Here's the list of the 52 shows in the 2012 Ottawa Fringe Festival. The shows and
partial descriptions are from the official
listing in alphabetical order (I'm happy that you can now more easily get a
listing of shows - useful for checking off ones seen etc). Pity they don't
keep around show info from previous years (so that links from old reviews would
work, thus the need for this web page), though you can find lists (and
reviews!) going back to 2010 at Fully
fringed.
Show Title | Production Company | Description | Duration | Rating | Price |
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100 First Kisses | Mark MacDonald Presents | A tale of stress-fully cheesy nuance that takes place inside a girl’s imagination. Join in the fast paced fun and watch some almost first kisses, some hardly first kisses, some barely first kisses, some near… | 55m | G | $10 |
2020 | Artbeat Theatre Group | Your foot has just left the bridge and you’re falling. Dr. Ben Duncan has created a program to capture your last thoughts and memories before you die. Secrets are unlocked now that doctor-assisted… | 50m | R | $10 |
A MacSummer Night’s Dream | Caithream Celtic Dance Fusion | Shakespeare’s story with a Scottish twist! Told through dance, speech, and song, this comedy of love gone astray, mischievous fairies, and bumbling actors is a treat for the whole family. Highland dance… | 75m | G | $10 |
A Report to an Academy | Glassiano | Is it possible for an ape to become human? Red Peter is living proof that such a journey is possible. From the jungles of Africa, to being caged in the bottom of a boat, to a one-ape show at Ottawa Fringe, Peter performs… | 40m | PG | $10 |
Aerial Allusions | By Azana Productions | A journey looking into the perspective of humanity through feminine and masculine viewpoints using traditional and non-traditional movement; combining Dance, Clown and Theatre to express the emotions of two… | 50m | R | $10 |
Alien Predator: The Musical | Go Fly a Kite Productions | In space, no one can hear you sing! Fortunately, this sci-fi musical homage unfolds in the Brazilian rainforest where an invisible alien Predator has claimed as its hunting grounds. Its prey: man!! Who will save… | 60m | PG | $10 |
Breaking Rank! | Ausable Theatre | “Petrick delivers… he has you laughing through the fear… - Winnipeg Uptown. “Shades of Catch-22, overtones of Gomer Pyle, USMC, and a foundation of Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s… | 60m | R | $10 |
Crux | Hightide Theatre Company | This quirky new musical takes us from the bright streets of Ottawa into the dim corners of the mind. We delve into a world of secrets and find ourselves at the crux of it all. A brand new creation from Rideau Award… | 60M | PG | $10 |
Danti-Dan | SAC | By the side of the road 5 youths pass the summer near a dead-end town where “if you lost your virginity, somebody would find it and bring it home to your mother”. A tragicomedy about lust and the loss of… | 60m | M | $10 |
Dead Wrong | Katherine Glover | Years after surviving a brutal assault, a young woman receives new evidence that forces her to question her own memories of the crime — and to face the possibility that she has sent an innocent man to prison. A… | 60M | G | $10 |
Dirk Darrow: NCSSI (Not Completely Serious Supernatural Investigator) | Tim Motley | Track down a killer through a murky paranormal world in the only one-man comedy film noir magical murder mystery! Part stand up, part mind-reading, part theater, all gritty 1940's retro… | 60m | PG | $10 |
Donkey Derby | Black Sheep Theatre/ Little Green Hat | A young Irish girl’s family enters her into Letterkenny’s annual Donkey Derby. Mary must either face her fears of not living up to expectations, thwarting social perceptions, and looking silly in… | 45m | G | $10 |
Don’t make me Zealous | Erudite Theatre | Tom loves Jackie and Jackie loves Tom. The only problem is Tom doesn’t love Jackie’s vision of a big Catholic wedding. Jackie ends up getting more than she bargained for, however, when, one night, Tom… | 45m | PG | $10 |
Ex Cathedra | Troupe de la Lune | In a world where homosexuality is punishable by death, the Church-run Lavender Railroad is the only hope of survival for some. While preparing for the Pope’s visit in Japan, a nun discovers her former female… | 45m | R | $10 |
Fallen: The Book of Samael | Glassiano Productions | A farcical retelling of the fall of the devil from heaven through the style of mafia film noir. Samael is a hitman for the great leader Papa who owns the streets. But learning the true motives of Papa Samael starts a… | 60m | R | $10 |
Fear Factor: Canine Edition | John Grady | An award-winning true story of a man and his dog. About true love, loss, and overcoming obstacles, while staring fear in the face. “A performance that is as impeccable as his story is affecting.”… | 55m | R | $10 |
