2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival Program Guide

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September 7-17, 2017

On and around Granville Island & East Vancouver. VancouverFringe.com

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700 performances.

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Table of Contents SHOWS BY VENUE

Welcome to the Fringe Fringe Festival Team Ticket Information PAL Shows Fringe Forever Getting to the Fringe Maps The Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All Making His Mark: 12 Years with David Jordan Theme Days We’re Having a Party: Opening Night Get Lucky with the 2017 Fringe Raffle!

Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Food Trucks & Where to Eat Your Fringe for a Day Become a Fringe Lover (How to Donate) Workshops Theatre Wire Fringe Awards Night Join the Fringe Online World Fringe Day Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals The Public Market Pick of the Fringe & Pick Plus

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Studio 16 Waterfront Theatre Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Performance Works Revue Stage The Cultch Historic Theatre Dramatic Works Series Generation Hot: Waterborne Advance Theatre Bring Your Own Venue (BYOVs)

APPENDIX 64 65 65 66

Thanks to our Donors Thanks to our Partners Thanks to our Volunteers Show Index

MASTER SCHEDULE 34-38

How to Fringe The Fringe is a time to gorge on theatre, but we know that selecting shows can be a daunting task. There are many ways to choose your shows:

Be Meticulous: Read every single description and pick your favourites.

Be Random: Fringe shows are chosen by lottery or on a first come, first served method—so just go with the flow.

Choose Based on Your Schedule: Figure out when you can come to the Festival, then, check out the Master Schedule on page 34 to see what’s on at that time.

Visit the Fringe Info Centre: Our Info Centre staff and volunteers can give you the scoop on what people are talking about and help you pick a show that you’ll like. See page 6 for more info!

ARTS UMBRELLA

Venue Flag:

Shows at Mainstage Venues don’t have a flag. Check the top left corner of the page or section to see which venue these shows are at. Bring Your Own Venue (BYOVs) shows are at venues all over town and the venue is listed in the flag. Check out page 10-11 for all venue locations.

Show Title Production Company / Artist Where the artists are from Playwright Website (if they have one) Show Description:

Did you know artists write their own show descriptions?

Reviews:

Some artists choose to include reviews of their show or of past shows as well as awards they’ve received.

Symbols:

Artists have self-selected if their shows are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Friendly or Low Vision Friendly. See the Accessibility section on page 6 for more info. The PAL symbols indicates shows that have chosen to donate part of their sales to the Performing Arts Lodge. See page 7 for details. Some performances are half-price. Keep a look out for the half-price symbol and score a deal on tickets.

WHAT ARE WE: A MUSICAL Awkward Banana Dates Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Jimmy bananasmakebetterspouses.com Ever looked at your banana and thought “I wonder what it would be like to date you?”

Here is the answer to that question and to so many more.

Winner of the 2016 Just for Laughs Best Comedy Award.

“What Are We: A Musical raises deep, soul-searching questions such as ‘Why aren’t I dating a banana? and ‘Could a banana be a better lover than my current partner?’” —The New York Times “I went and proposed to my banana after seeing this.” —Torontoist

Show Type / Length / Age Guideline / Warnings:

Artists select show types to give you an idea of what to expect beyond the comedy/drama monikers. The running time is important if you’re trying to catch another show later. Artists also self-select what they think are appropriate age guidelines. Warnings include notes on content or effects that may not be suitable for all theatregoers.

Funny / Intimate / 70 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

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Let Buzz Sway You: We’re one of the last stops on the Fringe Circuit, so there are tons of reviews out there. Check our Twitter feed for links (@VancouverFringe). The Georgia Straight also reviews many shows in their Sept. 7 and 14 issues.

To help along the way, here are some tips on how to read a program guide listing:

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WELCOME TO THE FRINGE Dear Fringe Family, I am at once full of excitement and sadness to announce that this year will be my 12th and final Festival as Executive Director. Following the Festival, I am leaving to pursue a new career opportunity. It was a very difficult decision to make. My personal and professional life—and indeed my identity—have become intentionally and lovingly entwined with Fringe.

As perhaps was painfully obvious in my first couple of years at the helm, I was on a steep learning curve! My success was only possible during that time because of the support I received from the entire Fringe community. Over the past decade we have built a resilient and forward looking organization that cultivates theatre and theatre artists and invites a curious audience to share in the excitement of theatre incubation.

In making my decision, at first I had a hard time imagining myself outside of the Fringe. Others in my close circle have told me that they can hardly imagine the Fringe without me.

But of course, the Fringe is so much bigger than me. I have been a steward, a shepherd, and a nurturer, but this beautiful mission of cultivating participation in theatre existed before and will carry on after me. Indeed the mission existed in our community before the Fringe organization was born to fulfill it.

So come September we will embrace each other once more and the Fringe will wrap us in its embrace. And together we will embrace a new future, one full of possibilities. The Fringe has momentum. Over the past year we have focused on laying the ground work for an exciting new diversity strategy, which I expect will shape the future of the Fringe. Other year-round initiatives like Theatre Wire continue to evolve and grow to build our community beyond the Festival.

Being the Fringe’s Executive Director has been infinitely rewarding. I began my job in 2006, thinking I was an event producer. I leave it in 2017, knowing that I was a community leader. I learned everything I know about arts leadership because you gave me this opportunity and accepted me wholeheartedly. I know that my Fringe life will continue to inspire and guide me for the rest of my life. Thank you a thousand times.

Fringefully Yours,

David Jordan

Executive Director Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society

Being the president of a board means stewarding our mission, presiding over meetings, and ensuring we are serving the community. The past year has been an exciting one for me as all of these activities have culminated in a diversity audit.

This initiative will help us determine what our vision of Theatre for Everyone means now and in the future. We are excited about evaluating our programs through a diversity lens and making changes to increase diversity on our stages in the coming years.

I hope you enjoy this year’s lineup and our greatly expanded musical offerings at the Fringe Bar. Thanks to Creative BC for making this initiative possible as well as all our public and private funders that support our mission of cultivating artists and audiences to create an open and vibrant independent theatre community!

Happy Fringe!

Andrew Westman

Board President Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society

Each year over 200 Fringe Festivals across the world showcase hundreds of thousands of artists and performers. 19 million people see approximately 170 thousand performers in 60,000 free and ticketed events. There are so many different forms of Fringe Festival, no two are the same and they never repeat themselves.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Vancouver Fringe is a shining example of what Fringe Festivals do best; share, support, explore, and celebrate culture. Fringes are an important part of the creative food chain, presenting and discovering the stars of the future. They reflect the personality of the cities and towns in which they reside, embracing the past, present, and future of its local community.

You will experience an explosion of performance with artists coming from near and far for your pleasure and enjoyment.

Get involved and witness the action, hear the stories of travels, see exploratory, cutting edge, accessible, and innovative performance right on your doorstep.

Take a chance on the Fringe, it makes dreams happen!

Holly Lombardo Managing Director World Fringe

From humble beginnings in Edinburgh in 1947, the Fringe movement has developed into a global network of festivals over the last 70 years, with Fringes now taking place on every continent except Antarctica. 2017 promises to be a very exciting year in Fringe history as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and join with our sister Fringes around the globe to celebrate 70 years of the Fringe movement. I hope that anyone who has attended, performed at, or been involved in organising a Fringe will take the opportunity to share their Fringe stories on World Fringe Day.

Shona McCarthy

Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

On behalf of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF), welcome to the adventure that is Fringe. CAFF is comprised of 33 member festivals across North America with a mission to foster independent artistic exploration for artists and audiences alike. The Fringe is truly a feast for the artistically curious.

This past November CAFF played host to the World Fringe Congress, which gave us a chance to show off our “Made in Canada” model of Fringing. Over 53 international festivals participated and festival organizers marveled at CAFF’s accessible and inclusive model that returns 100% of the ticket price back to artists (minus taxes and fees). This year the Edinburgh Fringe celebrates its 70th anniversary and the global Fringe family celebrates with you!

Thank you for supporting the wild and wonderful movement that is Fringe. I hope you have a wonderful festival.

Kelly Straughan

President Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals

Welcome to the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival.

Throughout 2017, Canadians across the country will celebrate Canada 150 by taking part in activities and events that showcase our heritage and our cultural diversity.

The Vancouver Fringe Festival gives residents and visitors the chance to enjoy innovative performances by Canadian artists.

Our government is proud to support this Festival, which celebrates “theatre for everyone” while helping to create jobs, boost tourism, and enrich Vancouver’s cultural landscape.

As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I would like to thank the Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society, the talented performers, and the dedicated volunteers who helped make this year’s Festival a success, both on stage and behind the scenes. Enjoy the show!

Mélanie Joly

Minister of Canadian Heritage

Prepare to enjoy daring and unpredictable artists and innovative performances at the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival, a cultural gem for theatre lovers craving the excitement of experimental theatre.

From September 7 to 17, this exhilarating event features more than 700 performances by over 90 artists taking their original acts onto the stage to the delight of more than 40,000 attendees.

Thank you to all of the organizers and more than 500 volunteers that work so hard in support of this Festival which provides an excellent vehicle for audience engagement and celebrating professional theatre. Thank you for sparking innovation and pushing creative boundaries, adding so much to the vitality and dynamism of British Columbia’s arts scene.

Merla Beckerman

Chair of the BC Arts Council

On behalf of the citizens of Vancouver and my colleagues on City Council, I want to extend a warm welcome to everyone attending the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival.

The Fringe Festival is one of the leading cultural organizations in Vancouver that has been at the forefront at showcasing new talent since 1985. The Fringe Festival’s mission was to open the door to artists of all genres and formats and allow the exchange of expression to flow freely—this has created one the best art festivals in Vancouver.

Congratulations to all the staff and over 500 volunteers who work so hard to create a successful Festival. To all the artists, directors, producers, crews, and audiences taking part in this year’s event, I trust you will find the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival to be entertaining and enlightening.

Sincerely,

Gregor Robertson

Mayor, City of Vancouver

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Chair: Andrew Westman

Executive Director: David Jordan

Advertising Sales: Clevers Media

Treasurer: Bob Wang

Acting Managing Director: Chelsee Damen

Distribution Coordinator: Elana Mabrito

Members At Large: Nancy More Jim Sibley Sharon Sutherland Claudia Sjoberg Leslie Carty Gerry Keane

Managing Director (on maternity leave): Shantini Klaassen

Raffle Coordinator: Nicole Ebert

Finance Manager: Kathy Costello

Assistant Volunteer Coordinator: Andrea Cowan

Fringe Bar Manager: Ian Wardle

Director of Patron Development: Robyn Kurtz

Volunteer Supervisor: Fay Wang

Communications Director: Debby Reis

Volunteer Team Leaders: John Sullivan Tania De Ridder Annika Hecht Veronika Tkacova

Assistant Bar Manager: Graham Lim

Entertainment Coordinator: Corbin Murdoch

Audiences Services Manager: Angie Descalzi Sponsorship and Development Manager: Cherine Amr

Dispatch Coordinator: Vixn Pryzbysz

Production Manager: Eduardo Ottoni

Lead Designer: Ada Sin

Dispatch Assistants: Christina Tinson-Price Alisa Lokshin Anthony Liam Learns Myriam Duchesne

Site Coordinator: Mitchell Ingram

Junior Designer: Serene Giles

Artist Services Coordinator: Jess Amy Shead

Communications Coordinator: Deanna Cheng

Artist Research: Ariane Lapointe-Auger

“Jimmy” Illustrations: Zuzia Juszkiewicz

Box Office Manager: Paige Louter

Cover Art: April Caverhill

Count Room Staff: Jennifer Kasun

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Artist Mentors: Eric Rhys Miller and The Only Animal (Generation Hot: Waterborne) Sherry Yoon (Dramatic Works Series) mia susan amir and Playwrights Theatre Centre (Dramaturge for Fringe New Play Award)

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TICKET INFORMATION

Buy tickets early! They’re available online at vancouverfringe.com starting August 3.

Tickets are available for pick-up or purchase in person at the Fringe Box Office, or at the venue starting 45 minutes before the performance. The Fringe Box Office is open from September 5-17, 4-9:00pm on weekdays and noon-9:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

With more than 700 performances presented over 11 days, we need to start every performance on time! We recommend arriving at least 20 minutes before a show starts to avoid disappointment.

Patrons arriving after the performance has begun will not be admitted.

NO LATECOMERS. NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Membership Fee (One-Time Purchase)

Regular Ticket Prices

Purchase your $5 Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society (VFTS) Membership to gain access to the Fringe Festival.

Your Membership helps ensure there will be a Festival!

You will be required to present your Membership Card at each performance you attend. If you are unable to present your Card, you will be required to purchase an additional non-refundable Card.

$14 (Including applicable taxes and $3 ticketing fee.)

In addition to accessing shows during the Festival, by joining the VFTS, you are entitled to participate in its direction by attending the VFTS Annual General Meeting in 2018. Completely filling in your Membership Card and dropping it off at the Box Office or any Fringe venue activates your Membership. All activated Memberships will be entered into a draw for a 2018 Festival Pass. All personal information provided will be kept private and confidential and will not be passed on to any individual or organization as per our Privacy Policy, which is available at vancouverfringe.com.

Artists keep 100% of the base ticket price, but taxes and fees are included in the advertised price.

Please note that a Fringe Membership must be presented at each performance you attend Shows may sell out in advance. Buy tickets early for your must-see shows. All ticket sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. In case of show cancellation, return tickets to the Fringe Box Office.

Half-Price Shows

Every show marked with the half-price symbol is half-price!

Membership is valid until September 4, 2018.

Flaunt Your Fringe! Ticket Top-Up

Tickets at the Door

Purchase advance tickets online, or in person at the Box Office up to 45 minutes prior to show time.

After that, tickets will be held for pick up at the door starting 45 minutes before show time.

Tickets for all shows may be purchased at the individual venues starting 45 minutes before show time and until show time, subject to availability.

Please arrive early. Patrons arriving after the show has started will not be admitted. No refunds for latecomers.

Program Changes and Updates Visit vancouverfringe.com for the most current information regarding added, sold out, and cancelled shows; venue and show time changes; and for updates on special events. Any changes will also be posted at the Fringe Box Office (see page 10 for location). All show times are subject to change.

Please also check the Fresh Sheets for updates.

Fresh Sheets will be posted daily at the Fringe Box Office, Info Centre, Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, and at each venue.

See These Too! The Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All Wednesday, September 6 at Performance Works $10 in advance or at door (see page 13 for details). Passes will not be accepted.

Fringe Awards Night

Sunday, September 17 at Performance Works.

Entrance by cash donation to Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) Vancouver. Sorry, no passes.

Public Market Pick of the Fringe $25 online from September 17 at midnight, or at the door. The Public Market Pick of the Fringe will run from September 20 to 24 at the Performance Works. See page 67 for more info.

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Good for 4 performances

Good for 10 performances

Only 30 of these exclusive cards will be sold, and they include one Membership! It’s good for 30 performances and bragging rights!

Frequent Fringers are valid for one or two people (no more than two tickets per performance). Frequent Fringer Cards are limited to regular Festival performances and not valid at special events. Half-Price Shows count as a full ticket. A limited number of Cards are available. Cards are non-transferable and tickets may be booked in advance or at the door. Memberships are required and must be purchased separately (except for the Frequent Fringer 30, which includes one Membership).

Purchase your Card at vancouverfringe.com or at the Fringe Box Office (see page 10 for location). 100% of your Frequent Fringer Card price goes to the artists!

Fringe Info Centre

Advance Tickets

In person at the Fringe Box Office: You may purchase tickets in person at our Fringe Box Office until 45 minutes before the performance.

The Box Office is located at 1398 Cartwright Street on Granville Island (next to the Waterfront Theatre). See page 10 for location. The Fringe Box Office is open from September 5-17, 4-9:00pm on weekdays and noon-9:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays. We accept cash, Visa, and MasterCard.

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Questions?

When you purchase tickets in advance at our Box Office or online you can top-up your ticket purchase with a donation to keep the Fringe Festival vibrant and healthy. As a thank-you, you’ll receive a button showing everyone that you love the Fringe!

Order online: Tickets go on sale online at vancouverfringe.com on August 3, 2017.

Frequent Fringer Cards Frequent Fringers give you amazing value! You can book tickets in advance with your Frequent Fringer Card, so pick one up right away!

$25 online or at the door if there are still tickets left! The Pick Plus runs September 20 to 24 at Performance Works and includes The Merkin Sisters, Give It Up, Shirley Gnome: Taking It Up The Notch, and Peter n’ Chris’ Best Bits (see page 67 for more info).

All tickets and passes are subject to availability.

Prices include taxes where applicable.

Please turn off cell phones and other electronic devices in the theatres.

Stop by the Info Centre during the Festival and swap show recommendations with us, read show reviews, and get up-to-date info on all the latest Festival happenings. The Info Centre is open 4-8:00pm on weekdays and noon-8:00pm on weekends. It is located in the tent beside 1398 Cartwright Street on Granville Island (next to the Waterfront Theatre. See page 10 for location). For general inquiries, call the Info Centre at 604.762.5294 beginning September 5, 2017. Please note that due to the volume of messages left during the Festival, your inquiry may not be responded to for up to 24 hours.

NOTE: NO TICKET SALES VIA PHONE!

Questions About Online Sales?

Visit vancouverfringe.com/ticket-info for detailed help and instructions regarding difficulties using our online ticketing system. For further questions, email boxoffice@vancouverfringe.com. Please note that due to the volume of emails received during the Festival, messages may not be responded to for up to 24 hours.

Accessibility

Most Fringe venues are fully accessible; however, some site-specific venues have limited wheelchair access. Please visit vancouverfringe.com/ accessibility for detailed venue accessibility information.

Artists have indicated to the best of their knowledge if their show belongs on our list of shows that are Low Vision Friendly or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Friendly. The full list is available at vancouverfringe.com/accessibility.

Everybody Dies in December will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing on Thursday, September 14 at 5:10pm at Studio 1398.

Lovely Lady Lumps will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing on Friday, September 15 at 6:45pm at Studio 1398.

VocalEye will live describe A Very Unpleasant Evening at the Rockefeller Rink Sometime Late December…ish for patrons with low vision on Saturday, September 16 at 3:50pm at The Cultch.

The Fringe is a participant of the Access2 Program. Attendants accompanying patrons with an Access2 Card will be admitted free of charge.

For full accessibility information at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, visit vancouverfringe.com/accessibility.

Children

The Fringe may not be suitable for children. Babes in arms (under two years old) are permitted, but we ask that you be respectful of other patrons and leave the theatre should your baby cause a disturbance. Keep in mind we do not censor or jury any of the content. Please consult the program guide or website for specific show ratings. All patrons, including children two years of age and older, must purchase a Membership.

The Fringe is partnering with Performing Arts Lodges Vancouver to help provide veterans of Vancouver’s performing arts industry affordable housing within a vibrant and creative community setting.

We invited Fringe artists to donate a portion of ticket sales to PAL Vancouver and we had a great response!

As you plan your 11 days of Fringe-ing, look for the PAL Vancouver symbol in the program guide.

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A THEATRE LIKE NO OTHER

3% of the ticket revenue from every show by these artists will be donated to PAL Vancouver. It’s a great way for you to catch your favourite shows and support a good cause.

