BIG SMOKE PRODUCTIONS
Home City:  Vancouver, BC
Website Address:  bigsmokeproductions.com

Show Title:   ROCKET MAN (Le spectacle a été changée à THE REEFER MAN.)
Venue:  Studio Leonard-Beaulne
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:  
Take a rocketship ride into the universe and find yourself again. From the creators of THE REEFER MAN – Winner: 2004 Pick of the Fringe – Edmonton, Saskatoon and Vancouver. Winner: Best Actor in a Comedy – Victoria Fringe. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world,” –Ottawa Sun.

Showtimes:
Mon. June 20 (17h30),  Tue. June 21 (19h00),  Wed. June 22 (21h30),  Fri. June 24 (23h00),  Sat. June 25 (18h30),  Sun. June 26 (11h30)

BIG WORD PERFORMANCE POETRY - GAGNANT DE SPECTACLE PRÉFERÉ (MERCURY LOUNGE)
Home City:  Edinburgh, Scotland

Show Title:  JEM ROLLS’ Charm Offensive
Venue:  Mercury Lounge
Genre:  Performance Poetry
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8
Audience Advisory:  Coarse Language

Synopsis:  
“Dynamic and hilarious…the very definition of good word of mouth…a charismatic common man with an uncommon ability to give energetic expression to the everyday.  
 "*****" -Winnipeg Free Press 2003 & 2004.  
“Dynamic…funny…captivating…. A rousing success.” –Scotsman
 “An essential fringe stop.” -Montreal Gazette 2002 & 2004.

Showtimes:
Mon. June 20 (19h00), Tue. June 21 (20h30),  Wed. June 22 (19h00),  Thurs. June 23 (20h30),  Fri. June 24 (19h00),  Sat. June 25 (20h30)

BLACK SHEEP THEATRE
Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address:  blacksheeptheatre.com

Show Title:  The Big Funk: a casual play
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  90 mins.
Admission Price:  $8
Audience Advisory:  Coarse Language and Nudity.

Synopsis:  
Four characters try to figure out who is the hero of the play as they struggle with the funk that surrounds them in this casual play by Academy Award-winner John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck). Sweet, edgy, smart, quirky, casual, charming and very funny.

Showtimes:
Sun. June 19 (13h30),  Mon. June 20 (17h30),  Wed. June 22 (19h00),  Thurs. June 23 (23h00),  Fri. June 24 (16h00),  Sat. June 25 (21h00)

BY THE BOOK PRODUCTIONS
Home City:  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Show Title:  Tracks
Venue:  Mercury Lounge
Genre:  Storytelling
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis: 
"Master Storyteller" (Ottawa Citizen), John D. Huston returns to Ottawa in T.J. Dawe's Tracks.  Taken from Jack London's (Call of the Wild) autobiographical tales of hopping freight trains in Canada and the States a century ago, Tracks has played to full houses across Canada. "Deliciously dramatic" -Victoria Times-Colonist.

Showtimes:
Mon. June 20 (20h30),  Tue. June 21 (19h00),  Wed. June 22 (20h30),  Thurs. June 23 (19h00),  Fri. June 24 (20h30),  Sat. June 25 (19h00)

CICK
Home City:  Lennoxville, QC

Show Title:  Her Body, War Body
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Drama/Dance
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  45 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Two artists combine dance and drama creating this piece.  Drawing on both modern and contemporary dance, and physical theatre, the artists use their bodies and voices to explore emotions connecting women to war.  It is an expressive, energetic collaborative piece blending the space between dance and spoken word.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (23h00),  Sat. June 18 (19h00),  Tues. June 21 (21h30),  Wed. June 22 (17h30),  Sat. June 25 (14h00),  Sun. June 26 (20h30)

COLETTE KENDALL PRODUCTIONS
Home City:  Hamilton, ON
Website Address:  colettekendall.com

Show Title:  Tippi Seagram’s Happy Hour
Venue:  Arts Court Library
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  45 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
The incomparable Tippi Seagram: hard-boiled screen heroine, self-proclaimed sex goddess, sophisticated screwball.  Tippi's humor is candid, clever and tongue-in-cheek.  A barstool philosopher who sees the world through a rose-coloured martini glass.  Forget sacred cows, Tippi drop-kicks men and menopause, punts kids and finds the perfect S&M relationship.

