Venue 3: Metro Studio
Metro Studio Theatre (1411 Quadra)
Venue Sponsored by Rayola Graphic Design
Aladdin, The Secret Voyage
The Story Theatre Company • Victoria, BC
by Jim Leard
55 minutes • For Kids!
$9 All Seats/Door • $6 Children • Advance +$2
An exciting tale of the Arabian nights. Aladdin recovers the lamp and sets off on a quest to find his missing father who had journeyed out to sea in a search for riches. The adventure includes a great storm, a powerful witch, a helpful genii and a puzzling magic spell. You will be spellbound with this new adventure tale.
Sun, Aug 28, 11:00 AM
Tue, Aug 30, 1:00 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 1:00 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 1:00 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 1:00 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 1:00 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 1:00 PM
The Magic Soup Stone
The Story Theatre Company • Victoria, BC
by Jim Leard
55 minutes • For Kids!
$9 All Seats/Door • $6 Children • Advance +$2
This popular children’s story is at the center of a series of tales incorporated into a fun, fast-paced experience. It is a rollicking storytelling journey with three talented performers showing how stories are created and inviting suggestions from the audience to help them make up totally new tales.
Sat, Aug 27, 11:00 AM
Tue, Aug 30, 11:00 AM
Wed, Aug 31, 11:00 AM
Thu, Sept 1, 11:00 AM
Fri, Sept 2, 11:00 AM
Sat, Sept 3, 11:00 AM
Sun, Sept 4, 11:00 AM
Grim & Fischer: A Deathly Comedy in Full-face Mask
WONDERHEADS • Portland, OR, USA
by Kate Braidwood, Andrew Phoenix, & Nathaniel Justiniano
Comedy • 50 minutes • All Ages
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student/Senior • Advance +$2
“Grim & Fischer kills it, literally” – Avenue Magazine. Death meets his match in Mrs. Fischer, a tenacious granny not ready to breathe her last. In what has been described as live-action Pixar, one woman’s fight for survival takes fantastical flight in a showdown with Death himself!
>>FringeExtra: Wonderhead’s Blog | Kate Braidwood Masks
Thu, Aug 25, 8:00 PM << Please note: THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELED! All other performances ok.
Sat, Aug 27, 2:45 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 8:30 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 6:15 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 2:45 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 5:15 PM
Lizardboy – SHOW CANCELLED
Winged Centaurus & Whimsical Productions
Canada/Colombia • by Victor Gomez
Sorry, all performances of this show have been cancelled and replaced. See description below for replacement show, “RED”
Red – REPLACEMENT SHOW – not in print program!
SXS Productions • Calgary, AB
Written / Created by: Sebastian Samur
Multimedia Physical Theatre • 45 minutes
PG 12+ (Violence)
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student & Senior • Advance +$2
Violence…suspense…muffins! A classic retelling of Little Red Riding Hood…or is it? Hear both sides of the tale; from Red, or the Wolf, or both at once – you decide at the ring of a bell! A solo experiment in schizophrenic theatre…with projections!
FOUR SHOWS ONLY!
Mon, Aug 29, 6:00 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 8:15 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 4:30 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 8:15 PM
Out Of My Head
Random Samples Theatre (RST)
Victoria, BC
by James Leard
Sketch Comedy • 60 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language, Adult Themes)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
Be part of a studio audience as R.S.T. creates a new sketch comedy variety show each night as one man tries to exorcise the demons living in his brain. “Nothing is Sacred” as the gestalt of his mind is exposed. Outrageous material, hot bodies, songs, dance numbers, integrated video and audience participation. All of it videotaped to be used as a Pilot for a new television series. You too can be “out of your head!”
Sat, Aug 27, 10:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 5:00 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 6:15 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 9:45 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 8:15 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 6:45 PM
Rerentless
One Dead Troll and a Cranny • Victoria, BC
by Wes Borg, Morgan Cranny with J. McLaughlin
Comedy • 65 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language, Adult Themes)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
Rerentless is a brand spankin’ new play that tells the story of two amusing idiots trying to make rent‚ again‚ for the last time. Starring and written by M Award Winner for Best Comedy Performer, Wes Borg with Atomic Vaudeville’s Morgan Cranny. Directed by J. McLaughlin.
Sat, Aug 27, 8:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 3:00 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 9:45 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 8:00 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 9:45 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 6:15 PM
Shadows in Bloom
by Gemma Wilcox • London, UK
Comedy-Drama • 60 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
GEMMA WILCOX RETURNS! Shadows lurk, jealousy seethes, plants talk‚ 20 NEW CHARACTERS! From the creator of the Pick of the Fringe hit The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over; BEST-FEMALE-PERFORMER – Victoria Fringe 2009; PICK-OF-THE-FRINGE – Vancouver Fringe 2009; BEST-SOLO-PERFORMANCE – Ottawa Fringe 2008. “Wilcox is a master of the theatre” – Times Colonist; ★★★★★ – Winnipeg Free Press; ★★★★★, “Exceptional talent” – Monday Magazine; ★★★★★ “Sexy, sharp and seamless” – Now Toronto
Thu, Aug 25, 6:15 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 6:45 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 6:30 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 10:00 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 8:00 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 9:45 PM
Tara Firm and the Lunar War Chronicles
Launch Pad Productions • Victoria, BC
by David Radford
Comedy/Adventure • 70 minutes
PG 14 (Coarse Language, Cartoony Violence)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
Gear up! Goggles on! It’s 1918 and you’re going to the Moon! Join buxom bombshell Tara Firm in the high flying battle against Lunar Militarism. It’s Indiana Jones meets Futurama. Featuring Charlie (One Man Star Wars) Ross, Rod Peter Jr., David Radford, Chris Cooley, and Christina Patterson as the rivet popping Tara Firm. Join today… and get a gander at those gams!
Thu, Aug 25, 9:45 PM
Fri, Aug 26, 8:00 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 4:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 1:00 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 7:45 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 10:15 PM
The Smell of the Kill
Dragon Monkey Theatre • Victoria, BC
by Michele Lowe
Comedy • 75 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language, Adult Themes, Violence)
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student/Senior • Advance +$2
Revenge is a dish best served cold‚ the colder, the better. In this “chilling‚” comedy, three women have had enough of their unhappy marriages. Suddenly, the women receive a unique opportunity to free themselves without the complications of divorce… there’s only one problem… “Boasts lines and scenes that have the audience laughing as uproariously as The Producers.” – Variety; “A very funny guilty pleasure.” – NY 1 News
Fri, Aug 26, 6:00 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 6:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 10:15 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 8:15 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 6:15 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 3:15 PM
