the shows

Bawdy Nights
Jester’S Corner
by Jim Leard
Victoria BC
Comedy • 70 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: Adult Themes

Priests, monks, nuns and country girls are all part of this new modern version of juicy tales. Bawdy Nights is taken from classic tales of the past and these simple stories show that little has changed in the tricks men play on women, women play on men, and religion plays on everyone.

Thur Aug 24, 9:45 PM
Sat Aug 26, 1:30 PM
Sun Aug 27, 9:30 PM
Tue Aug 29, 6:00 PM
Fri Sept 1, 9:15 PM
Sat Sept 2, 8:45 PM

Cannibal: The Musical!
Delcon Entertainment
by Trey Parker
Victoria BC
Musical Comedy • 90 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: Coarse Language,
Adult Themes, Nudity

The Blood... the horror... The Musical? A hit at last year’s Victoria Fringe Festival, the original Victoria cast is back by popular demand! From the mind of South Park co-creator Trey Parker, Cannibal is based on the true story of Alferd Packer, the first man convicted of cannibalism in Colorado. Come and see what everybody is screaming about.

Fri Aug 25, 10:00 PM
Mon Aug 28, 9:45 PM
Thur Aug 31, 10:30 PM
Sat Sept 2, 10:45 PM
Sun Sept 3, 12:30 PM
Mon Sept 4, 7:00 PM

Caught in the Act
Genus Theatre
by Genus Theatre
Vancouver BC
Comedy • 90 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: Coarse Language,
Adult Themes

WARNING: The next time you act like a prima donna, beware - we’ll probably make fun of you! Presented through live theatre and film, six fearless actors are on a mission to expose all of life’s fake moments in a show that is hilariously, dramatically… inappropriate. Enjoy the spectacle as we tear down precious social walls and get hurt doing it!
www.genustheatre.com

Friday Aug 25, 8:00 PM
Sun Aug 27, 3:30 PM
Mon Aug 28, 6:00 PM
Fri Sept 1, 11:15 PM
Sat Sept 2, 12:30 PM
Sun Sept 3, 8:45 PM

Composing Clara
Wej Theatre Productions
by Deena Kinarthy
Victoria BC
Absurdist Comic Tragedy • 90 mins • $9/$7
All Ages: Adult Themes

Whose name is remembered and who gets left behind in history? In an Absurd comic-tragedy, Romantic pianist Clara Wieck emerges from the shadows to relive a turbulent love affair with famous composer Robert Schumann. Through an interplay of live violin and piano music, special effects, and wig-wearing ghosts, Clara struggles to express herself as an artist and as a woman.

Sat Aug 26, 8:00 PM
Sun Aug 27, 5:45 PM
Thur Aug 31, 8:15 PM
Sat Sept 2, 2:45 PM
Sun Sept 3, 11:00 PM
Mon Sept 4, 1:00 PM

Futures
Theatre Free Radical
by Len Falkenstein
Fredericton NB
Drama/Comedy/Multimedia • 80 mins • $9/$7
Parental Guidance: Coarse Language

A summit of world leaders gathered to save our dying planet; a suspicious unattended briefcase; and an intelligence officer desperate enough to gamble on what’s inside. Will it be Utopia or Apocalypse? A chilling eco-espionage thriller from the creators of Doppelganger (Pick of the Fringe, EDMONTON SUN, VUE WEEKLY 2005) and Free/Fall (Pick of the Fringe, TORONTO EYE WEEKLY 2004).

Thur Aug 24, 7:30 PM
Sat Aug 26, 5:45 PM
Wed Aug 30, 6:00 PM
Fri Sept 1, 7:00 PM
Sun Sept 3, 2:45 PM
Mon Sept 4, 3:15 PM

Kama Sutra - CANCELLED
Expressions Theatre Company
by Arvind Mittal
Hyderabad INDIA
Docu-Drama • 45 mins • $9/$8
Adults Only: Adult Themes

Kamasutra is an ancient form of lovemaking in North India. It combines an encyclopedic coverage of all imaginable aspects of sex with a closely observed sexual psychology and a dramatic narrative of seduction, consummation, and disentanglement. The text is newly translated here into clear and sexually frank English. Includes translated selections from thirteenth-century Sanskrit commentary, twentieth-century Hindi commentary, and a section of vivid Indian colour illustrations.

Sun Aug 27, 2:00 PM
Mon Aug 28, 8:15 PM
Tue Aug 29, 7:45 PM
Wed Aug 30, 9:45 PM
Fri Sept 1, 5:30 PM
Sat Sept 2, 5:00 PM

Pajama Men in Stop Not Going
Second City Theatricals
Written/Created by Mark Chavez and Shenoah Allen
Chicago, IL
Comedy - 60 mins – $9
Parental Guidance : Coarse Language,
Adult Themes

Formerly known as SABOTAGE, Pajama Men are a relentless comedy double Act. “Whip-smart and able to turn on the thinnest of dimes, Allen and Chavez are improvisers’ improvisers. Actors’ actors. Comedians’ comedians.” - Chicago Tribune “This is an hour of fantastic comic invention!” - The Scotsman “Insanely Funny”- Winnipeg Free Press ***** Vancouver Sun, Irish Independent, The Scotsman, CBC, Edmonton Journal

Tues Aug 29, 7:45 PM
Fri Sept 1, 5:30 PM
Sat Sept 2, 5:00 PM
Check back – there MAY be additional showtimes!
Additional Performances in VENUE 1:
Sun 27, 2:15 PM
Mon 28, 9:45 PM
Wed 30, 6:15 PM

Monkey War of Fire
Popgas Productions
by Russell Reilander
Victoria BC
Contemporary Farce • 45 mins • $6/$5
Parental Guidance: Coarse Language,
Violence (of a cartoon nature)

This play is dedicated to the real Kai Kai, an actual smoking monkey who lives in a zoo in China; who, after ten years, has recently been forced to quit cold turkey. Follow Art as he fights the same plight as this somewhat misunderstood smoking ape. A play about the follies of smoking in a world gone healthy, and the hazards of smoking overlooked by the Surgeon General.

Thur Aug 24, 6:00 PM
Sat Aug 26, 10:00 PM
Sun Aug 27, 8:00 PM
Wed Aug 30, 8:15 PM
Sun Sept 3, 5:00 PM
Mon Sept 4, 5:30 PM

Split Second
Mik Kuhlman
by Mik Kuhlman
Seattle WA
Solo Physical Theatre • 75 mins • $9/$7
Parental Guidance: Adult Themes

A ten-foot hanging coat. 156 slices of Wonder Bread. A 16 MM Projector. Stories and images. Powerful solo theatre. Collaborators include Donald Byrd (Tony nomination 2006 The Color Purple) and Sally Sykes with short stories by David James Duncan and Raymond Carver. “Utterly and beautifully haunting” SEATTLE TIMES.
www.mikkuhlman.com

Fri Aug 25, 6:00 PM
Sat Aug 26, 3:30 PM
Tue Aug 29, 9:15 PM
Thur Aug 31, 6:00 PM
Sat Sept 2, 6:30 PM
Sun Sept 3, 6:30 PM