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

COWGIRL OPERA - GAGNANT DE SPECTACLE PRÉFERÉ (SALLE ACADEMIQUE)
Home City:  Edmonton, AB

Show Title:  Three Sisters: A Black Opera in Three Acts
Venue:  Academic Hall
Genre:  Black Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  19+
Run Time:  90 mins
Audience Advisory:  Adult Themes/Nudity
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Collaborative director Karen Hines calls this "a little Chekhovian freak show on the prairie."  A high camp opera of the grotesque, this is a prairie gothic remake that Chekhov could never have envisioned.  Featuring rump roast, live facelifts and the sweet sounds of the accordion. Vegetarians beware!

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (23h00),  Sat. June 18 (13h30),  Sun. June 19 (19h30),  Tue. June 21 (17h30),  Fri. June 24 (21h30),  Sat. June 25 17h30

CRITICAL DISTANCE
Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address:  criticaldistanceproductions.com

Show Title:  Radio Collar
Venue:  Arts Court Library
Genre:  Storytelling/Black Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
A crinoline-clad Rosemary Clooney addict finds herself playing the activist when the existence of her favorite oldies station is threatened.  From the creator of 2004 Venue Favourite Swimming Lessons with Paisley Kite.

Showtimes:
Sun. June 19 (20h30),  Tue. June 21 (23h00),  Wed. June 22 (17h30),  Sat. June 25 (13h00),  Sat. June 25 (17h00),  Sun. June 26 (20h00)

THE CURTIN TRAVELLERS
Home City:  Mississauga, ON
Website Address:  curtintravellers.tripod.com

Show Title:  Timmy’s Sexual Adventures
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8
Audience Advisory:  Coarse Language/Sexual Themes

Synopsis:
Breasts, romance novels, Boners and sandwich bags.  It will take a super effort to help Timmy through his times of trouble.  The Curtin Travellers' 2004 show Water: "5 Stars" -Edmonton Sun; Best Actor in Drama -Victoria Fringe; Fringe Fan Favourite Award -Hamilton Fringe.

Showtimes:
Sun. June 19 (20h30),  Mon. June 20 (23h00),  Tues. June 21 (21h30),  Wed. June 22 (19h00), Thurs. June 23 (17h30), Sat. June 25 (20h00)

DECA PRODUCTIONS & ALGONQUIN COLLEGE THEATRE
Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address:  ca.geocities.com/decaplaywrights@rogers.com/index.htm

Show Title:  Just Desserts
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Black Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  19+
Run Time:  55 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Here's a menu of characters eating humble pie when they fudge it. Ingredients: A dead customer at the café; a sweets cookbook with a hidden agenda; a high-profile divorce squabble; an urn of ashes destined for a bitter end. Yield: A sweet theatrical treat, with low-fat belly laughs.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (19h00),  Sat. June 18 (13h30),  Sun. June 19 (19h00), Tue. June 21 (17h30),  Fri. June 24 (23h00),  Sat. June 25 (18h30),  Sun. June 26 (13h00)

DOCTOR KEIR CO.
Home City:  (Montreal, QC)
Website Address: keircutler.com

Show Title:  Teaching Witchcraft
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Black Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  50 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
"Keir Cutler is wonderful as a 15th-century priest in this hilarious show!" -EYE Toronto.
A black comedy about capturing, torturing and burning witches from the author/performer of Teaching Shakespeare.
"Keir Cutler's a masterful entertainer" -Winnipeg Free Press.
"A marvel to watch" -Toronto Sun.

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

THE DRAMA UNION
Home City:  Ottawa, ON

Show Title:  The Fabulous Women
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Musical Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  50 mins.
Admission Price:  FREE
Audience Advisory:  Mature themes

Synopsis:
Watch the mayhem ensue as a local church group struggles to put up a musical version of The Vagina Monologues.  Come and see what can happen when Old School Piety and New School Morality finally find something good in each other.  Warning!  Contains singing, dancing and mature themes.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (21h30),  Sun. June 19 (18h00),  Wed. June 22 (23h30),  Fri. June 24 (18h00),  Sat. June 25 (23h00),  Sun. June 26 (15h00)

ENIGMA PRODUCTIONS - GAGNANT DE SPECTACLE PRÉFERÉ (STUDIO LÉONARD-BEAULNE)
Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address:  enigmaproductions.info

Show Title:  52 Pick-up
Venue:  Studio Leonard-Beaulne
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Fifty-two cards, tossed into the air.  Fifty-two scenes about a relationship, picked-up at random.  The odds of winning the Lotto 6/49 are better than of seeing this show in the same order twice.  Performed by Stewart Matthews (Screwed and Clued) and Natalie Joy Quesnel (director of How Nous Avons Met).

