Venue 1 - Downtown Activity Ctr (755 Pandora)

Crude Love
BIG SMOKE PRODUCTIONS
by Gillian and Russell Bennett
Vancouver, BC
Comedic Drama • 60 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: coarse language, adult themes

A woman dump truck driver from Newfoundland falls in love with a cynical eco-warrior in the harsh Alberta oil sands in the near future. From the creators of the award-wining Reefer Man, Self-Storage and Rocket Man – Pick of the Fringe: Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver. “Hilarious, romantic”– Edmonton Sun “Simply outstanding”– Westender Magazine “Raw, passionate, irresistible” ***** Times Colonist
TIMES: Tue 26 6:15 • Wed 27 8:00 • Thu 28 6:00 • Fri 29 11:15 • Sat 30 3:45 • Sun 31 9:30

Die Roten Punkte: Super Musikant (Super Musician)
TOBIAS & BARTHOLOMEW
by Otto & Astrid Rot
Berlin, Germany/Melbourne, Australia
Cabaret-Comedy • 60 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: adult themes

(Winner Best Production, Montreal Fringe 2008). “Don’t miss this hilarious parody, a send up of punk rock and Eurotrash” – Vancouver Sun. “inspired, brilliantly executed lunacy” – The Gazette, Montreal. “The performances are exuberant and flawless…fist pumping fun of the highest order.” – Eye Weekly, Toronto. ***** “this is a perfect show” – Monday Magazine. **** “Encore!” – Times Colonist. ***** – Vue Weekly
TIMES: Mon 25 6:15 • Tue 26 8:00 • Thu 28 7:45 • Fri 29 5:30 • Sat 30 11:00 • Sun 31 12:30

Dreams and Desires
SHINY OBJECT CREATIVE
by Barbara Bell
Kingston, ON
Drama/Fantasy • 50 mins • $9/$7
Adults Only: adult themes

Did she or didn’t she? That’s what they all ask when they think I’m not listening. Elizabeth struggles on the boundary between fantasy and reality as she comes to terms with her past. Comic, tragic and poetic, this is every woman’s story. Or is it? “A truly riveting performance.” – CHUM Radio, Kingston. 10% of ticket sales will be donated to a local women’s shelter.
TIMES: Fri 22 6:15 • Sat 23 4:30 • Sun 24 6:15 • Mon 25 8:00 • Sat 30 7:30 • Sun 31 4:00

The Face of Jizo
FUTARIKKO
by Hisashi Inoue
Victoria, BC
Modern Japanese Play • 70 mins • $8/$7

Parental Guidance: coarse language, violence
Post-War Hiroshima. Not only the city is left in ruins—so are the people.The Face of Jizo explores the human consequences of the atom bomb for Hiroshima survivors. It is the story of Mitsue, a young woman who survived the blast, and her attempts to deal with the guilt she feels, and to move on with her life.
TIMES: Thu 21 6:00 • Sat 23 2:30 +10:15 • Sun 24 8:00 • Wed 27 4:00 • Thu 28 9:30

How to Fake Clinical Depression
DAYDREAM PRODUCTIONS
by Steven Marrocco
Los Angeles, California
Comic Monologue • 60 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: coarse language

For the last four years, pharmaceutical companies have recruited research subjects from Craigslist Los Angeles. New anti-depressants are tested by offering subjects money in exchange for taking new combinations of drugs. One man’s adventure in Big Pharma Hell. “Marrocco is a smart writer.” – Edmonton Journal. “Funny, a pinch profane…a true fringe experience not to be missed.” – Des Moines Register
TIMES: Thu 21 8:00 • Fri 22 9:45 • Sun 24 4:30 • Wed 27 9:45 • Sat 30 9:15 • Sun 31 5:45

Stripes: The Mystery Circus
THE MYSTERY CIRCUS COMPANY
by Sarah Hayward in collaboration with Marguerite Witvoet
Vancouver, BC
Cabaret Theatre • 50 mins • $9/$8
Parental Guidance: adult themes

Entertaining and funny, Stripes: The Mystery Circus tells the story of Pollyhymnia, an imaginative woman who runs away to audition for the circus. Polly prepares not just one act, but all 7 circus acts listed in the advertisement. Stripes features original songs and innovative physicality, touching hearts and inspiring audiences to make their own self discoveries. “Brave, Daring, Swashbuckling” reviews.
TIMES: Fri 22 8:00 • Sat 23 6:15 • Sun 24 10:00 • Tue 26 9:45 • Fri 29 7:15 • Sun 31 2:15

Waiting for Andre Waiting for André
HARD TIMES
by John Arthur Sweet
Montreal, Quebec
Seriocomic Monologue • 80 mins • $8/$4
Parental Guidance

An idealistic young man is hired to perform a bizarre marketing stunt for a Beckett play, which culminates in a timely intervention by a loving acquaintance. A moving meditation on youth, selflessness, and the problem with theatre. About John’s last Victoria show (2004), Monday Magazine said: “The first act had me gasping for air, I was laughing so hard.”
TIMES: Thu 21 9:45 • Sat 23 8:00 • Mon 25 9:45 • Wed 27 6:00 • Fri 29 9:00 • Sat 30 1:30