss the issues of happiness, life, and death, on a weekly basis as Mitch resumes the role of student. SHOW TIMES THU, AUG 27 6:00 PM SUN, AUG 30 9:00 PM MON, AUG 31 5:30 PM WED, SEP 02 5:30 PM SAT, SEP 05 5:30 PM SUN, SEP 06 4:00 PM

Read the PLANK Review.

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

The Seven Lives of Louis Riel

Company: 
Monster Theatre (Vancouver, BC)
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 4 St. Andrews School Gymnasium (1002 Pandora at Vancouver)
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Seven short plays about Louis Riel. Hero? Traitor? Rebel? Murderer? Poet? Prophet? Madman? Fringe superstars Monster Theatre return to the Victoria Fringe after ten years! (The Canada Show, Napoleon's Secret Diary, This is Cancer!) "Wildly Funny, wonderfully Crafted and Brilliantly Acted! Flawless!" 5 Stars - CBC. "Relentlessly clever, action-packed, Utterly Contemporary!" 5 Stars - Edmonton Journal. "Nothing short of a Comic Miracle!" - 5 Stars, FFWD SHOW TIMES FRI, AUG 28 9:30 PM, AUG 31 7:15 PM TUE, SEP 01 5:30 PM SAT, SEP 05 9:15 PM SUN, SEP 06 5:45 PM

Read the PLANK Review by James Roxby.

Or read Paul McKinnon's more questioning PLANK Review.

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

The Journey is not Done Quickly

Company: 
Midnight Hotel (New York, NY)
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 4 St. Andrews School Gymnasium (1002 Pandora at Vancouver)
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A multi-layered 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 is narrated by your guide, an itinerant purveyor of faith, remedies and diversions.

SHOW TIMES
THU, AUG 27 7:45 PM

SAT, AUG 29 4:14 PM

WED, SEP 02 9:00 PM

FRI, SEP 04 9:00 PM

SAT, SEP 05 2:00 PM

SUN, SEP 06 7:15 PM

Read the PLANK Review.

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me

Company: 
MBUH Productions (Victoria, BC)
Duration: 
80 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 4 St. Andrews School Gymnasium (1002 Pandora at Vancouver)
Preview Link: 
http://www.plankmagazine.com/preview/someone-wholl-watch-over-me
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Three men are trapped in a cell somewhere in Lebanon. Through their brief highs and devastating lows, they must band together to combat their ever-present fear and doubt. In circumstances so dire, sometimes all one can do is laugh. Produced by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. $1 from the sale of each ticket will go to support Amnesty International.

SHOW TIMES

FRI, AUG 28 7:30 PM

SAT, AUG 29 6:15 PM

SUN, AUG 30 3:45 PM

MON, AUG 31 9:00 PM

THU, SEP 03 5:30 PM

SUN, SEP 06 2:00 PM

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Read the PLANK Review.

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

Grandpa Sol and Grandma Rosie

Company: 
That Girl (Melbourne, Australia)
Duration: 
60 minutes
Venue: 
Venue 4 St. Andrews School Gymnasium (1002 Pandora at Vancouver)
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To confront her paralyzing fear of aging, nurse Jackie takes a job in Aged Care. Here, she challenges the notion that one can never mix reality with fiction, that comedy can't be serious and that the less appealing parts of aging should never be mentioned. 4.5 Stars - The Advertiser. 2008 Adelaide Fringe Award Winner. "Fascinating, endearing, funny." - Groggy Squirrel

SHOW TIMES
SAT, AUG 29 8:15 PM

SUN, AUG 30 2:00 PM

TUE, SEP 01 7:15 PM

THU, SEP 03 9:15 PM

FRI, SEP 04 5:30 PM

SAT, SEP 05 7:30 PM

Read the PLANK Review.

Location: 
Victoria
Year: 
2009

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