Fishbowl | Mark Shyzer | Shockingly funny and equally moving, Fishbowl slyly reveals the connections between four wildly different – and outrageously hilarious – characters, all played by Mark Shyzer. Premiered at… | 60m | M | $10 |
FNL: Fringe Night Live | Fish Shtick Productions | Mind-blowing sketch comedy and digital shorts that push the boundaries of the Fringe festival like never before. Inspired by legendary Canadian troupes such as Second City, Kids in the Hall and New York’s… | 50m | PG | $10 |
Gametes and Gonads | Active Salad Productions | In a scrotum where life and death hangs in the balance of one ejaculation, destruction looms around every corner. In a uterus that demands sacrifice for prosperity, one egg is condemned to menstruation. Get sucked… | 45m | M | $10 |
Hard Times! | Skinny Leg Productions | Hard Times! Swinging to hot jazz songs, an intimate depression era tale of vaudeville madness, poignant wisecracks, chasing rainbows and the absurd determination to be lighthearted in times of troubles.… | 60M | G | $10 |
Heterollectual: Love, and Other Dumb Ideas | Pollux Dance | Love is like a butterfly. A butterfly with vicious talons and biting fangs, whose mind-control ability invites prehistoric behaviour and misdirects rational thought, disconnecting human beings from earth and… | 60M | PG | $10 |
Hip-hop Shakespeare Live Music Videos! | 411 dramaturgy co. | It’s War of the Roses meets East Coast/West Coast when Hip-Hop classics and Shakespeare’s greatest hits parody each other. Feat. Kanye, Biggie, Tupac, LL, Jay and Big Willie himself, this is the… | 45M | R | $10 |
In Waves | Backpack Theatre | Winter of 1610. Sailing aboard a ship in search of the North-West Passage, separated from his wife and children, and isolated in a vast unforgiving sea, a man finds solace in the eyes of a beautiful woman hidden in the… | 45m | PG | $10 |
It is what it is | OYP Theatre School | OYP Theatre School students give what they can and do what they do. It’s all about Character and sharing with the audience. ACTing out! www.oypts.ca… | 60m | G | $10 |
I’m Not Crying in the Bathroom: I’m Crying in the Supply Closet | Lady Business/ How To Be Cool | Have you ever found yourself crying in a bathroom? We have. LadyBusiness presents a sketch comedy show by women, but for everyone. Sketches span from musical, to political, to historical, to the self deprecating.… | 60m | M | $10 |
Kuwaiti Moonshine | Better to Burn Out/ Tim C. Murphy | From the creator of BLIND TO HAPPINESS – ‘Engaging’ nytheatre.com, ‘Inspiring’ Montreal Gazette, FIVE STARS - Ignite FM Wpg, FOUR STARS - Eye Toronto, FIVE STARS – Wpg Free Press.… | 60m | PG | $10 |
Little Lady | Sandrine Lafond inc | The transformation of Cirque Du Soleil performer and Celine Dion dancer to performer generated theater artist is mirrored in this dark, comic and grotesque fable about our obsession with image. The exquisite… | 45M | G | $10 |
Little Orange Man | SNAFU Dance Theatre | Prepare yourself for Kitt, a high-octane Danish girl, as she fires up homemade technology to extract and reenact the audience’s dreams. “Haunting and hilarious.”— CultureVulture. “The kind of… | 75m | G | $10 |
Lonely Bear | Garkin Productions | A bear befriends a doctor. A brother crosses the line. A rampage lost in history.A remarkably unsilly story from the producer of G-Men Defectives, Pick Your Path, Without a Clue, Bookworm, and Satanic Panic.… | 60M | M | $10 |
Love Bug Louie in a Blessing from the Cursed | Sasa Theatre | Meet LoveBug Louie; a talented, four foot tall triple threat Bouffon, who has been captured, caged and brought to your city for a show you’ll not soon forget. He’ll take you on a journey through the… | 75m | M | $10 |
Late Night Cabaret | Black Sheep Theatre | Every night at 11:15, Black Sheep Theatre presents FRINGE LATE-NIGHT featuring the best of the Local, National, and International stars of the Fringe Circuit. The best stand-up, music, sketch comedy,… | 60m | PG | $10 |
Leftovers | 20 Nothings Productions | As foretold by the Mayan Calendar, these are the end of days… Three strangers endure weeks together in a CostMore Superstore. They contemplate life, compete for power and search for meaning to validate their… | 60m | M | $10 |
Mabel’s Last Performance | ABALONE | Mabel (Kathi Langston) is a feisty lady who finds herself in early retirement at a nursing home, thanks to Alzheimer’s disease. After a life of being a swinging single and successful actress, the home isn’t… | 55m | G | $10 |
Mercutio and Ophelia | Fireflood Theatre | Two figures of legend – a swordsman and a maiden – worlds apart in so many ways, have run away from everything they’ve known – before it destroys them. They meet out of chance, in a tavern on… | 60m | G | $10 |
