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.
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
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES
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.
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
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Six-year-old Layla Allen, her mom Cher Allan and dad Tod Allen spend the day hanging out in Old Market Square watching performances and playing games.
Free Press staff2 minute readYesterday at 2:01 AM CDT
Canada’s ambassador to the United States met Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and local business leaders during a visit to Winnipeg this week.
Mark Wiseman and Kinew spoke about trade uncertainty with the United States and opportunities for Manitoba businesses, a government news release says.
The provincial U.S. Trade Council, the Business Council of Manitoba and part of the Premier’s Business and Jobs Council spoke to Wiseman about the impacts of trade uncertainty.
Province down 4,400 jobsEmployment dropped 0.6 per cent in Manitoba in September, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions until after 10:45 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Libra into Scorpio.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
You have a choice. You can either get embroiled in disputes about shared property, debt, insurance issues or inheritances; or instead, relax and have a playful day featuring sporting events, social outings and fun activities with kids.
Andrew Froese4 minute readYesterday at 2:01 AM CDT
This spring, I adopted a three-month-old rescued German Shepherd mix. To say she is easily excitable is an understatement.
It is not really her fault. A puppy’s frontal cortex, the part of the brain that helps with decision-making and impulse control, is still developing. When an older dog, or a human, gets tired, we generally understand we should rest. Puppies have not quite figured that out. They often interpret tiredness as a signal something is wrong, which makes them more alert, more reactive and harder to settle.
That creates a feedback loop. The puppy gets tired, which makes her frantic, which makes her more tired, which makes her even more frantic. Eventually, this becomes what people call the “zoomies”: frantic sprinting, biting, jumping and general chaos.
From the outside, it looks like the puppy has too much energy. In reality, the opposite is true. The zoomies are not a sign of excess energy. They are a sign the puppy is overtired and does not know it yet.
Robert Gordon has watched the trees grow along a popular Windsor Park walking path for nearly six decades.
Now, as Manitoba Hydro cuts them down to protect nearby power lines, he says a familiar part of his childhood neighbourhood is disappearing.
Although he no longer lives in the area, Gordon regularly returns to walk or cycle along the tree-lined path, which runs parallel to Archibald Street.
He was concerned when he recently spotted crews clearing vegetation near the entrance to the path, but initially assumed they were removing brush. When he returned, he discovered the clearing had extended farther along the corridor.
The Winnipeg Jets sure looked like a team that was running on fumes Friday night.
Playing for the fifth time in eight days, the club suffered its first regulation loss of the young season — a lacklustre 5-1 showing against the Anaheim Ducks at Canada Life Centre.
While we won’t question the effort, the execution was a different story. Sloppy plays, missed passes, porous defensive-zone coverage and iffy goaltending made this a tough watch for the 13,693 fans in attendance.
“Just some mental things that happened. Obviously some physical things as well,” said head coach Scott Arniel.
