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September 9 - 19 Live Shows
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Big League
Cake Walk Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Jordan Potter and Stacey McLachlan Directors: Jordan Potter and Stacey McLachlan Image Credit: Graham Templeton alleytheatre.ca It’s a beautiful day for baseball, sports fans... too bad we won’t be seeing much of the game. ough the slams may be grand and the fly-balls may be poppin’, this irreverent, quick-witted comedy show from Vancouver sketch duo Cake Walk is far more interested in the action that happens in between the innings and behind the scenes, whether it’s going down in the commentary booth or the nosebleed seats. Finally, a stadium experience, with none of the sports. Performance Works
Hi, My Name Is Jai
LalaKiki Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jai Djwa Director: Raugi Yu Image Credit: Jai Djwa https://bit.ly/MyNameIsJai Why would you change the name you’ve been answering to your whole life? How do you find a new one? Why would anyone go to the trouble? Artist and performer Jai Djwa brings you on his journey with friends in HI, MY NAME IS JAI. Learn the secret power of changing your name in this funny and poignant show, directed by Raugi Yu.
50 mins
Funny / Silly / Weird / 14+ / Violent Content Thursday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Saturday September 9 September 11 September 12 September 14 September 17 September 18 8:45 - 9:35pm 8:45 - 9:35pm 1:45 - 2:35pm 7:00 - 7:50pm 7:00 - 7:50pm 3:30 - 4:20pm 60 mins
Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Intimate / Culturally Diverse / 14+ Friday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday September 10 September 11 September 12 September 16 September 18 September 19 8:45 - 9:45pm 1:45 - 2:45pm 5:15 - 6:15pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 7:00 - 8:00pm 5:15 - 6:15pm
The Library Performance Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Arthi Chandra Director: Arthi Chandra and Isabella Halladay Image Credit: Zion Greene-Bull @thelibrary.performanceco #PassengerSeatShow Passenger Seat is a hybrid theatre-concert. Written and sung and choreographed and devised and seen and felt and heard and erased and re-written by Arthi Chandra, Howard Dai, Isabella Halladay, Hannah Meyers, ule Van Den Dam, and Montserrat VidelaSamper. is piece started out as a capsule of Arthi being queer and 17, and has shi ed into a semi-rockpop series of songs and stories that pay homage to feeling feelings. Aesthetic: Pink, blue, purple, glitter, sweat, tears, other angsty things. A SIDE OF RICE
Chromedome Productions Toronto, Canada Playwright: Nicholas Rice Director: Nicholas Rice Image Credit: Heather Dick, Sirius Theatre Less than a month a er the Fringe, I'll turn seventy - can I be the oldest artist here? I've been around. I'm an actor, a teacher, a writer, a martial artist - a loving partner and a dad - a good Jewish boy who grew up without a dad of his own, and who has spent most of his life trying to fathom what it is to be a gentleman - both gentle and a man. In A SIDE OF RICE I tell some of the pivotal stories, the turning points, that have brought me to this sweetest time of my life.
- My eatre Award (Toronto) Nomination, Best Performance, Brandon Crone's NATURE OF THE BEAST - Bessie Award, Best Performance, BMO ad campaign, "It IS Possible" "Congrats... Nicholas Rice... for making the list of top 5 shows to see at Fundy Fringe."
- THEEASTMAG.COM, Saint John, New Brunswick
60 mins Funny / Musical / Intimate / 2SLGBTQIA+ / Culturally Diverse / 18+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content Thursday Saturday Sunday September 9 September 11 September 12 Wednesday September 15 Saturday Sunday September 18 September 19 7:00 - 8:00pm 3:30 - 4:30pm 7:00 - 8:00pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 5:15 - 6:15pm 3:30 - 4:30pm 55 mins Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Intimate / All Ages / Coarse Language Saturday September 11 7:00 - 7:55pm
Sunday Tuesday September 12 September 14 3:30 - 4:25pm 8:45 - 9:40pm
Wednesday September 15 Friday September 17 7:00 - 7:55pm 8:45 - 9:40pm
Saturday September 18 1:45 - 2:40pm
A Toast to Prohibition
Melanie Gall Presents Edmonton, Canada Playwright: Melanie Gall Director: Wendy Gall Image Credit: Berry Berkman, Christache Ross http://www.melaniegall.com @melaniegpresents @melaniepresents @melaniepresents #ToastProhibition #TipsySparrow Celebrate the 101st anniversary of Prohibition with flappers, gin fizz and a speakeasy cabaret. From secret cellars and doctor-prescribed alcohol to a teetotaller attacking saloons with a hatchet... if it happened during Prohibition, there’s a song about it! Featuring 1920s hits: ‘ e Lips at Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine,’ 'Where do ey Go (When ey Row Row Row)' and ‘Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar.’ Starring Melanie Gall from shows Piaf and Brel & Ingénue.