In addition, your way into the Fringe Awards Night on September 17 at Performance Works (see page 61 for details) is by cash donation to PAL Vancouver. Thank you in advance for supporting this great organization! For more information visit palvancouver.org.

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WALKING AND CYCLING

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The seaside path is always a treat and gets you right to Granville Island and the Fringe! A bicycle is also a fantastic way to navigate the Fringe. Visit vancouver.ca/streetstransportation/cycling-routes-maps-and-trip-planner.aspx to find your best route. These routes are also suitable for people on foot. You can also take your bike on the Aquabus’ Cyquabuses for free! Bikes are only allowed on the Cyquabus and your best chance to catch one is to board from the Hornby Street dock. See the Ferry section below for more information.

If you’ve got your own boat or other water based form of transportation, free three hour visitors’ moorage is located behind the Granville Island Public Market. Space is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.

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GETTING TO THE FRINGE

Granville Island is the Vancouver Fringe Festival’s main hub! Most Mainstage venues, the Fringe Box Office, and the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar are on Granville Island. With restaurants, the Public Market, live theatres, galleries, art studios, and shops, the Island offers a lot to do between Fringe shows. Its relaxed atmosphere surrounded by mountains and ocean makes Granville Island the perfect stage for outstanding theatre at the Fringe. Located in the heart of Vancouver, Granville Island (under the south side of the Granville Street Bridge) is easily accessible through a variety of means.

PUBLIC TRANSIT The Fringe is easily accessible by bus. The #50 bus goes straight to Granville Island from Waterfront Station through downtown along Granville Street, or from the Olympic Village Station. The #84 stops on 4th avenue and Fir street, a short walk from the Island. Otherwise the #4, #7, #10, #14, or #16 all stop on the south side of the Granville Street bridge, where a leisurely stroll through the Granville Street Bridge Pedestrian Underpass and across the Granville Loop Park will find you in the heartland of the Fringe. For more personalized transit information and trip planning go to translink.ca or call 604.953.3333 (from 6:30am to 11:30pm).

PARKING After 7:00pm, parking is free and without time constraint in most parking spots on Granville Island! Between 7:00am and 7:00pm, free time limited parking is available in designated areas around the Island. During those hours, a vehicle may park for a maximum of three hours (and in certain spots, only one hour). If you want to extend your stay, we recommend that you move into a pay lot and purchase the extra time needed. Vehicles parked overtime will be ticketed.

TAXI Taxis are often found outside the Granville Island Public Market.

FERRY The Aquabus and False Creek Ferries operate from approximately 6:30am to 10:30pm daily and make for a lovely way to get to and from Granville Island. For more information including schedules, tickets, and maps, visit the theaquabus.com and granvilleislandferries.bc.ca.

forever Leave the gift of culture for future generations.

Leaving a gift in your will to the Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society is the simplest way to ensure the continuation of independent theatre in Vancouver. Art and culture make us human, and binds us through shared community and experiences.

Join those who have become Fringe Immortals and help create a Fringe Forever Legacy.

Fringe Immortals secure the future of the Fringe and the Fringe’s Vision of Theatre for Everyone.

When I am at the Fringe, I live in the moment. It is so alive with wild ideas that we might not ever otherwise see on stage.

I live for that kind of energy and the Fringe always delivers!

—Anonymous Legacy Donor

After ensuring the well-being of your family and friends, make a bequest or other meaningful gift to the Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society and become a Fringe Immortal.

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To find out more about supporting the long-term future of the Fringe and independent theatre in Vancouver, contact Robyn Kurtz, Director of Patron Development at 604.257.0350 (Ext. 107) or robyn@vancouverfringe.com.

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1585 Johnston St. Your Story. Your Voice. workshops will be held here. The Flame Performances will be held at Performance Works.

The Fringe would like to acknowledge that our events are taking place on the traditional unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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Fringe-For-All Get lucky. Find your shows!

Now on a whole new day and time, join hilarious hosts Travis Bernhardt and Chris Nash in this fast and furious two-hour preview event. 40 Fringe artists will have two minutes each to present the reason why you should see their show. Have your pens and program guides ready to circle your must-see shows.

With 100 shows in this year’s Festival, it’s going to be hard to choose!

Photos by: Rosemarie Gresham & Mike Vlasman.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 8:00pm

Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street

$10. Sorry, no passes will be accepted for admission.

Tickets are available online or at the door (if it doesn’t sell out first!)

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MAKING HIS MARK: 12 Years With David Jordan David’s going to miss his little buddy Jimmy! Photo by Sandie Chen.

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first met David Jordan in 2007, as I was writing about the upcoming Fringe Festival for SFU’s student newspaper, The Peak. I set up an interview and we sat at a picnic table on Granville Island where we talked about the upcoming Festival. I remember thinking David was so young. How could he run the Fringe?

Little did I know, David had only stepped into the role of Executive Director the year before. Prior to that, he served as the Artist Services Coordinator, a role which required him to meet artists and make sure they met deadlines. Then he worked as the Interim Executive Director, a role he held for five months before garnering the position on a permanent basis. The Fringe was facing hard times with a $100,000 deficit—and David openly admits that he had a lot of learning to do when he started. But his patience, charm, and dedication carried him through.

Isabella Kessel, who served as Festival Manager from 2007 to 2013, remembers meeting David during her job interview, and also thinking he was so young. “Then he smiled at me and made me feel welcome,” she recalls. “I was pretty sure we would get along, which proved to be right. He was the best and most fun boss and colleague I’ve ever had!”

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Getting into the spirit in 2007.

The staff team in general was young then (and continues to be since we rely on grants to hire seasonal staff), and many were just starting their

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careers. Isabella remembers how in 2008, the Designer, Zuzia Juszkiewicz (who created the now infamous Jimmy mascot) was working on one of her first big projects—the Festival program guide. “David and Zuzia had to pull a night shift with pizza and beer,” Isabella remembers. “David took on the role of supporter, coach, councillor, and caterer. They managed to finish it around 5:00am and it was a thing of sheer beauty. That’s the kind of thing David would do to make things work.”

In the spring of 2009, I met David for a second time, when I came in for my job interview. He loved that I knew everything about the Fringe after having written that article. I was thrilled when David and Isabella offered me the Communications Coordinator position. It was meant to be a year-long contract, but when the Liberal Provincial Government drastically cut arts funding, my position became seasonal.

2009 and 2010 turned into the years of wearing grey square buttons as a symbolic protest and asking people to write to their MLAs to reconsider funding cuts. It was also the period that David, alongside the Director of Development Gareth Duncan, had to make serious strides to increase donations. “David stood front and centre in the Fringe’s fundraising efforts with a very personal account of the importance of the arts and the potential impacts of cuts,” Gareth points out. “This contributed to a record number of gifts and helped launch years of growing support from the Fringe community.”

Since 2009, individual donations have gone up from just $2,000 a year to an astonishing $65,000! Individual donations remain a crucial part of the Fringe’s funding and continue to grow in significance every year.

What I remember most about those early days though, was working hard and playing hard. I marvel at how much work was accomplished in that hot little office despite random tourists walking in to ask about parking regulations and directions to the Market. And then there was all the dancing. We danced so much at the Fringe Bar—even dancing in the puddles in a late summer storm at the 2010 Festival.

Provincial funding was eventually

restored and David worked hard to bring down the deficit over the years.

When he sat me down in 2011 and asked me to come on year-round, I was amazed. I remember asking him if he was sure. The Fringe had started to feel like family long before that, but this seemed official. I’m sure David felt the same way. Isabella recalls him joking one day, saying, “‘Guys, I spend more time with you than with my family! It’s a lot of fun, but that’s crazy!’” It was true—at least leading up to the Festival.

Many people have rolled through the Fringe over the years and become part of the Fringe family. It’s the nature of a seasonal event. A lucky few are year-round, others return Festival after Festival, while some are just here briefly—including the artists,

Director of the Vancouver Fringe, David took on the role of President for the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) from 2010 to 2016.

During that time, he successfully bid to host the Fringe World Congress outside of Edinburgh for the first time ever, highlighting the value of the Canadian Fringe circuit to Fringe organizers around the world.

In 2015, David won one of Business in Vancouver’s prestigious 40 Under 40 spots. “Under Jordan’s direction,” they wrote, “the festival has climbed out of debt, nearly doubled attendance, doubled revenue and quadrupled sponsorship revenues.”

Since that honour, David’s done even more for the Fringe. He initiated yearround programming and support for

David taking the lead on fundraising with Charlie Ross (of One Man Star Wars) in 2009.

volunteers, donors, and patrons—and each has made a mark on the Fringe.

David has been a stalwart figure for 12 years; a “frolleague” (friend/colleague) as Managing Director Shantini Klaassen would say—and yes, even a sort of Fringe dad.

Then there was the Fringe when David’s wife Bethan Stewart was due to have a baby mid-Festival. We had backup plans in case he had to leave and even had a radio code known only to staff: the egg has hatched. Jasper was born on September 11, 2012, David and Bethan’s third child, with the Fringe happily taking a backseat to the occasion.

David has been a dedicated Fringe leader. In addition to being the Executive

independent theatre producers through Theatre Wire, which is now entering its third full season (see pages 32-33). And we’re in the early stages of the Diversity and Inclusion Project, which seeks to connect the Fringe to culturally diverse and underrepresented communities in Vancouver, to build mentorship for current and future theatrical creators in these communities, and to celebrate this work as a flourishing aspect of the Fringe. We’ll be announcing more about the Diversity and Inclusion Project as details develop.

David’s done a lot for the Fringe. And while he may not be the boss after this Festival, he’ll always be a huge part of this organization—and a part of the Fringe family.

Thursday, September 7: Hat Day

Did you know that Mainstage shows are drawn from a hat? All the more reason to kick off the first day of the Festival with your favourite chapeau.

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THEME DAYS!

There are more than 200 Fringe Festivals around the world—and more than a few of them have theme days.

We’re jumping on the bandwagon! If you love dressing up, you’re going to love this. Incorporate a detail or go all out! Join us in dressing up on each day’s theme!

Tuesday, September 12: TuTu Tuesday Plié and pirouette your way around the Festival.

Wednesday, September 13: Nerd Night

Embrace your inner nerd! Show off what you nerd out on, be it science, sci-fi, theatre, or pop-culture.

Friday, September 8: Fancy Friday Party dresses, suits and ties—whatever you think is fancy, we want to see it.

Thursday, September 14: Mustache Madness Grow one, paste one, or paint one on!

Saturday, September 9: Rainbows How many colours can you wear at once?

Friday, September 15: Disco Fever Is it more fun to be the good guy or the bad guy? You decide.

It’s been 70 years since the first Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland! Celebrate 70 years of Fringe by pretending it’s the ‘70s!

DJs Adam Fink and Bryan Sea, AKA Common People DJs will help us disco all night at the Fringe Bar, starting at 10:00pm.

Monday, September 11: Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler”

Time to get comfy!

Sunday, September 10: Heroes and Villains

Saturday, September 16: Pajama Day

You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away And know when to run...

Sunday, September 17: Punk It Up

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WE’RE HAVING A PARTY! (It’s the New Opening Night!)

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Join your fellow Fringers on the first night of the Festival to celebrate 11 days of Fringe-ing!

THURS 7

AT THE BIG ROCK BREWERY FRINGE BAR

6:00pm

at Ocean Art Works (1531 Johnston Street) on Granville Island

FREE!

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A welcome drink from XFour Hors d’oeuvres from Dockside Restaurant, the Keg, and La Taqueria Hand-crafted cocktails from Sons of Vancouver Door prizes from Urban Distillery and XFour Camaraderie and good times

Start your Fringe with music, merriment, and complimentary food and drink!

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PLUS! We’ll be drawing the winners of the Early Bird Draw for the Get Lucky Festival Raffle! Buy your Fringe Raffle tickets before 6:00pm on September 7 to be eligible to win early bird prizes, including a 2-night stay at the Granville Island Hotel during the Festival, a month’s worth of meals from Fresh Prep, or a 2017 Kick Ass Pass!

Raffle tickets are available online at VancouverFringe.com/Raffle. For more details on the Raffle, see page 19.

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An abandoned mom searches to find happiness, to realize her purpose in life now & maybe lose a pound or two.

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Get Lucky with the 2017 Fringe Raffle!

GRAND PRIZE

Costa Rica Quest for Two

Nature called you to Costa Rica—now here you are, suspended in the jungle canopy, locking eyes with a curious monkey. This action-packed tour of Costa Rica’s highlights is perfect for the adventurer with limited time who wants to explore the region’s diversity.

Specific itinerary subject to availability.

2ND PRIZE

Whistler Package For Two

A 4-night stay at Hilton Whistler Resort & Spa and two 60-minute Swedish massages at the Spa at Nita Lake Lodge

3RD PRIZE

Float House Subscription

Floating has an incredible array of benefits for your body, mind, and soul—many that you can only get within the tank. Enjoy 1-year membership at the Vancouver Float House (Kitsilano and Gastown).

EARLY BIRD RAFFLE PRIZES

To be eligible for early bird prizes, you must purchase your raffle tickets before 6:00pm September 7, 2017.

1ST PRIZE

2ND PRIZE

3RD PRIZE

Stay at the Fringe

Fresh Prep Gift Certificate ($576)

A 2017 Fringe Festival Kick Ass Pass

Enjoy a 2-night stay during the Vancouver Fringe Festival at the Granville Island Hotel.

Fresh Prep will help you create world-class dinners with ingredients delivered to your door. No grocery shopping. Zero prep for a whole month.

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You and a guest can see as many Fringe shows are you want THIS YEAR with this Pass!

RAFFLE TICKETS $10 for one ticket or $20 for three tickets.

Tickets are available online at vancouverfringe.com/raffle, or at the Raffle Tent (by the Fringe Box Office), the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, and around the Festival!

Note: Total value of prizes to be awarded is $6,175.40. Prizes have no equivalent cash value.

Early Bird draw will be on Sept. 7, 2017 at 8:30pm at the Fringe Bar. Sales cut-off for Early Bird Raffle is Sept. 7, 2017 at 6:00pm. Final Raffle draw will be on Sept. 17, 2017 at 9:30pm at Performance Works. You do not have to be present at either draw—we’ll be in touch if you win!

Tickets may be sold and purchased only in British Columbia. Ticket purchasers must be 19 years of age or older. If a winning ticket bears a minor’s name, the prize will be lawfully delivered on behalf of the minor to the minor’s parent, legal guardian, or trustee.

Chances are 1 in 3,190 (total tickets for sale) to win a grand prize. BC Gaming Event Licence #96882 Problem Gambling Help Line 1-888-795-6111 www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca

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2017 Fringe Festival Raffle ticket purchasers acknowledge and accept that the companies offering prizes are fully responsible and liable for any harm, injury, or loss resulting from use and enjoyment of the prize each company offers and that the Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society, presenters of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, bear no responsibility for any such harm, injury, or loss.

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BIG ROCK BREWERY

FRINGE BAR

Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island, this is the best place to meet fellow Festival-goers and artists from across the country and around the world. For the 11 days of the Festival, the Fringe Bar is also Vancouver’s hottest music venue. No Fringe experience is complete without a trip to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar. Come say hi.

More performances may be added! Check vancouverfringe.com and the daily Fresh Sheets for the most up-to-date information.

OPEN Monday - Friday 6:00pm - late Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm - late September 7-17, 2017 at Ocean Artworks 1531 Johnston Street Granville Island You must be 19 or older to purchase alcohol at the Fringe Bar but all ages are welcome.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Presented with Tiny Kingdom

8:00pm

SAVVIE

Savannah Leigh Wellman is the unstoppable force behind SAVVIE. She lives and breathes music, working tirelessly on and off stage to build up Vancouver’s music scene. Expect expertly crafted melodies and big, head-nodding choruses. savviemusic.com

9:00pm

Wooden Horsemen

Fringe favourites return to make sure the Festival starts out on the right foot. This hard-hitting, seven-piece band seamlessly fuses elements of raw blues, soul, and rock while incorporating a Latin and African inspired rhythmic approach. www.woodenhorsemen.com

10:00pm

DJ Maximum Klause

All vinyl, all night, with DJ Maximum Klause. Soul, funk, Afrobeat, synth, jazz, ‘90s hip hop, and more!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 8-10:00pm

Queer as Funk

Queer as Funk have become Vancouver musical royalty.

Every year, they pack the Commodore Ballroom for their legendary Pride party and we are thrilled to have them gracing our stage for two sets of explosive, highenergy funk! queerasfunk.com

Body Party

If you wanna party, shake your body! Bella and ManyBothans have been DJing throughout BC for years individually, but when the two stepped on stage together in 2014, it was love at first mix. Now, after years of trading track for track at all your favourite queer parties in East Van, they have developed a rep for delivering all the hype, all the time. eastvanbodyparty.com

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 3-6:00pm

Jen Hodge All Stars

Our city’s most authentic early jazz band, led by one of its most dynamic performers. Playing all the hits from the 1910s, ‘20s and ‘30s! jenhodgebass.com Saturday evening performances presented with Light Organ Records

8:00pm

Brian O’Brien

Throughout his musical career, Brian O’Brien has explored many different genres of music, all of which have served him well in creating his own unique sound: an amalgamation of the darker side of North American folk, classic R&B, and his own Irish roots. brianobrienmusic.com

9:00pm

The Matinée

After more than a decade on the road together, this band of long time friends have emerged as one of the great powerhouses of Canadian roots rock. With the release of their electrifying sophomore record, Dancing on Your Grave, it is clear that the best is yet to come. thematineemusic.com

10:00pm

Tecate Bros.

Three brothers bonded by their love of hot tracks… and cold beer.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 3-6:00pm

Malcolm Aiken & New Futures

Vancouver trumpeter Malcolm Aiken’s ever-evolving project showcases his virtuosity as he explores ambient textures and downtempo grooves.

A perfect match for an afternoon in the heart of our city. malcolmaiken.com Sunday evening performances presented with BeatRoute Magazine

8:00pm

Devours

Devours is the electronic pop project from Vancouver-based musician Jeff Cancade. Poignant, confessional, and brimming with big, beautiful beats, Cancade’s music and energetic live shows have been making waves on the local scene. devours.bandcamp.com

9:00pm

Art d’Ecco

Deftly mixing ‘70s glam, Motown, krautrock, and spaghetti western soundtracks, Art d’Ecco is known as one of Vancouver’s most original, and most sought-after, musical alchemists. artdecco.bandcamp.com

10:00pm

The Jamie and Sarah Experience Project

The Jamie and Sarah Experience Project are a dynamic duo of film and theatre creators, DJs, and great role models. Girls just wanna have fun, ya know?

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Presented with Light Organ Records

8-10:00pm

Sarah Jane Scouten

Sarah Jane Scouten has a voice that cuts straight to the core— and she sure knows how to use it! With the release of When the Bloom Falls From the Rose, she has established herself as one of the most gifted and confident songwriters on the Canadian roots music scene. Old time, country, bluegrass… whichever direction she steers, she brings her own distinct sensibility to the tradition. sarahjanescouten.com

8-10:00pm

5th Annual Fringe Square Dance Featuring Paul Silveria & The Wooly Bears Interspersed between sets of music by Sarah Jane Scouten, we are thrilled to welcome back Paul Silveria, who’ll be calling square dances all night long, with live music supplied

by Vancouver’s own Wooly Bears. No experience necessary, all dances will be taught on the spot. Come kick up some dust with us! squaredancepaul.com facebook.com/thewoolybears

Photo: Roman Bartos.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 8-10:00pm

Live Band Karaoke with eleven09 Alright Vancouver, time to show us what you got! The Fringe has hired you a backing band.

