VENUE 2 :: 1411 Quadra (at Johnson)
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BoyGroove
Ribbit Productions
by Chris Craddock, Music by Aaron Macri
Edmonton, AB
Comedy - 90 minutes - Adults Only
All seats $8

The Award winning sensation hits Victoria! From the making of the band to the trip to space, to the top and to the bottom, the world's biggest boy band is up close and personal in this tell-all exclusive. "A complete and utter killer of a musical comedy" (Orlando Weekly) "The Four principals are wonderful performers" (Vancouver Sun). Winner of the 2005 Just for Laughs (Montreal) Award for Best Comedy. Coarse Language, Nudity, Adult Themes www.ribbitproductions.com

Mon, Aug 29, 8:30 PM ** CANCELLED **
Wed, Aug 31, 5:15 PM
Thurs, Sept 1, 11:00 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 9:15 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 2:15 PM
Mon, Sept 5, 7:15 PM

Inside-out
Inside-out Productions
by David Ward
Victoria, BC
Physical Comedy - 60 minutes - Adult
$8 / $6 Student & Senior

Two brothers have been isolated from the world for thirteen years. To pass the time, they play games, struggle for power and wait for something to end their torment. Inside-out is a new play inspired by the Absurd Theatre and Vaudeville. It illuminates the universal battle between action and fear using a comical series of tainted board games and tongue twisters. Parental Guidance: Coarse Language

Fri, Aug 26, 5:30 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 7:15 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 8:30 PM
Thurs, Sept 1, 7:30 PM
Sat, Sept 3, NOON
Sun, Sept 4, 10:00 PM

Patti Fedy in... Lovers Rock!
The Chop
by Emelia Symington Fedy
Directed by John Turner (Mump + Smoot) and Anita Rochon
Vancouver BC
Clown / Comedy - 60 minutes - Adult
All seats $8

Patti gets sexy! This is the most daring of the cult favourite Patti Fedy plays. Canadian acclaimed Patti, tastes bliss and betrayal in her third hit tour. "Edgy and hilarious" (Georgia Straight, 2004), ***** (Terminal City, 2004), ***** (Times Colonist, 2004), "Best of the Fest" (Winnipeg Sun, 2004). Parental Guidance: Coarse Language, Adult Themes

Wed, Aug 31, 7:30 PM
Thurs, Sept 1, 9:15 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 1:45 PM
Sat Sept 3, 11:30 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 6:30 PM
Mon, Sept 5, NOON

Saltwater
International Theatre Collective
by Jeremy Sher / ITCo
St Louis, MO
Physical comedy-drama - 90 minutes - Adult
$8 / $6 Students & Seniors

Physical theatre meets the landscape of dreams. The conjoined sisters hate each other and wish more than anything to separate, but worse than being stuck together is their dream fulfilled. The St Louis press calls Saltwater "remarkably unique and strange," "highly original," where the characters "engage our hearts" and the "images are haunting." Parental Guidance: Coarse Language

Thurs, Aug 25, 8:30 PM
Fri, Aug 26, 7:15 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 3:30 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 9:15 PM
Sun, Sept 4, NOON
Mon, Sept 5, 9:30 PM

Three Sisters: An Opera of the Macabre
Cowgirl Opera
by Kristine Nutting & Cowgirl Opera
Edmonton, AB
Black Comedy - 75 minutes - Adults Only
All seats $8

Karen Hines (Pochsy's Lips) calls this high camp opera of the grotesque "a gem, a freakshow on the prairie.""It will change the way you think about the Fringe... disgusting and good" (CBC Radio). This macabre revisiting of Three Sisters is a prairie gothic tale Chekhov never could have envisioned. Featuring raw meat, live face lifts and the sweet sounds of the accordion, vegetarians beware. Coarse Language, Nudity, Violence, Adult Themes

Mon, Aug 29, 6:15 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 8:00 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 10:45 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 7:00 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 3:45 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 4:30 PM

The Marcella Marchica Show
Eve Landers Productions
by Eve Landers
Vancouver, BC
Comedy Variety - 45 minutes - Adult
$8 / $6 Students & Seniors

Diva, Psychic, Professor of Love and Queen of the Bitches - Marcella Marchica is the talk show hostess with the mostest! A zany variety show featuring Stand-Up and Improv from one of Canada's Funniest Women. Prepare to be delighted and maybe fall in love. Winner of Funniest Comic, Vancouver Comedy Slam. Parental Guidance: Coarse Language, Adult Themes

Fri, Aug 26, 9:30 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 5:45 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 7:00 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 9:15 PM ** CANCELLED **
Sat, Sept 3, 6:00 PM ** CANCELLED **
Mon, Sept 5, 1:45 PM ** CANCELLED **

Timmy's Sexual Adventures
The Curtin Travellers
by Brad Curtin
Mississauga, ON
Comedic One-Man Show - 60 Minutes - Adults Only
$8 / $7 Students & Seniors

Guided by a super heroic spiritual guide named Brief Boy, Timmy must discover what is going on in his oversized underpants. WARNING: Suggestive Language, Sexual Themes. The Curtin Travellers' "WATER" last year: 5 stars - Edmonton Sun / Fringe Fan Favourite Award - Hamilton / Best Actor in a Drama - Victoria

Tues, Aug 30, 10:15 PM
Thurs, Sept 1, 5:45 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 5:15 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 7:30 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 8:15 PM
Mon, Sept 5, 3:15 PM

Woyzeck Songspiel
Ecce Homo
by Georg Buchner, adapted by Alistair Newton
Victoria, BC
Expressionist Sideshow - 75 minutes - Adult
$8 / $6 Students & Seniors

Who can be counted sane when the world goes mad? Through conventions of expressionist cabaret, and featuring the music of Kurt Weill, Woyzeck Songspiel ("little opera") presents a soldier's downward spiral at the hands of inhuman medical experimentation and cruel militarism; a Brechtian patchwork of political satire, absurd humour, and existential tragedy. Featuring a six piece live band.  Parental Guidance: Violence, Adult Themes

Thu, Aug 25, 6:30 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 1:30 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 9:00 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 5:00 PM
Tues, Aug 30, 6:15 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 11:30 PM

Cannibal: The Musical
Three Schooner Productions
Victoria BC
By Trey Parker
90 Minutes
All seats $8

One Performance Only! A benefit for the Victoria Fringe Festival.

The Blood... The Horror... The Musical? Before the creation of South Park, Cannibal: The Musical was brought to life by Trey Parker. It tells the story of America’s only convicted cannibal, Alferd Packer. Victoria’s Three Schooner Productions mounts the Western Canada premiere of the musical, live on stage, and donates the proceeds to the Fringe!  Parental Guidance

ONE SHOW ONLY!
Fri, Aug 26, 11:00 PM