- Best Family Show, Vancouver Fringe - Best in Venue, Orlando Fringe - Staff Choice, Tampa Fringe "A delightful musical full of champagne sparkle. It’s just what audiences have come to expect from talented Melanie Gall, star of shows such as Piaf and Brel, Ingenue, and We’ll Meet Again. Her powerful soprano voice soars effortlessly."
- apt613.ca
60 mins
Funny / Musical / Culturally Diverse / All Ages Friday September 10 Saturday September 11
Sunday September 12
Thursday September 16
Saturday Sunday September 18 September 19 7:00 - 8:00pm 5:15 - 6:15pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 7:00 - 8:00pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 1:45 - 2:45pm
Mobility Consideration:
is show involves prolonged walking, standing, and stairs. Please indicate any accessibility needs (ramp/chair/etc.) in your ticket purchase.
The Neverland Night Circus
Geekenders Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Fairlith Harvey and Matt Beaver Director: Fairlith Harvey Image Credit: Shayan Naziripour http://geekenders.net "Come away with me." You hesitate... But who doesn't want to run away with the circus? You escape to a big top lost outside of time, an ephemeral spectacle that springs up every night at dusk in an explosion of music and glitter, only to disappear again as sunbeams crawl over the morning horizon. Audience members will follow that perpetual boy to meet scintillating mermaids, beautiful fairies, and the hopeful Wendy, deciding as she does whether to stay in Neverland... or to fly away home.
60 mins Intense / Poetic / Intimate / 2SLGBTQIA+ / Culturally Diverse / All Ages Friday September 10 6:30 - 7:30pm, 6:45 - 7:45pm, 7:00 - 8:00pm, 7:30 - 8:30pm, 7:45 - 8:45pm, 8:00 - 9:00pm Saturday September 11 6:30 - 7:30pm, 6:45 - 7:45pm, 7:00 - 8:00pm, 7:30 - 8:30pm, 7:45 - 8:45pm, 8:00 - 9:00pm Thursday September 16 6:30 - 7:30pm, 6:45 - 7:45pm, 7:00 - 8:00pm, 7:30 - 8:30pm, 7:45 - 8:45pm, 8:00 - 9:00pm Friday September 17 6:30 - 7:30pm, 6:45 - 7:45pm, 7:00 - 8:00pm, 7:30 - 8:30pm, 7:45 - 8:45pm, 8:00 - 9:00pm Sunday September 19 6:30 - 7:30pm, 6:45 - 7:45pm, 7:00 - 8:00pm, 7:30 - 8:30pm, 7:45 - 8:45pm, 8:00 - 9:00pm
ASL Interpreted Performance: e performance held on Saturday, September 18 at 2pm will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Cooking for Grief
Alma Matters Productions Toronto, Canada Playwright: Breanna Maloney Directors: Breanna Maloney and Sarah Marchand Image Credit: Brendee Green, Breanna Maloney http://www.almamattersproductions.com Alma Matters Productions @almattersprod @almattersprod #almattersprod #cookingforgrief #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #vanfringe Following a sudden death in his family, Rob must come to terms with his own identity and the actions that inform his role as a son, partner, and friend. He returns to group therapy - a er a brief hiatus - on the heels of a fractured realization of self. As the members of Group work together, they find common ground in their experiences with loss, pain, and addictions. Cooking for Grief explores familial relationships, addictions, and what it means to accept healing into one's life.
- Alma Matters Productions: Winner of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Patrons Pick "Director Sarah Marchand, Playwright Breanna Maloney and Dramaturge Merlin Simard have assembled for us an intimate, messily authentic look at the great joy and tragedy of having people who mean more to you than anything."
- Trevor Abes A Coveted Wife of East Van
Muse Lab Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Marn Norwich Director: Ariel Martz-Oberlander Image Credit: Christache Ross In her quest for partnership, Samantha Cohen’s questionable dating choices include a guy named Mansplain, a pimp and a murderer. She and her best friend, Kali, are New-Age-type artists living in East Van. While they create a musical comedy about dating, Sam’s blurry boundaries produce a hotbed of disaster. Alarmed and fed up, Kali resorts to an extreme measure to save her friend. Playwright: Marn Norwich, Director: Ariel MartzOberlander, Music: Itamar Erez, Starring Megan Phillips.