They know all your favourite songs and are ready to count you in. All you have to do is step up to the mic and prove to us that you are the Rock God you’ve always secretly believed yourself to be. Are you ready? fusionpresents.com/Sing_With_The_Band.html

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Presented with Red Cat Records

8:00pm

Parkland

Impassioned, heart-laid-bare songwriting collides with lush orchestration and alt-country twang. A band full of Vancouver live music vets pushing themselves, and each other, into parts unknown. parklandmusicproject.com

9:00pm

Ashley Shadow

With a musical CV stretching back to the early 2000s that includes some of Vancouver’s most celebrated bands, it is no surprise that Ashley Shadow’s debut full-length arrives as a fully realized statement from an artist in her prime. Come be transported by one of our city’s most powerful, and most haunting, voices. ashleyshadow.bandcamp.com

10:00pm

DJ Penny Tentiary

Dave Gowans (AKA DJ Penny Tentiary) and the staff at Red Cat know a thing or two about music. They’ll be pulling their favourite party-starters from their personal vinyl collections to spin for your listening pleasure. redcat.ca

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 8:00pm

Malcolm Jack

A gifted songwriter and musician, Malcolm is constantly pushing both the form and the content of his work. Touching on concepts of myth, offline living, ecology, and alienation, his music is always a compelling listen. It also rocks! malcolmjack.bandcamp.com

9:00pm

Bend Sinister plays the Forrest Gump Soundtrack

Rock and roll veterans Bend Sinister never settle for the status quo.

True to the spirit of the Fringe, they have decided to push themselves and perform something a little different for this engagement: the soundtrack to the classic film Forrest Gump… in its entirety. One night only! Only at the Fringe Bar! bendsinisterband.com

10:00pm

Common People DJs

Week two at the Fringe Bar will feature resident DJs Adam Fink and Bryan Sea, AKA Common People DJs. Playing everything from R&B, Britpop, house, indie, and retro, these gentlemen helm some of Vancouver’s greatest club nights and we are thrilled to have them at the Fringe Bar all week. facebook.com/commonpeopleyvr

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CELEBRATING OUR 13TH ANNIVERSARY

Kate Evans: Threads FRI SEP 29 2017 / 7:30pm Telus Studio Theatre

Graphic novelist and activist Kate Evans’ visual reportage from the Calais refugee camp in France, accompanied by live music.

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8:00pm

Camaro 67

Camaro 67 brings together classic Afrobeat influences and modern Afrofunk/groove sounds to produce a propulsive, high-energy, made-in-Vancouver heavy funk experience. This explosive 10-piece instrumental group debuted in the fall of 2015 and have been lighting up dance floors across the province ever since. camaro67music.com

9:00pm

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Mazacote

Friday night at the Fringe Bar with a hard-hitting 6-piece world music band with deep roots in the music of Nicaragua, Mozambique, and Colombia. What could be better? See you on the dance floor! mazacoteband.com

10:00pm

Common People DJs

70s night!

DJs Adam Fink and Bryan Sea, AKA Common People DJs help us celebrate 70 years of Fringe by throwing a ‘70s theme party. It’s been 70 years since the first Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland and now there are more than 200 Fringes worldwide! Could there be a better way to celebrate the world of Fringe than to disco all night long? facebook.com/commonpeopleyvr

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 3-6:00pm

Viper Central

Original tunes played at barn burning tempos by a roster of Vancouver’s finest string players. A bluegrass band that isn’t afraid to stray away from tradition or to challenge convention. vipercentral.ca

8:00pm

Sam Tudor

Sam Tudor makes friends everywhere he goes, and he is going a lot of places! He’s working hard, criss-crossing the country, winning people over with his infectious chamber-folk. About to release his new album, Quotidian Dream, you can expect to hear a lot more about Sam Tudor in the coming years. samtudor.bandcamp.com

9:00pm

Rae Spoon

Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, author, and label-head, Rae Spoon is a leader on the Canadian music scene. Their voice is singular, but always evolving; bold, but vulnerable. We are honoured to have Rae gracing our stage on the penultimate night of the Festival. raespoon.com

10:00pm

Common People DJs Resident DJs Adam Fink and Bryan Sea, AKA Common People DJs are back at it, playing everything from R&B, Britpop, house, indie, and retro. facebook.com/commonpeopleyvr

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 3-6:00pm

Tim Sars Trio

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Jazz, funk, klezmer, Balkan, swing… at the centre of this tornado sits Tim Sars, a dedicated musician, community builder, and band leader. Come get swept away! timsars.com

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7pm-2:00am

Common People DJs

DJs Adam Fink and Bryan Sea, AKA Common People DJs. finish off their Fringe Bar residency in an epic 7-hour set on the final night of the Fringe! Playing everything from R&B, Britpop, house, indie, and retro, these gentlemen helm some of Vancouver’s greatest club nights and we are thrilled to have them at the Fringe Bar all week. facebook.com/commonpeopleyvr

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FOOD TRUCKS

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Every night of the Festival we offer up the best of Vancouver’s Food Trucks. Find these Food Trucks throughout the Festival in front of the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, located at Ocean Art Works, next to Ocean Concrete:

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Looking for something else?

Visit one of our Partners: On Granville Island: Dockside Restaurant, the Public Market, The Keg Granville Island

Aussie Pie Guy

Island Time

Big Dogs Burger Bus

Kaboom Box

Meet2Eat

Melt City Grilled Cheese

Community Pizzeria

SuperThai

Urban Wood Fired Pizza

Or off Granville Island: Big Rock Urban Eatery, La Taqueria, Blenz Coffee

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STUDIO 16 Thurs. Sept. 7th 6:45pm Sat. Sept 9th 8:00pm Wed. Sept. 13th 5:25pm Thurs. Sept. 14th 10:15pm (1/2 price show) Fri. Sept. 15th 7:00pm Sun. Sept. 17th 2:10pm Tickets at the Fringe Box Office, At the Door, or tickets.vancouverfringe.com #tightropetalking #sociocomic @mlee_stephenson www.sociocomic.com

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Start Fringing Early!

Catch these Fringe shows before the Fringe at Havana, 1212 Commercial Drive!

YOUR FRINGE FOR A DAY!

$10 at the door only!

Tightrope Talking Wednesday, August 30 at 7:00pm Marylee Stephenson is upping the story ante by outsourcing the topic to the audience! You name it, she tells it through instantaneous, dynamic, suspenseful combinations of well-crafted stories!

Blue River Blues

Each day at the 2017 Fringe Festival can be “owned” by a Fringe Lover or a group of Fringers who are proud and loud about their support of the Festival!

There are still days available for this year’s Festival, so YOU could have a day! Find out more about our Fringe For a Day’ers below and how you can book at day at vancouverfringe.com/your-fringe-for-a-day

Wednesday, August 30 at 9:00pm

A one-person storytelling memoir about life as a Snowmobile Tour Guide at the Athabasca Glacier in 1979.

Almost a Stepmom Thursday, August 31 at 7:00pm Based on a true story. Keara moved to Ireland. She fell in love. Then she became a stepmom... almost.

A darkly comic tale about the ups and downs of becoming a stepmother.

Fifty Shades of Dave Thursday, August 31 at 9:00pm A loving tribute and erotic parody of The Vinyl Cafe.

Fifty Shades of Dave thrusts Dave and Morley into situations you’ve never heard on the CBC.

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September Saturday

Kurt Vonnegut's The Euphio Question Friday, September 1 at 7:00pm A new adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1951 short story.

A young physicist discovers radio waves from outer space that make anyone within earshot completely and utterly euphoric.

No Big Deal Friday, September 1 at 9:00pm A woman, her boyfriend, and the man who allegedly molested her. Funny, touching, and emotionally compelling.

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September Sunday

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Bring a Friend to Fringe Day! Hoppy Birdie John Day! Pete and Tom Day!

September These Fringe Lovers are making Theatre for Everyone possible, so be sure to cheer for them during the curtain speech and cheers them if you see them at the Festival!

Katharine Ferns is in Stitches Saturday, September 2 at 9:00pm A comedic journey about learning to laugh at the visible and invisible scars of surviving mental illness, domestic violence, and drug addiction—plus some feminism for comic relief.

And if you want to have your very own day at this, or next year’s Festival, email our Director of Patron Development, Robyn Kurtz at robyn@vancouverfringe.com!

Draining the Swamp Vancouver Fringe Festival

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This musical takes a comedic jab at the privileged few who hold your wealth in their hands. Comic mayhem ensues when The Boss fires his apprentice, shoots his driver, and gets arrested for murder.

* Fringe Memberships are NOT required for preview performances at Havana and tickets will not be sold through the Fringe Box Office.

Visit HavanaRestaurant.ca for more info.

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John Mason and the Fringe movement are both turning 70 this year! Hoppy Birdie John!

Without artists there is no art, and without donors there is no Vancouver Fringe!

When you buy a ticket to a show, 100% of the base ticket price goes to the artist.

That’s a truly amazing thing, but it means that we rely on support from donors to make the festival happen!

Donate Now!

Become a Fringe Lover Today!

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show and wondered how the heck they do that? In this hands-on workshop we will cover a variety of shadow puppetry techniques using various light sources, including overhead projectors and LEDs, and discover the process of bringing an idea from concept to performance.

New to Storytelling: September 11-13, 10:00am-3:00pm Arts Club Granville Island Rehearsal Hall (1585 Johnston Street) $150 Register at tickets.vancouverfringe.com/categories/workshop *Participants will perform as part of The Flame on Wednesday, September 13 at 9:00pm at Performance Works

September 11, 10:00am-3:30pm Studio 1398 $48 early-bird (before August 31), $53 regular For adults & teens age 14+ Register at tickets.vancouverfringe.com/categories/workshop

Experienced Storytellers: September 14-15, 10:00am-3:00pm Arts Club Granville Island Rehearsal Hall (1585 Johnston Street) $150 Register for the workshop at tickets.vancouverfringe.com/

How to Puppeteer Anything: Object Puppetry Masterclass with Ingrid Hansen from SNAFU

categories/workshop Please note: you must have completed the New to Storytelling workshop to participate in the Experienced Storytellers workshop. *Participants will perform as part of The Flame on Friday, September 15 at 10:00pm at Performance Works

*The Flame Performances from Your Story. Your Voice. participants are free to attend! Get your tickets at the door starting 45 minutes before show time.

Deaf Inclusion in Theatre Ingrid Hansen is a lead puppeteer on the television series Tiga Talk! on APTN and was recently invited to the Sesame Street workshop in New York. She is the co-creator of award-winning nationally touring shows Little Orange Man, Kitt & Jane, and Snack Music. In this masterclass we will tackle sourcing and selecting object puppets, uncovering their hidden characters, and puppet manipulation. There will be an emphasis on courage, breath, technique, and creative abandon as we create short pieces and offer each other feedback.

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Alice and Graeme’s lives become intertwined one night in Las Vegas. Alice comes to the city in a desperate attempt to secure an organ on the black market; Graeme finds a photocard listing the services of a prostitute—and he becomes convinced the woman is his missing sister.

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An activist campaigns to stop off-shore millionaires from buying up local property only to learn that her neighbor is a “satellite kid”—a lonely, vulnerable teenager from China inspired by Caroline Adderson’s Vancouver Vanishes.

November 17-26, 2017 Performance Works

Stéphanie Morin-Robert

After her recent American, Canadian, and European tour, one-eyed multiple award winner Stéphanie Morin-Robert returns to Vancouver to recount her life as a feisty 7-year-old who wields her glass-eye as a superpower.

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Mockingjay: The Musical concludes the adventures of Katniss Everdeen as she joins the rebels of District 13 in taking down President Snow and the Capitol. The characters sing and dance to pop song parodies of Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Adele, and Justin Bieber.

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NEW Opening Night Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar A Soldier’s War Waterfront Theatre Executing Justice Revue Stage SAOR Studio 1398 The Cañete Chroñicles Studio 16 Szeretlek: A Hungarian Love Story False Creek Gym How I Lost One Pound, The Musical Firehall Arts Centre Katharine Ferns is in Stitches Performance Works It’s A Glorious, Wonderful Life The Cultch Historic Theatre It FIgures Carousel Theatre No Big Deal Havana Generation Hot: Program Blue Ron Basford Park Brain machine Arts Umbrella SwordPlay: A Play of Swords False Creek Gym A David Lynch Wet Dream Revue Stage Lovely Lady Lump Studio 1398 Tightrope Talking Studio 16 Cry-Baby: The Musical Firehall Arts Centre Interstellar Elder Waterfront Theatre Stupid Cupid Performance Works I Am For You Culture Lab Embryonic Make on Granville Island Habitats The Cultch Historic Theatre Throne Havana SAVVIE Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar An Arrangement of Shoes Arts Umbrella Chris & Travis Carousel Theatre Generation Hot: Program Green Ron Basford Park Gigantic Lying Mouth Revue Stage 7 Ways to Die, a love story Studio 16 The Adventures of Rocketman and Beano False Creek Gym Adult Company Performance Works Fifty Shades of Dave Studio 1398 A Night at the Rose Coloured The Cultch Historic Theatre Discotheque Bombay Black by Anosh Irani Culture Lab Wooden Horsemen Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Teaching Shakespeare Waterfront Theatre Blue River Blues Havana Sechs Firehall Arts Centre The Long Walk Behind Backstage Lounge Almost a Stepmom Arts Umbrella DJ Maximum Klause Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Periscope Ocean and Crow Yoga Gutenberg: The Musical!

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Blood Countess Acceleration Hyena Subpoena Distractingly Sexy Bouncers Help! I’m American Multiple Organism Alternate Endings Chris & Travis Draining the Swamp Hip.Bang! presents Fin Breath-Ahhh Generation Hot: Program Blue The Audience Dies at the End The Immaculate Big Bang Graceless Grace Good Game in “Gung Ho!” Her Name Was Mary...

The Secret Of Castle Alphabet Just Not That Woman The Messenger Gruesome Playground Injuries Embryonic Ain’t True & Uncle False Queer as Funk Brain Machine The Inventor of All Things Beaver Dreams Periscope Generation Hot: Program Green Roller Coaster Let Me Freeze Your Head Field Zoology 101 Nobody’s Boy Figmentally Pint of Life A Very Unpleasant Evening at the Rockefeller ... Late December...ish.

Soul Samurai Gold, Guns & Greed Kurt Vonnegut’s The Euphio Question The Long Walk An Arrangement of Shoes Body Party Shadowlands Naturally How I Lost One Pound, The Musical The Man Who Sold the World ‘Tween Earth and Sky Your Princess is in Another Castle The Indefinable Soul Six Fine Lines

Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Studio 1398 Studio 16 The Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Performance Works Carousel Theatre Havana Improv Centre Woodward’s Atrium Ron Basford Park Arts Umbrella Studio 1398 Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Studio 16 False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre The Cultch Historic Theatre Culture Lab Make on Granville Island Performance Works Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Arts Umbrella Carousel Theatre Havana Ocean and Crow Yoga Ron Basford Park Firehall Arts Centre Waterfront Theatre False Creek Gym Studio 16 Revue Stage Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Theatre

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The Audience Dies at the End Jen Hodge All Stars The Immaculate Big Bang The Secret Of Castle Alphabet Slumber Here Just Not That Woman Throne Six Fine Lines Katherine Ferns is in Stitches A Night at the Rose Coloured Discotheque Slumber Here Draining the Swamp Graceless Grace 'Tween Earth and Sky Brain Machine The Man Who Sold The World Naturally Gruesome Playground Injuries Roller Coaster Your Princess is in Another Castle 5-Step Guide to Being German The Inventor of All Things The Indefinable Soul Hip.Bang! presents Fin Shadowlands Disengaged Blue River Blues An Arrangement of Shoes Setting Bones The Adventures of Rocketman and Beano Everybody Dies in December Bombay Black by Anosh Irani How I Lost One Pound, the Musical Embryonic Slumber Here The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE OBIT: A Deathly Serious Comedy Stupid Cupid Gutenberg: The Musical!

Teaching Shakespeare Brian O’Brien Tightrope Talking Periscope Slumber Here Kurt Vonnegut's The Euphio Question Almost A Stepmom A David Lynch Wet Dream SwordPlay: A Play of Swords Lovely Lady Lump Cry-Baby: The Musical The Matinée Slumber Here Bondage Ain't True & Uncle False A Very Unpleasant Evening at the Rockefeller ... Late December...ish.

The Long Walk Beaver Dreams Let Me Freeze Your Head Nobody's Boy The Audience Dies at the End Figmentally Tecate Bros.

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Performance Works Firehall Arts Centre Revue Stage Studio 16 Carousel Theatre Arts Umbrella Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Firehall Arts Centre Havana The Cultch Historic Theatre Performance Works Ocean and Crow Yoga Ron Basford Park Woodward’s Atrium Culture Lab Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Studio 16 Arts Umbrella Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Studio 1398 False Creek Gym Ron Basford Park Firehall Arts Centre Havana Carousel Theatre Performance Works The Cultch Historic Theatre

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Ron Basford Park Havana Waterfront Theatre Studio 16 Arts Umbrella Revue Stage False Creek Gym Culture Lab Firehall Arts Centre Studio 1398 Performance Works Carousel Theatre The Cultch Historic Theatre Improv Centre Waterfront Theatre Studio 16 Havana Arts Umbrella Revue Stage False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Culture Lab Firehall Arts Centre Make on Granville Island Ron Basford Park Railspur Park The Cultch Historic Theatre Performance Works Carousel Theatre Waterfront Theatre Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Studio 16 Ocean and Crow Yoga Ron Basford Park Havana Arts Umbrella Revue Stage False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Firehall Arts Centre Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Ron Basford Park Culture Lab Performance Works The Cultch Historic Theatre

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The Man Who Sold The World How I Lost One Pound, The Musical The Indefinable Soul Chris & Travis Beaver Dreams Your Princess is in Another Castle 'Tween Earth and Sky Naturally Slumber Here Brain Machine Shadowlands Figmentally A Very Unpleasant Evening at the Rockefeller ... Late December...ish.

Ain't True & Uncle False Cry-Baby: The Musical Bombay Black by Anosh Irani Slumber Here Breath-Ahhh Kurt Vonnegut's The Euphio Question Field Zoology 101 Pint of Life Nobody's Boy An Arrangement of Shoes Malcolm Aiken & New Futures Slumber Here The Inventor of All Things Let Me Freeze Your Head Good Game in “Gung Ho!” The Messenger Stupid Cupid No Big Deal The Secret Of Castle Alphabet The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE Sechs I Am For You The Immaculate Big Bang Almost a Stepmom Disengaged Blood Countess Adult Company Executing Justice It's A Glorious, Wonderful Life Gutenberg: The Musical!

