J McLaughlin at Winter song Friday the 13th 2012
Live at the Victoria Event Centre playing “Bad Luck Woman”.
The Ukubellas live at the Victoria Event Centre
J McLaughlin hosted Winter Song. This is the Ukubellas first show at the VEC
Cherry D Vine getting organized for VEMF
Cherry D Vine gets organized for VEMF. This is how you do it!
ShLong Form Improv at the Victoria Fringe
Probationary Theatre Company
Seoul, South Korea
Improv • 60 minutes • All Ages
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student/Senior • Advance +$2
Seoul’s most hilarious ex-pats perform a delightful mix of SHort and LONG form improv comedy! The audience randomly selects two short form games, which inspire two separate and innovative long forms. Featuring creative storytelling from veteran improvisers of the Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Seoul Improv Festivals, PLUS guest performers from the Victoria Fringe! “Quick-witted and likeable” – Montreal Gazette
Fri, Aug 26, 6:45 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 8:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 1:45 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 6:00 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 8:30 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 6:15 PM
the Suckerpunch at the Victoria Fringe
Stupid Gumball Dispenser Productions • Winnipeg, MB
By Brent Hirose
Drama • 60 minutes
All Ages (Coarse Language)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
If you could take it all back, would you? If you could take it all back, what would you have left? Brent Hirose presents a fantastical tale of time travel, theoretical terrorists and terrible science. “Sharp and clever, and Hirose hits it just right.” – Winnipeg Free Press; “Hirose is a dynamic performer” – Uptown Magazine; ★★★★ – Hot103 / Filipino Journal / Vue Magazine
Thu, Aug 25, 9:15 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 6:45 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 5:00 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 6:30 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 8:00 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 1:30 PM
Smart Arse at the Victoria Fringe Festival
Rosie Bitts talks with Rob Gee
Rob Gee • Leicester, UK
Comedy/Spoken Word • 60 minutes
Adults Only (Coarse Language)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
An exhilarating story of several childhoods from the creator of fringe hit Fruitcake. ★★★★★ “Be prepared to be blown away!” – CBC; ★★★★★“Exuberant… wild… wonderful‚ socially incorrect… genius!” – Winnipeg Free Press; ★★★★★ “Brilliant!” – Uptown Magazine, Winnipeg; ★★★★★ “Hilarious… my abdominal muscles deserve an apology!” – Times Colonist. 100% sold out at the Winnipeg Fringe
Sat, Aug 27, 9:30 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 8:45 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 8:15 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 9:30 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 4:45 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 7:45 PM
Wonderbar at the Victoria Fringe
Sansregret Productions • Canada
By Celeste Sansregret
Drama • 90 minutes
Adults Only (Adult Themes)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
From Laura Anne Harris (PITCH BLONDE ★★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press) and Celeste Sansregret ( ★★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press) comes a droll, dark tale of love, larceny and a $10,000 bed. A hit in Winnipeg; “A reluctant star is born” — Kevin Prokosh, Winnipeg Free Press; and Toronto, this is a bedtime story you won’t want to miss.
Sat, Aug 27, 2:00 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 7:15 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 5:30 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 9:00 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 5:30 PM
Sat, Sep 3, Noon
Burning Brothels: Sex and Death in Nevada at the Victoria Fringe
Rosie bitts talks with Katherine Glover
http://katherineglover.net/burning-brothels/
St. Ann’s Auditorium (835 Humboldt)
Venue sponsored by the Provincial Capital Commission.
Burning Brothels: Sex and Death in Nevada
By Katherine Glover
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Solo Comedy • 60 minutes
PG 14+ (Coarse Language, Adult Themes)
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student/Senior • Advance +$2
WARNING: These stories are not about sex. They are about arson, murder, bribery, corruption and greed. Well, okay, and maybe a little bit of sex. A one-woman show about the history of the only U.S. state with legal prostitution. “Her engaging stories will keep you hooked.” – See Magazine; “Best of the Fringe” – L’etoile Magazine
Thu, Aug 25, 8:15 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 3:30 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 7:00 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 6:00 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 8:45 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 2:00 PM
The Human Body Project at the Victoria Fringe
Transformative and healing theatre of encounter.
Tasha Diamant presents the
Human Body Project
At the Victoria Fringe
Venue 4, Wood Hall, 907 Pandora
Fri Aug 26 9:30-11
Sun Aug 28 4:45-6:15
Tue Aug 30 9:30-11
Fri Sept 2 9:30-11
Sat Sept 3 7:30-9
Sun Sept 4 4:30-6
humanbodyproject.com
“I have never had such a sense of humanity. You read about humanity in anthropology textbooks, have this concept of a line swiveling through history… but when it comes to real humanity, knowing that we are all individuals, together… Well, for me, that is rare.” (Chandra M., an audience member, 2010)
To model vulnerability, I show up naked (a 49-year-old female with inherent issues and flaws), unscripted, and sometimes non-verbal. I share my visceral human being-ness with the intention of creating open-heartedness, empathy, and authenticity. There is no narrative arc. Social norms are subverted.
In this challenging participative forum, we all become teacher and student, facilitator and performer, art and artist. It is an exercise in non-domination, solidarity, and shared responsibility.
I am not a trained performer. I am a mother who is motivated to take myself and my audience beyond culturally decreed and neurobiological comfort zones in an urgent attempt to teach and learn a different way to cohabit our fragile planet.