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

EPIC WORLDS: JONNO KATZ
Home City:  Melbourne, Australia
Website Address:  epicworlds.com

Show Title:  Jolly Roger
Venue:  Academic Hall
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8
Audience Advisory:  Mature themes/Coarse Language

Synopsis:
A puppetry story-telling, buffont show. 2004 Winner of Toronto’s “Patron’s Pick” award.  2004 Winner of Vancouver’s “Pick of the Fringe” award. “[I]f you can't get tickets… either steal them or sneak in…” -Terminal City, Vancouver; “**** ½” -EYE Toronto; “**** ½” -Victoria Times-Colonist.

Showtimes:
Mon. June 20 (19h00),  Tue. June 21 (21h30),  Wed. June 22 (17h30),  Thurs. June 23 (23h30),  Fri. June 24 (19h00),  Sun. June 26 (15h00)

GODDESS PRODUCTIONS
Home City:  Ottawa, ON

Show Title:  Somayagna
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Dance Drama
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Myths. Rituals. Dance. Games. Play. Two sisters. One secret. A childhood ceremony. Illusions met with reality.
Will it bring them together or push them apart?

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (18h30),  Sat. June 18 (22h00),  Sun. June 19 (15h30),  Tue. June 21 (23h00),  Sat. June 25 (18h00),  Sun. June 26 (13h30)

GUY DEL VILLANO
Home City : Ottawa, ON

Show Title:  One-Eyed Show
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Musical Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  45 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Juno Award-winning blues entertainer Guy del Villano takes a squint at life in Canada with music and the gift of gab. A terrific family-friendly show.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (20h00),  Sat. June 18 (15h00),  Sat. June 18 (17h30),  Wed. June 22 (22h00),  Fri. June 24 (19h30),  Sat. June 25 (15h30)

JACOB BERKOWITZ PRODUCTIONS
Home City:  Almonte, ON
Website Address:  jacobberkowitz.com

Show Title:  Israel
Venue:  Studio Leonard-Beaulne
Genre:  Drama
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  55 mins.
Admission Price:   $8

Synopsis:
A New York Jewish ghetto in the 1910s.  Nazi-occupied Denmark.  A botched circumcision in Jerusalem in 1964.  An intimate, provocative solo show about finding our own land of milk and honey – and the ghosts we must wrestle with to get there.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (19h00),  Sat. June 18 (15h00),  Sun. June 19 (20h30),  Fri. June 24 (17h30),  Sat. June 25 (14h30),  Sun. June 26 (20h00)

JoBo PRODUCTIONS
Home City:  Toronto, ON

Show Title:  Tell Her I’m Not Home
Venue:  Arts Court Library
Genre:  Drama
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
It's 1970 and Catholic Kelly and the heathen Protestant Debbie become best friends at age five.  Join Kelly in her spiritual struggle to understand and defend Debbie's behaviour with neighbourhood merchants, Jesus, and especially Sister Mary Francis.  A story about how the best kind of faith is in each other.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (20h30),  Sat. June 18 (19h00),  Sun. June 19 (19h00),  Wed. June 22 (23h00),  Thurs. June 23 (21h30),  Sat. June 25 (20h00)

MANITOBA AVENUE
Home City:  Toronto, ON

Show Title:  The Comment Card
Venue:  Arts Court Library
Genre:  Comedy/Storytelling
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
A revealing comedy with a sprinkle of hate. Written and performed by Tricia Cooper from last year's Fringe hit Year of the Panda, one of NOW magazine's "Top 10 Comedy Shows" of 2004. "...ferociously funny." **** -Winnipeg Sun.
"Cooper gets laughs for turning toilet humour into a refined and subtle art." -Eye Weekly.
"A gifted and giving performer," -Monday Magazine.
"You will roar with laughter. *****" –CBC.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (19h00),  Sat. June 18 (20h30),  Sun. June 19 (17h30),  Wed. June 22 (19h00),  Fri. June 24 (19h00),  Sun. June 26 (14h30)

