Nas Klayme Craig Snow 902-877-2122 902-499-7886 [email protected] [email protected] 2 halifax Fringe festival 2019 | august 29th - september 8th Fringe Mandate In 1994, the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals was officially registered as a non-profit organization with the following mandate: • To safeguard the integrity of Fringe Festivals as outlined in the four minimum criteria. • To recognize that the health of all member Festivals is important to the Circuit and therefore the artists’ health as a whole. • To encourage communication and cooperation between member Festivals thereby fostering the continuity of our What is Caff guiding principles. CAFF’s member festivals have worked together for Fringe and Fringe Festival are registered trademarks more than thirty years to pioneer a made-in-Can- of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals ada model unique in the Fringe world. Our festivals (CAFF) and cannot be used without expressed are designed to put artists and audiences in direct written permission from the Association. This trade- contact, fostering experimentation and discovery on mark allows CAFF to ensure that any theatre festival both sides of the fourth wall. in Canada that wishes to call itself “Fringe” must abide by the CAFF mandate and the four guiding A Long History principles. The first Canadian Fringe was the Edmonton Fringe Festival, established in 1982. Inspired by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which began in 1947, the success and growth of Edmonton’s adapted formula soon led to the creation of Fringe Festivals across Canada and the United States. Each festival evolved its own flavour to match the distinct personality of its home city, yet each remained dedicated to the Fringe philosophy of accessible, inexpensive and fun theatre-going. Fringe Ideals The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals was formed to protect these four guiding principles, still in place today: • Participants will be selected on a non-juried basis, through a first-come, first served process, a lottery, or other method approved by the Association. • The audience must have the option to pay a ticket price, 100% of which goes directly to the artists. • Fringe Festival producers have no control over the artistic content of each performance. The artistic freedom of the participants is unrestrained. • Festivals must provide an easily accessible opportunity for all audiences and all artists to participate in Fringe Festivals. august 29th - september 8th | halifax Fringe festival 2019 1 WHAT IS A FRINGE? The audience must have the option to pay a ticket price. 100% goes directly to the artists (government taxes notwithstanding.) Fringe Festival producers have no control over the artistic content of each performance. The artistic freedom of the participants is unrestrained! Festivals must provide an easily accessible opportunity for all audiences and all artists to participate in Fringe Festivals. ANNUAL FRINGE HALIFAX’s 29th FESTIVAL 11 DayS 14 VENUES 350OVER 65 PRODUCTIONS INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES THE UNNATURAL DISASTER THEATRE COMPANY COUNCILLOR SAM AUSTIN COUNCILLOR WAYE MASON DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT 7 A MAGICAL SHADOW-PUPPETRY MUSICAL BASED UPON THE WORKS OF FREDERICO GARCIA LORCA CREATED BY LOGAN ROBINS COUNCILLOR LINDELL SMITH COUNCILLOR SHAWN CLEARY ZACH LEVIN DISTRICT 8 DISTRICT 9 LINDA MEIAN $10 GENERAL ADMISSION $7 FOR STUDENTS UNDERWAGED & ART WORKERS THE BUS STOP THEATRE Congratulations to the Atlantic Fringe Festival. COUNCILLOR LISA BLACKBURN DISTRICT 14 311 2 halifax Fringe festival 2019 | august 29th - september 8th FRINGE PROFILE Image By Stoo Metz Profile By Kevin Hartford How To Fringe? Patricia Vinluan is Halifax Fringe’s new Technical So much to see and do… Make the Director, a position that includes, she says, assist- most of your Fringe experience with ing in “facilitating tech requests, setting up venues, allocating equipment for each venue and working these suggestions: with the technician in the space to install it, hiring staff, tracking budgets.” 