Audiences vote: Pick-of-the-Fringe Best Physical/Dance Show
Pick-of-the-fringe Most Innovative Show

Tickets $9, available at Dark Horse Books and at the door, cash only.
Dark Horse Books: (250) 386-8736, 623 Johnson Street

“Provocative and engaging—and, at times, wonderfully silly—Pretty Little Instincts is the kind of Fringe experience you’ll talk about for years to come.. ****1/2 ” – Monday Magazine.   

Warning:

Partial Nudity
Free Tea and Cookies
Dress Warmly

The total attendance (all events) at the Victoria Fringe this year was 22,253.

Tickets Sold: 17,553

Money returned to participating artists: $124,000

All-time Singe-day ticket record: 3,065 attendees (Sat Sept 5)

27% increase in ticket sales over 2008.

Executive Summary: Holy doodle! Best Fringe Ever.

Thanks to all the volunteers, artists and audiences that made this record-breaking year such a success – especially all those first-time Fringers who came to see what all the fuss was about and got hooked on Fringing!

Miss it already? Then don’t forget about the holdover shows at the Metro Wed-Sat – The Jayson McDonald Festival of the ‘Arts‘ at 8 pm nightly (Wed: Fall Fair / Thurs: Boat Load / Fri: GIR / Sat: Fall Fair), and Jimmy Hogg’s Like a Virgin at 9:30 nightly. See holdover post below for details or get info and tickets at victoriafringe.com. (or by calling Intrepid Theatre at (250)383-2663)

Male Performer – Jonno Katz, The Accident

Female Performer – Gemma Wilcox, The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over

Drama – Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, MBUH Productions

Comedy – The War of 1812 – A Random Selection of Chairs

Solo Show – Fall Fair, Jayson McDonald

Dance/Physical Theatre – Pretty Little Instincts, SNAFU Dance Theatre

Spoken Word – Jem Rolls, Jem Rolls’ Leastest Flops

Musical – Caberlesque! Bundle of Joy Productions

Innovation – Pretty Little Instincts

Monday Magazine Hidden GeM – Cherry Cherry Lemon

Times-Colonist “The Ollie” Best in Show – Fall Fair, Jayson McDonald

Plank Magazine Buzz Award, The Peter n’ Chris Show! With Peter n’ Chris!!

JUST ADDED! >>>>THE CURATOR
Lana Schwarcz
@ Fringe Club / Venue 5 (1415 Broad)
SAT Sept 5, 10 pmish – midnightish
From the creator of Grandpa Sol and Grandma Rosie: One minute, one audience member at a time, admission $2 (or more)
Proceeds benefit Intrepid Theatre

GEMMA WILCOX – “The Prequel”
Fringe Closing Show!
Sun Sept 6, 10 pm
Venue 7 (VCAD at UCW, 950 Kings)
Fringe fave Gemma Wilcox presents the 25-minute prequel to The Honeymoon Period… Admission is by donation, suggested minimum $5, be prepared for standing room only. Proceeds benefit Intrepid Theatre.

THE WAR OF 1812
A Random Selection of Chairs
One Night Only!
MON Sept 7, 8 pm
St Ann’s Academy (835 Humboldt- Venue 10)
Tickets $15 / $12 if you have a Fringe Button
Proceeds benefit Intrepid Theatre
Tickets: victoriafringe.com or at door

LIKE A VIRGIN
Jimmy Hogg
WED Sept 9 – SAT Sept 12, 9:30 pm
Metro Studio (1411 Quadra – Venue 2)
Tickets $15 / $12 if you have a Fringe Button
Proceeds benefit Intrepid Theatre
Tickets: victoriafringe.com or at door

THE JAYSON McDONALD
FESTIVAL OF THE “AHTS”
Metro Studio (1411 Quadra – Venue 2)
Wed Sept 9,8 pm – FALL FAIR
Thu Sept 10,8 pm – BOAT LOAD
Fri Sept 11,8 pm – GIANT INVISIBLE ROBOT
Sat Sept 12,8 pm – FALL FAIR
Tickets $15 each night/$12 if you have a Fringe Button
Proceeds benefit Intrepid Theatre
Tickets: victoriafringe.com or at door

FRINGE SHIRTS($20) & BAGS ($10)
Only a few left, organic cotton + hemp. Most sizes available. At the Fringe Club or Venue 6 (1609 Blanshard). Proceeds benefit Intrepid Theatre.