Throne Szeretlek: A Hungarian Love Story Generation Hot: Program Blue Soul Samurai The Audience Dies at the End 12 Minute Madness SAOR The Cañete Chroñicles Blue River Blues Acceleration Katherine Ferns is in Stitches Graceless Grace The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE Bouncers Help! I'm American Multiple Organism Six Fine Lines Devours Generation Hot: Program Green Brain Machine Hyena Subpoena Distractingly Sexy Gruesome Playground Injuries Draining the Swamp A Soldier's War Gigantic Lying Mouth Art d’Ecco Alternate Endings Scientist Turned Comedian Roller Coaster A Night at the Rose Coloured Discotheque The Long Walk Hip.Bang! Presents Fin An Arrangement of Shoes Fifty Shades of Dave The Jamie and Sarah Experience Project 7 Ways to Die, a love story Periscope It Figures

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Studio 16 Gold, Guns & Greed Performance Works Blood Countess Waterfront Theatre No Big Deal Havana Slumber Here Ron Basford Park I Am For You Culture Lab Good Game in “Gung Ho!” Revue Stage Brain Machine Arts Umbrella Bouncers The Cultch Historic Theatre Just Not That Woman Firehall Arts Centre Periscope Ocean and Crow Yoga Hyena Subpoena Studio 1398 Distractingly Sexy Studio 16 The Inventor Of All Things Carousel Theatre

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Multiple Organism 5-Step Guide to Being German Soul Samurai Slumber Here Blood Countess Figmentally The Immaculate Big Bang Her Name Was Mary…

The Secret Of Castle Alphabet The Long Walk Beaver Dreams The Messenger The Audience Dies at the End Sechs Periscope It Figures

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How to Puppeteer Anything: Object Studio 1398 Puppetry Masterclass with Ingrid Hansen Your Story. Your Voice. New to Storytelling Arts Club Granville Island Rehearsal Hall Hidden Memories False Creek Gym Interstellar Elder Waterfront Theatre Executing Justice Revue Stage Lovely Lady Lump Studio 1398 SwordPlay: A Play of Swords False Creek Gym Katherine Ferns is in Stitches Performance Works Tightrope Talking Studio 16 Habitats The Cultch Historic Theatre It Figures Carousel Theatre Blue River Blues Havana Hip.Bang! Presents Fin Improv Centre Cry-Baby: The Musical Firehall Arts Centre Generation Hot: Program Blue Ron Basford Park Brain Machine Arts Umbrella The Man Who Sold The World Revue Stage I Am For You Culture Lab 5-Step Guide to Being German Performance Works The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE Railspur Park Bushel and Peck Waterfront Theatre The Cañete Chroñicles Studio 16 It's A Glorious, Wonderful Life The Cultch Historic Theatre Szeretlek: A Hungarian Love Story False Creek Gym

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Throne Parkland SAOR An Arrangement of Shoes The Inventor of All Things

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Generation Hot: Program Green Just Not That Woman Setting Bones Bombay Black by Anosh Irani The Flame Performance Ashley Shadow No Big Deal Field Zoology 101 Nobody's Boy The Long Walk Let Me Freeze Your Head Pint of Life A Very Unpleasant Evening at the Rockefeller ... Late December...ish.

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Your Story. Your Voice. Experienced Storytellers SEX, DRUGS & AGE, the last taboo Teaching Shakespeare Setting Bones Disengaged OBIT: A Deathly Serious Comedy The Secret Of Castle Alphabet Ain't True & Uncle False Multiple Organism Everybody Dies in December The Inventor of All Things Beaver Dreams

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Generation Hot: Program Blue The Audience Dies at the End Scientist Turned Comedian A Soldier's War Gigantic Lying Mouth Distractingly Sexy Gold, Guns & Greed How I Lost One Pound, The Musical Bouncers Hyena Subpoena

Ron Basford Park Arts Umbrella False Creek Gym Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Studio 16 Performance Works Firehall Arts Centre The Cultch Historic Theatre Studio 1398

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Your Story. Your Voice. Experienced Storytellers Deaf Inclusion in Theatre Happy Place Let Me Freeze Your Head Figmentally Pint of Life Nobody's Boy A Very Unpleasant Evening at the Rockefeller ... Late December...ish.

Gold, Guns & Greed How I Lost One Pound, The Musical Field Zoology 101 Gutenberg: The Musical!

Throne Hip.Bang! Presents Fin Breath-Ahhh Almost A Stepmom Interstellar Elder A David Lynch Wet Dream Lovely Lady Lump Habitats SwordPlay: A Play of Swords

Performance Works Firehall Arts Centre False Creek Gym Carousel Theatre Havana Improv Centre Woodward’s Atrium Arts Umbrella Waterfront Theatre Revue Stage Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym

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Gruesome Playground Injuries Embryonic The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE Kurt Vonnegut's The Euphio Question Malcolm Jack Brain Machine Six Fine Lines Generation Hot: Program Green

Culture Lab Make on Granville Island Railspur Park Havana Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Arts Umbrella Carousel Theatre Ron Basford Park

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Naturally The Man Who Sold The World Sechs 'Tween Earth and Sky Your Princess is in Another Castle Adult Company Bushel and Peck The Indefinable Soul Bend Sinister plays the Forrest Gump Soundtrack Bondage Draining the Swamp The Long Walk An Arrangement of Shoes Common People DJs Periscope SwordPlay: A Play of Swords A David Lynch Wet Dream Tightrope Talking Lovely Lady Lump Habitats

Culture Lab Havana Behind Backstage Lounge Arts Umbrella Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Ocean and Crow Yoga False Creek Gym Revue Stage Studio 16 Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Theatre

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Just Not That Woman Stupid Cupid Tightrope Talking Soul Samurai Embryonic Slumber Here No Big Deal The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE Camaro 67 The Audience Dies at the End Chris & Travis Periscope Slumber Here Bouncers Roller Coaster 5-Step Guide to Being German Acceleration Help! I'm American Distractingly Sexy Blood Countess Hyena Subpoena Mazacote Blue River Blues Slumber Here Bondage The Long Walk Brain Machine The Flame Performance Common People DJs: 70's Night Good Game in “Gung Ho!” The Messenger The Adventures of Rocketman and Beano Multple Organism Her Name Was Mary…

Graceless Grace The Immaculate Big Bang The Inventor of All Things

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MASTER SCHEDULE Vancouver Fringe Festival

PAJAMA DAY

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Noon Noon 12:05PM 12:30PM 12:30PM 1:00PM 1:00PM 1:00PM 1:00PM 1:15PM 1:15PM 1:45PM 1:50PM 2:00PM 2:00PM 2:00PM 2:05PM 2:15PM 2:30PM 2:45PM 3:00PM 3:00PM 3:00PM 3:00PM 3:00PM 3:15PM 3:15PM 3:15PM 3:50PM

OBIT: A Deathly Serious Comedy Multiple Organism The Adventures of Rocketman and Beano Setting Bones Interstellar Elder Disengaged 5-Step Guide to Being German The Inventor of All Things Slumber Here Everybody Dies in December Draining the Swamp Just Not That Woman Bouncers Breath-Ahhh Periscope Slumber Here Help! I'm American Acceleration Teaching Shakespeare Distractingly Sexy Viper Central Hyena Subpoena Alternate Endings Chris & Travis Slumber Here Bondage Blue River Blues Cry-Baby: The Musical A Very Unpleasant Evening at the Rockefeller ... Late December...ish.

Field Zoology 101 Figmentally Blood Countess Nobody's Boy Ain't True & Uncle False Pint of Life Beaver Dreams Gruesome Playground Injuries Scientist Turned Comedian Sechs A Night at the Rose Coloured Discotheque Gigantic Lying Mouth It Figures Let Me Freeze Your Head Hip.Bang! Presents Fin Generation Hot: Program Blue An Arrangement of Shoes Adult Company Fifty Shades of Dave 7 Ways to Die, a love story Kurt Vonnegut's The Euphio Question Embryonic Bombay Black by Anosh Irani The Secret of Castle Alphabet The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE The Man Who Sold The World 12 Minute Madness The Indefinable Soul A Soldier's War Gutenberg: The Musical!

Sam Tudor Almost A Stepmom No Big Deal Periscope Generation Hot: Program Green Your Princess is in Another Castle 'Tween Earth and Sky Katherine Ferns is in Stitches Roller Coaster Naturally Rae Spoon It's A Glorious, Wonderful Life Executing Justice I Am For You The Long Walk Bushel and Peck The Audience Dies at the End Throne SAOR Common People DJs The Cañete Chroñicles Szeretlek: A Hungarian Love Story Six Fine Lines Big Brother’s Cabaret of Bullshit

The Cultch Historic Theatre Firehall Arts Centre False Creek Gym Revue Stage Watefront Studio 16 Performance Works Carousel Theatre Ron Basford Park Studio 1398 Havana Firehall Arts Centre The Cultch Historic Theatre Woodward’s Atrium Ocean and Crow Yoga Ron Basford Park False Creek Gym Revue Stage Watefront Studio 16 Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Studio 1398 Performance Works Carousel Theatre Ron Basford Park Culture Lab Havana Firehall Arts Centre The Cultch Historic Theatre

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Revue Stage Carousel Theatre Watefront Improv Centre Ron Basford Park Arts Umbrella Performance Works Studio 1398 Studio 16 Havana Make on Granville Island Culture Lab False Creek Gym Railspur Park Revue Stage Firehall Arts Centre The Cultch Historic Theatre Watefront Carousel Theatre Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Arts Umbrella Havana Ocean and Crow Yoga Ron Basford Park Studio 1398 Studio 16 Performance Works Firehall Arts Centre False Creek Gym Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar The Cultch Historic Theatre Revue Stage Culture Lab Behind Backstage Lounge Watefront Arts Umbrella Havana Studio 1398 Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Studio 16 False Creek Gym Carousel Theatre Performance Works

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Sechs Draining the Swamp Gold, Guns & Greed A David Lynch Wet Dream Lovely Lady Lump Habitats SwordPlay: A Play of Swords Bushel and Peck Gruesome Playground Injuries Gutenberg: The Musical!

Breath-Ahhh Cry-Baby: The Musical Slumber Here Tightrope Talking Beaver Dreams Stupid Cupid A Night at the Rose Coloured Discotheque Gigantic Lying Mouth Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Sars Trio Fifty Shades of Dave Slumber Here A Soldier's War The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE 7 Ways to Die, a love story I Am For You Kurt Vonnegut's The Euphio Question Katherine Ferns is in Stitches Six Fine Lines Slumber Here Multiple Organism Executing Justice It's A Glorious, Wonderful Life Szeretlek: A Hungarian Love Story SAOR Interstellar Elder The Cañete Chroñicles Soul Samurai Alternate Endings Hip.Bang! Presents Fin 12 Minute Madness The Adventures of Rocketman and Beano Good Game in “Gung Ho!” Brain Machine The Immaculate Big Bang The Messenger Chris & Travis Common People DJs Slumber Here Graceless Grace Her Name Was Mary…

Cry-Baby: The Musical The Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE 5-Step Guide to Being German Setting Bones Bondage An Arrangement of Shoes Slumber Here Help! I'm American Everybody Dies in December OBIT: A Deathly Serious Comedy It Figures Teaching Shakespeare Fringe Awards Night Disengaged Slumber Here Almost a Stepmom

Firehall Arts Centre Havana Performance Works Revue Stage Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym Waterfront Theatre Culture Lab Carousel Theatre Woodward’s Atrium Firehall Arts Centre Ron Basford Park Studio 16 Havana Performance Works The Cultch Historic Theatre

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Revue Stage False Creek Gym Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Studio 1398 Ron Basford Park Waterfront Theatre Railspur Park Studio 16 Culture Lab Havana Performance Works Carousel Theatre Ron Basford Park Firehall Arts Centre Revue Stage The Cultch Historic Theatre False Creek Gym Studio 1398 Waterfront Theatre Studio 16 Culture Lab Performance Works Improv Centre Firehall Arts Centre False Creek Gym Revue Stage Arts Umbrella Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Theatre Carousel Theatre Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar Ron Basford Park Waterfront Theatre Studio 16 Firehall Arts Centre Railspur Park Performance Works Revue Stage Culture Lab Arts Umbrella Ron Basford Park False Creek Gym Studio 1398 The Cultch Historic Theatre Carousel Theatre Waterfront Theatre Performance Works Studio 16 Ron Basford Park Arts Umbrella

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Friendy Festival

Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach

(indoor play) In the spring after the 1917 revolution, Russians rushed out to creeks and ponds, feeling more free than ever to skinny dip.

Now, 100 years later, come to this comedy-drama about Vancouver’s world-famous nude beach. Will the audience strip off for the thrill of it—and to protest war and sexism? Watch the therapists cure volunteer clothoholics from the audience!

In 2011, the therapists invented peer-counselling ‘shy therapy’ at Wreck Beach. This healing is cheaper, quicker, better, and funnier than shrinks and pills. Earn a Bare Bum Certificate.

The only happy play about Wreck Beach! Most have been brain-washed that our glorious bodies are bad, clothes are indispensable, and breastfeeding is dispensable. Those myths lead to gawking, shame, conflict, illness, and misery. About nudism (naturism), shyness, acceptance, beauty, bikinis, and burqas. Uplifting, radical, intellectual! No sex, touch, violence, or photography. Nudity throughout (optional). Warning: possible clothing. Each show different—attend often.

Trump the Hippie

MASTER SCHEDULE

First annual

(indoor play)

A ‘yuge’ peace rally of the first psychedelic USA president!

Love him or hate him, get high on this political comedy-drama!

Ralph Nader said Donald Trump is the best thing that ever happened to the Republican Party! Do we deserve Trump?

The Donald hates hate, war, racism, sexism, poverty, pollution, and addiction, eh? It’s fictional! It’s fake! Or is it? Parody?

Praise? Fantasy? He gets high naturally and you will, too, from watching this! Shower the gorgeous genius prez with your questions! Sorry, no nudity. Each show different— attend often. Join group ‘Hip Talk about Donald Trump’, whether you are for or against Trump: www.FaceBook.com .

Also read Scott Adams’ e-blog, 2015 May 21-now. Previews: www.DailyMotion.com/video/x5or6q8_trump-the-hippieepisode-2_people ; www.DailyMotion.com/video/x5jts9o_trump-the-hippie-2017april-13-vancouver-bc-canada_fun Tentative festival schedule 2017: Wednesday, October 18: 4 pm Shy, 7:30 pm Trump.

Friday, October 20: 7:30 pm Shy, 9:30 pm Trump.

Saturday, October 21: 2 pm Trump, 4 pm Shy, 7:30 pm nude swim.

Sunday, October 22: 2 pm Shy, 4 pm Shy. Friday, October 27: 7:30 pm Trump, 9:30 pm Shy. Saturday, October 28: 2 pm Shy, 4 pm Trump, 7:30 pm nude swim.

Sunday, October 29: 2 pm Trump, 4 pm Shy, 7:30 pm nude swim female.

(Indoor nude swims: www.korky.ca - click on ‘Nude events’.)

Friendy Festival October 18-29

VancouverFringe.com

Fairview Hall, 1443 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. 14$ per play. (7$ on Oct. 18.) korkyday@yahoo.com FaceBook event pages, including ‘Friendy Festival’.

Tickets: Red Cat Records tel. 604-708-9422, 4332 Main St.; tel. 778-379-8405, 2447 E. Hastings St. On-line tickets maybe from Brown Paper Tickets.

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STUDIO 16 1555 WEST 7TH AVENUE The CAÑETE CHROÑICLES. Caturro Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Andy Cañete Chilean-Canadian comedian and Fringe veteran returns to the Vancouver Fringe for the third time with a new collection of stories from the last 20 years after returning to Canada from Chile. It picks up where his first hit show Porn & Pinochet left off. (Though you don’t need to have seen that one to understand this one).

“He also makes you question your place in the world, something only the best comedians are capable of doing.”

—Plank Magazine “He’s charming and likeable, funny and self-deprecating.” —Mooney on Theatre

Funny / Silly / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

September 7 September 10 September 11 September 13 September 16 September 17

5:00 PM 6: 30 PM 5:00 PM 7: 45 PM 10:00 PM 5:30 PM

HER NAME WAS MARY...

Indigo Child Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Tai Amy Grauman

Vancouver Fringe Festival

A new girl comes to Amy’s small town school, her name was Mary. Quickly, they become best friends and share everything.

Watch as they eat tapeworms, swallow laxatives, starve, puke, and learn the meaning of true unconditional friendship between the ages of 10 and 15. Once upon a time doesn’t turn out so beautiful...

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DISENGAGED Efthimios Kitchener, Canada Playwright: Efthimios Nasiopoulos efthimioscomedy.com Coming off of this year’s Montreal and Toronto Fringe Festivals, Disengaged reveals a comically raw look at relationships, love, and the institution of marriage through the eyes of a cynical, yet hopeless romantic. Follow Efthimios Nasiopoulos’ hilariously painful account of his two failed wedding engagements.

Funny / Intense / Intimate / 60 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

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September 9 September 10 September 12 September 14 September 16 September 17

6: 15 PM 4: 45 PM 7: 45 PM 5:00 PM 1: 00 PM 9:00 PM

7 WAYS TO DIE, A LOVE STORY K.I.A. Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Keltie & Alexander Forsyth kiaproductions.com Rachel and Irving live in the same building, on the same floor, right across the hall.

Still, they are strangers. Then one day, everything changes. A romantic comedy about suicide, 7 Ways to Die, a love story explores the isolation and absurdity of modern life, all the while in full mask without a single line of dialogue.

“The acting is amazing ... An enjoyable show with an incredible cast.”

—Edmonton Sun “Heartwarming and funny!”

—UMFM Winnipeg “A very charming show... comedically morbid!” —The Buzz Revue

Intense / Tear-Jerker / Intimate / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

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Funny / Silly / Weird / 60 minutes / 14+ / Sexual Content / Violent Content / Gunshots

Thursday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Saturday Sunday

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SHOWS

NOBODY’S BOY

DISTRACTINGLY SEXY

Kokoska Co. Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Kevin Kokoska kokoska.co Comedy and tragedy collide as a man attempts to cope with his son’s illness by performing unsolicited stand-up comedy sets in a pediatric palliative care home cafeteria. Will you laugh at him?

Distractingly Sexy Nebula Company Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Mily Mumford nebulacompanytheatre.com Join real life scientist (and writer) Mily Mumford for an interactive, ultra-funny, quite-wild, pretty-darn-sexy history of how women in science have been f*$%ed over for centuries.

Directed by Cheyenne Mabberley of The After After Party (Pick of the Fringe, Vancouver 2016)!

Funny / Intense / Intimate / 75 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

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Friday Sunday Monday Thursday Friday Saturday

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5:00 PM 8: 1 5 PM 10:15 PM 6:45 PM 8:35 PM 2:45 PM

Deaf Culture without Borders!

TIGHTROPE TALKING

‘TWEEN EARTH AND SKY

Sociocomic North Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Marylee Stephenson sociocomic.com

Windwhistle Theatre Nevada City, USA Playwright: Mark Lyon windwhistletheatre.com

Time spent in a Berkeley slammer.

Lane-dancing with a dealer.

Cars and sex through the ages.

Obituaries.

Bus drivers.

Marylee Stephenson is upping the story ante by outsourcing the topic to the audience! You name it, she tells it through instantaneous, dynamic, suspenseful combinations of well-crafted stories! No two shows can ever be the same!

Thursday Saturday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday

September 7 September 9 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 17

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“He is a master storyteller.”

