The Winnipeg Fringe Festival is back, with 113 shows taking place across 24 venues between July 13 and 24. All of the Free Press' reviews will be published by July 18. Find a show below and click to read its review.
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The Winnipeg Fringe Festival is back, with 113 shows taking place across 24 venues between July 13 and 24. All of the Free Press' reviews will be published by July 18. Find a show below and click to read its review.
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The Winnipeg Fringe Festival is back, with 113 shows taking place across 24 venues between July 13 and 24. All of the Free Press’ reviews will be published by July 18. Find a show below and click to read its review.
Five-star fringe
As the festival enters its final weekend here are 10 reviews that earned five-star accolades from the Free Press fringe team.
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Theatre goers head towards Venue #4 of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival for a Friday afternoon showing of Write, Rewrite, Repeat. The festival has turned two empty stores at Portage Place into theatre venues.
Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl In Hitler’s Germany
Epidermis Circus
I Am The Most Unfeeling Doctor In The World (and Other Tales From The Emergency Room)
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
The Magic That Is Me
Meagre Joys
Mr. Coffeehead
Pretty Beast
Robert Will Show You The Door Ttales Of Being Fired)
Scattered Seeds
Six-legs
Slowly And Sideways
Tango: To The Pointe
Whatever Happens After
Write, Rewrite, Repeat
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You never know what to expect at the fringe: Joanna and Orlando Braun with their daughter Willow are surprised by the Causin’ a Commotion Chinese lion.
Bushtits, Shih Tzus And Private Dicks: All’s Fur In Love And Noir
Contractions
How I Met My Mother
Is This Yours
Kateryna And Havrylo
Monster Makers
The Morning After With Pam & Paula
Romeo & Juliet
Se’ed
Something In The Water
The Stakeout
Songs From A Wine-stained Notebook
A Toast To Prohibition
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
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Six-year-old Layla Allen, her mom Cher Allan and dad Tod Allen spend their day off work hanging out in Old Market Square watching performances and playing games on the first of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival on Wednesday.
The WINNIPEG FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL officially starts today,
JULY 13th and runs till July 24th. This year they are showcasing 113 performing companies, daily entertainment at Old Market Square and family fun in our new Kids Fringe location. Tickets, programs and passes are on sale now!
July 13th, 2022
The Associated Press2 minute readFriday, Jul. 23, 2021
TOKYO (AP) — Russian archer Svetlana Gomboeva lost consciousness during a competition at the Tokyo Olympics in intense heat Friday.
Gomboeva collapsed shortly after completing the qualifying round and was attended by medical staff, coach Stanislav Popov said in comments published by the Russian Olympic Committee.
"It's the first time that I remember something like this happening," he said. "In Vladivostok, where we were training before this, the weather was similar. But the humidity here had an influence.”
Temperatures in Tokyo were above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). The heat in Tokyo’s summer months already prompted organizers to move the marathons and race-walking events to the cooler city of Sapporo.
When I vote in an election, I pay less attention to what candidates promise and more on whether I think I can trust their judgment.
Campaign promises are easy to make. Candidates can promise lower taxes, safer streets, improved transit and more efficient government. They can produce glossy brochures, deliver polished speeches and tell voters exactly what they want to hear.
But promises are cheap. Governing is hard.
What matters most to me is whether the people seeking public office have the judgment to make thoughtful, well-informed decisions when confronted with difficult problems. Once the election signs come down and the campaign rhetoric fades, politicians are left to deal with the messy, complicated business of governing. And no campaign platform, no matter how carefully crafted, can anticipate every challenge that will arise.
The Winnipeg Fringe Festival is back, with 113 shows taking place across 24 venues between July 13 and 24. All of the Free Press' reviews will be published by July 18. Find a show below and click to read its review.
Five-star fringeAs the festival enters its final weekend here are 10 reviews that earned five-star accolades from the Free Press fringe team.
Click here to read reviews of these shows:
Before Breakfast: An Opera in One ActDaddy’s BoyField Zoology 201Juliet: A Revenge ComedyEpidermis CircusSomething in the WaterCivilizedHorsefaceJosie and GraceChase Padgett: Lucky Break
Imagine being a young athlete who loves
volleyball but attends a school without a net or even a ball.
For many students in Winnipeg, access to basic sporting equipment is something they rarely think about.
However, during my visit to Red Sucker Lake First Nation in northern Manitoba, I witnessed a very different reality. The local school did not have volleyball nets or balls. As someone who has had the opportunity to compete in volleyball across Canada and internationally, this experience made me realize how easily we take these opportunities for granted.
How can we expect young Indigenous athletes to discover their potential when they don’t even have the basic equipment needed to play? Talent and determination can exist in every community but without access to opportunities, that potential may never be realized.
John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press4 minute readSaturday, Jan. 29, 2022
Canada's Reece Howden knows that there will be a lot of pressure on him at the Beijing Olympics as ski cross's reigning Crystal Globe winner. But he also knows that he's far from Canada's only medal hope in the sport this year.
Howden earned the Crystal Globe as the overall World Cup men's ski cross champion in 2020-21 after winning four races and making it to the podium two other times. The product of Cultus Lake, B.C., said he has to focus on the one thing he can control: his skiing.
"I know that if I ski well, if I do what I'm supposed to do, I'm going to be successful. The results will come," said Howden. "I'm trying not to get too carried away in the results.
"But yeah, the pressure is there, for sure. But I'm dealing with it really well and I'm excited to see what I can do this year."
Former mayor Glen Murray is endorsing Winnipeg mayoral candidate Noah Redden in Wednesday’s civic election.
Murray — who was the city’s mayor from 1998 to 2004 and came second in the 2022 mayoral race, narrowly losing to Scott Gillingham — endorsed the progressive 27-year-old on Tuesday morning, just a day before voters go to the polls.
“We have to compete in Winnipeg with larger, wealthier cities, and culture and quality of life, a vibrant downtown, exciting places to live, great public transit, all those things that we’re missing right now, that have been disinvested in, it needs that,” Murray told the Free Press.
“He represents that generation. I had my last hurrah, it’s time for people like me and Kevin Klein and Scott Gillingham to get out of the way and start nurturing a generation of Winnipeggers who are either going to step up in leadership positions in our city or they’re going to leave to places where they can participate.”
