Show Title:

5 of a Kind

Company:

Crazo Productions

Origin:

Calgary , Canada

Description:

As Canadian backpacker Evan passes through Birmingham his life is turned upside down by Brit boys Sean, Roger, David, and Mike; in this adventure of friendship, love, deception, betrayal, and self discovery.

Audience:

Mature Audience

KidsFringe

Show Title:

African Folktales with Erik de Waal

Company:

Erik de Waal – Kids

Origin:

Cape Town , South Africa

Description:

A 100 000 kids on 5 continents can't be wrong! Talking zebras, flying lions, galumphing elephants and … much more magic. South African Erik de Waal's brand new story theatre production will thrill, chill and enchant the young and the not-so-young.

Audience:

Especially for young audiences

KidsFringe

Show Title:

ANDROMEDA AND ALEXIA'S ASTRONOMICALLY AMAZING ADVENTURE

Company:

THE PLAYBOX THEATRE COMPANY

Origin:

Winnipeg , Canada

Description:

10-year-old genius Aleda has invented a space-time-reality machine! Join her on an astronomical adventure of imagination, courage and strength while exploring excitingly strange dimensions where nothing seems impossible – dreams become real, and Aleda becomes… Andromeda AND Alexia!? Whether young in age or heart, this empowering tale is certain to delight!

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

BALD EGO

Company:

dancingmonkeyboy

Origin:

London , UK

Description:

Bald Ego' is a hilarious and sometimes surreal journey through the life of a thirty-something English bloke.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

Be Prepared

Company:

Movable Feast Productions

Origin:

Leeds , UK

Description:

Cautionary Tales with a grown-up bent. Matthew is a storyteller. He lives in a city called Leeds in the North of England. Sometimes things happen to him ... Funny, surreal and poignant, this practical guide to life covers everything from renaming your parents to the importance of having your own eagle.

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

Buildings and Bridges

Company:

Emotionally Involved Mariners Productions

Origin:

Toronto , Canada

Description:

Why do frightening patterns continue to affect women all over our country? When did missing women become normal news? A comic and heart-full story about girls and women, about Paris HIlton and changing the world. Or trying to. Two women in the spirit of a one-woman show.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

Bye Bye Bombay

Company:

Cara Yeates Presents

Origin:

Vancouver , Canada

Description:

India: A land of extreams.

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

Decameron

Company:

Erik de Waal

Origin:

Cape Town , South Africa

Description:

Bawdy! Irreverent! Gripping tales of murder, revenge, passionate love, adultery and … mayhem. The modern tabloids? No! Boccaccio's Renaissance masterpiece hollers, howls and whoops in this contemporary caper. Escape from a dangerous world plagued by war, whatnots and wasps. Come on your own, in twos or in threes to a little flophouse called Decameron.

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

Dickens of the Mounted

Company:

Beyond Chutleigh Productions / alliesallover theatre coop

Origin:

Toronto , Canada

Description:

From one of Canada ’s favourite humorists comes the true story of Frank Dickens, son of the famous author, who was given a choice: go to jail, or go to Canada . From Sam Steele to Sitting Bull, from American whisky smugglers to Louis Riel – if the West doesn’t kill him the mosquitoes will. The witty, clever and moving story of a Mountie who just couldn’t cut it.

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

Die Roten Punkte

Company:

Tobias & Bartholomew

Origin:

Germany/Australia

Description:

All the way from Berlin ! He’s Otto. She’s Astrid. They’re brother and sister… and they’re in the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world; Die Roten Punkte. Living in a lipstick smeared self-important punk rock mess, sibling rivalry never tasted so good.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

KidsFringe

Show Title:

Frog and Toad Are NOT Friends and Will Never Be and This Is Why…

Company:

Shadow Players

Origin:

Saskatoon , Canada

Description:

So what exactly IS the difference between a Frog and a Toad?! How can a princess tell?! Find out about these two amphibious creatures and their wacky adventures. Will they ever be friends again? Who can help? You never know who might appear…

Audience:

Especially for young audiences

Show Title:

Homeless

Company:

Theatre Public

Origin:

Edmonton , Canada

Description:

One of the Hottest shows to come out of Edmonton this year. The powerful Saskatoon-born, internationally acclaimed performer/playwright Jeremy Baumung tells his story of working in one of Edmonton's toughest inner city shelters, losing his faith and finding it deep within. Directed by Ken Brown (Boy Groove, Life After Hockey).