—Victoria Times Colonist “One man, Mark Lyon, a born storyteller and charismatic tenor carried the audience in his palms.” —Prince George Free Press

Funny / Family Friendly / Poetic / 60 minutes / All Ages

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From a clever lad’s attempt to outwit a leprechaun, to stones which weep tears of regret over an ill-starred romance, to a ruined aristocrat’s desperate bargain with the Devil, and a young rake’s harrowing journey with a talking corpse, Mark Lyon’s dramatization of four Irish tales of the supernatural weaves an unforgettable spell of enchantment.

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WATERFRONT THEATRE BUSHEL AND PECK

1412 CARTWRIGHT STREET

TEACHING SHAKESPEARE

Alastair Knowles Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Alastair Knowles & Stephanie Morin-Robert stephaniemorinrobert.com/ bushelandpeck Alastair Knowles (of Canadian Comedy Award winning James & Jamesy) and Stephanie Morin-Robert (five-time Best of Fest winner) stage their relationship with wide-eyed wonder and odd innocence.

Winning Best Cast (London) and Best Choreography (Montreal) Bushel and Peck is “the perfect tonic for whatever ails your mind.” —London Free Press “A complete original. ... It’s like watching kittens play... weird yet wondrous to watch. ... Bushel and Peck is a unique, skillful, indescribable, wonderful show. ... A masterpiece.” —Montreal Rampage

Funny / Weird / Poetic / 75 Minutes / All Ages

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September 11 September 13 September 14 September 16 September 17

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SHADOWLANDS

Cells in a petri dish. A scientist. A ghost. A laboratory mouse. We are on a journey to see what can’t be seen. We are on a quest to find truth in the dark. Part of the 2017 Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals tour, Shadowlands will be presented in the Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver Fringes.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

The multi-award-winning parody of a college Shakespeare class and portrait of a frustrated actor turned frustrated professor returns to the Vancouver Fringe. Over 200 performances across Canada and the US. “Hilarious example of how not to conduct a class.” —Toronto Sun “Gloriously funny!” —Orlando Sentinel “I’d give it an ‘A.’” —Backstage (New York) “Teaching Shakespeare is playing to sold out houses for a good reason. It’s a very funny, witty, well-acted show. I loved it.”

—Mooney on Theatre

Funny / Intense / Intellectual / 60 minutes / 14+

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INTERSTELLAR ELDER

Shadowlands Pretentious Productions Edmonton, Canada Playwright: Savanna Harvey savannaharvey.ca

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Doctor Keir Co. Montreal, Canada Playwright: Keir Cutler keircutler.com

SNAFU Toronto, Canada Playwrights: Ingrid Hansen & Kathleen Greenfield snafudance.com/interstellar-elder Meet Kitt, age 96, fierce lone astronaut protecting the last of humankind. Imagine Ridley Scott’s Aliens meets Golden Girls.

From the creators of award-winning sold out shows Little Orange Man ( —Vue Weekly, —On Stage Ottawa) and Kitt & Jane ( —On Stage Ottawa).

“Bold physical comedy... genuine, unscripted and undeniably charming.”

—Monday Magazine “Fierce creative energy.”

—Edmonton Journal “The sort of girl director Terry Gilliam might have dreamed up.” —Calgary Herald “Hilarious and touching... Hansen is a delightfully bratty performer.”

—Montreal Gazette

Poetic / Intellectual / 60 minutes / 14+

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September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11

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Funny / Weird / Intellectual / 75 minutes / 14+

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GRACELESS GRACE

A SOLDIER’S WAR

Spiderhands Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Natalie Collins Graceful, talented, flexible, in time with the music... None of these things describe Grace Monroe, but a little thing like lack of talent won’t stop this determined dancer from following her dream of being Canada’s Next Dance Star! Laugh, cringe, and cry with Grace while she gets back in touch with reality. Whether she wants to or not.

Funny / Silly / Weird / 50 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Sunday

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 17

6:45 PM 4:30 PM 7:15 PM 5:10 PM 10:25 PM 7: 1 5 PM

LET ME FREEZE YOUR HEAD Neil McArthur Winnipeg, Canada Playwright: Neil McArthur neilmcarthur.com Why leave the future to your children when you can have it for yourself? Attend our short sales presentation to learn how you can preserve your brain to live again!

This one-person show takes you on a deeply personal journey into the world of human cryonic preservation.

Strikes Twice Productions Saskatoon, Canada Playwright: Joshua Ramsden asoldierswar2017.com Inspired by the war-time letters written by the playwright’s grandfather, A Soldier’s War follows the journey of five Canadian soldiers during World War II—from basic training in Nova Scotia, through to D-Day and their return home. It’s a story about brotherhood and friendship, honour, and the unrelenting desire to get home.

Funny / Intense / Tear-Jerker / 75 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content / Gunshots / Smoke Fog

Thursday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 7 September 9 September 10 September 14 September 16 September 17

5:00 PM 2:30 PM 8:50 PM 6:45 PM 7: 45 PM 3: 1 5 PM

BLOOD COUNTESS Prairie Fire Regina, Canada Playwright: Sharon Nowlan Guinness World Records describes Elizabeth Bathory as the world’s most prolific murderess. Did this 16th century Countess kill over 600 girls to satisfy unquenchable bloodlust? Or was “Countess Dracula” the victim of a well-planned conspiracy? Meet this infamous character and decide for yourself.

If you give Neil an hour, he may convince you to join him... when the time comes.

—CBC “A must-see ... It’s thought-provoking and original.” —Mooney on Theatre “A strange and moving story performed with a touch of humour and an undercurrent of pathos.”

—Winnipeg Free Press

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8:20 PM 9:35 PM 3:20 PM 9:45 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Intense / Intimate / Shocking / 60 minutes / 18+ / Violent Content

Friday Sunday Monday Tuesday Friday Saturday

September 8 September 10 September 11 September 12 September 15 September 16

5:00 5:00 8:45 9: 15 8:40 4: 15

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Weird / Intellectual / Intimate / 55 minutes /

14+ / Sexual Content

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STUDIO 1398 1398 CARTWRIGHT STREET THE IMMACULATE BIG BANG Fork In The Road Theatre New York, USA Playwright: Bill Santiago billsantiago.com God. Science. Laughs.

Sparked by the death of his father and birth of his daughter, comedian Bill Santiago goes in search of answers and laughs at the border of science and religion, exploring the comic nature of the cosmic quest for understanding existence, life, and death (not necessarily in that order).

Best of the 2016 Capital Fringe “No cosmic question is too challenging to escape the laser wit of Bill Santiago.” —DCMetro TheatreArts

EVERYBODY DIES IN DECEMBER Broken Turtle Productions Ottawa, Canada Playwright: Nancy Kenny nancykenny.ca From the creator/performer of Roller Derby Saved My Soul (2014 Pick of the Fringe/Canadian Comedy Award nominee), Everybody Dies in December is a dark comedy about living with death. Literally.

Third generation funeral director, Claire, has it easy making friends. It’s not too hard when they don’t talk back.

Outstanding Solo Performance at London Fringe & Best Drama at Atlantic Fringe “Terrific and hypnotizing.” —Vue Weekly “A delightfully quirky solo drama.”

—the New Ottawa Critics “Deliciously clever and funny.” —the Coast “Kenny is a charmer.” —Montreal Gazette The Thursday, September 14 performance will be interpreted into ASL for patrons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Funny / Intellectual / 75 minutes / 18+

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September 8 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 17

6:40 PM 3:00 PM 4: 30 PM 9:30 PM 10:25 PM 6:30 PM

FIFTY SHADES OF DAVE Happysad Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Kyle Carpenter & Nico Dicecco happysad.ca

Vancouver Fringe Festival

A loving tribute and erotic parody of The Vinyl Cafe. Fifty Shades of Dave thrusts Dave and Morley into situations you’ve never heard on the CBC. All the warmth and wit of Stuart McLean’s beloved stories with a sexy twist. If you thought Dave couldn’t truss a turkey...

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Funny / Naughty / Warm and Fuzzy / 60 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

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September 7 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 16 September 17

8:45 PM 1: 1 5 PM 9:55 PM 5:00 PM 6:25 PM 3:00 PM

Weird / Intimate / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

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September 9 September 11 September 12 September 14 September 16 September 17

6:45 PM 8:30 PM 7: 45 PM 5: 1 0 PM 1: 1 5 PM 8:30 PM

PINT OF LIFE Michael Yichao Seattle, USA Playwright: Michael Yichao MichaelYichao.com/pintoflife One performer. One audience member.

One pint of ice cream. One improvised play. Completely made up on the spot, Pint of Life celebrates the aspirations and achievements of a stranger and seeks to bring us all a little closer together—over a pint of ice cream.

Michael Yichao has performed Pint of Life at theaters across the US and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. This is his first Vancouver Fringe appearance.

Funny / Intellectual / 75 minutes / 18+

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15 September 16

8:50 PM 10:30 PM 2:45 PM 9:45 PM 5:00 PM 4:40 PM

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SAOR

LOVELY LADY LUMP

HYENA SUBPOENA Cat Kidd Montreal, Canada Playwright: Cat Kidd catkidd.com

Squirrel Suit Welland, Canada Playwright: Carlyn Rhamey squirrelsuit.ca

That Girl Entertainment Yarraville, Australia Playwright: Lana Schwarcz lanaschwarcz.com

Award winning storyteller Carlyn Rhamey has been described as “awkward,” “neurotic,” “self-deprecating,” but luckily also “very charming!” Chock-full of wildly, embarrassing stories, travel mishaps, and not nearly enough haggis, SAOR is a true Celtic adventure tale unlike any other!

Listen, I’m ok. I have a pesky cancer tumour in my left jug, but I’m not dying and I’m the luckiest person in the entire world. Cause f*ck cancer, man. F*ck cancer.

Jokes, truths, and poignant bits from a comic who survived breast cancer.

Most Outstanding Solo (Ottawa Fringe) Best Theatre (Dunedin Fringe 2016) Highly Commended Theatre Award (Adelaide Fringe 2017) “Hilariously honest.” —Sometimes Melbourne “Uproariously funny, devastating, heartfelt.”

—the Residents “Smart, funny, empowering ... you’ll fall in love with the unstoppable Lana Schwarcz.”

—Inside Ottawa

Winner: Best of Venue at the 2016 Hamilton Fringe “Absolutely hilarious.”

—My Entertainment World (Toronto) “A fantastic physical performer.”

—apt613.ca (Ottawa) “Part Eat, Pray, Love, part Bridesmaids.”

—Raise the Hammer (Hamilton) “A total goofball.” —the Ontarion

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Mona Morse travels through South Africa and through time. A multimedia meditation on predator and prey, and the creatures within. Hyena Subpoena has earned prize nominations with the League of Canadian Poets, Quebec Writers’ Federation, and Expozine. A love letter to all those who, like the hyena, defy easy categorization.

“A riveting storyteller. ”—the Straits Times (Singapore) “One of Canada’s most talented wordsmiths.” —Broken Pencil “...a rollercoaster. Catharsis will come.

Scream now, exhale at the end.”

—LitLive.ca

The Friday, September 15 performance will be interpreted int ASL for patrons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Funny / Tear-Jerker / Intimate / 75 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language / Nudity

Funny / Weird / Intimate / 60 minutes / 14+ / Sexual Content

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

YOUR PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER CASTLE

5:00 PM 6:30 PM 5:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:55 PM 4:45 PM

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September 7 September 9 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 17

6:45 8:30 5:00 10:20 6:45 1:00

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Down the Well Productions Halifax, Canada Playwright: Wes Babcock & Nancy Kenny wesbabcock.com Princess Polly loses the popular vote to be Miss Leader of the Free World to a Department Store Mannequin. A Prince Charming Type knows he can save the day, if only people would listen. In this dark comedy of errors, Polly learns what it takes to change the world, and it’s less funny than she thought.

A brand new show from the creative team that brought you Roller Derby Saved My Soul (Pick of the Fringe at 2014 Vancouver Fringe) and Everybody Dies In December (Best Drama at 2016 Atlantic Fringe).

Funny / Weird / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

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September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 14 September 16

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THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKETMAN AND BEANO Blue Eyes Brown Eyes Seattle, USA Playwrights: Christine Longé & Tom Spangenberg christinelonge.com Holy comic books, Beano! Watch as Maggie and Stuart reenact the “original” superhero saga with song, dance, and epic mishaps.

Think Lucy and Desi doing Batman and Robin with a dash of Shakespeare. Cheer on and laugh at these superheroes (superidiots?) in their quest to avenge injustice!

Reviews of previous show, The Two-Step: “National treasures ... Don’t miss the opportunity to see this show, or any other show featuring Ms. Longé.” —AXS.com “Impossible to dislike.”

—CBC Manitoba

Funny / Silly / Musical / 75 minutes / All Ages

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September 7 September 9 September 12 September 15 September 16 September 17

8:20 PM 6:20 PM 7:30 PM 10:15 PM 12:05 PM 6:05 PM

SWORDPLAY: A PLAY OF SWORDS Sex T-Rex Toronto, Canada Playwrights: Sex T-Rex sextrexcomedy.com

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Chandelier-swinging, dastardly schemes and swordfights, swordfights, swordfights await as Sex T-Rex bring their signature cinematic style to the stage, dancing from The Princess Bride, to Final Fantasy, to Game of Thrones and dipping their rapier wit into all things sordid and sworded.

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Winner of the 2015 Just for Laughs Best Comedy Award.

“Proves that theatre is still the perfect medium for creating the impossible.” —TWISI Theatre Blog “The most exhilarating show yet from the hyper-kinetic company.”

—Torontoist

Funny / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

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September 7 September 9 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 17

6:35 PM 8:20 PM 5:15 PM 10:05 PM 6:45 PM 1: 00 PM

HELP! I’M AMERICAN

DK Reinemer Los Angeles, USA Playwright: DK Reinemer dkreinemer.com

Los Angeles comedian DK Reinemer presents his only-slightly-political oneman sketch comedy show from America, and that’s okay! Right? Everything is just fine. DK’s credits include: I’m This Many: A future past comedy (2013 Winnipeg Fringe), The DK and Morgan Show (Vancouver Fringe, SF SketchFest), 100% Stuff (Austin SketchFest); as well as Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver International Improv Festivals. More info at dkreinemer.com.

Funny / Silly / Weird / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

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September 8 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 16 September 17

5:00 PM 7:30 PM 5:00 PM 8:30 PM 2:05 PM 8:05 PM

FIELD ZOOLOGY, 101 Shawn O’Hara Victoria, Canada Playwright: Shawn O’Hara From the untamed wilds of the Vancouver Landfill, to the loading bay behind the Burger King, Field Zoologist Brad Gooseberry has seen it all. In this introductory course, he shares a lifetime of “knowledge” and “experience,” teaching you to thrive and survive in the harrowing world of field zoology.

Winner: Favourite Comedy at 2016 Victoria Fringe Festival “Raucously funny.” —Showbill.ca

Funny / Silly / Weird / 50 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 15 September 16

8:25 PM 10:05 PM 2:40 PM 9:20 PM 5:10 PM 3:50 PM

2017—2018 SEASON SZERETLEK: A HUNGARIAN LOVE STORY The Grand Salto Theatre Toronto, Canada Playwrights: The Grand Salto Theatre thegrandsaltotheatre.com

Romance blossoms in post WW2 Hungary when a school teacher from the city meets the village intellectual. The award winning Grand Salto Theatre brings this true family story to life with mask, movement, and song.

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PRESENTS

SCIENTIST TURNED COMEDIAN Tim Lee Carlsbad, USA Playwright: Tim X Lee

“Lee, who got his PhD before realizing where his true talents lay, blends science talk (complete with PowerPoint presentations) with comedy. The hilarious result is like what would happen if you crossed your high-school chem teacher with George Carlin.” —Boston Phoenix

Praise for The Grand Salto Theatre: —Saskatoon StarPhoenix “Stroke of genius ... Spur of the moment glee.” —Hoopla

Warm and Fuzzy / Poetic / Intimate / 50 minutes / All Ages

Thursday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

September 7 September 10 September 11 September 13 September 16 September 17

5:00 PM 5:55 PM 5:00 PM 7:45 PM 10:30 PM 4:30 PM

THE SECRET OF CASTLE ALPHABET HeARTbeat Theatre Productions Calgary, Canada Playwright: Adam Schnell heartbeattheatre.com Mea happens upon a mysterious old castle, unearthing the legend that one day, a true heir of the lost kingdom will return.

This fantastical, imaginative story shows kids that each of them have the ability to change someone’s world by being the best version of themselves. Good fun for kids and adults alike! You can dress up in your best castle garb!

Funny / Intellectual / 60 minutes / 14+

Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 9 September 10 September 11 September 14 September 17 September 18

1:1 5 PM 9:15 PM 8:15 PM 6:40 PM 5:25 PM 2:45 PM

NATURALLY

Pocket Theater Seattle, USA Playwrights: Clayton Weller & Sophie Lowenstein thepocket.org

Serious comedy, Naturally!

Sophie and Clayton have been entertaining audiences for 12 years together and now they’re going to let you choose how you’re delighted. Do you want them to play a harmonica, throw some fruits, and dance?

Or do you want to see them get real and laugh in the face of death? Your choice, Naturally!

“A variety of comical characters, frequent and entertaining set and costume changes, and thought-provoking content delivered in a light, humorous style.” —Victoria Daniel, Brander Garden School

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 14 September 16

6:45 PM 3:00 PM 4: 15 PM 9:30 PM 5:00 PM 7: 10 PM

Funny / Intimate / 55 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thursday Saturday

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 14 September 16

10:00 PM 4:40 PM 1: 00 PM 6:35 PM 8:25 PM 8:50 PM

Tickets available at theatrefilm.ubc.ca

VancouverFringe.com

Funny / Silly / Family Friendly / 55 minutes / All Ages

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PERFORMANCE WORKS 1218 CARTWRIGHT STREET

ADULT COMPANY

ALTERNATE ENDINGS

4am Theatre Duncan, Canada Playwrights: Jessica Schacht & Sam Young We’re always waiting for 4:00am—that magical time when the best memories are supposed to find us—we can only endure the journey. Two couples come together one rainy spring evening to see if their friendships will survive the wait.

Co-written with the author of 2014 Fringe show, Thus, I Curse Love!

Intense / Intellectual / Intimate / 75 minutes

/ 18+ / Coarse Language

Thursday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday

September 7 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 14 September 16

8:35 PM Noon 5:05 PM 5:00 PM 8:35 PM 6:20 PM

5-STEP GUIDE TO BEING GERMAN Paco Erhard Berlin, Germany Playwright: Paco Erhard pacoerhard.com

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Wanna be German? Of course you do.

And now you can, as German comedian Paco Erhard teaches you how. Sold out worldwide and a Fringe World Best Comedy Award nominee, 5-Step Guide to Being German is “insightful and hysterical” (Broadway Baby) as Paco “tackles sacred cows with reckless abandon” (Herald Sun). You will laugh. If you want. Zis is not an order.

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“Stand-up genius.”

—Edinburgh Guide (UK) “Keeps the room in stitches, whether you’re German or not.”

