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Guilty secrets, forbidden escapes, and all in the mind, at Nanaimo Fringe

August 17th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Guilty secrets, forbidden escapes, and all in the mind, at Nanaimo Fringe)

New Nanaimo theatre company uses ‘devised production’ technique to create a tale of two women—one institutionalized and the other a nurse, trying to help

picture 576Feeling a little normal? Come a-muse yourself inside Grace’s head for an hour. Share her world of cellos, bubbles and chalk, where voices collide and mysteries unravel. Create a song with the other members of her imagination, where the outside world melts into a shattered lullaby.

The play is being performed at the 2014 Nanaimo Fringe Festival, at the Nanaimo Museum venue.

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Young Nanaimo actors take the plunge, shine in very challenging roles

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An explosive, deeply affecting study of alienation and the redemptive power of love, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea was written in 1983 but retains its funny, frightening, and hypnotic appeal

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At a rundown bar in the Bronx two of society’s rejects strike up a halting conversation. Danny, whose fellow truck drivers call him “the animal,” is a self-loathing young man who resorts more to violence than reason. Roberta, who is still haunted by the memory of an ugly sexual incident involving her father, is a divorced, guilt-ridden young woman, distrustful of men. The possibility of a genuine relationship begins to emerge—the first for both of them.

The play is being performed at the 2014 Nanaimo Fringe Festival, at the Harbour City Theatre venue.

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Seasoned writer-actor marks ten years on the fringe circuit

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Brent Hirose brings “The Sucker Punch” to Nanaimo, new shows to Vancouver, continues living and learning on the fringe circuit

picture 574A new technology allows you go to back in time… for five seconds. Just long enough to take back a misplaced word or action. Brent Hirose’s hit five star one man show examines how this technology affects the lives of four people and their chance to live without regrets.

The play was performed at the 2014 Nanaimo Fringe Festival.

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Stars line up for debut from local writer-director at Nanaimo Fringe

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Quiet debut of theatre gem part of the fringe experience as Nanaimo writer-director William Anderson introduces an exploration of life and relationships in “When the Stars are Right”

picture 573Ellen, a successful novelist, is content with her world, until the intrusion of a new neighbor forces her to confront her fears and unexpectedly changes everything she thought she knew about herself and her world. Will she accept it? Or will she turn away from herself?

The play is being performed at the 2014 Nanaimo Fringe Festival, at the Nanaimo Museum venue.

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It isn’t mainstream theatre, and that’s the idea behind fringe festivals

August 9th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on It isn’t mainstream theatre, and that’s the idea behind fringe festivals)

The 4th annual Nanaimo Fringe Festival will run August 14th – 24th, 2014 and 8 companies will perform for live audiences that might love, hate, be transfixed or even startled…it’s perfect for developing, emerging and experimenting artists

picture 568Nanaimo’s annual Fringe Festival is about to begin, and it offers 48 plays in 8 days—plus free shows every night. The plays are selected by lottery, including 4 local companies as well as some national and international touring artists, as part of the thriving Canadian Fringe circuit that brings a wave of innovative artists west each summer. Your price of admission goes straight to the artists.

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Q&A with T. J. Dawe at Nanaimo’s Harbour City Theatre

July 29th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Q&A with T. J. Dawe at Nanaimo’s Harbour City Theatre)

The “Lord of the Fringe” was in Nanaimo to present his latest monologue Marathon as a fundraiser for the Nanaimo Fringe Festival

picture 567Acclaimed fringe theatre veteran TJ Dawe performed his latest show, Marathon, in mid-July in Nanaimo as a benefit for the city’s Fringe Festival. Weaving together varied interests and relentlessly pursuing self-discovery, TJ creates intimate and engaging shows that always leave his audiences with something to chew on.

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