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SDT Productions
Heart Puppetations—Playhouse Studio
Do you like puppets and music? Are you looking for a fun 45-minute show you can take your kids or grandparents to? If so, Heart Puppetations is for you. It’s a heart-warming tale about a guy who creates a puppet in the image of his ideal woman, wishes her to life and is shocked by the result. It’s a mix of Pinocchio and Pygmalion with some family-friendly elements of Avenue Q that’s sure to leave you smiling and laughing.
Penash Productions
Hot Pink Bits with Penny Ashton—WECC Ventura Hall
IN 2007, a fresh faced young-ish Kiwi packed her Hot Pink Bits and headed to the unknown quantity that was the Winnipeg Fringe. She had no idea what to expect, but found a fabulous bunch of people, a fringe family and won Best of Fest and a prized Donkey. Now she’s back for the 5th time with her Burlesque-esque romp through the knickers of the global sex trade, and we’re not in Regency England anymore. All singing, all dancing and allllll wrong
Seventh Sense
Kids vs. City—Planetarium
“Hey Josh. It’s so cool that we can check out the venue for a whole hour!”
“Yeah, Craig, we’ve got to really use our time efficiently. Hey what’s this boardgame? ‘The City’?”
“Woah, Josh, when you find a myserious board game in the back of a fringe venue, you have to play that game.”
Will Josh and Craig beat the newest co-op, urban, action board game ‘The City’? Or will they be trapped in the game forever!!! Dun dun duuuuuuun!!!!!
Annette Roman
Hitler’s Li’l Abomination—MTC Up the Alley
My title stands out, but it suggests that I’m mocking WWII. The parts about the war are serious. But the parts about my eccentric family are funny.
People laugh and cry at my show. A young Palestinian told me, “I never understood what it was like for Jews before.”
A young Jew told me, “You understand that our history can sometimes feel like a burden.”
My show is about flawed people and noble people and forgiveness. Please join me.
Crosswalk Productions
The Birdcage—Warehouse
A young engagement, one gay couple, two Republican parents, a Guatemalan housemaid and a whole lotta drag is…THE BIRDCAGE! Where boys are girls, lies are the truth, Jews wear crosses, love is loud, lights are bright and we are family!
The tension. It’s like riding a psychotic horse toward a burning stable
Windy Wynazz
UnCouth—The Cinematheque
Extraordinarily fast-paced physical theatre, cabaret, and burlesque phantasmagoria with comic showgirl, Windy Wynazz (Best Comedienne of San Francisco 2014).
Puppets! Song! Dance! And hilarious audience involvement! “Wynazz is a master…hot stuff!” —On Stage Ottawa
“Hilarious Slapstick Cabaret”—New Orleans Gambit “Orgasmic”—Orlando Sentinel.
Sisterscene for Kids
Opera Mouse—Kid’s Venue (Crocus Bldg. Parking Lot)
Do you remember how your tots cried when you left them at home to see Carmen? How your kids groaned and rolled their eyes when you missed their birthday party for Turandot?
Well, now it’s their turn. How often do children get to turn down invitations for pool parties and bike rides in favour of the opera? Not often enough, I bet! With Opera Mouse, they’ll be humming Puccini and Mozart instead of One Direction.
That alone is worth the price of the ticket!
Peachy Keen Productions
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl—PTE Studio
Peachy Keen Productions (creators of Bizarro Obscure) is back at their hometown Fringe,
bringing you a story about a boy who meets a made-up girl.
When Nathan (a twenty-something-year-old, cute, white boy) is down and out, who better to make him feel better, than the ideal woman: The Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
Join Nathan and the Dream Girl as they’re transported inside this new play, and come face to face with their stock characters.
Theatre by the River
Sea Wall—Rudolph Rocker CC
You will be hearing a lot about Theatre by the River’s presentation of Sea Wall at this year’s Fringe—amazing play, award-winning playwright, blah, blah, blah.
One thing you may not know—Rodrigo Beilfuss, a welcome presence on Winnipeg stages for 8 years, is moving to Stratford to take part in their Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre.
Winnipeggers won’t get a chance to see him grace our stages for the next year. So be one of those in-the-know-Fringe-goers and get your tickets now!
Bolero Dance Theatre
LORCA—CC Franco-Manitobain
Flamenco + Federico = Fringe Fun at the Franco!
Soldiers with earrings? Dancing nuns? Men in skirts? Expect a touch of the surreal in this Spanish dance and flamenco version of Federico Garcia Lorca’s life. The famous Spanish poet and playwright meets Salvador Dali and they begin to collaborate onstage…and off? Check out the show to find out!
www.bolerodancetheatre.ca