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

Hooray For Speech Therapy

Company:

Too Much Free Time

Origin:

Brooklyn , NY

Description:

Stuttering propels Kurt Fitzpatrick into the world of speech therapy, where he encounters people who find fluency by talking to dogs, therapists with celebrity-sized egos, and adventures in a three-week therapy "boot camp" in Virginia.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

Hot Pink Bits

Company:

Penny Ashton

Origin:

New Zealand

Description:

Curious what Divine Brown, enemas and pizza sex have in common? Then this is show for you. Join Kiwi sellout sensation Penny Ashton, in a burlesque-esque romp through the knickers of the Global Sex Trade. All singing, all dancing….. and all wrong.

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

If Tap Shoes Could Talk

Company:

Manhattan Redhead

Origin:

New York , NY , USA

Description:

Tap dance is the common thread connecting the stories of several colorful New York characters. Each discovers that dance is the key to a transformation in their lives. Performer Michael Walsh and his wife, dancer Annie Mayer, create a unique blend of tap and theater that weaves a delightful "tap-estry."

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

JEM ROLLS up

Company:

Big Word Performance Poetry

Origin:

Britain

Description:

"Dynamic, hilarious, riveting… A high performance master”, Winnipeg Free Press, ***** 2003, ***** 2004, ***** 2005,***** 2006

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

JESUS IN MONTANA : Adventures in a Doomsday Cult

Company:

Aspen Comedy Works

Origin:

Aspen , CO , USA

Description:

WINNER - Outstanding Solo Show - 2005 NY Fringe Festival!

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

Kafka and Son

Company:

Theaturtle/Threshold

Origin:

Toronto , Canada

Description:

"A tightly knit drama of a father-son relationship that's both familiar and unlike any other." (Globe and Mail) "Essential to understanding Kafka…superb." (Eye Magazine) "A thrilling adaptation…brilliantly realized." (National Post) "…sheer understated artistry…perfection." ( Toronto Star) "Theatre at its best. Definitely go to it!" (CBC Radio)

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

Kiwi Joker

Company:

Laugh Inc

Origin:

Auckland , New Zealand

Description:

Mark Scott:

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

Lola in Slacks

Company:

HH Productions

Origin:

Saskatoon , Canada

Description:

A classic story told from the perspective of a book obsessed 15 year old girl-child: This original rock opera combines Vladimir Nabokov's subtle humour with a dirty pretty pop pulp sound similar to Metric, the Breeders, and Sonic Youth, - and eliminates modern cliches by never saying "Lolita".

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

LOUNGE-ZILLA!

Company:

Fiely Matias

Origin:

Garwood , New Jersey , USA

Description:

Twisted music, naughty comedy and an outrageous 3D finale that must be seen to be believed! 'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' has musically invaded the USA , Canada , Europe and Asia with this hilariously bawdy cabaret spoof! 'Best of Fest' -- San Francisco , Orlando , Atlantic/Halifax Fringe Festivals. "Full-out hysterical . . . a Fringe must-see." -- San Francisco SFist.com.

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

Love Love Love

Company:

The Awkwards

Origin:

London , England

Description:

All You Need Is Love. Says who? The Awkwards have been getting along just fine without it. But when every song tells you how to feel, can you think for yourself? Watch The Awkwards’ hearts break in time to the music. Glib. Disingenuous. Heartfelt. “…nothing short of amazing…” – Edmonton Sun

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

Manners For Men

Company:

Screwed & Clued

Origin:

Burnham On Sea , England

Description:

Welcome to the unwritten rules of 21st century lad culture and clumsy machismo.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

Mark Twain's "Is Shakespeare Dead?"

Company:

Doctor Keir Co.