—Vue Weekly (CAN) “One of the best cultural comedians in the world.” —Rip It Up (AUS) Funny / Intellectual / 75 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language

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September 9 September 12 September 13 September 15 September 16 September 17

5:45 PM 8:35 PM 7:15 PM 8:25 PM 1:00 PM 7:20 PM

Alternate Endings Bringing Down The House Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Danielle Braund

What happened to those happy endings you binge watched on your parents’ TV? In this one-woman memoir/parody/cabaret, Danielle (full-body) tackles love in all the wrong places, misplacing careers and car keys, while realizing she won’t self-actualize her inner-Beyoncé. If hurtling towards an imminent ending isn’t simple, at least it’s entertaining.

Funny / Musical / 50 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language

Friday Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 8 September 10 September 12 September 14 September 16 September 17

6:00 PM 9:00 PM 7:00 PM 10:30 PM 3:00 PM 5:45 PM

AIN’T TRUE & UNCLE FALSE Paul Strickland Presents Covington, USA Playwright: Paul Strickland ainttrue.com Step Right Up! Mark Twain meets Tim Burton in this one-man trailer-park comedy (with songs!).

—Winnipeg Free Press (2015) —Vue Weekly (Edmonton, 2014) “Ushers in a new storytelling presence instantly worthy of a place on the top shelf.” —Edmonton Journal (2014) Winner: Best of Fest at the Calgary Fringe, 2016 Winner: Best of Fest at the Cincinnati Fringe, 2013 “Through Strickland’s pitch perfect storytelling and verbal acrobatics ... we’re transported to a magical place where common sense may be in short supply, but wisdom abounds.” —CBC (2015)

Funny / Musical / Poetic / 60 minutes / 14+

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September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 14 September 16

7:35 PM 9:20 PM 1:45 PM 6:50 PM 5:00 PM 4:35 PM

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GOLD, GUNS & GREED Vengeance Entertainment Barkerville, Canada Playwright: J.P. Winslow facebook.com/AgnusMcVee666 Combining the wit of Barry Humphries’ Dame Edna, the sauciness of Brendan O’Carroll’s Mrs. Brown, and the devilish antics of shock rocker Marilyn Manson, J.P. Winslow’s Gold, Guns & Greed brings to life the legend of British Columbia’s Gold Rush serial killer Agnus McVee and explores the nature of good and evil.

STUPID CUPID

Liz McMullen London, United Kingdom Playwright: Liz McMullen lizmcmullen.com Ever feel confused about Love? Where

to find it and keep it? Do you think you touch yourself too often? Meet Cupid in Training, as she tests the waters with her flashy new love skills: side affects may cause feelings of lust, unwelcome singing, inaccurate nostalgia, and something we call “neighbour fingers”...

KATHARINE FERNS IS IN STITCHES Katharine Ferns Manchester, United Kingdom Playwright: Katharine Ferns katharineferns.com

This Canadian debut of a brutally funny

storytelling show from Manchester based comedian Katharine Ferns is a comedic journey about learning to laugh at the visible and invisible scars of surviving mental illness, domestic violence, and drug addiction—plus some feminism for comic relief.

“The most incredible comedy performance I’ve ever seen.” —Phil Jones (audience member as quoted on BBC Radio 2) “Observant and witty, Katharine is a modern, 21st century woman, who throws herself into life and consequently her jokes.” —TheWeeReview.com “Salty-sweet, savagely honest, brutally funny.” —Scene Magazine

Funny / Weird / In Your Face / 65 minutes / 14+ / Violent Content / Smoke Fog

Friday Saturday Monday Thursday Friday Sunday

September 8 September 9 September 11 September 14 September 15 September 17

9:20 PM 2:00 PM 8:35 PM 6:45 PM 5:00 PM 12:30 PM

Funny / Naughty / Warm and Fuzzy / LGBTQ+ / 50 minutes / 18+ / Sexual Content

Thursday Saturday Sunday Monday Friday Sunday

September 7 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 15 September 17

7:00 PM 7:45 PM 3:30 PM 5:15 PM 6:50 PM 2:20 PM

Funny / Intense / Naughty / 70 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Thursday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

September 7 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 16 September 17

5:05 PM 3:50 PM 7:05 PM 5:20 PM 8:20 PM 3:50 PM

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REVUE STAGE 1601 JOHNSTON STREET

EXECUTING JUSTICE

THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD

Bessie-Jean Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Bill Pats A 2013 Angus Reid Poll revealed that 66% of Canadians support the return of capital punishment. April 7, 2030, 11:00pm: Daryl Kane is one hour away from being the first person executed in Canada since 1962.

This is his story.

2014 Rintoul Memorial Award Winner at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.

Written and performed by Bill Pats.

“Tough as nails drama.”

—Winnipeg Free Press “Pats exhibits true, raw emotion on stage.”

—Saskatoon StarPhoenix

FIGMENTALLY

GOOD GAME IN “GUNG HO!”

Figment Oakland, USA Playwright: Figment figmentally.com

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Imagine Charlie Chaplin stumbled into a Salvador Dalí painting.

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Dive into the world of a curious writer whose uncontrollable story takes over her life. Figments of imagination are born from her pen, walking a wavering line between reality and fantasy. Part comedy, circus, magic, unexpected puppetry, acrobatic dance, cookies, and audience immersion.

“Figmentally is a figment of your imagination that you will want to play over and over again ... A physical theatre experience unlike any other you have seen.” —The Road to 1,000 with Marc Gonzalez “Combined physical comedy, mime, magic, juggling, dance, and clown antics into a delightful and whimsical romp.”

—Indie Voice Blog

Funny / Weird / Family Friendly / 60 minutes / All Ages

Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Friday Saturday

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 15 September 16

8:35 PM 9:50 PM 1: 45 PM 9:30 PM 5:00 PM 4:00 PM

Laugh with us won’t you? Won’t you?!

After 10 years of what they call “comedy,” these sketch comedians are giving you nothing but the best. You deserve it. Why not? Sketch, songs, and uncomfortable feelings. Be agape with the glory of laughter.

“This show has so many funny, unexpected moments.” —LondonFringe.ca “These are clearly three naturally funny people.” —Bloody Underrated “Sure to make you laugh ... A must see!”

—The London Yodeller

Funny / Silly / Weird / 65 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 15 September 17

5:00 PM 5: 20 PM 7: 45 PM 5:00 PM 9:15 PM 4:30 PM

SETTING BONES

Good Game Toronto, Canada Playwrights: Nick Chenosky, David Horn & Craig Scorgie goodgamecomedy.com

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Friday Sunday

September 7 September 10 September 12 September 13 September 16 September 17

6:45 PM 2:45 PM 3: 30 PM 9:30 PM 10:15 PM 6: 1 5 PM

Kalik Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: lee williams boudakian, Kamee Abrahamian & Anoushka Ratnarajah kalik.org When their mother and grandmother suddenly die, three estranged siblings are reunited in their childhood home where they are confronted by legacies of displacement, cultural erasure, and fragmentation that have haunted their family for generations. In turn, they must rediscover one another and their desires for belonging, understanding, and love.

Setting Bones is a new show from interdisciplinary arts company Kalik, and the 2017 winner of the Fringe New Play Prize from the Playwrights Theatre Centre, with dramaturgy from mia susan amir.

Intimate / Multicultural / LGBTQ+ / 60 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language / Strobe Lights

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The Man Who Sold the World is a preapocalyptic dramady set in a post-truth, completely fictional world. The Burning Man is a bearer of “questionable news” and bears strong political messages about the current American agenda; the world versus America and America versus itself.

Storytelling, multi-media, live music, and immersive theatre.

“Dave Ortolano is both a theater Renaissance man and a friend of theater.”

—Westword “David Ortolano, in performances infused with heart.” —Denver Post

Funny / Intense / Intellectual / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content

Intense / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content

Thursday Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Saturday Sunday

David Ortolano Longmont, USA Playwright: David Ortolano davidortolano.com

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A DAVID LYNCH WET DREAM Acherontia Productions Montreal, Canada Composer/Performer: Natasha Perry-Fagant A David Lynch Wet Dream is a surrealist movement piece, a solo show following a character trying to find her place within a harsh and intangible landscape. The story of leaving the clutches of naivety and grappling with the ever-changing nature of identity. Making use of projection and an encompassing sound design, the show plunges the audience into a one of a kind sensory experience.

“By treating the audience as an abstract body … Natasha made a poignant statement about the role external pressures play in the day-to-day performativity of the human body ... Natasha was able to bring me from despair to empowerment.”

—Sonja Hanson, CJLO Weird / Intense / Poetic / 45 minutes / 18+ / Nudity / Strobe Lights

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6:45 PM 8:05 PM 5: 1 5 PM 10:15 PM 6:45 PM 1: 00 PM

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GIGANTIC LYING MOUTH Rhyming Optional Productions Glasgow, UK Playwright: Kevin P. Gilday kevinpgilday.co.uk Kevin P. Gilday is an award winning spoken word artist from Glasgow, Scotland. Unfortunately, he is also dead.

After perishing in a tragic yoga accident, Kevin finds himself trapped in the afterlife—only to find things are a little different on the other side.

A reflexive solo performance combining contemporary spoken word with drama and comedy.

ACCELERATION Sugarworks Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Caroline Sniatynski sugarworkstheatre.com It’s 2012. The world’s top physicists are searching for the elusive Higgs boson particle, and it’s been a year since Elise’s sister disappeared. Desperate to forget, Elise wraps herself up in the search for the Higgs. But what we’re looking for isn’t always what we find. A moving exploration of how we cope with a world that doesn’t make sense.

“This was something special. There is a quiet, unusual talent burgeoning here ... go and witness it for yourself.”

—Ed Fringe Review “A powerhouse poet at the top of his game.” —Lingo Festival

Funny / Weird / Poetic / 60 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

Thursday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Sunday

September 7 September 9 September 10 September 14 September 16 September 17

8:1 5 PM 1:00 PM 8:50 PM 6:45 PM 5:45 PM 2:45 PM

Intimate / 60 minutes / All Ages

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5:00 PM 7: 05 PM 5: 1 5 PM 10:15 PM 8: 30 PM 2: 1 5 PM

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THE CULTCH

HISTORIC THEATRE 1895 VENABLES STREET

OBIT: A DEATHLY SERIOUS COMEDY Alone Together Productions Delta, Canada Playwrights: Cathy Collis & Simon Roberts obitfringe.wordpress.com

Three distinct lives. Three different deaths.

Countless comedic possibilities. Is it okay to laugh in the face of death? There’s no room for sentimentality as our cast of animated actors question whether our obituaries tell the whole story. OBIT is a deathly serious comedy about life. See this before you die!

A NIGHT AT THE ROSE COLOURED DISCOTHEQUE Buy Me Dinner First Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Dylan Archambault & Arggy Jenati Club kids Toasty and Jorge spend their night at the local rave. They’re regulars at the joint. Drinks are cheap, friendships are still intact, and it’s most likely only Tylenol Extra Strength they found in the bottom of her purse but, the night is still young. A satire about independent culture, trying to find love, or trying to find a job in 2017.

Written by comedy duo Dylan Archambault and Arggy Jenati who have worked for CBC Comedy and at The Groundlings Theatre and School. Contains mild profanity and nudity, maybe, depending on the night! Dance. Drink. Repeat!

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HABITATS Isabelle Kirouac & Nayana Fielkov Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Isabelle Kirouac & Nayana Fielkov threelittlereddots.org/habitats

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Accompanied by a mysterious white hare, a woman travels through time to find home in an unknown world. Habitats is a show for all ages blending physical comedy, acrobatic stilts, contemporary dance, and shadow puppetry. It is about the magic we carry with us and the ways we find stability in a world of continuous transformation.

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Funny / Naughty / 75 minutes / 18+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content / Nudity / LGBTQ+

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IT’S A GLORIOUS, WONDERFUL LIFE Morrow’s Lark Theatre Company West Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Shelby Wyminga A delightfully dark comedy about loneliness and the longing to escape: Ethan and Gloria meet as the closing credits of It’s A Wonderful Life roll. Through a series of hilarious social blunders and moments of unexpected connection, modern day Katharine Hepburn and James Dean discover that each might have what the other needs.

Written with all the wit and spunk of Hollywood’s golden age, emerging playwright Shelby Wyminga cleverly matches the pole of timeless classics with today’s Netflix escapism to unveil the secrets we refuse to let show.

Funny / Family Friendly / Poetic / 45 minutes / All Ages

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A VERY UNPLEASANT EVENING AT THE ROCKEFELLER RINK SOMETIME LATE DECEMBER...ISH. Rainhair Studios Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Annahis Basmadjian Six people, all carrying six different sets of baggage, try to have a nice evening at the Rockefeller Rink. Things of course don’t go as planned. Stories intertwine, revelations are had, but maybe, with each others help, they can make this unpleasant Rockefeller evening a little less unpleasant.

THE INDEFINABLE SOUL Uscript Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Rachelle Tomm uscriptproductions.ca Inspired by passion, a poetic piece about a woman’s energizing mission to squeeze one hour into every minute. It’s about finding passion through fear, and allowing ourselves the vulnerability to absorb every experience. It’s not about the good or the bad; it’s about living to love, and loving the imperfections that create who we are.

The Saturday, September 16 performance will be live described by VocalEye for patrons with low vision.

Funny / Weird / Poetic / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

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THE MESSENGER

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Damonde Tschritter Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Damonde Tschritter Do you see signs? Are they real? What happens when a person follows what the Universe tells them to do, and it leads them to a Shaman in the mountains of Mexico, where they are given “The Medicine of the Heart,” the strongest substance known to man? There are only two ways to find out. Have the courage to do it yourself. Or to come to this show.

DSR Productions/ RibbitRePublic Vancouver, Canada Playwright: John Godber dsrproductions.com

This hilarious play takes place in a provincial discotheque in the 1980s.

Four tuxedoed male bouncers (who also “become” a variety of other characters) perform at a nonstop pace, from one irreverent bit of action and impersonation to another with virtuosic ease. Explosively funny and devastatingly satiric.

“He has the rare gift of commanding attention merely by talking.”

—Seattle Weekly “Comedy’s New Superhero.”

—the Globe and Mail “I dare you to go see this show.” —God

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DRAMATIC

WORKS SERIES at The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab 1895 VENABLES STREET

SOUL SAMURAI Affair of Honor Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Qui Nguyen

Generously supported by the Lochmaddy Foundation, this year’s Dramatic Works Series boosts the dramatic content at the Fringe and showcases playwrights of Asian descent!

The artists in the Dramatic Works Series have been mentored by Sherry Yoon, who has directed and co-created over 40 productions, including Fall Away Home, a site-specific performance in Stanley Park. As Artistic Director of Boca del Lupo, the company has received numerous awards: Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award and multiple Jessie Awards, including the Award for Outstanding Production. Recently she launched the 3.7% initiative; an advocacy group for ethnically and culturally diverse female artists. Upcoming directing credits include Shylock at Bard on the Beach and King of the Yees at the National Arts Centre.

In this darkly awesome future, Shoguns reign, vampires infest Brooklyn, and the world has gone grindhouse. After losing her lover to some undead hoodlums, Dewdrop gets herself a training montage and a sidekick and sets off for revenge.

Soul Samurai—a graphic novel explodes onstage: multimedia action topped with zine-like homemade sweetness.

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Wunderdog Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Mieko Ouchi Lainie and Mariam have it out for each other. When they finally come to violent blows, a newly minted student teacher has an idea: by teaching the girls the art of stage combat, he can help them understand the roots and costs of violence; but when they are cast as Mercutio and Tybalt in their school play, swords, words, and egos clash.

Island Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Rajiv Joseph island-productions.ca Over the course of many years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre and macabre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare ghastly scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together.

“This wondrous strange two-hander finds as much humor as horror in the play’s bizarre events.” —Variety “Irresistibly odd and exciting.”

—NY Daily News

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I AM FOR YOU

GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES

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BOMBAY BLACK

BY ANOSH IRANI

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BONDAGE

Raghupriya Society Burnaby, Canada Playwright: Anosh Irani The lives of an Indian exotic dancer and her embittered mother are altered when a blind stranger visits them. Poetic, mythic, and brave, Anosh Irani’s 2006 multiple Dora Award-winning Bombay Black is a searing play set in the bitter reality of India. Funny, violent, humane, and directed

by Mumbai-born, Fringe award winning producer Rohit Chokhani.

West Moon Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: David Henry Hwang One of the most audacious and thoughtprovoking plays by Asian American playwright, David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), Bondage deals with issues of race and racial stereotypes by placing a fully disguised man and woman in an S and M parlor playing out sexual games.

Directed by Chris Lam (Redcurrant Collective’s The Nether).

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Rohit Chokhani’s prior Fringe awardwinning production work in different capacities includes: Siddhartha: A Journey Home, winner of the Talk of the Fringe Award, and Mrs. Singh and Me, winner of the Pick of the Fringe Award.

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Intense / Family Friendly / 45 minutes / All Ages

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RON BASFORD PARK Seven young artists born in the era of climate change. Site-specific outdoor theatre on Granville Island.

Water. The most essential element of life. We live in a water-rich world here on the West Coast of Canada. Salt and fresh, rain and river, food and industry: water matters. What does it mean to us now?

Over five months of mentorship with Eric Rhys Miller (Co-Founder of The Only Animal), five inclusive teams of artists have collected to create original works around the theme of water. Journey with them into urgent conflicts and necessary questions. Each brings their fierce imagination and generosity of spirit forward for the audience.

Tickets are $12 per program.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.

PROGRAM GREEN

PROGRAM BLUE 75 Minutes / Coarse Language

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O SANDADA 150M

Lead Artist: Douglas Ennenberg 150 million years later… the world stops—and out of the basic elements, sand and water, comes… life. Under the sun, Sandadians build beautiful castles, sing the National Sandthem, and glorify the Sandadian flag. Meanwhile, under the stars, Wateries plan their attack. On the natural/industrial stage of the grassy knoll on Granville Island, two cultures try to make peace. Fantastical. Apocalyptic.

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TWENTY FEET AWAY

Lead Artists: Dayna Hoffmann & Sara Dunn A site-specific theatrical adventure based on the bank of Vancouver’s False Creek.

Two entrepreneurs daringly attempt to bottle themselves a new life while facing difficult ethical questions.

Lead Artist: Sultan Owaisi Bonds are tested, sides taken, and loyalty is questioned. Two brothers come to terms with progress and preservation while on a fishing trip.

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WYSPA

Lead Artists: Kanon Hewitt & Julia Siedlanowka A group of youth stranded on an urchin-infested island guide the audience through a magic-infused ceremony and explore their world views that have turned them into survivors. Part documentary/ verbatim script driven by youth aged 5-16.

CITLALI: A FANTASTIC TALE ABOUT WATER BY A MEXICAN POET Lead Artist: Brenda Muñoz A mythological tale about the origins of Mexico and the journey of a demigoddess on a search for water.

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BROTHERS

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ADVANCE THEATRE: NEW WORKS BY DIVERSE WOMEN at the False Creek Gym

1318 CARTWRIGHT STREET

JUMPING SHIP

This is your Advance notice: diverse women are taking the stage Ruby Slippers Theatre and Playwrights Guild of Canada have partnered with the Fringe to showcase dramatic readings of five new plays by Canadian women playwrights. According to a national study, women account for less than a third of artistic directors, working directors, and produced playwrights in professional Canadian theatre. Hence, Advance Theatre! Curated by Ruby Slippers Theatre with priority given to diversity, these five new plays by diverse Canadian women and directed by diverse Canadian women will be presented as matinees during the Festival.

