by Scott Sharplin

2008 AWARD WINNER - OUTSTANDING CONCEPT

Swedish playwright August Strindberg has uncovered the ancient alchemical secret of creating gold. Join him as he risks everything—his career, his marriage, his sanity, and his soul—to unveil the secrets of the cosmos. A feverish, poetic whirlwind trip to hell and back, complete with smoke and mirrors. Based on a true delirium.

by Glen Callender UFA

Enter a pulsating vortex of bliss! Armed with a vintage keyboard, a $5 garage-sale accordion and other questionable implements, award-winning laugh-meister Glen Callender UFA purveys an unpredictable mélange of music and mayhem. Don’t miss the unique alt-comedy experience The Province declared a “Pick of the Fringe” and The Georgia Straight called “A very funny show!”

www.TranMast.com

The audience

Insensitivity Training has been improvising together every week for over a year. Each of their performances will be totally unique. Their spontaneous, unapologetic style of comedy is based entirely on your suggestions. The scenes, songs and irreverent rants you will see are Insensitivity Training’s trademarks. Insensitivity Training brings you everything you want, including Naked Famous People.

www.insensitivitytraining.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 Alan Jeans

2008 AWARD WINNER - OUTSTANDING DRAMA

This one woman show is a fictitious account of the real life of Clasina Maria Hoornik (also known as Sien), prostitute, model, and mistress of the painter Vincent Van Gogh. As she prepares to drown herself Sien vividly re-lives her journey from the innocence of her youth to the depths of her ultimate sorrow.

http://sorrow-sien.blogspot.com

by Jayson MacDonaldStella is a beat poet. Billy is a deadbeat. It’s hard to believe they’ll find some common ground. A new comic drama by Jayson MacDonald (Giant Invisible Robot) from 12 year Fringe veterns, BlackSheep Theatre (Can’t Get It Started - “a definite sleeper hit” ****-Toronto Sun, ****-Winnipeg Sun, The Root Of All Sqaures - “one of the smartest scripts at this years fringe”-Ottawa Citizen ****-Edmonton Journal)

by Amy Salloway

The Ghosts of Gym Teachers Past haunt the Obsession with Weight Loss Future in a show the St. Paul Pioneer-Press calls “*****A MUST-SEE: poignant, sensitive and hysterically funny ”. From multiple Best-of-Fest winner Amy Salloway (“So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!”, “Does This Monologue Make Me Look Fat?”) comes this mostly-true comedy about size, sweat…and exercising your demons.

www.amysalloway.com

by Celeste Sansregret

“You make your bed and you get to lie in it” Alex Dallas ( Sensible Footwear) stars as Katrina, a middle aged shopclerk plunged into a world of wealth,glamour and larceny when she falls in love with an international fraud artist. Based on a true story.

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by Darren Boquist

A hysterical, ridiculously funny one-man comedy. Combining unique and brilliantly specific characterizations with comic wit, a blockbuster plot line, and a whole new level of dance. Witness the journey of Bob, a lonely self-esteem lacking man who becomes inspired by the film character Napolean Dynamite to chase his passion and dream to dance and CHANGE THE WORLD! (Audience selects music)

www.v-LiveE.com