Origin:

Montreal , Canada

Description:

Mark Twain's hilarious (1909) debunking of the myth that William Shakespeare wrote the works of Shakespeare, adapted by “Teaching Shakespeare” author/performer Keir Culter.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

KidsFringe

From the company that brought you Munsch'n Right Along and Munsch More Munsch comes 6 new stories written by Robert Munsch and performed in puppet!

Show Title:

Music of a Forgotten Master: David Nowakowsky (1848-1921)

Company:

Lost Music Productions

Origin:

Toronto , Canada

Description:

Smuggled out of Russia after the Bolshevik revolution and later hidden on a farm occupied in France , the rediscovery of David Nowakowsky's long-lost manuscripts is one of the most important musical events of the 20th Century. Award-winning video and audience Question and Answer session with the Film-maker.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Youth Arts Initiative

Show Title:

New and Improv-ed

Company:

Sa-SKIT-toon

Origin:

Saskatoon , Canada

Description:

Sketches and improv? Two new members? Gasp! Yes, Sa-SKIT-toon is back, and this year your favourite teenaged comedy troupe is bigger and better than ever! Come watch the hilarity of seven teens onstage making it up as they go. It’s improv, so all six shows are different. Fun for everyone!

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

Not Even An Ostrich

Company:

Petrykowska & Taylor Productions

Origin:

Vancouver , BC

Description:

A hip university professor who presents poetic lectures has his former prize student move in with him. Together they face many challenges. Combining standard theatrical staging with projected digital imagery, this in depth look at the human condition provokes questions about the value of life in a changing world.

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

On Second Thought

Company:

Wog Productions

Origin:

Toronto , Canada

Description:

Skydiving, Kangaroos, Teaching, Teenager, Lawn mowing, Defecation... And One Full Grown Male(?)

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

private i

Company:

Jolene Bailie / Cuppa Joe

Origin:

Winnipeg , Canada

Description:

Fifth national fringe tour! "Go see Cuppa Jo" – Bill Robinson, CBC. Created by One Yellow Rabbit’s Denise Clarke, the integration of two worlds - dance and theatre - all set to visceral and expansive music composed by Paul Aucoin for his indie super-group, The Hylozoists. A clever investigation of the human spirit that is sure to put a shine on your shoes and a melody in your heart!

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

Sacrilicious!

Company:

Scorpio Theatre

Origin:

Calgary , Canada

Description:

Religious icons shine in three hysterical comedies! Witness the ultimate Battle of the Icons in Jesus Vs. Superman! Revisit forgotten gods in Hotline! See how 2000 years of minding the Pearly Gates can test even the patience of a saint in At the Gates! It's not sacrilegious... it's Sacrilicious!

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

KidsFringe

Show Title:

Shortened

Company:

Saucy Fops

Origin:

Kamloops , Canada

Description:

The company that brought you Articulate in 2004 (Best of Fest Winnipeg, Toronto), Saucy Fops: The Musical? in 2005 (4 stars, Saskatoon Star Phoenix), and Audible in 2006 (5 stars, Monday Magazine), the Saucy Fops will bring you another hilarious play. Only more of them. But shorter. And still totalling about an hour in length…give or take.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

KidsFringe

Show Title:

Tangelico

Company:

Black Sheep Theatre

Origin:

Ottawa , Canada

Description:

Comedic drama from award winner Sterling Lynch (The Root Of All Squares****, Paris is Dead). A sharp lighthearted, and strangely poetic look at the frustration of being at a loss for words. From Black Sheep Theatre (Root...****, The Big Funk****, Can't Get Started****.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

The Bridesmaid

Company:

Keira McDonald

Origin:

Seattle , USA

Description:

The Bridesmaid brings you to ground zero in the business of love. Ceremony after ceremony, dress upon hideous dress, we follow Hope as she searches for something real to hang onto as she stands up with her friends in love. What “Sex and The City” wouldn’t dare show you – 13 weddings, 7 years, mean Christians, bad hair-do’s, horny groomsmen, silver plated asparagus tongs and a black eye. Video by SJ Chiro.

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

The Churchill Protocol

Company:

Gruppo Rubato

Origin:

Ottawa , Canada

Description:

Our government is secretly shipping live cargo from northern Afghanistan to northern Manitoba . A reporter is desperate to find out what's going on, and he's found an informant who is willing to talk... but the truth might stop his heart.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

The Circus is Coming to Town!

