Broken Rhythms has enjoyed touring the Fringe circuit this year with Universal Horrors at the Toronto Fringe festival. This year we wanted to share our picks for the Victoria Fringe 2017!!
Monica vs. The Internet (Tales of a Social Justice Warrior)
Monica vs. The Internet (Tales of a Social Justice Warrior) is an honest account of a Filipina feminist on YouTube. Blending storytelling, videos, and comments from her own channel, Monica explores the implications of words through humor. Created by Monica Ogden, creator of Fistful of Feminism, from award-winning Paper Street Theatre, and Ann-Bernice Thomas, 2016 Youth Poet Laureate of Victoria.
VENUE: #2 – Downtown Community Centre* (755 Pandora Ave)
Fri Aug 25 – 8:15pm
Sat Aug 26 – 5pm
Sun Aug 27 – 6:45pm
Wed Aug 30 – 5pm
Fri Sep 1 – 9pm
Sat Sep 2 – 4:15pm
Tickets $11, $9 students with Fringe button!
*get to know her through YOUTUBE
Naked Ugly Dancing
Overweight, scarred, ageing white woman ugly dances naked with improvised collapses and conversation. Tasha Diamant is a performance artist, cancer survivor, and mother. She experiences the normalization of brutality in our culture as traumatizing. Part healing ritual, part angry protest. Awkwardness and vulnerability as art. With a backdrop picturing her Stage 4 ovarian tumour. Participation optional.
VENUE: #2 – Downtown Community Centre* (755 Pandora Ave)
Thu Aug 24 – 9:15pm
Sat Aug 26 – 12:45pm
Sun Aug 27 – 1:15pm
Mon Aug 28 – 9:15pm
Tue Aug 29 – 7:45pm
Sat Sep 2 – 12:15pm
At the Victoria Fringe
All tickets $9 with Fringe button!
Interstellar Elder
From Creators of SOLDOUT shows ‘LITTLE ORANGE MAN (★★★★★ – VueWeekly, ★★★★★ – Onstage Ottawa) and ‘KITT & JANE,’ (★★★★½ – Edmonton Journal) Meet Kitt, fierce lone geriatric astronaut adrift in a spaceship carrying cryogenically frozen human cargo. Her mission: protect the last of humankind.
VENUE #3 – Metro Studio, 1411
Quadra St
Wed Aug 30th @ 6:30pm
Thu Aug 31st @ 5pm
Fri Sep 1st @ 11pm
Sat Sep 2nd @ 8:45pm
Sun Sep 3rd @ 6pm
The Gift
The Gift is about a boy growing up in a First Nations family struggling with violence, alcoholism, dysfunction and tragedy. In order to survive, John makes himself as invisible as possible and doesn’t speak. The performance communicates his story without dialogue and invites the audience to explore their own stories. the Gift is about reconciliation, healing, finding your voice and celebration.
VENUE #3 – Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra St
WAR: Improv is Hell
Two-time Pick of the Fringe winners Paper Street Theatre are back, but this time it’s war! This Platoon of improvisers will strap on their full metal jackets, and take you into the heart of darkness. Get to the chopper because the apocalypse is… soon! “Dave Morris is a master of his art.” – Times Colonist ★★★★
VENUE#1 – Victoria Events Centre (1415 Broad)
Show Dates & Times:
Aug 25 – 7:45pm
Aug 26 – 9:45pm
Aug 28 – 8:30pm
Aug 30 – 7:15pm
Aug 31 – 7:15pm
Sep 2 – 8:45pm
PG 14+
Coarse Language / Violence
Improvisation, Comedy, Drama
All Seats $11
**Broken Rhythms Victoria supports all fringe performances. We usually focus on movement based Fringe shows and Victoria companies that we have worked with. We would love any feedback brokenrhythmsvictoria@gmail.com.