MON AMOUR, MON AMOUR
Home City:  Vancouver, BC
Website Address:  bigsmokeproductions.com

Show Title:  Self-Storage
Venue:  Studio Leonard-Beaulne
Genre:  Comedy/Drama
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  50 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
A woman locks herself in a storage container to get some space.  From the creators of last year’s Fringe hit THE REEFER MAN. 5 Stars!!
“Simply outstanding. This is solo theatre at its best. –Monday Magazine.
“This performer and these writers deserve your precious time.” –CBC Winnipeg.

Showtimes:
Mon. June 20 (23h00),  Tue. June 21 (17h30),  Wed. June 22 (19h00),  Thurs. June 23 (23h00),  Fri. June 24 (21h30),  Sun. June 26 (17h00)

MORE THEATRE
Home City:  Manotick, ON

Show Title:  Rouge Atomique
Venue:  Studio Leonard-Beaulne
Genre:  Drama
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  40 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
The wife and the "other woman" sit chatting pleasantly over teacups, waiting for the phone to ring, to bring them news from the man they both love.  Their anguish and their anger at each other reach a peak broken only by the ring of the phone.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (17h30),  Sat. June 18 (22h00),  Mon. June 20 (19h00),  Thurs. June 23 (21h30),  Sat. June 25 (13h00),  Sun. June 26 (18h30)

THE MT SPACE
Home City:   Kitchener, ON
Website Address:  mtspace.ca

Show Title:  The Three-Legged Horse
Venue:  Academic Hall
Genre:  Drama
Suggested Age Group:  19+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Vaslav Nijinsky is perhaps the most celebrated and influential male dancer in the history of ballet.  During WWI and WWII Nijinsky, a Russian citizen, was interned in Hungary.  Living through war deeply impacted him and exacerbated his inner turmoil.  When Nijinsky was 30, he had a nervous breakdown, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent his remaining 30 years in and out of mental institutions.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (20h00),  Sat. June 18 (18h00),  Sun. June 19 (15h30),  Tue. June 21 (23h00),  Wed. June 22 (22h00),  Thurs. June 23 (19h30)

mutatis mutandis
Home City:  Gatineau, QC
Website Address:  mutatis.ca

Show Title:  House
Venue:  Academic Hall
Genre:  Black Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  55 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
“My mother’s possessed by the devil, my father’s the saddest man in the world, my sister’s in love with a dog, and the one I love does not love me.”  David Whiteley plays the Everyman of Misfits in this freak show by Daniel MacIvor (Never Swim Alone, Marion Bridge, Cul de Sac).

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (18h30),  Sun. June 19 (21h30),  Wed. June 22 (23h30),  Fri. June 24 (17h30),  Sat. June 25 (13h30),  Sun. June 26 (19h00)

NIGHTHOWL PRODUCTIONS - GAGNANT DE SPECTACLE PRÉFERÉ (AUDITORIUM DES ANCIENS)
Home City:  Ottawa, ON

Show Title:  Cougars
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  19+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Sleek, fast and a predator of the night.  Oh yeah, it's also divorced and over 40.  From the creator of the award-winning Ugly comes a new play about two women who cruise the late night karaoke scene in search of sex, companionship and some times even love.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (20h30),  Sat. June 18 (15h00),  Sun. June 19 (17h30),  Fri. June 24 (19h00),  Sat. June 25 (13h00),  Sun. June 26 (17h00)

ORLEANS YOUNG PLAYERS YOUTH COMPANY
Home City:  Orleans, ON
Website Address:   oyplayers.on.ca

Show Title:  The Great Kanadian Kerfuffle
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Canada’s National Identity is in jeopardy.  Can an all-star group of Canadian-to-the-core superheroes save our back bacon?