GO, NO GO

Marcia Johnson Toronto, Canada Playwright: Marcia Johnson Directed by Marisa Smith The year is 1904. Scottish sailor, Jamey Dunbar meets young entrepreneur, Audrey Williams on a beach in Jamaica. Their lives change forever. This is a love story inspired by the playwright’s great-grandparents.

bike circus Toronto, Canada Playwright: Natalie Frijia Directed by Leanna Brodie natandthebike.weebly.com Go, No Go is the story of 13 barrierbreaking pilots who in 1961 petitioned NASA to become the first female astronauts. And it’s about why you don’t know their names. Welcome to the space race.

Tickets are available at the door only and are pay-what-you-can with a suggested price of $5 to $10.

Funny / Warm and Fuzzy / Multicultural / 100 minutes / All Ages

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HIDDEN MEMORIES

In Memoriam:

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Pamela Casserly-Reynolds

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Pam worked seasonally for the Vancouver Fringe in 2009 as our Events Coordinator. Although we worked together for a short period of time, her energetic spirit and deep generosity made us friends for life. An artist in her own right, Pam was a jazz singer who performed in Vancouver and Toronto.

She will be missed dearly by her fellow Fringers.

Gwaandak Theatre Whitehorse, Canada Playwright: Lillian Nakamura Maguire Directed by Donna Yamamoto gwaandaktheatre.ca

The daughter of Japanese immigrants sifts through her parents’ memorabilia, piecing together their early BC life and forced relocation. She tries to find peace with her parents’ choices during times of racial discrimination, her own identity, and what she passes on to her daughter.

National Association of Japanese Canadians Endowment Fund support.

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Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Colleen Ann Fee Directed by Tammy Bentz A stormy drama infused with social diversity and provocative, raucous comedy tracks a couple torn apart by sexual conflict and challenges conventions and beliefs. Cast of six, plus violinist, comprised of Vancouver’s top performers.

Warning: Mature adult content, sexual violence, provocative material which may offend beliefs.

Funny / Intellectual / 75 minutes / 18+

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HAPPY PLACE

SEX, DRUGS & AGE, THE LAST TABOO

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Toronto, Canada Playwright: Pamela Mala Sinha Directed by Fay Nass “Broken women determined to die helping each other live.”

Happy Place takes place in an inpatient facility for women suffering from depression. With insight, raw truth, and sometimes humour, these seven women force each other to look at themselves in a way they never could “outside”... finding compassion—even love—where they least expect it.

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HAVANA

HAVANA

SHOWS

BYOV The shows in the Bring Your Own Venue (BYOV) category are chosen on a first come, first served basis. The artists behind these shows have made their own venue arrangements and planned their technical needs on their own.

BYOV shows are all over Vancouver!

See pages 10-11 for a map of all the venue locations.

THRONE

KURT VONNEGUT’S THE EUPHIO QUESTION

BlackJacq Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Chris Nash BlackJacq.com A troubled young Irish musician locks himself in a public restroom stall after receiving some devastating news. Inspired by true events. Contains mature subject matter and a bazillion f-words.

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DRAINING THE SWAMP

BEAVER DREAMS Lost & Found Puppet Co. Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Maggie Winston lostandfoundpuppets.com A schtick you can to sink your teeth into.

Winner of two and nominated for five Montreal Fringe Awards. Une famille.

Generation after generation. Beavers. Les castors! Sharing the same land, the same lake, and the same nightmare depicting commercial development threatening their corner of paradise in the Laurentians, Quebec. Get wet at the best dam show!

“Nothing less than brilliant.” —Savage Clown Montreal “A very funny, creative piece worth catching!” —Daily Hive Montreal “Everyone was simply in love, it won a ton of awards.” —Montreal Rampage

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Curious Creations Theatre North Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Desmond Price & Dawn Moore

“A gregarious and engaging storyteller.”

—Stephen Hunt, Calgary Herald “Quickly drew me under his spell.”

—Donna G., The More the Merrier (Toronto) “You are in for a treat.” —Jason Broadfoot, Plank Magazine

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A woman, her boyfriend, and the man who allegedly molested her. Funny, touching, and emotionally compelling as each person describes their experience around the event. From the writer/director of The Dance Teacher, a 2016 Fringe favourite, this story explores themes of consent, assault, education, and gazpacho and asks when is something “No Big Deal?”

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Tomo Suru Players Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Gerald Williams tomosuruplayers.com

Jim Sands Presents Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Jim Sands jim-sands.ca

What EntertainmentVancouver.com said about our previous play: “funny, irreverent, poignant, whimsical, clever and thought provoking ... superb performances.”

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NO BIG DEAL

BLUE RIVER BLUES

A one-person storytelling memoir about life as a Snowmobile Tour Guide at the Athabasca Glacier in 1979. Jim Sands (Charlie: A Hockey Story, The Shakuhachi Quest, and Dating für Dumb Heads) uses stories, songs, and images to tell an intricate tale of glaciers, gorbies, and grand theft auto told against the glorious spectacle of the Rocky Mountains.

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Curious Creations, the company that brought you last year’s Fringe hit, Waiting for Garbo, gets curious again—this time about He Who Shall Not be Named.

This musical takes a comedic jab at the privileged few who hold your wealth in their hands. Comic mayhem ensues when The Boss fires his apprentice, shoots his driver, and gets arrested for murder.

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A new adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1951 short story. A young physicist discovers radio waves from outer space that make anyone within earshot completely and utterly euphoric. The Euphio Question asks audiences what the true cost of happiness is when it comes at the mere flick of a switch.

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Little Mountain Lion Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Kurt Vonnegut (book), Matt Clarke (stageplay) littlemountainlion.com

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FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE

CRY-BABY: THE MUSICAL Awkward Stage Productions Vancouver, Canada Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan, Music by David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger awkwardstageproductions.com

Based on the John Waters film, Cry-Baby: The Musical focuses on Baltimore teenager Allison Vernon-Williams, who is drawn across the tracks from her 1954 finishingschool background into a relationship with the orphaned Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker, the leader of a pack of rebel outcasts.

12 MINUTE MADNESS Center for Embodied Performance Vancouver, Canada Raïna von Waldenburg 12minutemadness.com

SECHS DMQ Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Devon Simmons MacKinlay

Meet Linda Kunt (a drunken social worker), Little Nazi (a baby with a big dong), and Old Asian Smoker (who invited her?). These and many others live in my head. I know, freaky. But your psyche can explode when your own grandpa sexually abuses you. Hey, I’m Marlene. This is a true story with 12 twats and a harp.

Sechs (zekhs) follows six characters whose different beliefs about intimacy and relationships clash in bars and bedrooms as they try to navigate modern dating.

This is the World Premiere of the Canadian Sechs.

A Tony Award Nominated show by a Pick of the Fringe winning company.

Funny / Musical / In Your Face / 90 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

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JUST NOT THAT WOMAN AKS Productions New York, USA Playwright: Ali Kennedy Scott justnotthatwoman.com

“Polls were decisive. The election was to be a coronation. To celebrate, a party was held beneath a glass ceiling—and I was there.

But a chasm erupted between expectation and reality.”

Charting experiences of female leaders globally, award-winning Australian artist, Ali Kennedy Scott asks... what’s it gonna take to kick inequality to the curb?

Vancouver Fringe Festival

A play with magic and multi-media, inspired by interviews with scientists, psychologists, and politicians.

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By the creator of The Day the Sky Turned Black: “An irrepressible bundle of energy, spine and spirit ... Enthralling.”

—The New York Times Funny / Intellectual / Shocking / 55 minutes / 14+

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HOW I LOST ONE POUND, THE MUSICAL Lesley Carlberg Mississauga, Canada Playwright: Lesley Carlberg lesleycarlberg.com Abandoned mom and lost soul, Lesley Carlberg is always battling the muffin top.

But now she has bigger problems: her kids have left home. So what is she going to be when she grows up? How I Lost One Pound, The Musical follows Lesley’s quest in this dizzying world to realize her purpose in life now, and maybe even lose a pound or two, but probably not.

“I figure, with all the laughing I did, I must’ve lost at least one pound.” —Lauren Stein, Mooney on Theatre

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MULTIPLE ORGANISM Mind of a Snail Puppet Co. Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Mind of a Snail Puppet Co. mindofasnail.org Mind of a Snail’s risquést show yet! A gender and genre bending surrealist comedy for adults: live projections, puppetry, and an original musical score.

Use your invagination! Another large scale shadow theatre performance from the award-winning creators of Curious Contagious (2016), Caws & Effect (2014), and Against Gravity (2013): “Delightful, innovative, and beautiful.” —Winnipeg Free Press “Pushing the boundaries—not only of what stories we tell, but also the ways in which we tell them.” —Vue Weekly

Funny / Intimate / Musical / 75 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Mature Content / Sexual Content

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ROLLER COASTER

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WOODWARD’S ATRIUM

BREATH-AHHH

Placeholder Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: TJ Dawe tjdawe.ca Jessie Award winning Fringe vet and solo show meister TJ Dawe (Burn Job, Medicine, Marathon, The Slipknot) (he’s been touring since 1994) (this is his 109th Fringe worldwide) (yes, really) returns with a monologue about why we go to war, who our real gods are, the bizarre phenomenon of Donald Trump’s presidency, and the end of the world.

“A master storyteller.” —Orlando Weekly “This guy’s headed for the stand-up hall of fame.” —the Georgia Straight “Come and see what a real virtuoso can do.” —Edmonton Journal

Theatre Terrific Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Susanna Uchatius in collaboration with the cast. theatreterrific.ca Breath-Ahhh’s all inclusive cast explores the universal truth... that breath is something we all share. This rhythmical explosive work uses dance, imagistic gestures, self-expressed soundscape, and all variations of emotional and physical breath to define the means to support humanity’s co-existence. Join us for another remarkable pioneering work!

Theatre Terrific is in the development of increasing accessibility capacity for the Deaf-blind, low-vision, and blind communities. Please reach out at gm@theatreterrific.ca or through our ASL interpreters at 778.819.0836 for more information.

Funny / Weird / Shocking / 60 minutes / 18+ / Nudity

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OCEAN AND CROW YOGA

BEHIND BACKSTAGE LOUNGE

THE IMPROV CENTRE

CAROUSEL THEATRE

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PERISCOPE Nutmeg Creations Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Megan Phillips meganphillips.com Megan was in her Happy Ever After.

She amended her behaviour with deep personal work and a new meditation practice—and miracles happened! And then the miracles ended. And when her problems returned, so did her loneliness.

So one night, she decided to find a shortcut back to happiness... in a pill.

This is the story of that night.

THE LONG WALK

HIP.BANG! PRESENTS FIN

Garibian Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Daniel Morton & Nathanial Roy Following the moment after his breakup with his girlfriend, his friends, and his life, one man goes in search of the answers for what to do next. Over the course of the night, he’ll find something...

From the writers of The Traveller and Writers Block.

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CAROUSEL THEATRE

Chris Adams presents Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Scott Brown & Anthony King gutenbergthemusical.ca

In this whirlwind 90-minute musical comedy, Chris Adams and Erik Gow play over 30 characters in this two-man spoof.

A pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new project—a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. Too bad their musical is terrible. Directed by Chris McGregor.

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Award-winning comedy duo Hip.Bang! (The History of Romance) returns! From the politics of Campinos to the mysteries of our deepest oceans, this show will capture and release your anxieties about how twisted our world has become.

What is the average lifespan of a relationship? How do you calculate love with the law of large numbers? What variables lead to the greatest success rate?

Liz and Chris experiment with this and other modern relationship issues when their young marriage is put to the test.

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Chris & Travis Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Chris Ross & Travis Bernhardt travisbernhardt.com Multiple Pick-of-the-Fringe winner Travis Bernhardt and Chris Ross scribble outside the lines of improv comedy with their high energy, hilarious, and surreal twoman show. Their extreme physicality, endearingly strange characters, and commitment to entertain by any means necessary have surprised and delighted audiences across Canada.

“You’ve never seen an improv show like this before.” —Saskatoon StarPhoenix Selected for the 2017 Paper Street Improv Festival Selected for the 2015 and 2016 Vancouver International Improv Festival

Funny / Silly / Weird / 45 minutes / All Ages

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—Vancouver Sun / Edmonton Journal / Edmonton Sun “So funny you might wet yourself.”

—Edmonton Journal “World-class.” —Curtain Up, New York Best of Fest at Edmonton & Victoria Fringe Funny / In Your Face / Intellectual / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

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THE INVENTOR OF ALL THINGS big word performance Finchampstead, UK Playwright: jem rolls A Jewish Hungarian wrecked the Nazi Atomic Bomb? The unbelievably true story of forgotten genius Leo Szilard.

Peacemaker, physicist, refugee, Martian, celebrity. And very funny. And even more eccentric. Hated by Generals, first to think of the Atom Bomb, and much too good to flush his own toilet. A big story of a little man in big times.

“Terrific!” —Saskatoon StarPhoenix 1/5 “Superb.” —Edmonton Sun “Magnetic, mesmerizing.” —CBC “It is my belief this story has enriched my life.” —Apt613.ca “Beloved performer.” —Montreal Gazette

Funny / Weird / Intellectual / 60 minutes / 14+

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Intense / Intimate / 30 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content

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CAROUSEL THEATRE

SIX FINE LINES Level-Headed Friends Productions Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Mack Gordon mackgordontheatre.com A rolling, grieving, game show house party! Through a series of epigrams, anecdotes, poems, and game shows, Mack Gordon pastes together a living collage. Six Fine Lines is pop rocks for your head and heart from the creator of last Halloween’s theatre in the dark hit, Three Stories Up, and previous Fringe Festival sell out, Shake the Sheets!

“Gordon is a playwright worth taking seriously.” —ColinThomas.ca “The pictures Gordon paints are so vivid, they take on a life of their own.”

—Mark Robins, Vancouver Presents Weird / Poetic / Intimate / 60 minutes / 14+

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“A smashing success ... superb comic writers.” —The New York Times “Zany! zany! zany! ... One hell of a goofy evening!” —Variety “Hilarious and immensely satisfying ...

Delicious comic successes.” —Village Voice

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Funny / Poetic / Intimate / 60 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

CHRIS & TRAVIS

GUTENBERG: THE MUSICAL!

Meadtri Theatre New Westminster, Canada Playwrights: Megan Kurzeja & Chad Kamer

Hip.Bang!

Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Tom Hill & Devin Mackenzie hipbang.ca

Hip.Bang!’s innovative comedy has delighted crowds at Just For Laughs, Comedy Central, and on CBC’s The Irrelevant Show.

About the creator: “An artistic achievement.” —Vue Weekly “Funny and honest ... A light-hearted, critical look at a contemporary topic.”

—CBC NNNN “Clever ... talented and energetic.”

—NOW Magazine Intimate / 60 minutes / Coarse Language

IT FIGURES

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ARTS UMBRELLA

ARTS UMBRELLA

ARTS UMBRELLA

SHOWS

ARTS UMBRELLA

THE AUDIENCE DIES AT THE END Singles Awareness Productions Surrey, Canada Playwright: Blair Moro blairmoro.wixsite.com/ singleawareprod For three years Walley has been traveling the world, prospering from his Faustian pact. Now he must face his greatest challenge yet: luring those he knows and loves into the theatre to ultimately meet their death. Blair Moro takes you on a journey for love, fame, and some light over the trouser fondling (not guaranteed). #TheAudienceDiesAtTheEnd “His cultural references reflect the insightful wit of a South Park episode.”

—Theatre People (Australia) “The utmost charm and affability.”

—AussieTheatre.com Funny / Silly / Weird / 45 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language / Gunshots

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ALMOST A STEPMOM

Standing Room Only Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Keara Barnes kearabarnes.com

Based on a true story. Keara moved to Ireland. She fell in love. Then she became a stepmom... almost. A darkly comic tale about the ups and downs of becoming a stepmother.

This award winning show has toured to critical acclaim throughout Western Canada, most recently completing a sold out run at the Vancouver CelticFest.

“Barnes has a stage presence like none I have ever seen ... If this show isn’t already on your Fringe list, make room for it.”

—The Marble Theatre Review “A show that you don’t want to miss.”

—James Hutchison, Playwright “Terrifically engaging.”

—Jo Ledingham Theatre Reviews Funny / Tear-Jerker / Intimate / 55 minutes / 14+ / Coarse Language

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MAKE ON GRANVILLE ISLAND

The Elegant Ladies Collective Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: The Elegant Ladies Collective elegantladiescollective.weebly. com/about.html

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The Elegant Ladies are back for our fourth year with another interactive, site-specific, interdisciplinary theatrical cornucopia.

Make a choice, make a change, make a difference—this year we are at Make, and we are challenging our audience to remake themselves, and to engage in art as social resistance through acts of creative making and mischief.

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On Peripeteia: “Go see it.” —Plank On ESUM: “They share freely of their creativity and compassion.” —Plank On Eidola: “It sure was something special.”

—Plank

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EMBRYONIC

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THE BIRDMANN: BIRDHOUSE Downunderground Surfers Paradise, Australia Playwright: Trent Baumann thebirdmann.com.au Fly to the future in a live cartoon action comedy adventure with live music and cool variety from Australia and Japan that is totally out of this world!

“Surprising images and a memorable communal experience. Recommended.”

—the Georgia Straight “Good natured stage presence and eye for visual splendour made the show worth it.”

—Vancouver Sun “What a fringe show should look like ...

King of the Fringe.” —Showbill —Times Colonist

BRAIN MACHINE

AN ARRANGEMENT OF SHOES

Andrew Bailey Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Andrew Bailey baileylaughs.com Award winning monologist Andrew Bailey (The Adversary, Phantom Signal) proudly premieres Brain Machine. Generations of scientists create the web to bring “harmony and understanding” to humanity.

Chaos ensues. Bailey attempts to escape technology by moving to a cabin in the woods. While there he accidentally creates a viral video. Chaos ensues.

“Finally, a storyteller with something to say.” —The Edmonton Journal “Bailey has perfected the formula for funny.” —Monday Magazine “Bailey really is a master of the monologue.” —Culture Vulture

Funny / Intellectual / Intimate / 60 minutes /

14+ / Coarse Language

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INFO CENTRE

ENVIRO-MENTS: CONCRETE AND METAL S.I.T.E. Theatre Vancouver, Canada Playwright: Angelo Moroni In the city we cannot escape our closeness to concrete and metal; nor, can we stop other eyes and ears upon our surfaces. We are material, we are environment—that grows and collapses. The walls whisper, the streets shout... let’s listen to what they say and want.

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Fresh from a sell-out run in London, UK and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Footnote Theatre in association with Tara Arts presents the North American Premiere of this award-winning writing by Abhishek Majumdar.

Set in an Indian railway colony during the Gulf War, this poignant family portrait is a captivating solo tour de force about family and global history in the Age of Faith.

Commemorating 70 years of independence of Pakistan and India.

“The truly sparkling Radhika Aggarwal drives the rich monologue.” —remotegoat “Magnetic piece of theatre ... remarkable storytelling.” —Extra! Extra!

Funny / Intellectual / Intimate / Multicultural / 60 minutes / 14+

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SLUMBER HERE Geekenders Theatricals Vancouver, Canada Playwrights: Fairlith Harvey, Ryan Caron, Andrew Lynch & Chelsey Stuyt geekenders.ca Do you want to fall in love tonight?

