January 3 - 13, 2013
The hottest two weeks in winter.
“Join us for what promises to be a fantastic fun-filled festival showcasing the creative talents of four amazing and diverse Montreal women creators, a brilliant Japanese director/ performer/Fringe Festival favourite and a very funny clown guy making his return to Montreal following his acclaimed international work with Cirque du Soleil. I hope you’ll come to the Festival bar and meet the artists, and please stay tuned for information on additional surprise performances.” - Roy Surette, Centaur Theatre Artistic and Executive Director
A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup
50min.
PRESENTED BY: Shoshinz
CREATED BY: Yanomi
STARRING: Yanomi
The mysterious Miss Hiccup lives alone,
but is definitely not lonely. She is forever
accompanied by a raucous cast of sounds
and music that make her life an absurd adventure.
A hilarious and beautiful story by award-winning Japanese performer.
Winner of Centaur’s Best English-language production Montreal Fringe Festival
Director's Award – Capital Fringe
Best of Fest – Winnipeg Fringe
It’s not often you run across a show that is satisfying for adults, kids, performers and stoners of all ages,
but that’s exactly what you get with this charming and quite often hilarious fast-paced slice of Tokyo clowning. – Monday Magazine
Nothing Never Happens in Norway
60min.
PRESENTED BY: Processed Theatre
Written by: Joanne Sarazen and Shayne Gryn; Directed by: Nichole George;
Musical Direction by: Shayne Gryn
FEATURING: Carolina Alves-Bruni, George Bekiaris, Katy Breier, Mikaela Davies,
Harper Duffy, Shannon Hamilton, Michael Mercer, Caitlyn Milot
Ibsen's baddest bitches and blandest backwoods return in the remount of 2012 Montreal Fringe Festival favourite NOTHING NEVER HAPPENS IN NORWAY. This musical adaptation of Ibsen’s Rosmersholm and The Master Builder all rolled into one is a Norwegian Folk Rocking good time.
RUNNER UP Mainline Theatre Next Stage Award (Montreal Fringe Festival 2012)
RUNNER UP Centaur Theatre Best Anglo Production (Montreal Fringe Festival 2012)
A LAUGH-TASTIC HUMOURIFFIC GUFFAWFEST!!!! “My sides are still hurting!” (Fringe Buzz)
“Why transform works by the grim dramatist into a madcap romp by two 19th-century women? The question you should be asking is, why not?” – Neil Boyce
Poutine Masala
can you handle the spice
80min.
PRESENTED BY: Deepali productions
Story and Choreography by: Deepali Lindblom, Script by: Stéfan Cedilot;
Direction by: Olivier Berthiaume; Music BY: Mathieu Beaudet
FEATURING: Deepali Lindblom José Dufour, Ranjana Jha, Minoo Gundevia, Kathleen Aubert,
Abhishek kumar, Hashim Javed, Avi Bendahan, Karine Benchetrit, Marie Danielle Allard Breton,
Francis Vincent and Marie-Hélène Dugal
Present day Montreal. A small-town Quebecois meets a home-grown girl from India. Sparks fly.
But there is more than just that cultural complication. Boy believes in the present, Girl in the future. But somehow love happens until... a blast from the past comes along and complicates things even more.
More than just laughs, Poutine Masala is a comedy dance-theatre piece with a delightful and
emotional story. It's a story about all of us, living in our multi-cultural city and loving it. Trilingual (French, English and a dash of Hindi), it has a brilliant cast of Quebecois and Indian actors, doing things in a true Bollywood-style comedy.
“revels in cultural difference. The trilingual rom-com breaks Bollywood taboos.” – Montreal Gazette
“not a traditional musical. The use of dance, the style of acting, the choice of music is unlike anything local audiences are accustomed to. You should come out and taste the spice.” – Charlebois Post
“The show did a fantastic job of fusing the charm and slang specific to Quebec with all the glamour and razzle-dazzle of Indian culture.” – Bloodyunderrated
Placebo
53min.
PRESENTED BY: JOE DE PAUL
Written by: Joe De Paul, Directed by: Aline Muheim
Featuring: Joe De Paul
Mr. Joe works the front desk of Labotech, a pharmaceutical test clinic. Mr. Joe prides himself
on his smooth running waiting room but today he is told they will not start on time. He tries
to be patient in front of a room full of people...The tension becomes too much. He embarrasses himself, enjoys himself and in the end befriends the entire audience. Come and join Mr. Joe in his waiting room and witness how he deals with a day that starts out wrong.
Joe made his clown debut in Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion in 1999. He toured North America
with critical success. Since that time, Joe’s delightful character has toured North America and Europe in various circuses, cabarets, and even on the streets of Spain. After ten years of basing himself in France Joe is pleased to be back and is proud to make Placebo’s North American
premiere in Montreal.
“Joe De Paul is a nonstop dynamo of comic invention” – San Francisco Examiner
“Joe De Paul , a small frail man of incredible humour” – Le Figaro, France
“With shy nonchalance...the clown becomes stroke of genius” – Corriere della Serra, Italy
Two Short Women
75min.
PRESENTED BY: RIGHT NOW !
Written & Directed by: Ann Lambert
STARRING: Debra Kirshenbaum, Laura Mitchell, Ola Wallender
Two old friends go on a trip to a tropical paradise for a week of margaritas, merengue, and men. But a night of partying takes an unexpected turn.
Two Short Women is a psychological thriller, an exploration of the light and dark within friendships, offering a comic, poignant and provocative evening of theatre.
Featured at Women Playwrights International Conference at Sodateatern, Stockholm, 2012
“Mitchell and Kirshenbaum deliver terrific performances…{this}…is just about everything that makes our indie theatre scene so exciting…” – Matt Radz (Montreal Gazette)
“…a searing message… tackles contemporary issues with style… – Max Halparin (McGill Daily)
Life Here After
90min.
Presented By: Imago Theatre in collaboration with Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal
Written by: Alexandria Haber; Directed By: Micheline Chevrier
Artists: Lauryn Allman, Ana Cappelluto, Chip Chuipka, Lucinda Davis,
Alain Goulem, Kira Maros, Leni Parker, Amelia Sargisson, Clare Schapiro,
Rob Thomson, Emma Tibaldo
When sixteen-year-old Carmen sets out on a secret and dangerous mission to uncover the truth about her sister’s murder, she uncovers more than she had bargained for and sets into motion a series of events with far reaching effect. Life Here After is about loss, redemption and ultimately, the truth: hiding it, discovering it, confronting it, and living with it.
“...where angels fear to tread.” – Alexander Pope
“Your feedback counts! This work-in-progress production is a unique opportunity for audiences to share their thoughts on the play with the writer, director and actors following each performance.” – Clare Schapiro, Artistic Director, Imago Theatre