Showtimes:
Sat. June 18 (13h30),  Sun. June 26 (11h00)

OUT ON LIMBS THEATRE COMPANY
Home City:   Ottawa, ON

Show Title:  wUNDERland
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Black Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  55 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Come on UNDER! Down the rabbit hole and into a weird, wonderful world.  Just try not to lose your head!  A dark twist on Lewis Carroll's classic, boasting a wild combination of performance and puppetry, wUNDERland follows Alice's adventures in a place far beneath reality.

Showtimes:
Sat. June 18 (17h30),  Sun. June 19 (15h00),  Mon. June 20 (19h00),  Thurs. June 23 (21h30),  Fri. June 24 (17h30),  Sat. June 25 (21h30)

PRODUCTIONS NEMESIS

Home City:   Ottawa, ON
Website Address:   ProductionsNemesis.org

Show Title:  La Reine a cassé sa pipe
Venue:  Academic Hall
Genre:  Musical
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  90 mins
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Dans une antichambre céleste, des stéréotypes féminins archétypeaux rencontrent leur souvenante qui s'apprête à mourir.  Femme d'affaires Adolescentes, Lesbienne, Femme au foyer traditionelle - laquelle deviendra la Reine de toutes les femmes? Cette pièce explore les diverses facettes de la gente féminine et demande: Qu'est-ce que c'est d'être femme?

Showtimes:
Sam. 18 juin (22h30),  Dim. 19 juin (13h30),  Lun. 20 juin (17h00),  Mer. 22 juin (19h00),  Jeu. 23 juin (17h30),  Sam. 25 juin (21h00)

PUNCHBAG PLAYHOUSE
Home City:   Ottawa, ON
Website Address:   remoteplanet.ca

Show Title:  Monstrous Beasts
Venue:  Academic Hall
Genre:  Black Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  45 mins
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Two killers arrive independently at a home to discover that someone else has already bungled their job by killing the wrong half of a pair of conjoined twins.  The surviving twin has to fend off further attacks from both the husband of her dead twin sister and his Bible-thumper of a mother, as long-suppressed hostilities erupt into all-out warfare.

Showtimes:
Sat. June 18 (21h00),  Sun. June 19 (18h00),  Tue. June 21 (19h00),  Fri. June 24 (16h00),  Sat. June 25 (15h00),  Sun. June 26 (20h30)

RIBBITT PRODUCTIONS
Home City:   Vancouver, BC
Website Address:  ribbitproductions.com

Show Title:  BoyGroove
Venue:  SAW Gallery
Genre:  Musical Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  19+
Run Time:  90 mins
Admission Price:  $8
Audience Advisory:  Naughty Language.

Synopsis:
The hottest pop phenomenon since last week! From the making of the band to the trip to space, to the top and to the bottom, the world's biggest boy band is up close and personal in this tell-all exclusive.
"Completely Fantastic." -Edmonton Sun.

Showtimes:
Mon June 20 (20h30),  Tue. June 21 (19h00),  Wed. June 22 (20h30),  Fri. June 24 (24h00)

SABLE & BATALION - GAGNANT DE SPECTACLE PRÉFERÉ (THÉÂTRE DE LA COUR DES ARTS)
Home City:  Los Angeles, CA
Website Address:   sableandbatalion.com

Show Title:  HIP-HOP 4 DUMMEEZ
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Musical Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Abbott & Costello meets Outkast in this hilarious comedy lesson in all things hip-hop.  Whether you love hip-hop or can't understand a damn word of it, Sable & Batalion (JOB: The Hip-Hop Musical) will have you boppin' your head to the beat.
"Talk of the Fest" (Just for Laughs 2004).

Showtimes:
Sun. June 19 (22h30),  Mon. June 20 (23h30),  Tue. June 21 (19h00),  Thurs. June 23 (17h30),  Fri. June 24 (22h00),  Sun. June 26 (17h30)

SCHEHERAZADE THEATRE
Home City:  Ottawa, ON

Show Title:  Stale Pizza, 4 a.m. & No Conclusion
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Comedy/Drama
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  45 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Somewhere between the overzealous op-eds and the psychoanalytical novels, there must be something real.  These days, is there anything true for a student to cling to?  Funny, poignant and stuck in a university residence room.  No matter your age, certain things resonate: Wit, compassion, and the diverging road.