- Selected for dramaturgy by the Winnipeg Jewish eatre for their So, Nu? Festival, 2020
45 mins Tear-Jerker / Intellectual / Intimate / 2SLGBTQIA+ / Culturally Diverse / 18+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content / Challenging Content Friday September 10 Saturday September 11 Sunday September 12 Tuesday September 14 Thursday September 16 Friday September 17 Saturday September 18 5:45 - 6:30pm 5:45 - 6:30pm 6:00 - 6:45pm 6:45 - 7:30pm 6:00 - 6:45pm 5:45 - 6:30pm 2:00 - 2:45pm 40 mins
Funny / Silly / Musical / 14+ Saturday September 11 3:30 - 4:10pm Sunday September 12 1:30 - 2:10pm, 3:30 - 4:10pm Monday September 13 6:15 - 6:55pm Tuesday September 14 5:20 - 6:00pm Wednesday September 15 6:00 - 6:40pm Saturday September 18 4:00 - 4:40pm, 5:30 - 6:10pm Sunday September 19 2:00 - 2:40pm, 4:30 - 5:10pm
ASL Interpreted Performance: e performance held on Saturday, September 18 at 7:30pm will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
TRUTH or DARE
MajidTaf Tehran, Iran Playwright: Majid Tafreshi Director: Majid Tafreshi Image Credit: Maryam Amiri @mtafreshi2 @mjtafreshi #truthordare #majidtaf Truth Or Dare is about a man who finds himself lost in a new and solitary world where he falls into a conversation with a disembodied voice. As he struggles to understand the self imposed isolation he is in, the voice presents him with an opportunity to escape. Wings Over Water - A Diasporic Bird Play
Three Birds Flying Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Chantal Dobles Gering, Anjalica Solomon, and Sarvin Esmaeili Director: Sarvin Esmaeili Image Credit: Kimberly Ho @WingsOverWater:ADiasporicBirdPlay @_wingsoverwater_ #shawdowjam #collaboration #queer #livemusic #dance #poetry Wings Over Water is an original diasporic bird play set in the liminal space of the ocean where Baby Bird meets 7 birds through phases of growth and cycle breaking: Grandmother Bird, Patriarchy Bird, Anarchy Bird, Blood Bird, Party Bird and Dream Bird. Join us through the intimate and sensory worlds of poetry, original live music created on the loop pedal, somatic movement and shadow puppetry to experience a work of innovative theatre like none other. Will Baby Bird find their way home?
45 mins Intense / Poetic / Intellectual / Culturally Diverse / All Ages / Challenging Content Friday September 10 Saturday September 11
Sunday September 12
Friday September 17
Saturday September 18 7:25 - 8:10pm 7:25 - 8:10pm 7:30 - 8:15pm 7:25 - 8:10pm 7:30 - 8:15pm 60 mins Musical / Tear-Jerker / Poetic / 2SLGBTQIA+ / Culturally Diverse / All Ages / Racialized Content Friday September 10 9:00 - 10:00pm
Saturday September 11 9:00 - 10:00pm
Monday Tuesday September 13 September 14 8:00 - 9:00pm 8:00 - 9:00pm
Wednesday September 15 8:00 - 9:00pm
Thursday September 16 8:00 - 9:00pm
Friday September 17 9:00 - 10:00pm
Sunday September 19 7:30 - 8:30pm
A Bard Buffet
Shakespeare Out Loud INC. West Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Rodger Barton Director: Rodger Barton Image Credit: Rodger Barton http://shakespeareoutloud.ca A Bard Buffet is an all-you-can-eat feast of some of Shakespeare’s best speeches – Titania, Juliet, Richard III, Hamlet, Edmund, Goneril, and 18 others, selected from a menu by the unruly Elizabethan mob that is the audience. Anecdotes from four years with Maggie Smith and two seasons in Peter Ustinov’s King Lear at Stratford provide some sauce and spice to the fare. Bon appétit!
"We can't be anything but amazed watching this master of character transition in and out of his many roles. is performance is a lesson and one we can all use."