Company:

Out of Our Heads Productions

Origin:

Calgary , Canada

Description:

Have you ever been embarrassed by your disfunctional family? Abby's family is on the road to surprise her along with their dog Phil, and she must warn the man she loves about a father whose calling is to save all the worlds abandoned shopping carts, a tone deaf mother who rhymes all of her sentances, and her brothers - one who answers only in Monty Python quotes and the other who is trying to make a living as the first Canadian ninja. Laugh along with Abby as she tells of life as the family in the cul-de-sac whose adventures kept the neighbours entertained and the police on speed dial.

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

The Fugue Code

Company:

Acky-Made

Origin:

Edmonton , Canada

Description:

BACH is BACK! From the Baroque mind of award-winning composer/playwright/actor Alex Eddington comes a new comedy-thriller of apocalyptic proportions!

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

The Genghis Khan Guide to Etiquette

Company:

Rob Gee

Origin:

Leicester , UK

Description:

The UK ’s verbal dynamo. Rob returns to Saskatoon with a sensational exploration of the world of chaos and adventure that lurks behind the veneer of everyday life.

Audience:

Mature Audience

KidsFringe

The Kay Stories is a new production that combines film and live puppetry  in a show about family and disability. Playing themselves as puppets, Red  Smarteez' Brenda and Peter reminisce with special guests about the charm  and wisdom of Brenda's favourite sister, Kay Whiteman.

Show Title:

The Lemonade Maker

Company:

Stage Left

Origin:

Toronto, Canada

Description:

When life gives you lemons, you improvise...

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

The Lost Property Office

Company:

Nicola Gunn

Origin:

Melbourne , Australia

Description:

H is the antiquated custodian of The Lost Property Office. An eccentric and subversive comedy becomes a haunting and sinister allegory when it's revealed H himself is lost property and incarcerated for a crime he may or may not have committed. Mesmerizing.

Audience:

Mature Audience

Show Title:

The Medicine Show

Company:

Prairie Fire Productions

Origin:

Regina , Canada

Description:

Step right up for The Medicine Show -- the show that promises good health as well as a good time!

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

The Tale of a T-Shirt

Company:

Fixt Point Theatre / Kenwort:Bergstation

Origin:

Toronto , Canada / Graz, Austria

Description:

Follow the fantasy of a t-shirt, from cotton to cloth... crossing borders, seducing teenagers, inspiring closet dreams, landing in donation bins, sailing the ocean, dancing to the beats of the markets in this beautiful tale of adventure full of humour and humanity. Just imagine...

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

The Tides That Take

Company:

Fifth Wall

Origin:

Saskatoon , Canada

Description:

We can all become swept up in anything; politics, religion, the ocean… I remember when Canada declared war on the ocean, and we all started using BRITA water filters. A comedy about ideas, the words that sink them, and the language that keeps them afloat.

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

Was That My 15 Minutes?

Company:

Watson Arts

Origin:

Brooklyn , NY , USA

Description:

Susan Jeremy from the smash hit P.S.69 returns with a revival of her first show which also won Best Comedy in Montreal . A poignant tale of a search for fame following the footsteps of her mambo-dancing dad. From break dancing to mambo. “ A Gifted Physical Performer”- Toronto Eye

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up

Show Title:

Water

Company:

The RibbitREpublic

Origin:

Edmonton , Canada

Description:

Water is a piece of theatre unlike any you will see this year. It is a completely original creation about the thing in the world that everyone ignores that we absolultely cannot do without. Created by the company who brought you Boy Groove, Letters in Wartime, and Be A Man

Audience:

Suitable for All Ages

Show Title:

What You Will

Company:

Shadow Players

Origin:

Saskatoon , Canada

Description:

Plucked from the quill of the world’s first great Fringe playwright, Will Shakespeare, What You Will explores the still relevant superficial joke we call romantic love. Shadow Players returns to the Fringe for the fifth consecutive year to present this abbreviation of Twelfth Night (with help from the Gulls).

Audience:

Suitable for Age 13 & Up