Showtimes:
Sat. June 18 (20h30),  Sun. June 19 (19h30),  Mon. June 20 (22h00),  Thurs. June 23 (19h00),  Sat. June 25 (12h30),  Sun. June 26 (19h00)

SCREWED & CLUED
Home City:  Wolverhampton, England
Website Address:  screwedandclued.com

Show Title:  Tales From Another England
Venue:  Arts Court Theatre
Genre:  Comedy/Drama
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Screwed & Clued are back with a tour of their own backyard…telling tales from the seedy underbelly of the green and pleasant land.
“The edgiest, most sharply-executed physical theatre” –Edmonton Journal.
“It’s dark, it’s funnny, and it’s brilliantly odd” –National Post.
“A must-see” –CBC.
“Expert minimalist comics” –EYE Magazine.

Showtimes:
Sun. June 19 (21h00),  Mon. June 20(19h30),  Tue. June 21 (17h30),  Thurs. June 23 (21h30),  Fri. June 24 (23h30),  Sat. June 25 (19h30)

SECOND CITY THEATRICALS - GAGNANT DE SPECTACLE PRÉFERÉ (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA COUR DES ARTS)
Home City:  Albuquerque, NM

Show Title:  Pajama Men in “Stop Not Going”
Venue:  Arts Court Library
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  55 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis: 
Pajama Men are a riotous comedy double act. "Best Comedy" -Montreal Fringe;
"Best Show" -Vancouver and Seattle Fringe; Double Act and Perrier Newcomer Award nominees -Edinburgh Fringe.
"[A]n hour of fantastic comedy invention" -Scotsman;
"Amazing...*****" -Irish Independent; "Spectacular...*****" -CBC;
“The audience was quite literally shrieking with laughter” -Monday Magazine.

Showtimes:
Mon. June 20 (21h30),  Tue. June 21 (19h00),  Thurs. June 23 (17h30),  Fri. June 24 (23h00),  Sat. June 25 (18h30),  Sun. June 26 (13h00)

SMASHING STEREOTYPES PRODUCTIONS (REGRETFULLLY WITHDRAWN FROM THE 2005 FRINGE)

Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address:  alanshain.com

Show Title:  Myth or Reality?
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Comedy/Storytelling
Suggested Age Group:  19+
Run Time:   60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
The telling of personal stories and folktales play a part in Alan’s reality, but each is also pure myth, pure fantasy.  He has toured extensively across Canada and Australia.
"A man of many parts, he brings the all of himself to whatever he does." - Jan Andrews, Ottawa Storytellers.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (17h30),  Sat. June 18 (22h00),  Sun. June 19 (19h00),  Wed. June 22 (23h00),  Sat. June 25 (14h30),  Sun. June 26 (18h30)

STIGMA BUSTERS PRODUCTIONS
Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address:   stigmabusters.org

Show Title:  BONKERS!
Venue:  Studio Leonard-Beaulne
Genre:  Drama
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  50 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Join members of a mental health support group, a family member, social worker and psychiatric hospital chaplain as they share stories of struggle, spiritual questioning and hope through a series of interlocking monologues.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (22h00),  Sat. June 18 (17h30),  Sun. June 19 (13h30),  Thurs. June 23 (19h00),  Sat. June 25 (23h00),  Sun. 26 (14h30)

STOLEN TIME PRODUCTIONS
Home City:  Ottawa, ON

Show Title:  The Jewish Princess Diaries
Venue:  SAW Gallery
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  45 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Hapless, hopeless and still wearing sneakers, Jessica Anne Pearlman is on the verge of turning 30. What's a single girl living with her mother and bubbie to do? Kick it, Jew style! Bridget Jones meet Mia Thermopolis. From 1/4 of Gruppo Rubato who brought you last year's pygM@ILion.

Showtimes:
Sat. June 18 (14h00),  Sun. June 19 (15h30),  Mon June 20 (19h00),  Tue. June 21 (20h30),  Wed. June 22 (19h00),  Thurs. June 23 (24h00)

SOCK ‘N' BUSKIN THEATRE CO.
Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address: carleton.ca/socknbuskin

Show Title:  How to Save the Day
Venue:  Studio Leonard-Beaulne
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  50 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Hercules, Robin Hood, and Sherlock Holmes operate a bar nearby.  Always meeting "hopefuls" who wish to join the fold, they are taken aback by the appearance of a new type of potential hero: one who threatens to make their methods obsolete.