- Roanna Zuker, Plank Magazine, Vancouver Fringe, 2011 Everybody Knows
Rita Sheena Movement Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Rita Sheena Director: Rita Sheena Image Credit: Kristine Cofsky http://www.ritasheenamovement.com @ritasheenamovement #everybodyknows #comeemotewithme EVERYBODY KNOWS is a moody and evocative Performance Art show set to nine Leonard Cohen cover songs. In this semi-autobiographical, one-Woman musical, Rita Sheena creates a spiralling narrative using contemporary dance, post-modern quirk, and the haunting melodies of First Aid Kit. is is the latest work from her highly acclaimed Come Emote With Me theatre series, and Rita is thrilled to debut EVERYBODY KNOWS at the 2021 Vancouver Fringe Festival.
60 mins
Funny / Poetic / Intellectual / 18+ Thursday September 9 Saturday September 11 Sunday September 12 Tuesday September 14 Friday September 17 Sunday September 19 8:45 - 9:45pm 8:30 - 9:30pm 2:00 - 3:00pm 7:00 - 8:00pm 7:00 - 8:00pm 3:30 - 4:30pm 44 mins Musical / In Your Face / Poetic / 2SLGBTQIA+ / 14+ / Coarse Language Saturday September 11 7:00 - 7:45pm
Sunday Tuesday September 12 September 14 3:45 - 4:30pm 8:45 -9:30pm
Wednesday September 15 Friday September 17 7:15 - 8:00pm 8:45 - 9:30pm
Saturday September 18 3:45 - 4:30pm
IAGO vs HAMLET
RibbitRePublic Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jayson McDonald Director: Jayson McDonald Image Credit: Jon Paterson, Rod Peter Jr. http://RibbitRePublic.com @ribbitrepublic @ribbitrepublic @ribbitrepublic #IagovsHamlet Hamlet e Tragic Dane takes on Othello’s bane Iago in a battle of soliloquies within a rented double-book’d rehearsal space. A folio of metered verse and blood besides doth make for cracking spectacle, so come anon! Mothers, brothers, star-cross’d lovers, all are welcome!
"Audience the big winner in hilarious war of words."
- London Free Press Practice Round
Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jake Sheardown Director: Carson Bokenfohr Image Credit: Renae Mae Miller, Bryan Otter, and Jake Sheardown @lffcomedy @lffcomedy Set in the Simulation Centre; the go-to place to have a meaningful relationship, Practice Round introduces us to Jason and Morgan, two young adults looking for something more who enter the simulation with competing energies, lively grievances, and opposing values. With sessions only lasting an hour, the unlikely pair are set on an accelerated path to discover who they are and what they want - leaving us to wonder what is real, what is manufactured, and when does that matter?
60 mins Funny / Silly / Intellectual / 14+ / Violent Content Friday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday September 10 September 11 September 12 September 16 September 18 September 19 8:45 - 9:45pm 1:45 - 2:45pm 7:00 - 8:00pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 7:00 - 8:00pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 60 mins Funny / Weird / Intellectual / 14+ / Coarse Language Friday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday September 10 September 11 September 12 September 16 September 18 September 19 7:00 - 8:00pm 5:15 - 6:15pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 7:00 - 8:00pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 5:15 - 6:15pm
Something in the Water
Scantily Glad Theatre Saskatoon, Canada Playwright: S.E. Grummett Collaborators: Mind of a Snail, Deanna Fleysher Image Credit: Kenton Doupe http://www.scantilygladtheatre.com @scantilygladtheatre @scantilygladsk @scantilygladsk #SomethingInTheWater When Grumms transforms into a squid monster (think Creature from the Black Lagoon meets e Muppets), they must hide their secret identity and disguise as a "normal human woman." Stunning video projections, puppetry and physical comedy combine in this absurd exploration of gender and growing up "normal."
- WINNER, Best eatre, Adelaide Fringe, 2021 - WINNER, Best of Fest, Saskatoon Fringe (Pack Animals), 2018 - NOMINATED, Best English Production, Montreal Fringe (Girl in the Box) "Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks."
- InDaily " I can’t recommend this play enough." - e Star Phoenix
“Inventive, unpredictable, and seriously wacky.”
- e Advertiser
"Frantic, frivolous and weirdly charming, Something in the Water tugs on the heartstrings and tickles the funny bones."
- InDaily
60 mins Funny / Silly / Weird / 2SLGBTQIA+ / 18+ / Sexual Content / Nudity Thursday Saturday Sunday September 9 September 11 September 12 Wednesday September 15 Saturday Sunday September 18 September 19 7:00 - 8:00pm 3:30 - 4:30pm 5:15 - 6:15pm 8:45 - 9:45pm 5:15 - 6:15pm 7:00 - 8:00pm Image Credit: Paul Falkowski
Image Credit: Paul Falkowski
