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Fringe reviews #7: Quicksave before the next show

50% Nonverbal, Brilliantly Awkward, A Curated Exit, Four Hearts, A Kid Napping, A Life in 60 Minutes, Love is Blank, Lover Girl, Somewhere Up There, Tango After Midnight.

Fringe reviews #16: I need an extra show

Filthy Fakespeare, Just You and Me, The Review, Serious Comedy, This Is, You Are Happy, Real Grilfriend, Push Your Wheelchair

Bombers battle back to beat Redblacks in OT

OTTAWA — For three and a half quarters, it looked like it was going to be a night Dru Brown would want to forget.

And in some ways, he still might want to erase Sunday from his memory because it wasn’t overly pretty.

But in the end, Brown got his revenge and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers recovered from a sloppy start to escape the nation’s capital with a 36-34 overtime victory over the Ottawa Redblacks.

The game literally went down to the wire as it remained tied after two overtime mini-games and had to be decided by alternating two-point conversion attempts from the 3-yard line — a first in CFL history as the new overtime format was introduced this season.

Fringe reviews #14: You’ve earned extra lives

World Peace Through Humour, Emil Amok, Erika MacDonald, Evie & Alfie, The Late, Great Mormon Drag Queen, Mennonite Metamorphosis, Panic A Live Radio Musical, Qualia, Solovela, Your Boring Story

Local fans feel ‘Spanish euphoria’

Chants of “Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé” and “where is Messi?” could be heard echoing through Winnipeg’s downtown as Spain defeated Argentina in extra time to become World Cup Champions on Sunday.

What one World Cup announcer dubbed “Spanish euphoria,” was certainly on full display at True North Square on Hargrave Street where more than 500 people gathered to take in the tournament’s conclusion and celebrate the sport, which is quickly becoming Canada’s new game.

“Go Spain,” Cole Lacap, yelled at the top of his lungs after he watched Ferran Torres’ score the goal that would take Spain to a 1 - 0 victory over Argentina and send Spanish fans in Winnipeg into a frenzy.

“It was amazing. Spain definitely deserved that,” said Lacap, who had the red and yellow Spanish flag gripped tightly for much of the game.

Fringe reviews #12: Game over? Not even close

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Dave Morris

Théâtre Cercle Molière (Venue 3), to July 26

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