Venue 9: UCW
University Canada West (950 Kings Road)
Venue Sponsored by Caffe Fantastico Specialty Coffee
The Fabulous Miss Rosie Bitts
Best Bitts Productions • Victoria, BC
By J. Mclaughlin, Rosie Bitts, Wes Borg
Burlesque, Music, Theatre • 60 minutes
Adults Only (Extremely Coarse Language, Adult Themes, Nudity)
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student/Senior • Advance +$2
The audience awaits Rosie Bitts, burlesque star. They’re here for her voice, her costumes, to see if she’ll take off her clothes… so are the police. If she does, they’ll shut the place down. Combining burlesque, music and theatre Rosie explores the politics of female nudity, in an examination of the fight against misunderstanding and censorship still felt by today’s performers.
Fri, Aug 26, 8:30 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 6:00 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 9:30 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 5:45 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 11:15 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 5:30 PM
Rambo: The Missing Years
Howar Petrick Presents
San Francisco, CA USA
By Howard Petrick & David Ford
Solo Comedy • 60 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language)
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student/Senior • Advance +$2
Threats of treason charges! Phone calls from the Pentagon! Bad mashed potatoes! The autobiographical story of the first Vietnam-era draftee who, without breaking the rules, confronts the army brass and organizes his fellow GIs against the war. From the ass-scratching first cook to the frustrated Military Intelligence officer, Petrick brings twenty characters to life in this hilarious solo performance.
Fringe Extras:
Behind the Fringe interview
Howard Petrick vs. Vietnam War
Thu, Aug 25, 6:00 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 3:45 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 9:30 PM
Fri, Sep 2, 7:45 PM
Sat, Sep 3, 5:45 PM
Sun, Sep 4, 2:00 PM
Jem Rolls is Pissed Off
Big Word Performance Poetry • England
By Jem Rolls
Spoken Word / Performance Poetry • 60 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
High-energy performance from acclaimed English poet. With dumb gags, smart gags and beautiful poetry. “Mesmerizing, hilarious” ★★★★★ – Times Colonist; “Highest calibre… beautiful, inspiring… Genius.” ★★★★★ – Montreal Gazette; “Dynamic, hilarious, riveting.” ★★★★★ – Winnipeg Free Press; “King of Rhythm deserves crown” – London Free Press, 2011. After 40 years’ of intensive fieldwork, Jem is now volcanically primed for an hour’s weapon-grade Pissed-Offness!
Fri, Aug 26, 6:45 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 9:45 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 7:45 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 5:30 PM
Thu, Sep 1, 9:30 PM
Sat, Sep 3, 4:00 PM
Limbo
Andrew Bailey • Victoria BC
By Andrew Bailey
Solo Comedy • 55 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
After a near death experience Andrew Bailey (“Scrupulosity”, “Atomic Vaudeville”) is determined to live every moment to the fullest. He solves the meaning of life in the first minute, then unsolves it for the next fifty-four. “Limbo” won the 2010 Vancouver Fringe Critics’ Choice Award. Directed by Britt Small (“Atomic Vaudeville”, “Ride the Cyclone”)
Thu, Aug 25, 9:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 5:30 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 7:15 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 6:00 PM
Sat, Sep 3, 2:15 PM
Sun, Sep 4, 7:30 PM
WONDERBAR!
Sansregret Productions • Canada
By Celeste Sansregret
Drama • 90 minutes
Adults Only (Adult Themes)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
From Laura Anne Harris (PITCH BLONDE ★★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press) and Celeste Sansregret ( ★★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press) comes a droll, dark tale of love, larceny and a $10,000 bed. A hit in Winnipeg; “A reluctant star is born” – Kevin Prokosh, Winnipeg Free Press; and Toronto, this is a bedtime story you won’t want to miss.
Sat, Aug 27, 2:00 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 7:15 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 5:30 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 9:00 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 5:30 PM
Sat, Sep 3, Noon
The Animal Show
Romantic Animal Theatre Posse
Toronto, ON
By Katie Hood
Comedy, Drama, Storytelling • 60 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
A tale of caring for unwanted animals in rescue and the responsibility/hilarity that comes along. Follow this fresh-faced (klutzy) newcomer as she rescues bald eagles from the ocean, pulls 41 cats from one house, and falls in love with the man who saves a three-legged kitten. “An experience that ought to be widely seen” – James Wegg, The View (Niagara)
Fri, Aug 26, 10:30 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 8:00 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 2:00 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 7:45 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 9:15 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 3:45 PM
The Seminar
Poiema Productions • Edmonton AB
Original Dark Comedy • 60 minutes
PG 14+
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
You see them everyday, walking down the street, at your favourite restaurant, maybe even in the mirror: UGLY PEOPLE. Don’t let your genetics define who you are! Choose a better life when you choose our program. It’s not just a makeover, it’s a new way of life. A picture speaks a thousand words, and they’re not about your personality.
Thu, Aug 25, 7:45 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 4:15 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 9:30 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 7:45 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 9:30 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 7:30 PM