Showtimes:
Sat. June 18 (20h30),  Sun. June 19 (17h30),  Tue. June 21 (21h30),  Fri. June 24 (16h00),  Sat. June 25 (21h30),  Sun. June 26 (13h00)

SubURBANE YOUTH COMPANY
Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address:  suburbane.ne1.net

Show Title:  SubUrbane
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Sketch Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
SubUrbane has come a long way: since they started in a storage warehouse outside Kanata, they've been sketching comedy at a non-stop dizzying rate.  Warning: You must be this tall (16 years or older) to ride this ride.  Not really…just a warning.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 24 (16h00),  Sat. June 25 (23h00)

THE SUITCASE ROYALE
Home City:  Melbourne, Australia
Website Address:  thesr.bravehost.com

Show Title:  Felix Listens to the World
Venue:  Studio Leonard-Beaulne
Genre:  Junk Yard Theatre
Run Time:  40 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Winner of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Felix Listens to the World is a love story of sorts.  Follow Felix as he journeys after his sweetheart who has sailed away in a teacup!  This show uses performer-operated lighting, sound, and original inventions to pull you into this claustrophobic fairy tale.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (20h30),  Sat. June 18 (19h00),  Sun. June 19 (15h00),  Wed. June 22 (23h00),  Thurs. June 23 (17h30),  Sat. June 25 (20h00)

THÉÂTRE LOUSTIC
Home City:  Gatineau, QC

Show Title:  Il ne faut jurer de rien
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  16+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Valentin est une jeune insousciant don’t les exigences irritent son oncle Buck.  Celui-ci paie les dettes, mais menace unjour de le le désériter si il ne se range pas.  Mille de Mantes, jeune personne biene née, est le parti idéal.

Showtimes:
sam. 18 juin (20h30),  dim. 19 juin (13h30),  mar. 21 juin (23h00),  jeu. 23 juin (19h00),  ven. 24 juin (21h30),  dim. 26 juin (14h30)

THEATRE SERENDIPITY
Home City:  Winnipeg, MB
Website Address:   livejournal.com/~serendipity_wpg

Show Title:  S.M.I.L.E. While You D.I.E.
Venue:  Arts Court Library
Genre:  Black Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  13+
Run Time:  60 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
Feeling unmotivated?  Not having fun at work?  Don’t let frustrating customers get you down.  If they’re being difficult, it’s probably because you aren’t being happy and cheerful!  Therefore, just keep in mind this simple philosophy – S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. – and all your troubles should melt away like lemon drops!

Showtimes:
Mon. June 20 (19h00),  Tue. June 21 (17h30),  Thurs. June 23 (23h00),  Fri. June 24 (21h30),  Sat. June 25 (14h30),  Sun. June 26 (17h00)

THE UNINVITED
Home City:  Ottawa, ON

Show Title:   Uncle Fun & Sparky’s Real Live Cartoon Radio Show
Venue:  Alumni Auditorium
Genre:  Comedy
Suggested Age Group:  7+
Run Time:  35 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
A trip across time and space to the freewheeling world of radio comedy, where silly voices, sillier gags, and things that go "clank" are the order of the day.  (Language advisory: People who don't understand gibberish may require a translator.)

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (22h00),  Sat. June 18 (19h00),  Sun. June 19 (22h00),  Mon. June 20 (17h30),  Wed. June 22 (21h30),  Sun. June 26 (20h00)

VISION THEATRE
Home City:  Ottawa, ON
Website Address:   visiontheatre.ca

Show Title:  Hidden in This Picture
Venue:  Academic Hall
Genre:  Satire
Suggested Age Group:  7+
Run Time:  50 mins.
Admission Price:  $8

Synopsis:
A writer and a director are teetering between triumph and catastrophe — as the sun sets on their first feature film, can they find artistic fulfillment in a cow pasture?  Award-winning playwright Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, A Few Good Men) takes aim at Hollywood with this hilarious satire about filmmaking.

Showtimes:
Fri. June 17 (21h30),  Sat. June 18 (15h30),  Mon. June 20 (23h00),  Thurs. June 23 (22h00),  Sat. June 25 (23h00), Sun. June 26 (17h30)


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