1 Start at the Fringe Hub: Neptune Theatre. Pop by for a visit! Pick up a guide, hear the festival buzz, She prepared for this role by stage managing and buy a ticket (or 3!). three previous Fringe shows and working with companies like Opera Nova Scotia, Neptune, 2 Stay Informed: Between the Festival Guide, our Villains Theatre, and 2b. “I don’t think I’ve had a non-theatre job in a while,” she says. website, and social media (Facebook: Halifax Fringe Festival; Twitter & Instagram: She obtained a Stage Design and Technical @halifaxfringe), you’ll know everything we Theatre degree from Dalhousie in 2017 after trans- know. Our incredible media partners, The Coast ferring from another school in her hometown of and Halifax Noise can tell you the rest – check Vancouver. Her tenure at Dal included positions as out thecoast.ca for reviews! an assistant carpenter for the theatre department and working front of house at the Rebecca Cohn 3 Take a Chance: Auditorium. “I used to work backstage in high The wonder of the Fringe is that school and thought it was fun,” she said. “I like you never really know what you’re going to see. putting things in order and making things orderly The most talked about shows may not be your and neat.” cup of tea, and the hidden gems can some- times be the most fun. Make sure you chat up Vinluan enjoys Fringe, she says, “because I think your neighbour in line or the artist in the bar it’s fun. Dan Bray called it ‘theatre Christmas’ to uncover that buried treasure. Know your a couple of years ago and I think that’s a fairly accurate description of it. It’s a lot of weird shows neighbourhood – once you’ve created your list that don’t normally happen. It’s like a big box of plays to attend, check our venue map to find of chocolates. There are a million flavours and each theatre and site-specific location. There’s sometimes you’ll find some that are a little weird limited parking around many Fringe sites, and sometimes you’ll find one that’s great and you so we suggest you walk, cycle, or use public love it.” transit. When not doing theatre, Vinluan likes to cook and garden, which brings up a plant-related metaphor: Want to take part in 2020? “Fringe is where a lot of people get their start, a lot 2020 will mark the 30th anniversary of the of shows that people have been thinking about for Halifax Fringe Festival. The Fringe has taken years. You plant that seed in (your mind) and later place each and every year in Halifax since you end up working on it at Fringe.” 1990. It always has been and always will be an entirely open access festival which means that But what is it that Vinluan really loves about absolutely anyone can stage a show or event. If theatre? “When I first went to Dal, they asked that same question,” she says. “I can’t remember what you’ve been inspired to take part in next year’s my answer was, but I think it had something to do festival, email [email protected] to join with magic. I was really, really interested in making our mailing list. seemingly impossible things come alive onstage and there was something exciting about it being live as opposed to, say, film.” august 29th - september 8th | halifax Fringe festival 2019 3 Fringe Horoscopes Aries: Darling, passionate Aries, you are the definition of Hot (insert gender affirming word here) Summer, you put the “y” in Daddy, and it’s true that you have won almost all of the arguments you’ve ever started. Nobody loves as hard as you, fights as loud, fucks as well. Keep telling off strangers that cut in front of you in line, keep looking the perfect combo of hot and stern, keep judging bad interior design, keep being fiercely loyal. Since you’re so into winning - a challenge: practice the words “you were right” and forgive someone - anybody really. Challenge 2: do you really have to leave that negative Yelp review? Write a love poem instead. This week, go on an impulsive tinder date, eat spicy food, win an arm wrestling competition, invest in mesh. Taurus: Devoted, stubborn Taurus, everyone has noticed how cute you look napping at the beach and the warm days have you turning heads in those denim cut-offs (why is your ass SO deli- ciously perfect??). You have eaten the best home-cooked brunches and you have mastered how to marinate and grill peaches expertly. Have the record show that you have done it again and fallen in love. A thought: is serial monogamy really for you or is it just convenient? Try not giving this new beau the keys to your apartment before the 8 month mark this time, and watch how much you’re spending on artisanal craft beer. Also, just because you are an average cuddler, does not mean that you get to be your obstinate, unyielding self alllllll the time. This week, practice apologizing in the mirror, try a recipe for olive oil ice cream, listen to pop music & catch a new crush. Gemini: Charming, flakey Gemini, you have collected 37 new hobbies—word is that you’ve 1/2 bedazzled all of your pants, have 3 new love interests, and are teaching yourself how to speak French. You are a true and full genius, congrats. Hot tip: text your crushes back, they will eventu- ally get sick of waiting 8+ hours to hear back. Hot tip #2: clean your craft room, it looks like a gay tornado in there! Do you really need that many sequins? Hot tip #3: no, you do not need to learn a new skill, calligraphy can wait until next summer.