More Power to your Knitting, Nell! | Sisterscene | Aspiring singer Nellie can’t believe her luck when she’s hired as a radio host, to galvanize the ‘soldier girls at home’ who knit for the troops overseas. The only problem is…Nel… | 60M | G | $10 |
Ne me Quitte pas, Piaf and Brel: the impossible concert | BrelPiaf Productions | Edith Piaf. Jacques Brel. French musical icons. Songs of romance, heartbreak, hope and love. Lives of drama and passion. This ‘impossible’ concert, with veteran performers Bremner Duthie and… | 60m | G | $10 |
Pickin n’ Shtick | GLOBAL VILLAGE IDIOT PROD. | A Hip-larious Ban-joke-ahloic rollercoaster of funny banjo songs, parodies, variety & cartoon 1 liners. A mix of Steve Martin & Steven Wright.… | 55m | M | $10 |
R U Smarter Than An Irishman | Patrick McCullagh | Everyone knows the Irish are geniuses. Irish comedian, Paddy McCullagh, has spent many years pondering this but cannot find the answer, so he needs your help. Join him as he unscrambles the myths of Irishness and… | 60m | PG | $10 |
Space Mystery… from Outerspace! | Dead Unicorn Ink. | From the company who brought you Playing Dead (zombie-puppets) comes this homage to early era science fiction. A film noire style detective must thwart a space-mad scientist before he destroys the galaxy with his… | 60m | PG | $10 |
The Boy and the Girl and the Secrets they Shared | The Elephant Collective | A brother and sister reconnect after twenty years of estrangement and delve into the traumatic childhood they shared.… | 60m | G | $10 |
The Fat Guy Show | If You Can't Beat 'Em Productions | The Fat Guy’s dream is to be the greatest magician in the world and his only true friend is Neil Diamond! Clown, magic, and theatrical madness explodes as he is faced with his most enormous obstacle. Will the fat… | 60m | G | $10 |
The Open Couple | Sasa Theatre | Recipe for an open marriage happy ever after: a hint of blackmail, 2 cups matrimonial manipulation, one too many girls aged eighteen, a bottle of orally ingested suppositories and countless desperate attempts to… | 60m | PG | $10 |
The Roommate | This is Not TV | The Roommate is about a psycho-sexual relationship between two roommates and the difference between lust and love and where those two emotions meet. What begins as an innocent “no strings”… | 60m | R | $10 |
The Suicide | Ottawa Theatre School | A brilliant and penetrating satire about an unemployed man who contemplates suicide and is besieged by spokespeople of discontented groups, from artists to intellectuals, who want him to turn his suicide into a… | 90m | G | $10 |
This is Today | Warrior Food | You can not be indifferent about status.You can not be indifferent about poverty.You can not be indifferent about death. Indifference is evil! Come see an original creation by 8 emerging artists!… | 60M | PG | $10 |
Trashman’s Dilemma | Scruffy Theatre Productions | Two Battlefield Custodians “resolve” zones CORP satellites are not able to scan. While investigating a black-hole structure, these “trashmen” lose their tele-com capabilities and… | 60m | M | $10 |
Tis Pity She’s a Whore | Bear & Co. | Lust. Vengeance. Incest. Greed. Massacre. – Ford’s Jacobean bloodbath, tells a tale of unbridled sibling passion, ending in disaster and death. Dramatic, dynamic and darkly comic, join us under the… | 110m | M | $10 |
Vernus says Surprise | Emanate Productions | In our busy, noisy world, sometimes it is the quietest characters who share the most. Vernus is an 89-year-old man who never gets the chance to speak. Today, he is determined to find the perfect gift for his… | 55m | G | $10 |
What Happens Now? | 1.21 Productions | Travel, Planes, Cabs, Relationships, Dating, Social Networks, Work, Moms, Pets, Fashion and Trivial and Meaningless things is what Andrew Chapman tries to understand. “Chapman Does It Surprisingly… | 60m | PG | $10 |
White Noise | Twisted by Design | Based on the true local tragedy of Carleton student Nadia Kajouji, this collaborative piece is an exploration of the last moments of a fragile young woman’s journey toward taking her own life, and the… | 50m | PG | $10 |
Wolves > Boys | May Can Theatre | In a wolf pack there is the Alpha and the Beta male. If the Beta male dishonours the Alpha male it can result in a divide in the pack, or even in the Beta leaving entirely. This play is about Isaac and Lawrence, they are not… | 50m | M | $10 |
Wanderlust | Martin Dockery | A man treks deep into Africa and demands an Epiphany. Any Epiphany at all. An exhilarating & hilarious true story. Best-of-Fest: Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Orlando. Winner: Adelaide Critics… | 70m | PG | $10 |