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MORE zaniness and dramatic moments from the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival come to the Free Press News Café on Tuesday afternoon.

Four more free performances and interviews begin at 12:30 p.m. at the lunch spot at 237 McDermot Ave., where Martin Dockery and Vanessa Quesnelle, stars of The Surprise and Moonlight After Midnight, sit down for an interview and perform an excerpt from The Surprise.

At 1 p.m., local DJ Sarah Michaelson joins Colombian performers Felipe Ortiz and Daniel Orrantia for a short scene from Speechless.

Justin Danyluk, Lorraine James, Reba Terlson and Jazmyn Shell from Winnipeg’s Dramatic Theatre perform a scene from their fringe show Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at 1:30 p.m.

Finally, at 2 p.m., Ian McFarlane, Genevieve Paré and Ryan Reese will drop by to talk about their show, The Hudson Bay Epic.

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