#1 John Hirsch Mainstage The Stand-up Comedy Battle Royale by Mike Green Battle Royale Winnipeg, MB Stand-Up 75 min $11 $9 Weekday matinees Parental Guidance Mild language, sexual content The Battle Royale is a unique stand-up comedy show that takes comedians, normally solo performers, and puts them on teams that go head-to-head doing stand-up sets based on topics drawn from a hat. No comedy show delivers more jokes, trash talk, controversial decisions and cash prizes than the world- famous Battle Royale! The only comedy show to feature in the Nuit Blanche Festival and a sellout favourite at the Oddblock Comedy Festival now becomes a historic comedy tournament for Fringe, hosted by Mike Green. #1 John Hirsch Mainstage Flight by Ezra LeBank Curbside Long Beach, CA www.FlightThePlay.com Physical Theatre 45 min $12 $9 Students, Fringe performers, kids (12 & under) General After acclaimed runs Off-Broadway in New York and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Flight makes its Canadian premiere in Winnipeg! Three acrobats morph into cactuses, waves and far-off islands as we invite audiences to discover The Little Prince like they’ve never imagined. “Ingenious” - New York Times “Astonishing acrobatic theatre” - Broadway Baby “The show is magic, with a heart as big as the ocean” - Best New York Comedy, TOP PICK Nominated for BEST SHOW and BEST FAMILY SHOW at the Edinburgh Fringe. #1 John Hirsch Mainstage Uncomfortably Live featuring Paper Machetes Story & Music by Paper Machetes Karenina Productions Winnipeg, MB www.papermachetes.bandcamp.com Musical 60 min $11 $9 Students, other Manitoba Music membership cardholders, Friends of CKUW cardholders, UMFM "Friends With Benefits" cardholders Parental Guidance Coarse language, strobe lights When Paper Machetes, a tired indie band, finally gets a chance at stardom by landing a slot on a well- known nightly talk show, they find themselves in the middle of an existential crisis. On live television. Uncomfortably Live is a goofy absurdist comedy featuring live musical performances by Christy Taronno (co-creator of 5 STAR Bizarro Obscure and composer of the original soundtrack for 4 STAR The Manic Pixie Dream Girl) alongside Danny Nguyen (drums) and Anton Voronin (guitar.) #1 John Hirsch Mainstage Josephine by Tod Kimbro théâtre d’amour élastique Orlando, FL Musical 75 min $12 $10 Weekday matinees, students, Fringe performers Mature Mild language, nudity Winner BEST SHOW and OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE, 2016 San Diego Fringe Festival The story of Josephine Baker, the first African-American international superstar told through theatre, song and burlesque. "a power-packed one-woman show...Tymisha Harris knocks it out of the park in this intimate, charming and haunting cabaret with a twist." - San Diego Can "Harris' work established her as one of Orlando's best singer/dancers but under Marinaccio's direction she gets to demonstrate her considerable acting chops as well" - Orlando Weekly #2 MTC Up the Alley Project Ex Written & Performed by Nathan Costa La Costa Productions Toronto, ON Play-Comedy 60 min $12 $8 Weekday matinees, Fringe performers Mature Mild language, sexual content, Herbal Cigarettes Audience participation Nathan Costa returns to Winnipeg with his one-man show! Here's the deal, folks: Henry has invited his ex-girlfriends to his art opening. Twist: audience volunteers play the exes. Note from the performer: "If you are one of my actual exes you need not worry, you will not be asked to volunteer... Unless you want to be in it, then we can arrange something. Also, I only need five volunteers so if you bring people you're less likely to get picked. Just saying..." #2 MTC Up the Alley Picnics at the Asylum Written & Performed by Angela L. Neff Stella Productions Los Angeles, CA www.angelaneff.com Play-Dramedy 60 min $10 $8 Matinees, students, seniors, Fringe performers Parental Guidance Sexual content Take an outlandish journey, full of psychedelic sunglasses, rockin’ church services and wild rides in a surf woody with Neff’s dad, who goes from being a crooning father of eight to a vagabond street preacher spouting his manic message of love. Picnics at the Asylum is an incredibly moving and gut-busting funny examination of the relationship between love and madness. ”Moth-to-flame charm…zany embrace of eccentricity...an entire landscape of characters” – San Francisco Bay Guardian – Editor’s Pick, Phoenix Fringe #2 MTC Up the Alley Woody Sed Written & Performed by Thomas Jones Two Dollar Shoes Vancouver, BC www.woodysed.com Musical 75 min $11 $8 Matinees, Fringe performers, kids (12 & under) General Woody Sed, an original play about the life and times of Woody Guthrie and the songs he sang about them. Featuring 19 songs, Woody Sed offers a cascade of 25 colourful characters, all bundled up in a true-to-life tale. First presented in 2008, Woody Sed has been revamped and rewritten. It has been performed in numerous venues and festivals across the US and Canada including the Vancouver Folk Fest and WoodyFest in Oklahoma. 