by Laurie Fyffe

A chorus of prostitutes, muses, wily stockbrokers and daemons resurrect a pining poet from the 15th century and charge her to pen a merry masterpiece - in 2008! Don’t miss this off-the-theatrical-wall comic tale of seduction, betrayal, re-writes and rhyming revisionism - with sword fight! Brought to you by an intrepid ensemble of OSSD’s finest pre-professional thespians!

www.ossd.com

by Ardyth Johnson

Everything’s Coming Up Tea Bags!

A daily cup of Tetley is interrupted by “The Egg”…As she

is Entertaining Mr.Porter, Julie Nash discovers that her

Boarding House Blues will soon be over. Her little Ginger Spice World

opens up to the possibility of freedom!

Is Robert ready for this?

Perhaps the galaxy has other plans..

www.ardythjohnson.com

by Edward Albee

A middle-class publishing executive has a bizarre encounter with a lonely and troubled man in New York’s Central Park. This first play by acclaimed American playwright Edward Albee combines elements of realism and the absurd in its examination of isolation, alienation, social disparity, and the dehumanizing effects of living in a commercial world.

by nisha ahuja

*Ting*

Welcome to Omega Orange yoga studio, and to our most successful yogini’s class. Yes, she may be heartbroken, but her success, fame and patented yoga can still lead almost anyone to enlightenment – for a price.

One-woman’s playful and cutting look at the consumption of culture in the quest for spiritual fulfillment.

*Ting!*

by The Company

OYPTS Showbiz Class present: The Kiss — An original musical about a small-town Saskatchewan girl who dreams of Hollywood stardom - and gets more than she bargained for when she’s swept away by the stars of Tinseltown’s Golden Age. Featuring 8 original musical numbers.

www.oyplayers.on.ca

by Laura Astwood, Sarah Waisvisz and the company

Spectacular, acrobatic stilt performance: live music, bloody battles, magical transformations, scary, beautiful, sad, exciting: the story of your life

www.ottawastiltunion.ca

by Jan Zimmerman, trans. Abby Lynch

When Christopher Sly mistakes a country manor for the local pub, he stumbles into a fantastical world he never could have imagined. He just wants a beer, but the lady of the house and a visiting all-female troupe of actors twist his reality and ours into this farcical take on Taming of the Shrew.

www.formerlywitty.blogspot.com

by Stewart Matthews

A blockbuster cast of Ottawa’s top talent invite you to a special dinner party where murder is on the menu. Please hang up your coat, choose your weapon and make yourself at home. Two award-winning companies (from 52 Pick-up, Bookworm and G-Men Defectives) bring you blackmail, bodies and bureaucracy in this manic whodunit. A new twist on a classic game.

www.enigmaproductions.info

by Kyla Gray (creator)

How strong are the powers of imagination? This abstract piece blends text and movement to create a magical journey for one girl who teeters on the mysterious edges of life. She jumps from dream to reality but who is to say which is which? Do we create the world we live in? Or is it out of our control?

by Weeping Spoon Productions

1987. Love Ballads. Big Shoes. Bad Morals. Dirty Business. Four lives influenced by GREED, and it’s about to come crashing down… “Weeping Spoon is one of the most dynamic and innovative groups currently producing theatre from Perth (Australia).” Luke Milton – ARTRAGE. Greed is good. Greed is Right. It’s a tragic-comedy so consuming that you’ll want it all for yourself.

www.weepingspoon.com