Humans will not survive unless we change the paradigm from competitive-compartmentalized to cooperative-connected. We have almost no models for this way of being.
To change requires experiential, embodied understanding—in our hearts, guts and bones—and goes against deeply ingrained neurobiological fight or flight responses and cultural/intellectual norms.
Many people have decided to join me naked in various Human Body Project performance spaces. I believe that eventually, when the time is right, we will take our embodied, experiential message to the streets.
All my day jobs at the Victoria Fringe
Rosie Bitts talks with Kirsten Van Ritzen.
Dance Victoria (111-2750 Quadra St)
Venue by Dance Victoria
All My Day Jobs
Broad Theatre • Victoria BC
By Kirsten Van Ritzen
Comedy / Drama • 60 minutes • PG 14+
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
What is it like to be a food taster, tourist greeter or taxi cab counter? Perfume spritzer, enumerator, carny, or dancing cocktail waitress? Kirsty is a hopeful young actress who fakes her way through dozens of day jobs, with disastrous, hilarious results. A comedy about misery – from acclaimed comedienne Kirsten Van Ritzen. “dazzling to watch” “impeccable timing” “amazing talent”
Sat, Aug 27, 7:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 5:45 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 9:15 PM
Thu, Sep 1, 6:00 PM
Sat, Sep 3, 8:00 PM
Sun, Sep 4, 2:45 PM
http://www.thekirstenvanritzenshow.8k.com/
Struwwelpeter at the Victoria Fringe
Suspicious Mustache Theatre Company
Victoria, BC
Adapted from the book by Dr. Heinrich Hoffman
Magical Realism • 50 minutes
All Ages 10+ (Violence)
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student/Senior • Advance +$2
Based on the colourful and gruesome tales by Dr. Heinrich Hoffman, “Struwwelpeter” follows a child’s curiosity to the bitter end as she encounters the spirits that inhabit a very unusual picture book. From the director of “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” (2009 Pick of the Fringe, Victoria) $1 from each ticket sale will go to support children’s literacy programs.
Fri, Aug 26, 9:00 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 6:00 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 4:30 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 9:45 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 7:00 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 7:30 PM
The Birdmann at the Victoria Fringe
Rosie Bitts chats with the Birdmann
The Birdman • Surfers Paradise, AUSTRALIA
Comedy • 50 minutes
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
A one man comic variety concert in a tight black suit with a cool hairdo and jazzy mixes of fastidious facts and extraordinary acts from a man like no man – infamous international vaudevillian The Birdmann wowing the world on a tour fantastic. “Charismatic vaudeville stylings with twists of oddity,” – Metromix New York; “Funny‚ invigorating‚ a triumph” – The Melbourne Age
>>FringeExtra: Winnipeg Free Press Review | CBC Manitoba Review
Fri, Aug 26, 8:00 PM
Sat, Aug 27, 8:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 3:15 PM
Tue, Aug 30, 10:15 PM
Thu, Sept 1, 6:30 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 3:45 PM
Spitting in the face of the Devil at the Victoria Fringe
Rosie Bitts chats with Bob and Suzanne
John Montgomery Theatre Company • New York, USA
By Bob Brader
Drama • 80 minutes
Adults Only” “Coarse Language, Adult Themes
$11 All Seats/Door • $9 Student/Senior • Advance +$2
In this daring, uplifting and comedic solo show, acclaimed New York monologist Bob Brader tells the gripping, totally true story of discovering that his charismatic ex-Marine father is a pedophile. Hailed as “brilliant” and “unforgettable.” Winner of Best Show of the London Fringe; ★★★★ “Masterful storytelling!” – The Beat Magazine; ★★★★ “Eighty minutes of brilliance!” – Arts in London. Directed by Suzanne Bachner
>>FringeExtra: Bob Brader’s Blog
Sat, Aug 27, 5:30 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 7:00 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 6:00 PM
Fri, Sept 2, 7:45 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 6:30 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 3:45 PM
Cameryn Moore – Phone Whore in Victoria
This is a promo video made in Winnipeg for her Victoria show. Check out Cameryn’s site!
Phone Whore (a one-act play with frequent interruptions)
Little Black Book Productions
Boston, MA, USA
by Cameryn Moore
Solo Drama/Comedy • 55 minutes
Adults Only (Extremely Coarse Language, Adult Themes)
$11 All Seats/Door • Advance +$2
“Hey, there. How are you doing? Yeah? Well, hang out with me for an hour and I will rock your fucking world.” Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator. Listen closely: she may change your views on sex forever. BEST FEMALE SOLO performer – 2010 San Francisco Fringe; Judges’ Honourable Mention – 2010 Ottawa Fringe
Fri, Aug 26, 5:00 PM
Sun, Aug 28, 7:15 PM
Mon, Aug 29, 7:45 PM
Wed, Aug 31, 6:00 PM
Sat, Sept 3, 4:00 PM
Sun, Sept 4, 2:45 PM
Deep Secrets with Rosie Bitts – Episode three
This is the third in a series of Deep Secrets form the Fabulous Miss Rosie Bitts. These were filmed on the way to the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
Deep Secrets with Rosie Bitts – Episode one
The Fabulous Miss Rosie Bitts delves into her Deep secrets for your viewing pleasure. These were filmed on the way to the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.