5 STARS in both the Edmonton Sun and Saskatoon StarPhoenix. #2 MTC Up the Alley Grace by Frank Flynn Vagabond Theatre Company Binscarth, MB Play-Drama 60 min $10 $0 General Grace is sorting through the detritus of her life, and holds a rambling conversation with the audience about the people and places she has known. We finally come round with her to the realization that her husband has died and she is packing up the house ready to sell. #2 MTC Up the Alley KING by Walk&Talk Theatre Company Walk&Talk Productions Winnipeg, MB Play-Dramedy 60 min $10 $8 Weekday matinees Parental Guidance Coarse language Welcome to the dumpster fire fist fight of Napoleon Bonaparte, Henry VIII and Emperor Nero. These world leaders moonlight as washed-up rock stars, and original music takes us through the trials of these three debatably powerful rulers. Taking turns as judge, prosecutor, and ultimately defendant, they face the reality of life without power and what makes a “king”. Created and performed by Duncan Cox, Tanner Manson and Ben Townsley #3 The Playhouse Studio Patrick Hercamp & Jon Bennett in New Show, BUTT different Written & Performed by Patrick Hercamp & Jon Bennett Patrick Hercamp Australia & Los Angeles www.jonbennettcomedy.com Play-Comedy 60 min $12 $11 Students, seniors Parental Guidance A NEW show every single time! Pat and Jon do all the crazy, absurd, train wreck show ideas they've never been able to do. #3 The Playhouse Studio Beers About Songs Written & Performed by Ryan Adam Wells PHAB Productions Houston, TX www.ryanadamwells.com Storytelling 60 min $12 $10 Students, seniors, Fringe performers, kids (12 & under) Parental Guidance Mild language Original songs outline a tale of love, danger and drunkenness. Join singer-songwriter Ryan Adam Wells for some sad, funny and poignant true stories about alcohol and relationships. Although thoroughly entertaining, Beers About Songs communicates an underlying theme that will make you both laugh and cry. With personal stories and touching songs, it's guaranteed to make you open your eyes to the world of relationships. 5 STARS “Ryan Adam Wells is a master storyteller.” – The Clothesline #3 The Playhouse Studio Ruby Tuesday Written & Directed by Adam Johnstone Shy Guy Productions Winnipeg, MB Play-Drama 60 min $10 $0 Parental Guidance Coarse language Ruby Tuesday takes you back to a time of skinny ties, stubby beer bottles and mixtapes. As the sun rises in the aftermath of a party, two strangers are drawn together by the spinning songs on an abandoned turntable. Matthew, a hopeless new-romantic, now desperately wants to be let into Mia’s strange world, but can she allow that to happen? And if she does, he must live with the secret she is about unveil. Find out in this post-punk drama about the harsh realities of love at first sight. #3 The Playhouse Studio The Places We Go Written & Performed by Hazel Venzon & David Oro UNIT Productions Winnipeg, MB www.unitprod.ca Unclassifiable 60 min $12 $10 Matinees General Unit Productions brings you a multimedia/theatrical experience through a visual feat: one-part radio play, one-part graphic novel and one-part puppetry! TPWG is about a girl, Grace, who goes on an adventure packed with trials and lessons while she attempts to find her mother a “perfect” gift on her birthday. This performance provides an occasion for storytelling which reflects the history of Filipino migration in Canada and serious play around issues of long-distance relationships, family separation, reunification and motherhood. #3 The Playhouse Studio Starman by Kelsey Funk & Robert Piche WTFunk Productions Winnipeg, MB www.kelseyfunk.com Play-Drama 60 min $10 $8 Matinees, students, seniors, Fringe performers, kids (12 & under) Parental Guidance Mild language, Sexual Content “When the night falls, when your world is unhinged, I am with you when the stars are falling.” David is going to kill himself - he is sure of that - until a fallen star lands in his mother’s petunia bed. From the writer/performer of 4 STAR reviewed play, ‘WTF are Kale Chips?!” (2016) STARMAN challenges our notions of fate and a life about to end. #4 Pantages Mainstage The Trump Card Adapted from the monologue by Mike Daisey District Theatre Collective Winnipeg, MB www.districttheatre.ca Unclassifiable 75 min $11 $0 Parental Guidance Mild language This isn’t a story about a president. This is a story about celebrity, showmanship, mythology, power, fathers, mentors, board games and theatre — told by five Canadians. The Trump Card chronicles Trump’s story from his early days to today, highlighting the rise of a new American archetype. A sharp and frightening tale of a “short-fingered vulgarian” and the American dream, from the company behind the sold-out Fringe production of Mike Daisey’s monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (“Creative.