Venue 2 - Metro Studio (1411 Quadra)

Lysistrata's War Lysistrata’s War
LAKE TAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
by David Hamilton / Mark D. Williams
South Lake Tahoe, California
Rock Opera • 89 mins • $9/$7
Parental Guidance: adult themes

Original rock opera take on the classical Greek comedy. Explores issues that don’t go away—war, corruption in the government, human relationships—with a sung-through score, contemporary images and dance. Though a universal statement about the futility of war, the show doesn’t sidestep the current US situation in Iraq. Received 4 star reviews at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe.
TIMES: Thu 21 5:30 Sat 23 6:15 Sun 24 9:30 Thu 28 6:00 Sat 30 10:30 Sun 31 1:00

The Skinny Presents:
Adventures in X-Ray Theatre!
THE SKINNY
by Jackie Blackmore, Michael John Unger & Darren Williams
Vancouver, BC
Sketch Comedy • 45 mins • $9/$7
Adults Only: coarse language

3 actors—no pants—no blackouts! Smart Sexy Stripped Down Stream-Of-Consciousness Comedic Theatre. Using painfully awkward physicality, twisted characters & sharp-tongued dialogue, The Skinny exposes the nostalgic & often absurd truth about the modern world at large. Your in-laws will be suitably appalled. Sold-out Headliners at the 2007 Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival.
TIMES: Thu 21 7:45 • Fri 22 8:00 • Sat 23 10:15 • Mon 25 8:30 • Sat 30 9:00 • Sun 31 3:15

The Spy The Spy
EPICWORLDS
by Jonno Katz, directed by Mark Chavez
Melbourne, Australia
Comedy • 60 mins • $9
Parental Guidance

Get entangled in a web of espionage. London 1975. Seymour Foggs goes undercover. 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? Director Mark Chavez, from comedy duo Pajama Men, and Jonno last collaborated on Cactus: The Seduction.
TIMES: Sun 24 4:00 • Tue 26 6:30 • Thu 28 10:15 • Fri 29 5:30 • Sat 30 7:15 • Sun 31 7:00
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The Darkside Cabaret
CREATIVE ALLIANCE
by Jim Leard
Victoria, BC
Musical Play • 75 mins • $9
Parental Guidance: adult themes

Three young innocents are the victims of Victoria’s secretive vampire club, “The Darkside Cabaret”: Misty is driven by a desire for fame and stardom; Stanley follows a fantasy of forbidden sensuality; and April desperately seeks approval. Those trapped inside the shadowy world embrace the new blood with fervent devotion. A musical play by Jim Leard with original music by Brad LeCuyer.
TIMES: Thu 21 10:00 • Fri 22 9:30 • Sat 23 2:00 • Sun 24 5:45 • Tue 26 10:00 • Thu 28 8:15

Talking Hands
BY LEAH WICKES
Victoria, BC
Dance Theatre • 60 mins • $9
All Ages

Talking Hands invites the hands’ articulate, dexterous, and sensing qualities to be mirrored and transmitted through the body. Through movement, the dancers explore connection, communication and communion with self, with another and with the divine. The dance travels landscapes of memory, personal history, and the present moment, with the hands forming the bridge between inner dialogue and outward expression.
TIMES: Fri 22 6:15 • Sat 23 8:30 • Sun 24 7:45 • Wed 27 6:00 • Fri 29 7:15 • Sat 30 5:15

Totem Figures
BIG SANDWICH PRODUCTIONS
by TJ Dawe
Vancouver, BC
Drama • 90 mins • $9

TJ Dawe’s back. 11 Victoria Fringes. 4 Unos. 81 Fringes worldwide. 10 solo shows as writer/performer. A bunch more shows as director. 1 BFA from UVic. 10 years touring the Fringe circuit. And it’s all led up to this show. About personal mythology. About the faces on TJ’s own Mt. Rushmore. “TJ Dawe is a phenomenon” – Globe & Mail. tjdawe.com
TIMES: Mon 25 10:00 • Wed 27 7:45 • Thu 28 3:45 • Fri 29 11:00 pm • Sat 30 1:00 • Sun 31 4:45

Sev Sev
CHICKEN FOR SUPPER PRODUCTIONS
by Charles Ross
Victoria, BC
One Man Comedy • 65 mins • $9/$7
Parental Guidance: cartoonish violence

From the makers of One Man Star Wars Trilogy and One Man Lord of the Rings! A 7-11’s Lot Boy becomes a Cashier. He imagines himself as a medieval warrior—dedicated to a Princess—seeking a magical power and fighting for the noble cause of convenience. His chain-smoking demon nemesis and an endless horde of customers stand between victory and a future of middle-management mediocrity.
TIMES: Mon 25 6:30 • Tue 26 8:00 • Wed 27 10:00 • Fri 29 9:00 • Sat 30 3:15 • Sun 31 8:45