2009

Imprint

Company:

Lisa Milloy and Leah Wickes (Victoria, BC)

Duration:

45 minutes

Venue:

Venue 2: Metro Studio (1411 Quadra at Johnson)

Photograph:

Set to an original score by composer James Boatman, Imprint explores memory - both indelible and ephemeral. Using text, light, and scenes set with scale askew, the two dancers guide and support each other through the vast, textured scape of remembered experience.

SHOW TIMES
SAT, AUG 29 8:30 PM

MON, AUG 31 6:30 PM

WED, SEP 02 8:45 PM

THU, SEP 03 10:00 PM

SAT, SEP 05 8:45 PM

SUN, SEP 06 3:00 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Caberlesque

Company:

Bundle of Joy Productions (Saskatoon, SK)

Duration:

75 minutes

Venue:

Venue 2: Metro Studio (1411 Quadra at Johnson)

Photograph:

The sexiest show on the Fringe! Blending the best of edgy European Cabaret with classic American Burlesque, join Ms. SugarPuss, Prairie Fire, Max and Marina as they take you on a saucy romp through Berlin 1933, Amsterdam 1967 and into the smoky burlesque houses of NYC - where anything goes! Featuring the music of Kurt Weill, Henry Mancini and Jacques Brel.

SHOW TIMES

FRI, AUG 28 10:45 PM

SAT, AUG 29 2:00 PM

TUE, SEP 01 6:30 PM

FRI, SEP 04 8:15 PM

SAT, SEP 05 10:15 PM

SUN, SEP 06 1:00 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Anne Frank is in my Dreams

Company:

Humble Wonder Theatre (Victoria, BC)

Duration:

90 minutes

Venue:

Venue 2: Metro Studio (1411 Quadra at Johnson)

Photograph:

The repetition of Pete's life has made him restless and jaded until a new intern, Anna, begins working at his publishing office. When a copy of "The Diary of Anne Frank" crosses his desk, Pete's dreams begin to confuse Anna with Anne Frank, and the boundaries between his dreaming and waking life collapse. Can Pete get Anne out of his head?

SHOW TIMES
SAT, AUG 29 6:30 PM

TUE, SEP 01 8:30 PM

WED, SEP 02 6:30 PM

FRI, SEP 04 10:15 PM

SAT, SEP 05 3:00 PM

SUN, SEP 06 8:00 PM

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

High Life

Company:

Ryuzanji Company (Tokyo, Japan)

Duration:

100 minutes

Venue:

Venue 2: Metro Studio (1411 Quadra at Johnson)

Photograph:

High Life by Lee MacDougall. Four free-sprited junkies’ chimerical attempt to rob a bank. Originally written by Lee MacDougall, an Ontario-based Canadian playwright, translated into Japanese and has been a long running hit in Japan. The show is coming home to its country of birth as a part of its tour to Taiwan, China, Koreaand Russia. Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

Show Times
Thu Aug 27, 8:30

Fri Aug 28, 6:15

Fri Aug 28, 8:30

Sat Aug 29, 4:00

Sat Aug 29, 6:15

Sun Aug 30, 2:00

Sun Aug 30, 4:15

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

The Peter n’ Chris Show! With Peter n’ Chris!!

Company:

Level Headed Friends (Vancouver, BC)

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Venue 1: Downtown Community Activity Centre (755 Pandora)

Photograph:

Two award-winning comedians*. 8 ½ sketches. Are the sketches award-winning? No. Because they’re new! So get ready for hilarious adventure following two members of a spoiled generation that refuse to grow up. Peter and Chris (ITSAZOO, Atomic Vaudeville) will do good deeds to your funny bone! In 3-D!!

“I laughed so hard I peed joy” – andrew bailey (writer/performer Putz).

