Port Authority and Or - Put these Walterdale Member's Shows on your Fringe Radar!

Every year, Walterdale is pleased to support it's members in their pursuits of artistic excellence at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.  One of the ways we do this is sharing the news of their shows via this blog and in our newsletter.  

Here are two shows being presented by Forces of Chaos and Trunk Theatre which you might be interested in catching. 
 

Forces of Chaos presents the Canadian premiere of Conor McPherson’s Port Authority at the 2013 Edmonton International Fringe Festival from August 16^th-24^th, 2013.  A young man moves in with the girl her secretly loves, another man is hired for a job for which he is vastly under qualified and a pensioner receives a mysterious package in the mail.   The production is directed by Amy DeFelice (Swimming with Goldfish - Walterdale; Mojo Mickeybo - Fringe 2012) and stars Isaac Andrew (Take A Bite), Kieran O’Callaghan (The Weir, Lion in Winter - Walterdale; Four in the Crib - Fringe 2012) and Cody Porter (The Weir, Antony & Cleopatra, You are Here - Walterdale; Days of Wine and Roses - Trunk Theatre).  Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote “I found myself holding on to what these actors had to say like I was a 5-year old at bedtime being introduced to “The Arabian Nights.”  This play is presented by the Sterling nominated company that presented McPherson’s This Lime Tree Bower at the 2010 Fringe Festival.

 

In addition, Forces of Chaos is selling $ 10.00 buttons, as sign of membership to their (Sup)Port Authority fan club,  as part of their campaign to raise awareness about their production.  The buttons entitled the wearer to discounts at local merchants and the production.

 

Port Authority plays at Venue #8: Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre (8426 Gateway Boulevard).  Tickets are available online (fta@fringetheatre.ca), by phone 780-409-1910, or at the onsite box offices.

Performances 

Friday, Aug 16^th 12:15pm

Tuesday, Aug 20^th 6:30pm

Wed., Aug 21^st 8:45pm

Thursday, Aug 22^nd 10:45pm

Friday, Aug 23^rd 4:00pm

Saturday, Aug 24^th 2:15pm

And there is Or...

Trunk Theatre presents the Alberta premiere of Liz Duffy Adams’ literary sex farce Or, at the 2013 Edmonton International Fringe Festival.  The play takes place during a tumultuous night in the life of Aphra Behn, poet, spy, and the first professional female playwright.   Aphra tries to finish her new play by its morning deadline between interruptions from her sudden new love, actress Nell Gwynne; her complicated royal love, King Charles II; and her dangerous ex-love, double agent William Scot.  Against a backdrop of a long-drawn out war and a counter-culture of free love, cross-dressing and youthful rebellion, 1669 looks a lot like 1969. 

 

Or, is directed by Amy DeFelice (Mojo Mickybo; Swimming with Goldfish - Walterdale) and stars Clarice Eckford (Doubt), Kristi Gunther-Hansen (Pith!) and Garett Ross (Jack Goes Boating).  The show plays at Stage 8: Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre (8426 Gateway Boulevard).  Trunk Theatre’s previous Fringe productions include the Sterling nominated Dying City, Ashes to Ashes, A Kind of Alaska and Emphysema: A Love Story.   Or, premiered Off-Broadway in 2009.   Liz Duffy Adams has an MFA in Playwriting from Yale and is the winner of the Lillian Hellman Award for Playwriting.

 

Or, plays at Venue #8: Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre (8426 Gateway Boulevard).  Tickets are available online (fta@fringetheatre.ca),  by phone 780-409-1910, or at the onsite box offices.

Sat. August 17^th 8:30pm

Sun. August 18^th 6:45pm
Tues. August 20^th 2:00pm
Thu. August 22^nd 4:15pm
Fri. August 23^rd 10:30pm
Sun. August 25^th 12:15pm