Keith Brown
Absolute Magic—Bandwidth Theatre
Master Magician Keith Brown returns to the Winnipeg Fringe!
DEATH DEFYING FEATS!
Keith is a TEDx speaker, recently played the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas.
Toronto’s BEST Magician… and he’s not even from Toronto!
“A must see on the fringe circuit” – Theatre in London
“A delight for people of all ages” – London Free Press
“You do not want to miss it” – Mooney on Theatre
See it to believe it. It’s Absolute Magic!
The 28th Minute
The Collector—Tom Hendry Theatre at the MTC Warehouse
William Wyler’s The Collector is a chilling adaptation of John Fowles’ novel. This acclaimed work is brought to the stage by the top tier cast of Thomas Toles, Caitlin Belton, and Justin Fry under the direction of Fringe veteran George Toles and Kevin Ramberran. The 28th Minute specializes in ambitious productions that provide fringers with a full theatrical experience.
White Rabbit Productions
Songs For A New World—One88
In the intimate setting of One88 Princess, audiences will journey through life’s defining moments with characters who are facing that “one moment” – that moment of decision before it all becomes clear. Songs for a New World promises to deliver the exceptional emotional layering and captivating musical prowess that has kept the work in circulation for over twenty years. It features a roster of fine Winnipeg performers belting out some truly fantastic vocals and harmonies.
Abandoned Campus Theatre Company
Liberty—The Playhouse Studio
A heart can only break so hard before it’s dust. A car can only drive so far before it’s rust– or so former bffs Morgan and Courtney learn when a storm forces them into Morgan’s questionable 1989 VW Golf for one last reluctant road trip. Now that their friendship is as dead as Morgan’s slam poetry career, can they ever be free of the past? Will the car even make it home? Will they? Is the car a metaphor? WHO KNOWS. LIBERTY.
project pigeon
President Bear—The Rachel Browne Theatre
President Bear is a sketch comedy show.
President Bear is worth your time.
President Bear is worth your money.
President Bear is at venue 8, The Rachel Browne Theatre.
You will not be left indifferent.
At An 8 Productions
Seducing Father Brian—The Rachel Browne Theatre
Kat is a sassy woman who befriends Brian at a costume party and finds out he is, in fact, a Catholic priest. Their friendship develops and we see their internal struggles for what they think they truly want. Will Kat find what she’s looking for in Brian? Will Brian take his collar off for good? Join Kat and Brian on their comedic journey of love, lust, and friendship. Oh, and there’s a burlesque dance thrown in for good measure too!
Quondam Dreams
Barbaric Cultural Practices – The Musical—Asper Centre for Theatre and Film
The Musical explores a dystopian Conservative paradise, a future in which Stephen Harper won the last election and transformed Canada into an “ideal” nation. No taboo is safe in this twisted tale of love, marriage, sex, and the ultimate revenge. Sing along with us to toe-tapping numbers about bigotry, oppression and racism! You’ll never look at bandages the same way!
The Winnipeg Fringe is here and the Jenny Revue site has been updated (mostly) with the information for 2016.
Please check out our Online Winnipeg Fringe Program and Schedule. We think it is better than the one on the Official Winnipeg Fringe site, since it is searchable. This year we have also added links to the various social media platforms for each of the companies that provided them to the Fringe.
There is a major change for this year, in that the Jenny will be only be an E-Jenny as we are not doing a print version. So the old-school Fringers out there will have to do without the dead-tree version and will notice the absence of the familiar Jenny Boxes. The more new-school people were probably already just using the bits and bytes version. The good news is that means we are not constrained to the limited space of the print version and we will also be able to have the reviews/ssps/letters on the site in a more timely fashion. In fact we already have some Shameless Self Promotions, where the performers can try and convince you to see their shows.
For those of you who might not know, let me explain what the Jenny Revue is. We are an independent medium for YOU to communicate your thoughts, comments, feelings and reviews about the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. We edit and publish those reviews, shameless self-promotions, and letters online. While we do have a cadre of Jenny Staff that help fill our web pages with reviews, we want to hear from you. Please note we have also changed our email address to jennyrevue@gmail.com.
The key parts of the Jenny are the following:
- Reviews—We do a few things differently at the Jenny, one of the biggest differences is we do not use a star or number rating system. Yes that means you actually have to read a review to see what the person reviewing the show thought about it. We have always done it this way, and think that it is a better way to do things. We accept reviews from anyone, with only one condition: You must provide your real name, and some form of contact info (so you can be reached in case we need clarification). Not all the reviews we receive may get published but in general as long as the review was well written it will be published on the website.
- Shameless Self-Promotion—If you are in a Fringe play and haven’t shamelessly promoted your show, put together 80 words (or less)—different from your program blurb—and send them to us. Clearly mark them as SSPs since it’s difficult to tell the difference between an unqualified rave by a satisfied patron, and a bombastic bit of self-promotion by a company scribe.
- Letters—Got an opinion on something at the Fringe? It is always better to get it off your chest. Send us your thoughts with your name and contact info and if it catches our eye we’ll spread the word.
- News—Our editor is always looking for interesting or wacky things that have happened during the Fringe. If you have a tale to tell, let us know.
See you at the Fringe!
Murray (Jenny Cyber Guru)
Dear Jenny,
In response to Shawn’s column in issue #4, I would like to share my story as well.
Fringe has always been about the art, the risk, the opportunity, the growth and about seeing and sharing shows that could teach me what not to do or could feed my soul for another year. And somewhere along the way Fringe became.
Fringemass – the most wonderful time of the year.
Fringemass was the best time to be in the best place on earth – until last year.I was in a great show and worked very hard with great people. But a few hateful assholes did everything they could to ruin it. I was harassed, threatened, stalked, had my car vandalized and broken into and they got my home address from my insurance. All of their actions that meant for us to quit only furthered the need for the show to continue. But it really wasn’t easy for me.
Still, the place I felt safest last year was down at the fringe site. Because of staff, volunteers, technicians, performers and patrons I couldn’t have been more surrounded by love and support. I have long heard the words “family and community” to describe ourselves but it is very powerful to see how fierce and awesome a family we can be.
What many people don’t realize is after the Fringe and the media ended the story continued. There were incidents for months afterward and the online hate that found me was pretty horrific. (More than one person really wants dogs to rape me).
I am still working through some emotional stuff surrounding the whole thing and as a result this year has become difficult. I have been teetering on becoming that sad aunt who maybe doesn’t feel like having Christmas this year. It’s the most wonderful time of the year and the thought of it can make the worst emotions swell up and take over. And I became terrified that while the assholes failed in closing our show last year, they succeeded in stealing my Fringemass.
But true family accepts you as you are. And I have learned that if you become the weird sad aunt at Fringemass dinner (in the beer tent with curry), you get a genuine “how are you doing,” an offer of a hug and as much or little space as you need.
The Fringe may have been changed for me this year but it can’t be stolen – Our fierce and awesome Fringe family is the true meaning of Fringemass.
Theresa Thomson
Japanese Samurai…
Hiroshi Shimizu—Cinematheque
I thought this would be a comedy routine about cultural differences, which is always great fodder for any comedy act, but I was a little disappointed that it was less about that and more about not being able to communicate well in English.
(Note to self to not enter a show with any preconceived notions.) The performance focuses on Hiroshi Shimizu’s journey to becoming an English stand-up comic, something he opted to do in Edinburgh.
The audience quite enjoyed the show but I found some of the jokes were iterated a bit too often.
Joanne Nuys
