by North Country Cinema
Telegrams presents a rotating program of short and medium length films with thematically inspired theatrical introductions and transitions performed by the filmmakers. This unique showcase of new cinema by award-winning directors from across Canada includes films by Adam Beck, Alexander Carson, Nicholas Martin, Eduardo Menz, Dan Popa, Kyle Thomas, and more.
by Randy Rutherford
2008 AWARD WINNER - OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL WORK
***** 21 times “BEST OF FRINGE”
A folksinger in 70s Alaska, Randy had it all, an adoring girlfriend and a great gig at the Fancy Moose Saloon, then congenital hearing loss sucked the sound from his world forever…
“Emotionally honest, surprisingly funny.” ***** Monday Magazine
“A gorgeous musical memoir…” ***** Winnipeg Free Press
“A powerhouse, a triumph.” ***** Edmonton Journal
by TJ Dawe
Fringe workhorse TJ Dawe (Maxim & Cosmo, co-writer: 52 Pick-up & The Power of Ignorance, director: Teaching As You Like It, Teaching the Fringe & Mr. Fox) returns, with a look at his personal mythology, the faces on his own Mt. Rushmore. "TJ Dawe is a phenomenon" - Globe & Mail .
by Otto & Astrid Rot
2008 AWARD WINNER - OUTSTANDING OVERALL PERFORMANCE
“Don’t miss this hilarious parody, a send up of punk rock and Eurotrash” Vancouver Sun
“inspired, brilliantly executed lunacy” The Gazette, Montreal
“fist pumping fun of the highest order” Eye Weekly, Toronto
“narcissism, sibling rivalry…The Rot’s Rule!” Toronto Star
***** Vue Weekly, Edmonton
***** Planet S Magazine, Saskatoon
***** Star Phoenix, Saskatoon
***** Monday Magazine, Victoria
**** Winnipeg Free Press
by Neil LaBute
You are walking a fine line every time you tell a lie. After a while, you begin to believe it and then, the truth vanishes. In Liars Club, four characters experience this feeling when asked to recount a traumatic moment. The true test for the audience is to discover where the truth lies.
by Alex Eddington
See the Forest! Two troubled young musicians travel to the Queen Charlotte Islands to perform for a murdered spruce tree. Two troubled young musicians travel to the Queen Charlotte Islands to perform for a murdered spruce tree. Award-winning playwright/composer Alex Eddington (The Fugue Code) and acclaimed Ottawa flutist Aura Giles weave together fact, fiction, magic and music into a unique story about an eco-prophet for our time. “Brilliantly theatrical…****” – Eye Weekly “A must-see…superb…****” – Edmonton Journal
by Russell Bennett and Gillian Bennett
2008 AWARD WINNER - OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
In the near future in the harsh Alberta oil sands, a cynical eco-warrior falls in love with a Newfie woman dump truck driver. (new line) From the creators of the award-winning “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 “Intelligent Comedy”-CBC Winnipeg
by Created and Performed by Jonno Katz Directed by Mark Chavez
Get entangled in a woven web of espionage and comedy by award winning actor/director Jonno Katz.London 1975. Seymour Fogs is recruited from an avante-guarde paratheatrical group to the British Secret Service. What follows is a perilous tale of intrigue, subterfuge and double agents. Who is the mole? Can he trust the Silver Fox? And would the real Yevgeny Aleksandrovich please stand up?
by Martin Moran
An award-winning performance and play, The Tricky Part is a true story of trespass, forgiveness and redemption, asking, “Is it possible that what harms us, may come to restore us?” “A detailed, superbly acted memoir…distinct in its humanity, shattering in its honesty and quite simply one of the best shows on the fringe. Hayes is nothing short of amazing.” - The Herald
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!