Show Times

Thu Aug 27, 6:15

Sat Aug 29, 9:45

Sun Aug 30, 8:00

Mon Aug 31, 6:15

Thu Sep 3, 6:15

Fri Sep 4, 9:00

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

The Return of Sex

Company:

Knights in Shining Armour Productions (Victoria, BC)

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Venue 1: Downtown Community Activity Centre (755 Pandora)

Photograph:

The Return of Sex by Mur Meadows. Will there be love and sex in 2072? After epidemics of sexually transmitted diseases, will future humans be able to procreate with each other? The answers are surprising when you join Dr. Dipuc, of the Lotusland University of Sexual Technology (L.U.S.T.), as he explores our sexuality.

Parental Guidance: Adult Themes. Audience participation. A portion of receipts to benefit BC Charities.

Show Times:

Fri Aug 28, 9:45

Sun Aug 30, 4:30

Tue Sep 1, 8:00

Fri Sep 4, 5:30

Sat Sep 5, 10:45

Sun Sep 6, 12:30

Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Missed Connections

Company:

47th Place Productions (Victoria, BC)

Duration:

50 minutes

Venue:

Venue 1: Downtown Community Activity Centre (755 Pandora)

Photograph:

Missed Connections by Ryan Foster, Kendra Terpenning, Simon Basch and Sandi Barret.

When John and Anna met it was love at first sight. Just one problem: they didn’t say a word to each other. Now, John has posted a personal ad searching for Anna and both are plunged into the voyeuristic world of the weird and wonderful that can only be found in Missed Connections.

Show times
Fri Aug 28, 6:15

Sun Aug 30, 6:15

Mon Aug 31, 8:00

Thu Sep 3, 9:45

Sat Sep 5, 7:15

Sun Sep 6, 2:15

Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Good Night Uncle Joe

Company:

Outpost 31 (Victoria, BC)

Duration:

65 minutes

Venue:

Venue 1: Downtown Community Activity Centre (755 Pandora)

Photograph:

Good Night Uncle Joe by David Elendune. Cold War Moscow: 1st March 1953. Joseph Stalin’s paranoid reign of terror is in its last horrific death throes. With the arrival of the enigmatic Anna, ruthless KGB enforcer Lavrentti Beria finds life & loyalty pushed to the brink. “Thought-provoking stuff that grips us with mystery” – theatre bc. Sponsored by Langham Court Theatre.

Show times:

Thu Aug 27, 8:00

Sat Aug 29, 6:15

Mon Aug 31, 9:45

Thu Sep 3, 8:00

Sat Sep 5, 5:30

Sun Sep 6, 7:30

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

Colette Suspended

Company:

Where's Noonan (Victoria, BC)

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Venue 1: Downtown Community Activity Centre (755 Pandora)

Photograph:

Colette Suspended by Tony Hubner. Franz, Colette and Robert live in a closet. This is appropriate, as they are marionettes, having very dramatic lives. With substance abuse, attempted rape, murder and suicide, this is Pinocchio for adults. Bring the kiddies only if you’re the Addams Family.

Drama Noir; Adult Themes/Extremely Coarse Language/Violence

Show Times:
Thu Aug 27, 9:45

Sat Aug 29, 8:00

Wed Sep 2, 9:45

Fri Sep 4, 7:15

Sat Sep 5, 9:00

Sun Sep 6, 9:15

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Location:

Victoria

Year:

2009

The Macbeths

Company:

Holy Cow (Vancouver, BC)

Duration:

60 minutes

Venue:

Venue 1: Downtown Community Activity Centre (755 Pandora)

Photograph:

A new adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, featuring Serge Saika and Maria Lakes. A timeless tale of love, lust, pride and murder; of promises kept and promises broken. Supernatural fate or earthly choice... “what beast was’t then that made you break this enterprise to me?”

Parental Guidance: Adult Themes, Violence (sword fight and talk of murder)

Show Times:

Fri Aug 28, 8:00

Tue Sep 1, 9:45

Wed Sep 2, 6:15

Fri Sep 4, 10:45

Sat Sep 5, 2:00

Sun Sep 6, 4:00

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Location:

Victoria