SSPs – Shameless Self-Promotions – 2015

No Belles

Portal Theatre—Son of Warehouse

This is an important topic: why is it that women only won 2.7% of Nobel Prizes when females comprise 54% of the population?

The answer is simple: we live in a patriarchal society. Yes, attitudes have started to change in industrialized countries but the change is slow. As well, we need to recognize the achievements of women in the past. That is what No Belles is all about.

I’m a social feminist and I applaud works like this; however, I find it troubling that—in a work dedicated to the achievements of women—the actors use terms like “man,” mankind” and “brotherhood.” Recognizing the importance of women’s work should include the eradication of sexist terms.

Ray Yuen

Wolf and William Productions

Channeling Kevin Spacey—MTC Mainstage

Channeling Kevin Spacey, the irreverent, whirlwind comedy that ran off-Broadway for two wildly successful years, returns to its roots this summer at the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival.

Still Your Friend

Adam Bailey is On Fire—Rachel Browne Th. (Crocus Bldg.)

WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY?

Adam Bailey apparently performs regularly as Adult Baby Cupid and is part of the cult hit improv troupe Belleville-ville. He directed the puppet musical The Enchanted Crackhouse but also wrote and directed 2014’s BEST OF FRINGE winning show The Assassination of Robert Ford which was praised for its…Intelligence?

Turns out he’s gay and the son of an Evangelical Minister which is the subject of this new play, a World Premiere not to miss!

Transitus

How Often Do I Dream…—Cinematheque

How Often Do I Dream… is a solo storytelling show. In an informal warm atmosphere we chat, explore my memory museum, explore audience memories and my own. It is multi-sensory, with free Jell-O to boot! It is very intimate. We will all be friends by the end. And I memorize every audience member’s name.

Winner of the BEST SOLO SHOW at Atlantic Fringe 2014, and nominated for BEST SOLO SHOW at Montreal Fringe 2015.

Puppy Ranch

Kristian Reimer Saves…—Eckhardt-Gramatté

Kristian Reimer sets out from Calgary to become a film and TV writer, only to find himself eight years into a job at a hotel. Suddenly, he is called on to save the day—if not the world!

The last weekend of June 2010 saw the streets of Toronto in the throes of protests and mass arrests. Meanwhile, twenty of the world’s most powerful leaders meet in a luxury hotel in Toronto. Reimer is there, at the front line of service!

bikecircus

Susannah Bird and Other Stories—Asper Centre (UofW)

Free-falling from 13,000-feet, at 120-miles-per-hour, strapped to a broken parachute. Susannah knows there’s nothing left to do, except wait for her life to flash before her eyes. But what she remembers is the only thing she never wanted to see again.

There’s one minute until Susannah hits the ground.

One minute.

That’s how long she has left to tell you what she’s done.

Susannah Bird is performed entirely on a static trapeze, with the actor’s feet never touching the ground.

Die Roten Punkte

Die Roten Punkte: Best Band…—MTC Mainstage

Die Roten Punkte are the Prince and Princess of Berlin’s underground rock scene. Following sell-out shows in

London, Melbourne and Edinburgh, the dysfunctional siblings Otto and Astrid Rot are returning to Winnipeg to present a ‘best of’ set featuring their favourite songs from their four albums.

Sizzling from winning ANOTHER coveted Melbourne Green Room Award for Best Production, plus Most Outstanding Show, London Fringe 2015!!

“Orgasmic rock-und-roll experience.”—Monday Magazine, Canada

“Wild cabaret rock!”—Herald Sun, Australia

Kapinski Enterprises

Butt Kapinski—245 McDermot

In the world of convenient at-home entertainment options, you have chosen to put on pants, leave your house, and see theatre. You deserve a live experience that will never happen quite this way again, and could not be the experience it is without your presence.

Best of Fest. Staff Pick. Critics’ Choice Best Comedy. Most Orgasmic Production. Volunteers’ Choice. The Low-Tech Award. But come see for yourself.

Butt hides in the shadows, waiting.

Let’s have a filthy good time.

R-G Productions

Breadcrumbs—MTC Up the Alley

This stunning cast of local celebrities brings you a modern day take on the classic children’s story, Hansel and Gretel. In this version though, the gingerbread house is nowhere near as sweet. The children get whisked into a residential school where they are isolated, starved and punished. Through their love for each other, brother and sister hang on to hope until they finally seize an opportunity to escape. The Brothers Grimm weren’t grim enough for us.

Rapid Fire Theatre

Folk Lordz—Rudolf Rocker Centre

A sexy smashing together of folkloric, cultural storytelling and spicy-as-hell improv comedy.

Spontaneous laughs rooted in thousands of years of Indigenous oral tradition, bleak Russian Chekhovian character drama, and whatever other genre the audience wishes to see performed.

You’d be a goddamn racist not to come.