Immerse yourself in the fantasy of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as you become Helena, Demetrius, Lysander, Hippolyta, etc, and are escorted into the carnivalesque world of the fairies to be seduced by Oberon, assist the Mechanicals to fix their play, help Puck create mischief, and find your soulmate.

Silly / Intense / Intimate / 45 minutes / 14+ / Sexual Content

Winner Best Circus: Melbourne Fringe Nominee Original Comedy: Edinburgh Fringe

Funny / Family Friendly / Poetic / 40 minutes / All Ages

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Footnote Theatre London, UK Playwright: Abhishek Majumdar

14+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content

This is a free un-ticketed, un-scheduled event meant to engage lucky passersby, and will take place on Saturday and Sunday evenings during the Festival.

Saturday, September 9 at 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 7:00, 8:00, & 9:00PM Sunday, September 10 at 1:00, 2:00, & 3:00PM Monday, September 11 at 7:00, 8:00 & 9:00PM Tuesday, September 12 at 7:00, 8:00 & 9:00PM Friday, September 15 at 7:00, 8:00 & 9:00PM Saturday, September 16 at 1:00, 2:00 & 3:00PM Sunday, September 17 at 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 7:00, 8:00 & 9:00PM

Celebrating the Best of the Fest!

SHOWS

FRINGE AWARDS NIGHT Sunday, September 17 at 9:30pm at Performance Works We’re once again happy to support the Performing Arts Lodges!

Your cash donation to PAL Vancouver gets you into the Fringe Awards Night.

The 2017 Public Market Pick of the Fringe Awards

Mollie Bradley Award

The hottest selling shows return September 20-24 for hold-overs at Performance Works!

Cultchivating the Fringe Award From the Fringe to The Cultch, the “Cultchivating the Fringe Award” is given to a show that demonstrates unique potential and rewards it with a run at The Cultch.

The Georgia Straight Critics’ Choice Award

The Georgia Straight’s theatre critics will nominate five outstanding shows, and award one with this coveted prize!

Joanna Maratta Award

In honour of the Vancouver Fringe Festival’s founder, this award goes to an artist who best exhibits the original founding spirit of the Fringe.

BC Touring Council Award The winner of this award receives mentorship, marketing support, and the chance to showcase their work at Pacific Contact, BC Touring Council’s annual tradeshow and booking conference for the performing arts.

Volunteer Choice Award

Selected by jury, this cash award supports either the winner of the Joanna Maratta Award or the BC Touring Council Award by providing financial help for travel, marketing, and other professional development to one or both award winners. This award is given in honour of Fringe Board member, Jim Sibley’s mother-in-law, Mollie.

The Fringe New Play Prize Won by lee williams boudakian, Anoushka Ratnarajah, and Kamee Abrahamian in 2017 for their show Setting Bones, Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC) is now accepting submissions for the for the 2018 edition of the Prize. PTC supplies dramaturgy and more for the winning script while the Fringe supplies a guaranteed Mainstage spot in the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Visit playwrightstheatre.com/programs/fringenew-play-prize to submit your project!

The Volunteers have spoken, and this is their favourite show of the year!

Spirit of the Fringe Award This year the SOFA award is given in honour of our departing Executive Director David Jordan. It will be awarded to the artist, company, or show that best exhibits David’s spirit of tenacity, leadership, and calm under pressure. Oh, and the ability to have a good time while ensuring it all comes together!

Artistic Risk Award Selected by jury and financially supported by the Fringe’s Board of Directors, this award is given to an artist or group of artists for risk-taking in Fringe theatre.

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INFORMATION

WORLD FRINGE DAY

by Ada Sin and Deanna Cheng

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In the words of Holly Lombardo, the Managing Director of World Fringe, “World Fringe Day will bring focus to the hard work and passion that people put into making Fringes all over the world happen. Fringes are known for innovation, igniting creative genius, and supplying the creative food chain with the stars of the future.

And indeed there will be much to celebrate, as Fringe Festivals worldwide have altogether transcended boundaries, pushed conventional norms, and brought people together through the sheer power of arts, culture, and theatre. From these values was born the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF). In 1982, CAFF held its first festival in Edmonton, where the innovative format of the Edmonton Fringe Festival quickly spread across the United States and Canada. Their mission to unite,

support, and empower the made-inCanada model of theatre is now alive in 21 festivals across the country.

Currently, Canada has more Fringe Festivals than any other country in the world, including our very own Fringe in Vancouver.

The Vancouver Fringe Festival didn’t start until 38 years after the first Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Originally located in Mount Pleasant, the Festival held 220 performances in seven venues with 4,000 people in attendance. Today, the Vancouver Fringe Festival is BC’s largest theatre festival and sees over 700 performances and attracts over 40,000 attendees annually, taking over venues on and around Granville Island and East Vancouver. Our “Theatre for Everyone” vision sees novices and veterans working side by side to break down traditional boundaries to create un-juried, uncensored theatre.

A huge part of the success of any Fringe Festival lies in its strong principles of artistic freedom and openness; ideas are celebrated and everyone is welcome at the Fringe. Because of this, Fringe Festivals continue to meet and exceed expectations every year, breaking ground and inspiring patrons, artists, volunteers, staff, and all those who let the Fringe touch their lives.

Mark Fullerton as Helena in Theatre Simple’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1994.

Photos by Warner Munroe.

Michael Kennard & John Turner as Mump & Smoot in 1990.

Vancouver Fringe Festival

017 marks the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s very first Fringe! When eight theatre companies arrived uninvited to the Edinburgh International Festival, the Fringe concept was born. Despite not being on the Festival’s official program, the groups were unfazed and proceeded to stage shows “on the fringe” of the Festival.

Fast forward 70 years, and there are now more than 200 Fringes across the world: Australia, France, South Africa, Brazil, China, and so many more. 2017 marks the very first World Fringe Day, an international day to celebrate all things Fringe on July 11. This day will not only be an opportunity to come together with all the Fringes around the world, but also to demonstrate the collective power and reach of Fringe Festivals.

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The Bruhanski Theatre Studio during the Vancouver Fringe in 1987.

Vancouver Fringe Volunteers in 1990.

Susan Bain, Jacqueline Dandeneau & Tammy Bentz in The “f” Word in 1994.

Photos by Shari Boucher.

INFORMATION

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF FRINGE FESTIVALS The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) is the largest theatre touring circuit in North America. We are the home of independent and innovative theatre in Canada and the US, and are connected to a movement of Fringe Festivals worldwide.

Anyone can perform in a CAFF Festival! Everyone can attend—we are affordable and accessible! Participate as an artist, audience member, or start your own Fringe! Visit fringefestivals.com for more info and Festival dates and locations!

Atlantic Fringe Festival atlanticfringe.ca

Nanaimo Fringe Festival nanaimofringe.com

Boulder International Fringe Festival boulderfringe.com

ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival (North Bay) fringenorth.com

Calgary Fringe Festival calgaryfringe.ca

Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival orlandofringe.org

Chicago Fringe Festival chicagofringe.org

Ottawa Fringe Festival ottawafringe.com

Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival fringetheatre.ca Elgin Fringe Festival elginfringefestival.com

PortFringe portfringe.com PotashCorp Fringe Theatre Festival (Saskatoon) potashcorpfringe.ca

Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de MontrĂŠal montrealfringe.ca FRIGID New York Fringe frigidnewyork.info Fringe North (Sault Ste.Marie) fringenorth.ca

Regina International Fringe Theatre Festival reginafringe.com San Diego International Fringe Festival sdfringe.org

Fundy Fringe Festival fundyfringefestival.com

San Francisco Fringe Festival sffringe.org

Great Salt Lake Fringe greatsaltlakefringe.org

Storefront Fringe Festival theatrekingston.com

Guelph Fringe guelphfringe.weebly.com

The Toronto Fringe Festival fringetoronto.com

Hamilton Fringe Festival hamiltonfringe.ca

Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival victoriafringe.com

Indianapolis Fringe Theatre Festival indyfringe.org

Windsor Fringe windsorwalkervillefringefest.com

Island Fringe Festival (PEI) islandfringe.com Lethbridge Fringe lethbridgefringe.ca

Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival winnipegfringe.com

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Thanks to our 2016-17 Donors!

We really can’t thank you enough Fringe Lovers! Your support makes the Fringe Festival possible.

Through your generous investment, hundreds of artists and thousands of patrons are able to make and experience incredible emerging art. Look around, this is your Fringe!

2016-17 Fringe Lovers* *donations of $25 or more from July 2016 to June 2017

Growing Old Together: those who have donated for 10 or more years!

Long-Term Lovers: those who have donated for five to nine years!

The Story has Just Begun: those who just started donating this year!

Going Steady ($250+) Ann Harvey & Don Gardiner Bennett Chin Carolyn Heller & Alan Albert Charles Cook Diane Kent Gerry Murenbeeld Julia & Doug Wallis Elaine & Ken Carty Tom MacGowan

Our One True Love (this year’s top donor): Kevin Campbell & the Lochmaddy Foundation!!!

The Committment Club (Monthly Donors)

Alex Buchner Alison Bell & Dean Gingrich Amanda Tipper Anthea Jordan Benita Cersney Bob & Anne Wang Brian Paterson Brian Rowland Darren Ainsley David Jordan & Bethan Stewart Debby Reis Don Wright & Deborah Loren Elaine & Russ McRitchie/Miranda Gareth Duncan Geoff Bannoff Gerald Kowalenko Jackie Day Jane & Chris Westheuser Jane Harris Jane Heyman Jim Sibley & Amanda Bradley, in memory of Mollie Bradley Joan Sangster Joanna Maratta John & Mardie Mason John Sullivan Julia Stewart June Harrison for the Harrison Bergeron Private Foundation Karen LeClair Kate & Dustin Ladyshewsky Kathy & Al Costello Katia Tynan & Jeff Ilich Laurel March Leslie Carty Liam (The Great) Kearns Maren Hansen & Andrew Westman Matthew Minson Mathew Hill Nancy Barker Nancy More Neil Jones-Rodway Odessa Cadieux-Rey Peter Dickinson Phyllis & John Stewart Regina Ogmundson Regina & Eugene Gorodetsky Robert Spooner Robyn, Jason, Ayden & Fin Kurtz Shannon LaBelle Shaun Jackman & Elizabeth Kirkland Sheila Butt Stephen Silverthorne & Siobhán Quinn Susan Ogul-Propas & Lonnie Propas Tom Paolucci & Pete Emrick Vixn Przybysz

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Asha Kydd Bruce McPherson Claudia Sjoberg Lightburn Family Fund held at Vancouver Foundation Steven Hanju Lee Wade Carpenter & Cher Choi Leonard Schein & the Schein Foundation RBC Foundation Sharon Sutherland & Mark Meredith

Hot Lava Lovers ($500+) Peter Austin & Austin Property Tax Consultants Helen Davis Sandra Herd

Sweetheart (100+) Anonymous (matched by corporate giving) Angela A Konrad Angela How Barbara Bernhardt Bill Hubbard Bob Symington, in memory of Cheryl Innes Carolle Sauro Carolyn Jane Lymn Carolyn Railton Darby Honeyman Darren W. Joe Deborah Williams Diana Sandberg Kate Dahlstrom Elise Drake Ellen & Bill Schwartz France Perras Gerry Keane Heidi Quicke Jacqueline Wilson Jan MacLellan Janet Neufeld Jo Ledingham John Holland Judith Coffin Kate Gole Kathryn Shaw Keith Alessi Kristin Helgason Laura Moore Linda Netherton Mitchell Ingram Natalie Schreiber Neal Jennings Patricia Mitchell Robert Bartkus Robert Kaiser Ronda Green Sharon Styve Steph Kirkland Steven Krajnyak & Shantini Klaassen Sue Kingsley Tory Ross & Keith Martin Gordey

First Kiss ($25+) Amy Gyoba Ariane Colenbrander Ben Logan Brian Phillips Craig Withers Cynthia Flood Dania Sheldon Dave Mackinlay Emma MacFarlane Fiona Mackay Gordon Grant Hannah Bellamy Jim Harris Jim Henderson Joyce Michelson Joyce Murray Karen Bartlett Marilyn Mann Mark Dumez Mary Davis Marylee Stephenson Melissa MacKay Nannette Henderson Penny Thompson Rich Newirth Richard Coffin Rosemary Renstad Ruth Stewart Sally Schreiber Sonja Berggren Stephen Peters Suzie Boss Timothy Tomlinson Wendy Hunter Vesna Bokic

In-Kind Friends Tracy Georgelin

Fringe Fling ($50+) Ardis Nelson Beverley Kort & Ray Schachter Chelsee Damen Cindy Reid Elizabeth Holt Doti Niedermayer Glenn Mair Gordon Briggs Jerry Wasserman John Mendoza Kaan Williams Karen Chan Karen Sommer Kiersten Eis Kristen Johnson & Paul Campbell Leah Ringwald Linda Gilbert Maria Balbontin Martha Joy Maureen MacDonald Maureen Wicken Shona Miko Sonja Cvoric Susan Biddle Valerie Prodanuk Vince Chura

True Fringe Lovers, we’re committed to them and they’re committed to us, it’s Elaine and Russ!

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Don’t be jealous of our love, check out page 29 for more information on how you can become a Fringe Lover!

Government and Foundations

Presenting Partners

Signature Partner

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THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS Leading Partners

Supporting Partners

Sustaining Partners

Festival Hubs Partner

Boosting Partners

THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! 2017 marks 33 years of the Fringe Vision of Theatre for Everyone! For over three decades our wonderful volunteers have donated their time, support, and enthusiasm to ensure the Vancouver Fringe Festival is a success year after year! Thanks to every single one of you, the Festival is filled with fun, diversity, and inclusivity. We continue to grow and expand our horizons, and Fringe volunteers are a huge part of that. Here’s to many more decades of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, and to the many volunteers who make it best theatre festival in town!

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A Huge Thank You To Our 2016 Volunteer Centre Donors!

We’re incredibly grateful to all of the generous donors who helped keep our volunteers happy and well-fed during the 2016 Vancouver Fringe Festival! Thank you for your support!

Your Independent Grocer Choices Market Nestle Waters Canada Marketplace IGA (West 4th) Cartem’s Cookies by George Lee’s Donuts Muffin Granny Naked Snacks

Origins Organic Coffee Safeway (West 4th) Real Canadian Superstore (Metrotown) Real Canadian Superstore (North Vancouver) Terra Breads The Cultch Arts Club Theatre Company

Firehall Arts Centre Gateway Theatre Instant Theatre Make Pacific Theatre Paper-Ya Semperviva Yoga Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

The Cinematheque Vancouver TheatreSports League Metrotown Original Cupcakes (Cupcakes on Broadway) Vancouver International Improv Festival

Thank you! 唔該! Merci! ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ! Gracias! ありがとう!

Danke! Grazie! धन्यवाद! Obrigado! 谢谢! Спасибо!

Special thanks to Boston Pizza, who’ll be making the Volunteer Appreciation Party extra awesome this year, and thank you to Passion Sports for their continued partnership printing our volunteer t-shirts!

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Do you want to be part of this incredible volunteer community and make a difference in the lives of artists and patrons? Go to vancouverfringe.com/volunteer to find out more!

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12 Minute Madness 5-Step Guide to Being German 7 Ways to Die, a love story Acceleration Adult Company Adventures of Rocketman and Beano, The Ain’t True & Uncle False Almost a Stepmom Alternate Endings Arrangement of Shoes, An Audience Dies at the End, The Beaver Dreams Birdmann: BIRDHOUSE, The Blood Countess Blue River Blues Bombay Black by Anosh Irani Bondage Bouncers Brain Machine Breath-Ahhh Brothers Bushel and Peck Cañete Chroñicles, The Chris & Travis CITLALI: A fantastic tale about water by a Mexican poet Cry-Baby: The Musical David Lynch Wet Dream, A Disengaged Distractingly Sexy Draining the Swamp Embryonic enviro-ments: concrete and metal Everybody Dies in December Executing Justice Field Zoology 101 Fifty Shades of Dave Figmentally Flame, The Gigantic Lying Mouth Go, No Go Gold, Guns & Greed Good Game in “Gung Ho!” Graceless Grace Gruesome Playground Injuries Gutenberg: The Musical!

Habitats Happy Place Help! I’m American Her Name Was Mary...

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INFORMATION

PICK OF THE FRINGE

Bringing back your best-loved shows!

The Festival’s most popular shows are held over for your enjoyment! Missed them during the Festival? Sold out the night you tried to go? This is your last chance to catch these shows! Pick shows are chosen based on their popularity with audiences and critical acclaim.

Think you’ve found a gem? Tell us via Facebook and Twitter!

The After After Party won 2016 Pick of the Fringe; Who will it be this year?

September 20-24 At Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street on Granville Island

Winning shows will be announced at the Fringe Awards Night on September 17 (see page 61), and shortly thereafter at vancouverfringe.com. Tickets go on sale at midnight on September 17, and are $25 (taxes and fees included), with a portion of the proceeds supporting the Fringe.

PICK PLUS Can’t get enough Fringe Theatre?

Enter Pick Plus: a series of Fringe hits handpicked for your enjoyment.

$25

Buy Pick Plus tickets online now! Visit VancouverFringe.com/pickplus for details.

SNAFU & Stephanie Morin-Robert Wednesday, September 20 at 7:00pm

THE MERKIN SISTERS

GIVE IT UP

Daughters of the now-defunct Merkin Empire, these formerlyfamous sisters leave the house for the first time in a decade as they risk everything to present their Ultimate Work of Art. Think Olsen Twins meets Grey Gardens meets the Muppets.

Morgan Brayton has it all! Well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call? What happened to her big break? Did she miss it?

Is this it? Will there be snacks?

Outlandish characters and true stories combine for big laughs from this award-winning but still only moderately famous comedian.

“In a show that goes where few, if any, shows have gone before, their skits swing from superbly graceful to absolutely bizarre.” —Orlando Sentinel

Morgan Brayton Thursday, September 21 at 7:00pm

SHIRLEY GNOME: TAKING IT UP THE NOTCH

“Hilarious ... Gnome is a disarmingly likeable performer.” —Chortle (UK)

PETER N’ CHRIS’ BEST BITS Three-time Canadian Comedy Award Winners Peter n’ Chris return to bring you a night of sketch, friendship, and laughs with a collection of their very best stuff. The comic duo has been writing sketches and comedy shows for almost nine years now and after all that time have finally accumulated one show’s worth of pretty great material!

Peter n’ Chris Friday, September 22 at 8:45pm

“Hugely and unendingly funny.

The two comics exhibit a remarkable chemistry, an irresistible energy and bounce off each other like racquet balls.” —Edmonton Sun

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Heartichoke Arts Friday, September 22 at 7:00pm

Vancouver’s very own internationally acclaimed, award-winning cabaret comedian Shirley Gnome sings explicitly honest songs about sex and human nature. A country, folk, soft-rock, and pop cabaret mashed with wickedly witty lyrics and dark social commentary—with a dollop of empowerment and a dash of sequins.

The show chronicles her attempt to write songs that might make the world a better place—raunch in tact.

“A fiercely funny, but biting look at ‘the industry’ that is film ... Brayton delivers with panache and incredible timing.” —Entertainment Vancouver

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