A look back at Winnipeg’s first Fringe Festival in 1988

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For those of you who were unborn or too young to remember those heady days of Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival, we dug through our film archives and put together a little gallery of Fringe memories. Yes, they are in black and white... because that's the way it was way back in 1988.

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For those of you who were unborn or too young to remember those heady days of Winnipeg’s first Fringe Festival, we dug through our film archives and put together a little gallery of Fringe memories. Yes, they are in black and white… because that’s the way it was way back in 1988.

Larry Desrochers, 29, Executive Director of Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in 1988.
July 12, 1988
Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press
Larry Desrochers, 29, Executive Director of Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in 1988. July 12, 1988 Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press
Members of Sak Theatre perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in Old Market Square.
July 16, 1988
Michael Raine / Winnipeg Free Press
Members of Sak Theatre perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in Old Market Square. July 16, 1988 Michael Raine / Winnipeg Free Press
Members of Sak Theatre perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in Old Market Square.
July 16, 1988
Michael Raine / Winnipeg Free Press
Members of Sak Theatre perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in Old Market Square. July 16, 1988 Michael Raine / Winnipeg Free Press
Members of Sak Theatre perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in Old Market Square.
July 16, 1988
Michael Raine / Winnipeg Free Press
Members of Sak Theatre perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in Old Market Square. July 16, 1988 Michael Raine / Winnipeg Free Press
Actors from various Fringe Festival shows. July 12, 1988. (Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press)
Actors from various Fringe Festival shows. July 12, 1988. (Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press)
Local women's theatre co-op Les Dolles perform Vegetable Inside at the Fringe Festival.
July 15, 1988
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Local women's theatre co-op Les Dolles perform Vegetable Inside at the Fringe Festival. July 15, 1988 Dave Johnson / Winnipeg Free Press
Kyle McCulloch, Ellen Peterson and Terry Sherbino in Harry Rintoul's Refugees at the Fringe Festival.
July 14, 1988
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press
Kyle McCulloch, Ellen Peterson and Terry Sherbino in Harry Rintoul's Refugees at the Fringe Festival. July 14, 1988 Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press
Stephen McIntyre as Iggy (foreground) in 'Mind of the Iguana'. (L-R, background) Lora Schroeder, as Anna, Brian Drader, as Harry, and Bonnie Hay, as Barb.
Winnipeg Fringe Festival
July 15, 1988
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Stephen McIntyre as Iggy (foreground) in 'Mind of the Iguana'. (L-R, background) Lora Schroeder, as Anna, Brian Drader, as Harry, and Bonnie Hay, as Barb. Winnipeg Fringe Festival July 15, 1988 Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press
Frank Holden's Judge Prowse Presiding was one of the finer Fringe Festival shows.
July 15, 1988
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press
Frank Holden's Judge Prowse Presiding was one of the finer Fringe Festival shows. July 15, 1988 Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press
Al Ashton and Tanya Nitschmann kiss after being married in front of hundreds of
Al Ashton and Tanya Nitschmann kiss after being married in front of hundreds of "fringees" at Old Market Square. July 22, 1988 Michael Raine / Winnipeg Free Press
Lawer Yude Henteleff, in wig and robe, offers legal advice to fringe festival patrons.
July 19, 1988
Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press
Lawer Yude Henteleff, in wig and robe, offers legal advice to fringe festival patrons. July 19, 1988 Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival.
July 19, 1988
Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival. July 19, 1988 Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press
Keith and Gary (Something Strange) perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival.
July 19, 1988
Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press
Keith and Gary (Something Strange) perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival. July 19, 1988 Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press
Members of Sak Theatre perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in Old Market Square.
July 19, 1988
Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press
Members of Sak Theatre perform during Winnipeg's first Fringe Festival in Old Market Square. July 19, 1988 Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press
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