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The Shows - Venue 1
Downtown Community Activity Centre (755 Pandora)
SPONSORED BY CFUV 101.9
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Free Range
CRITICAL DISTANCE
by Emily Pearlman
Vancouver BC
Interdisciplinary Dramatic Comedy • 55 mins •
$9
Parental Guidance: Coarse Language, Adult Themes |
Thurs, Aug 23 • 8:00 PM
Fri, Aug 24 • 9:45 PM
Sat, Aug 25 • 5:00 PM
Sun, Aug 26 • 6:00 PM
Sat, Sept 1 • 11:00 PM
Sun, Sept 2 • 5:45 PM |
"I worry I'm falling in love with
him. With Warren. My tapeworm Warren." A comedy of misfortune
about Parasites and Promise. WINNER - Outstanding Concept (Ottawa
Fringe). "Top 5 Not to Miss: Not only endearingly eccentric,
but also a repository for our common dreams and anxieties... rings
with conviction, lyricism and quirky humour." OTTAWA
CITIZEN |
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The Aleatory Project:
An Experiment in Fate
THOUGHT FOR FOOD
by Helen Juvonen
Toronto ON
Theatre of Chance • 60 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: Coarse Language, Adult Themes, Violence |
Fri, Aug 24 • 8:00 PM
Sat, Aug 25 • 6:45 PM
Sun, Aug 26 • 10:00 PM
Tue, Aug 28 • 9:00 PM
Wed, Aug 29 • 5:30 PM
Fri, Aug 31 • 7:15 PM |
A man. A woman. A hotel room. The rest
is left to chance. Are they strangers, lovers or something else?
Who they are, what they talk about and how they are connected
will be determined randomly during each performance. No two shows
will be the same. "A perfect Fringe play" CBC
RADIO. |
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Dishpig
CHIPPED PAINT PRODUCTIONS
by TJ Dawe and Greg Landucci
Vancouver BC
Solo Comedy • 60 mins • $9
Adults Only: Coarse Language, Adult Themes |
Sun, Aug 26 • 4:30 PM
Mon, Aug 27 • 7:15 PM
Tue, Aug 28 • 5:30 PM
Thu, Aug 30 • 9:45 PM
Sat, Sept 1 • 7:30 PM
Sun, Sept 2 • 2:15 PM |
"Hilarious one-man show... fast
and flawless" WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Best of Fest: Winnipeg
Fringe 2006. Patron's Pick: Orlando Fringe 2007. Fringe heavy-hitter
TJ Dawe (The Slip-Knot, Labrador) and Greg Landucci (some friend
of TJ's) present a solo show about the delicious, high paying,
well respected glories of scrubbing dishes in a busy restaurant
until your arms fall off. |
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The Timekeepers
OCEAN OF SUGAR
by Dan Clancy
Tel-Aviv ISRAEL
Comedy/Drama • 65 mins • $9 / $8
Adults Only: Adult Themes |
Thurs, Aug 23 • 6:00 PM
Sat, Aug 25 • 10:30 PM
Sun, Aug 26 • 8:00 PM
Mon, Aug 27 • 9:00 PM
Sat, Sept 1 • 5:30 PM
Sun, Sept 2 • 7:30 PM |
When Hans, an outrageous camp German
homosexual, and Benjamin, a conservative elderly Jewish man are
thrown into the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, they seem to
have little in common, but Humour is a great weapon... Suspicion
and prejudice will give way to a touching friendship. Chosen as
"Hold Overs" Edmonton Fringe! "Beautifully,
insightfully acted" EDMONTON JOURNAL. "5 Stars"
GLOBAL TV. |
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Die Roten Punkte
TOBIAS & BARTHOLOMEW
by Otto & Astrid Rot
Berlin/Melbourne
Comedy/Cabaret/Theatre • 60 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: Coarse Language, Adult Themes |
Mon, Aug 27 • 5:30 PM
Tue, Aug 28 • 7:15 PM
Thu, Aug 30 • 7:45 PM
Fri, Aug 31 • 5:30 PM
Sat, Sept 1 • 9:15 PM
Sun, Sept 2 • 4:00 PM |
All the way from Berlin! He's Otto.
She's Astrid. They're brother and sister, and they're in the greatest
rock 'n' roll band in the world: Die Roten Punkte. Living in a
lipstick smeared self-important punk rock mess, sibling rivalry
never tasted so good. "Intensely funny - a class act,
both musically and comically" THE AGE . "The
funniest comic musicians" 3PBSRADIO. myspace.com/dierotenpunkte |
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Dreams of a Vampire
CREATIVE ALLIANCE
by Jim Leard
Victoria BC Theatre • 70 mins • $9
Adults Only: Partial Nudity, Adult Themes. |
Thu, Aug 23 • 9:45 PM
Fri, Aug 24 • 6:00 PM
Sat, Aug 25 • 8:30 PM
Wed, Aug 29 • 7:15 PM
Fri, Aug 31 • 11:15 PM
Sat, Sept 1 • 1:15 PM |
A secret club in the centre of the city
provides the background for a series of strange and curious tales,
musical interludes and dance routines about those who haunt the
dark side of life... and for those that are hunting for it. |
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Maxim & Cosmo
BIG SANDWICH PRODUCTIONS
by TJ Dawe
Vancouver BC
Comic Monologue • 90 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: Extremely Coarse language, Adult Themes |
Wed, Aug 29 • 9:15 PM
Thu, Aug 30 • 5:30 PM
Fri, Aug 31 • 9:00 PM
Sat, Sept 1 • 3:15 PM
Sun, Sept 2 • 9:30 PM |
Multi-award winning nine-time Victoria
Fringe vet TJ Dawe (The Slipknot, Labrador, A Canadian Bartender
at Butlin's) returns with yet another fast, high energy rant.
About sex. Gender stereotypes. And swear words. "This
guy's headed for the stand-up hall of fame" GEORGIA STRAIGHT.
"Like a jazz musician on uppers" ORLANDO WEEKLY
. "WARNING: TJ's shows sell out" MONTREAL.COM.
tjdawe.com |
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