Uno Shows 2013
My Pregnant Brother
Freestanding Productions (Montreal)
Written and Performed by Johanna Nutter
Directed by Jeremy Taylor
60 minutes, dramatic monologue
“Engaging, poignant … the most incredibly riveting tale.”
Lennie MacPherson, The Guardian
My Pregnant Brother: the true story of a woman who changed her life while her sibling changed his gender, and the baby who made it all happen. With barely more than a piece of sidewalk chalk to set her stage, Nutter traces a portrait of a unique family, ultimately illustrating universal themes of maternity, identity and belonging.
Intrepid Theatre Club, #2 – 1609 Blanshard Street
Wednesday May 22 6:30pm*
Thursday May 23 8:30pm (in French)
Friday May 24 7:00pm
Sunday, May 26 8:00pm
$17/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night.
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One/Un
Orange Noyée (Montreal)
Written, Directed and Performed by Mani Soleymanlou
Co-directed by Alice Ronfard
65 minutes, dramatic monologue
In this autobiographical show, Mani Soleymanlou, traces his journey from his birthplace in Iran, through Paris, Toronto, Ottawa, to his current home in Montreal. He loses, rejects, forgets and ignores what he thought he always wanted. Questioning the authenticity of his own Persian origins, which now seem small and insignificant when placed beside the current Persian youth living in Iran who fight daily for their country, their liberty, their freedom and their lives, in a struggle to determine what makes us who we are.
Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra Street
Wednesday May 22 8pm*
Thursday May 23 7pm,
Friday May 24 7pm (in French)
$20/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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How to Disappear Completely
The Chop (Vancouver)
By Itai Erdal in collaboration with James Long, Anita Rochon & Emelia Symington Fedy
Performed by Itai Erdal
Directed by James Long
Lighting Design by Itai Erdal
Sound Design by Emelia Symington Fedy
Original Composition by Andrea Young
Projection Design by Jamie Nesbitt
Remount Projection Design by Corwin Ferguson
Dramaturged by Anita Rochon
65 minute, autobiographical, adult themes
“Through these charged memories we get the sense of being truly alive, of living life to its fullest. What could have been a dark show is driven in fact by light”.
-Marsha Ledererman, Globe and Mail
In 2001, infamous lighting designer Itai Erdal received a phone call telling him his mother was diagnosed with lung cancer and had nine months to live. Itai, a recent film-school graduate promptly moved back to Israel to spend every moment he could with his dying mother, shooting hours of film and taking and hundreds of pictures, documenting her final days. In a starkly simple yet deeply profound new work, Erdal demonstrates his approach to theatrical lighting while reflecting on the events following his mother asking him to take her life.
Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra Street
Thursday May 23 9pm*
Saturday May 25 2pm
$20/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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White Rabbit Red Rabbit
The Elbow (Vancouver) in association with Aurora Nova Productions (Iran)
Written by Nassim Soleimanpour
Dramaturgy by Ross Manson and Daniel Brooks
Originally produced by Necessary Angel, Volcano Productions and Wolfgang Hoffmann.
Featuring Actors from Uno Fest
60 minutes, adult themes
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Imagine being 29 and unable to leave your country. Iranian Nassim Soleimanpour dissects the experience of a whole generation in a wild, utterly original play. He turns his isolation to his advantage with a play that requires no director, no set, and a different actor for each performance.
Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra Street
Friday May 24, 9pm with Johanna Nutter*
Saturday May 25, 4pm with Jayson McDonald
$20/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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SPIN 
Created and Performed by Evalyn Parry (Toronto)
Directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones
Featuring Brad Hart on the Bicycle
Production Design Beth Kates
80 mins, spoken word and music
“…part theatre, part musical gig, part spoken word poetry and part documentary … whatever it is, it is brilliant.” – Catherine Porter, Toronto Star
Through a series of songs played live on a vintage bicycle, SPIN recounts a theatrical cycle of stories about women, cycling and liberation. Inspired by the true tale of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to ride around the world on a bicycle in 1894; this theatrical juxtaposition of monologue, song and richly textured accompaniment journeys from 19th century women’s emancipation to 21st century consumer culture.
Metro Studio 1411 Quadra Street
Saturday May 25 8pm*
Sunday May 26 2pm
$20/ticket $69/ 5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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Broken
Ramshackle Theatre/Nakai Theatre (Whitehorse)
Written and Performed by Brian Fidler
Directed by Maiko Bae Yamamoto
Designed by David Skelton
Sound and Music by Jordy Walker
65 minutes, adult content
“Fidler’s performance leaves the audience in awe… the physical movements, often repetitions of a single set of movements, lend a beauty to his performance, and tie rigid emotional scenes with both movement and language.”
-Amanda Ramsay-MacDonald (Whitehorse Star)
William holds a cardboard box full of his late Grandfather’s things. Each object a porthole into the past, and like most memories, each one triggers yet another memory, revealing the complicated relationship between what you remember and what you can never forget. Drawing upon Ramshackle Theatre’s puppetry of found objects, Broken is a story of memory, loss and generational ties.
