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 BUSKERS
 
 Every year, the Fringe includes a selection of amazing street performers who strut their stuff along William
 Street near the ByWard Market!

 busker
 n: a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing).
 To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.  [Earlier, to be an itinerant performer,  probably from busk, to go about seeking, cruise as a pirate, perhaps from obsolete French  busquer, to prowl, from Italian  buscare, to prowl, or Spanish buscar, to seek from the Old Spanish boscar.]


 To view Theatre shows descriptions and times from the 2005 Mighty Fringe Program Guide, Click here.
LISTINGS

PHILIPPE BOURGUE
Home City:  Québec City, QC
Show Title:  Le Siffleux (The Whistler)
Genre:  Interactive musical fun
Suggested Age Group:  All ages

Synopsis:
Philippe Bourgue's small whistle emits very surprising sound effects and bird songs that astonish passers-by and provoke immediate laughs.
For a modest price, you can buy a whistle and have a great time playfully interacting with Philippe and impressing yourself with your own
performance!  Just listen....

Showtimes:

Fri. June 17 (11h00),  Fri. June 17 (13h00),  Fri. June 17 (16h00),  Fri. June 17 (18h00),  Sat. June 18 (10h00),  Sat. June 18 (13h00),  
Sat. June 18 (17h00),  Sat. June 18 (18h00),  Sun. June 19 (*10h00),  Sun. June 19 (14h00),  Sun. June 19 (18h00),  Mon. June 20 (12h00),  
Mon. June 20 (17h00),  Mon. June 20 (19h00),  Tue. June 21 (13h00),  Tue. June 21 (18h00),  Wed. June 22 (15h00),  Wed. June 22 (19h00),
Thurs. June 23 (11h00),  Thurs. June 23 (16h00),  Fri. June 24 (12h00),  Fri. June 24 (17h00),  Sat. June 25 (10h00),  Sat. June 25 (14h00),  
Sat. June 25 (18h00),  Sun. June 26 (13h00),  Sun. June 26 (17h00


FARMGIRL IN THE CITY

Home City:   Prince Albert, SK

Show Title:  An Original Android
Website Address: geocities.com/actingmouse

Genre:  Mime/Dance/Singing
Suggested Age Group:  All ages
Run Time:  45 mins.
Admission Price:  Pay What You Can

Synopsis:
Originally starting as a tribute to Brent Spiner, best known as Data on Star Trek: TNG, this act combines mime, singing and tapdancing.  
Performed for audiences across Canada, including Edmonton, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, this is a show for all ages, dependent on
audience participation (and reading the "activation" directions).

Showtimes:
Tue. June 21 (11h00),  Tue. June 21 (16h00),  Wed. June 22 (12h00),  Wed. June 22 (17h00),  Thu. June 23 (13h00),  Thu. June 23 (18h00),
Fri. June 24 (11h00),  Fri. June 24 (13h00),  Fri. June 24 (16h00),  Fri. June 24 (19h00),  Sat. June 25 (11h00),  Sat. June 25 (13h00),
Sat. June 25 (15h00),  Sat. June 25 (17h00),  Sat. June 25 (19h00),  Sun. June 26 (10h30),  Sun. June 26 (12h00),  Sun. June 26 (14h00),
Sun. June 26 (16h00),  Sun. June 26 (18h00)


GOODNESS GRACIOUS & FEMMES DU FEUX

Show Title:  A Fiery Coming of Age (aka Autobiography In Five Acts)
Home City:   Toronto, ON

Venue:
 
Tabaret Hall
Genre:  Dance
Suggested Age Group:  All ages
Run Time:  35 mins.
Admission Price:  Pay What You Can

Synopsis:
Travel along the life path of an uninspired woman.  Her daily struggles.  Her small victories.  Through modern dance, fire spinning, modern
dance and the music of Aretha Franklin, her life reveals that it is not as ordinary as it seems, but instead, is full of wonder.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (21h00),  Fri. June 17 (22h30),  Sat. June 18 (21h00),  Sat. June 18 (22h30),  Sun. June 19 (21h00)


MADHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY

Show Title:  Seamless Songs
Home City:
 
Toronto, ON

Venue:  Tabaret Hall
Genre:   Storytelling
Suggested Age Group:  7+
Run Time:  45 mins.
Admission Price:
 Pay What You Can

Synopsis:
Seamless Songs is a re-telling of classic stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses.  Over 2000 years ago, Ovid wrote about love, abandonment
and transformation creating worlds and characters full of magic.  Madhouse, with the use of masks and music, brings these timeless stories
to life in an outdoor venue.

Showtimes:
Sat. June 18 (12h00),  Sat. June 18 (17h00),  Sun. June 19 (12h00),  Sun. June 19 (17h00),  Mon. June 20 (17h00),  Mon. June 20 (19h30),
Tue. June 21 (17h00),  Tue. June 21 (19h30),  Wed. June 22 (17h00),  Wed. June 22 (19h30),  Thu. June 23 (17h00),  Thu. June 23 (19h30),
Fri. June 24 (17h00),  Fri. June 24 (19h30),  Sat. June 25 (12h00),  Sat. June 25 (17h00),  Sun. June 26 (12h00),  Sun. June 26 (17h00)


RAQUETTE RIVER THEATRE HOUSE

Show Title:  Living on Lobster Lips
Home City:   Potsdam, NY

Genre:   Fantasy Theatre
Suggested Age Group:  All ages
Run Time:  35 mins.

Synopsis:
Leona the Lobster was captured and ready for the pot…but escaped to tell another tale of characters, dancers, singers and tooth fairies
living on her lobster lips. Songs, Acting, Pantomime, Dance & Audience Treats.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (15h00),  Fri. June 17 (19h00),  Sat. June 18 (12h00),  Sat. June 18 (16h00),  Sun. June 19 (11h00),  Sun. June 19 (15h00),
Sun. June 19 (19h00),  Mon. June 20 (11h00),  Mon. June 20 (16h00),  Tue. June 21 (12h00),  Tue. June 21 (17h00),  Wed. June 22 (13h00),
Wed. June 22 (18h00),  Thurs. June 23 (15h00),  Thurs. June 23 (19h00)


TRITONIA PRESS (REGRETFULLY WITHDRAWN FROM THE FRINGE)

Show Title:  Book Woman
Home City:   Ottawa, ON

Genre:   Storytelling
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  20 mins.

Synopsis:
The walking-talking Book Woman will read from Sex and Sublimation, a storybook about a painter challenging reality and its representation;
and The Line Through My Dot, an un-love story about the myths we weave in golden yarn.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (12h00),  Fri. June 17 (17h00),  Sat. June 18 (11h00),  Sat. June 18 (14h00),  Sat. June 18 (15h00),  Sat. June 18 (19h00),
Sun. June 19 (12h00),  Sun. June 19 (13h00),  Sun. June 19 (16h00),  Sun. June 19 (17h00),  Mon. June 20 (13h00),  Mon. June 20 (15h00),
Mon. June 20 (18h00),  Tue. June 21 (15h00),  Tue. June 21 (19h00),  Wed. June 22 (11h00),  Wed. June 22 (16h00),  Thurs. June 23 (12h00),
Thurs. June 23 (17h00),  Fri. June 24 (15h00),  Fri. June 24 (18h00),  Sat. June 25 (12h00),  Sat. June 25 (16h00),  Sun. June 26 (11h00),
Sun. June 26 (15h00), Sun. June 26 (19h00)


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