Heartichoke Arts

Shirley Gnome: Real Mature—Eckhardt-Gramatté

Are you someone who likes clever, insightful, satirical musical comedy? Good. Do you also think sex is hilarious? Great! This show is for you. A mixture of profane and profound, Shirley Gnome’s saucy song stylings will have you in stitches. She sings of the things we often think, but dare never say. Delivered in a folk-country style, even the most salacious truths go down easy – it’s a night you’ll not soon forget. She won awards for this stuff and everything!

Big Sandwich Productions

Marathon—WECC Ventura Hall.

Hey Winnipeg,

I’m back.

It’s been a while.

TJ

Watson Arts

Teacher in the House—Alloway Hall (MMMN)

Fringe Veteran Susan Jeremy (PS 69, Brappzil Nuts) brings back her 2012 Best of Fest Winner, Teacher in the House.

This production features NEW characters and NEW scenes. And has been totally re-written since it’s world premier in Winnipeg Fringe 2012. If you liked it before, you will LOVE it now. An action packed 45 minutes featuring 12 characters. This is a DRAMA with laugh out loud lines.

It WOWed Edmonton and will WOW you too

Crazy Dog Face Productions

Biggest Little Child Star—CC Franco-Manitobain

Roberta Townshend, or “Little Robbie T” as she was once known, has had a bit of a…trying time in the big city. She’ll bounce back though. She’s going to go home and show everyone that she’s still got it…by auditioning for the part she lost out on at the tender age of 9.What could go wrong?

See Roberta battle a series of obstacles from flashbacks to frenemies. This show will make you giggle and chuckle and everything that feels good.

Well, not everything—But there will be donuts!

Naomi Forman Productions

The Telephone—Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall

Two hilarious and classically trained professional opera singers bring you a delightfully 1950’s, bite-sized, comic opera by Gian Carlo Menotti.

Ben desperately wants to marry Lucy but every time he gets down on bended knee, the telephone rings and chaos ensues! The Telephone has the distinction of being the first opera to be presented on Broadway. Brought to you by the company that created StarBach’s: The Coffee Cantata (4 Stars), this is the only opera offered at the 2015 Fringe.

theater simple

The Death of Brian—MTYP Mainstage

Who has: a zombie puppet? The tastiest guts in town?

A near-mythic desire to find his wife?

BRIAN SMITH!! Who doesn’t know he’s dead.

Yet.

THIS is the show for those who get EVERY Zombie trope pop-culturally available.

This is ALSO the show for folks who are squeamish or zombie-averse.

Horror-fest guest Ricky Coates is “a cross between a feral animal and a Balanchine dancer” and the show is “deliciously gruesome”

Brian S—Not your average Post-Human.

Theatre Anywhere

Salt of the Earth&mdashRRC

Kevin Longfield steps front and centre to tell the story of William Cliffe, his grandfather.

Bill Cliffe was a child labourer in England before apprenticing as a blacksmith and coming to Canada in 1911. He worked on the Winnipeg Aqueduct before enlisting with the Royal Engineers and serving in Baghdad in World War I. Then his life became interesting.

Brian Richardson’s direction and Nancy Drake’s voice coaching helped to bring this story to life.

selardi productions

Daddy Issues—RRC

I’m 10 years old and I’m on my way outside to play basketball. My dad motions for me to sit down. “You’re getting older. You’re going to start getting curious about your body. That’s OK. Just don’t do it at the dinner table.”

He crushes out his cigarette in the heavy glass ashtray. “Do what I do. Do it in the shower.”

I was 10. That’s when I stopped taking showers.