Intrepid Theatre Club, #2 – 1609 Blanshard Street
Saturday May 25 4pm*
Monday May 27 6:30pm
Tuesday May 28 6:30pm
$17/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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Fear Factor: Canine Edition
John Grady
(New York)
Written, Directed and Performed by John Grady
55 minute, solo storytelling, adult themes
Fringe favorite John Grady is back in a show about overcoming fear, and facing inevitable loss, as he and his canine companion navigate through life’s challenges together. An uncompromising and intimate look into their lives on the day Abby is to be euthanized.
Intrepid Theatre Club, #2 – 1609 Blanshard Street
Saturday May 25 6pm*
Sunday May 26 6pm,
Monday May 27 8pm
$17/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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Underbelly
Stars and Hearts (London, On)
Written and Performed by Jayson McDonald
Directed by Jeff Culbert
60 minutes, dramatic monologue
Georgia Straight Critic’s Pick – Vancouver Fringe 2012
Inspired by the life and works of William S. Burroughs and The Beats (Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg), this spoken-word piece trips across decades of social and literary rebellion. Underbelly is a lightning-paced examination of expression, morality and personal evolution. First given its start at Intrepid Theatre in 2010, McDonald brings his acclaimed show back to Victoria after successful runs in the Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Vancouver Fringe Festivals.
Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra Street
Sunday May 26 8pm*
Monday May 27 8pm
$20/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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When That I Was
Uncle Will Productions (Calgary)
Written by John Mortimer & Edward Atienza
Originally directed by Vanessa Porteous
Tour directed by Simon Mallet
Sound design & composition by Peter Moller
Set & lighting design by Terry Gunvordahl
100 minutes in two acts
“It’s like an intelligent and juicy reality-show highlight reel of Shakespeare’s life with fabulous acting and beautiful writing.” Jessica Goldman, CBC Radio Calgary
The Puritans have closed the theatres, Shakespeare’s troupe is gone and Old Jack is out of work. While historical in its setting, the play has much to say about the present – it speaks of aging, of homelessness, and of the joyful role that the arts can play in a community. Featuring Calgary’s Christopher Hunt, When That I Was is funny, literate, theatrical and very entertaining.
Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra Street
Tuesday May 28 8pm*
Wednesday May 29 7pm
$20/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Monster Theatre
(Vancouver)
Written and Directed by Ryan Gladstone
Performed by Tara Travis
Original Score by Drew Jurecka and Robbie Grunwald
75 minutes, physical comedy, coarse language, adult themes
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“…one of the most impressive acting feats in the festival!” 5 stars – Winnipeg Free Press
Six queens. Six love stories. Six deaths. One actress. Fingers are pointed, fights ensue and Anne Boleyn still can’t find her body, as the newly dead queens fight over who is the King’s true wife, but when Henry arrives…everything changes in this afterlife meeting of the ex-wives club.
Intrepid Theatre Club, #2 – 1609 Blanshard Street
Wednesday May 29 8pm*
Thursday May 30 8:30pm
Saturday June 1, 8:30pm
$17/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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Huff
Cardinal/Kantor Productions (Toronto)
Written and Performed by Cliff Cardinal
Directed by Karin Randoja
Designed by Elizabeth Kantor
65 minutes adult content
“It reaches inside and grabs you so hard that you forget it’s make-believe. It makes you rethink what you thought you knew. It leaves you transformed.”
FIVE STARS
-CBC (Chandra Mayor)
Huff is a new play by Cliff Cardinal about the wondrous lives of Wind and his brothers, caught in a torrent of solvent abuse and struggling to cope with the death of their mother. Wrought with dark humor, and vivid imagery Huff weaves a violent, spellbinding tale in this dark, but unforgettable journey.
Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra Street
Thursday May 30 7pm*
Friday May 31 7pm
$20/ticket or $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
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Butt Kapinski: We are the Dark
Created, Performed and Co-written
by Deanna Fleysher (Los Angeles
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Co-written and Directed by Eric Davis
70 minutes, clown, adult themes
“Best show I’ve seen this Fringe. It’s hilarious and magical…” – Audience Buzz
Part improv, part clown, completely unexpected. Butt Kapinski is a noir-loving, gender-troubled clown, equipped with a trench coat and a streetlight; he is off to solve mysteries, anywhere and everywhere. Let Butt take you on a journey into his world, you won’t know where you are going, but it’s the journey that matters. That journey is dark, unexpected, and damn funny.
Intrepid Theatre Club, #2 – 1609 Blanshard Street
Thursday May 30 6:30pm*
Friday May 31 8pm
Saturday June 1 6:30pm
$17/ticket $69/5 Show Pass
$100 Karma 5 Show Pass
*Pay What You Can Opening Night
Buy Butt Kapinski Tickets Here!
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