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Life on the Fringe Blog – July 24
First
time Fringer
Tina Teeninga has
never performed at a Fringe Festival until now. This year, she is performing The
Saddest Girl in the World at the Winnipeg
and Saskatoon Fringes. Tina is a Vancouver
playwright who wanted to do the Fringe because it offered her the chance to
perform her own material. She told me that the most surprising thing about
the Fringe so far is how hard it is to build an audience. With 139 indoor
shows, Fringe performers are competing for the hearts and wallets of Winnipeg
audiences. As a result, some quality shows are getting overlooked. In addition to Tina’s show, I’ve
seen small crowds for Learning The Game and RUNNING OUT, both
of which were quality shows.
AA all
the Way
Maureen Taggert
(co-director of The Dining Room) told me that the American Airlines
inflight magazine for July had a blurb about the Winnipeg Fringe sandwiched
between events in Vermont and Switzerland.
Kudos to whoever at MTC was able to land that listing.
Best of
the Fest
The Best of The Fest
shows that receive an extra show on Sunday afternoon were announced
yesterday. Tickets are $9 each. Advance tickets are now on sale and can be
purchased at MTC (174 Market) or at www.winnipegfringe.com
Venue 1 MTC Backstage at the Mainstage
12:30 pm – Die
Roten Punkte – SUPER MUSIKANT (SUPER MUSICIAN)
2:45 pm – The
Dining Room
Venue 2 MTC Up the Alley
NOON – In Other
News
2:15 pm – Manners
for Men
Venue 3 The Playhouse Studio
1:00 pm – Every
Time I See Your Picture I Cry
3:00 pm – Circumference
Venue 4 Onstage at the Playhouse
NOON Spiral Dive
2:15 pm – pornStar
Venue 5 Son of Warehouse
12:15 pm – A Brief
History of Petty Crime
2:30 pm – The Road
Less Gravelled
Venue 6 The Tom Hendry Theatre at the MTC
Warehouse
12:15 pm – A
Midsummer Night’s FEVER! The 10th Anniversary Show
2:30 pm – Lester
Gets KISSed
Venue 7 The Conservatory
12:45 pm – Perseus
and Medusa
2:30 pm – Killing
Kevin Spacey
Venue 8 School of Contemporary Dancers
12:30 pm – The Bush
Ladies
2:45 pm – It’s A Gay Gay Gay
Gay World
Venue 9 The Rachel Browne Theatre (WCD Studio)
12:45 pm – The
Official Napolean Dynamite Dance Class
3:00 pm – Ordinary
May’s Extraordinary Ways
Venue 10 Planetarium Auditorium
12:45 pm – Singing
at the Edge of the World
3:00 pm – Teaching
the Fringe
Venue 11 Red River College
NOON – The
Tricky Part
2:15 pm – FemMennonite
2: I MARRIED A JEW
Overtime
Yesterday, Blasphemy!
ran 50 minutes, which is 5 minutes more than its stated
length of 45 minutes.
Quote of
the Day
“I’m
trying to quit smoking not for health reasons but because there’s nowhere
to smoke anymore.”
From Evelyn Reese’s Family Room.
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