MAJOR FUNDRAISING EVENT
COMING IN LATE NOVEMBER
In support of Theatre SKAM and Intrepid Theatre. Attend yourself, or sponsor an artist. More details coming soon: skam.ca / intrepidtheatre.com

As a surprise closing ceremony and fundraiser for Intrepid Theatre, the very lovely, the very adorable, the very talented, the very gifted Ms Gemma Wilcox will perform the 25 minute prequel to her sold-out, 5-star hit “The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over” at Venue 7 at 10 pm on Sunday Sept 6.

If you’re one of her many fans in the audience that night for the regularly scheduled 8:45 show of Honeymoon, you can stick around – we’ll have a tiny intermission and donations will be collected at the end of the show. If you aren’t, come by and we’ll squeeze in as many as we can standing-room style. We will have buckets for donations as you leave the theatre (suggested minimum $5, more very welcome) and the proceeds will benefit Intrepid Theatre, producers of the Fringe. Our thanks to Gemma for this outstanding act of generosity and Fringe-spiritedness!

The Deets:

LAST SHOW AT THE 2009 FRINGE & BENEFIT SHOW FOR INTREPID THEATRE:
The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over: THE PREQUEL!!!
30 mins of brand new material!
10 characters (8 of them you have never seen before!)
Suggested minimum ticket price: $5
100% of the box office goes to Intrepid Theatre
no advance tix, just show up and be prepared for standing room conditions.

Hoggapalooza! Jimmy Hogg says his Victoria shows & audiences have been among his favorites on the tour – and to say thanks and help out the Fringe he will be performing his sold-out hit fringe show, Like a Virgin at the Metro Studio Wed Sept 9 – Sat Sept 12 at 9:30 pm. Tickets $15 reg / $12 if you bring your fringe button. Jimmy is generously donating proceeds to intrepid theatre. Tickets will be available online Friday afternoon. intrepidtheatre.com

Worried that garlic shrimp festival at swiss chalet will be Victoria’s signature arts & cultural event from now on? Us too. That’s why Intrepid Theatre is proud to unveil the future of arts festivals in BC:

THE JAYSON McDONALD FESTIVAL OF THE ‘ARTS’

One swell guy, three hit shows. A Fundraiser for Intrepid Theatre.

At the Metro (Venue 2, 1411 Quadra)
Tickets each show: $15 reg / $12 if you have a fringe button or member card (we ran out of buttons!) + $2 advance charge

Get them now: victoriafringe.com or (250)590-6292 (noon-7)

Schedule (click the links to buy tix)
Wed Sept 9, 8:00 – FALL FAIR
Thu Sept 10, 8:00 – BOAT LOAD
Fri Sept 11, 8:00 – GIANT INVISIBLE ROBOT
Sat Sept 12, 8:00 - FALL FAIR

Proceeds benefit Intrepid Theatre, producers of the Fringe.
Thanks Jayson! Victoria loves you!

Join moderator Jayson McDonald and other Fringe touring artists including Jonno Katz, Jeff Culbert, Jimmy Hogg, and Keira MacDonald for an informal chat about life on the road and the logistics, challenges, and rewards of touring the Canadian Fringe circuit.

A short doco on the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival which addresses the importance of the audience and the devastating funding cuts to the arts in B.C. Canada. Made by Victorian Film-maker Pippa Hirst. Watch it now.