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To commemorate the 100^th Anniversary of the Armistice of the First World War, this worldwide premiere takes a look at the conflict through a lesser-known perspective. In November 1917, on a yam field in Nigeria, a farmer is approached by a Canadian war recruiter to join the Allied troops to push back the German advance in East Africa. The Nigerian farmer’s morality is challenged in ways he never expected. An allegory interwoven with traditional Nigerian music and stories, this new play by Zazu Oke and Vince Deiulis challenges audiences to question what they truly know about the World’s First War. DATES & TIMES: Thursday November 8th, 2018 @ 8pm (Pay-What-You-Can Preview Night) Friday November 9th, 2018 @ 8pm (Opening Night) Saturday November 10th, 2018 @ 2pm & 8pm Sunday November 11th, 2018 @ 2pm Tuesday November 13th, 2018 @ 8pm Wednesday November 14th, 2018 @ 8pm Thursday November 15th, 2018 @ 8pm Friday November 16th, 2018 @ 8pm Saturday November 17th, 2018 @ 2pm & 8pm VE

The Spur-Of-The-Moment Shakespeare Collective (SOTMSC) was founded in 2010 by Victoria Urquhart and Sean Horbatiuk, to cultivate a community of emerging artists with a shared interest in Shakespeare and community engagement.Annually the SOTMSC performs "Shakespeare in Hospitals". A project that is exactly what it sounds like: we create new shows, using Shakespeare’s words, designed specifically to bring to patients in hospitals across the GTA, like Mount Sinai, Sunnybrook and CAMH and more, at no charge to the hospitals or the patients.The SOTMSC continues to grow and develop projects in 2018 under the mandate of: Establishing and cultivating community engagement in areas in and around Toronto experiencing isolation based on economic, social, and physical barriers. Our mission statement is to marry classical text, contemporary performance, and audience interaction to invite and encourage people to engage with their community.https://www.spurofthemomentshakespeare.com/ Instagram: @shakespur Twitter: @shakespur

Jordi O'Dael Jordi is a Toronto based trans nonbinary performer, director, dramaturg, and producer. A UWinnipeg/Randolph College alum, Jordi has based their career on portraying 12 year old children, ancient evil constructs, and creating queer punk feminist impressionist pieces. In 2017, Jordi served as co-writer, dramaturg, producer, and performer for the award winning, breakout hit ‘NASTY’ at the Toronto Fringe. Their primary interests are the unexplained and unsettling, ghosts and ghouls, serial killers, destroying the gender binary, corgis, and using theatre as a vehicle for social change.Andrew Gaunce Born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Andrew is a Toronto based performer, writer, producer, and lifelong devotee of the horror genre. Andrew honed his performance skills at Fanshawe College’s Theatre Arts program, and has spent the last few years performing with various indie theatre companies in Toronto, including Seven Siblings Theatre, the Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective and Monkeyman

Philip Akin has been acting and directing for over 40 years. In 2000, he was a founding member of Obsidian Theatre, Canada’s leading black theatre company, and has served as its Artistic Director since 2006. In this role, he has worked tirelessly to provide opportunities and guidance for emerging artists. In 2002, he was part of the team that launched the Obsidian Mentor/Apprentice Program, a one-of-a-kind program that has so far helped 61 black artists embark on exciting careers as directors, dramaturges, producers, production managers, lighting, set and costume designers with some of the most established performing arts companies nationwide.The Men in White by Anosh Irani Directed by Philip AkinA heartwarming tale of life, love, and cricket.When Abdul’s cricket team want to end their losing streak, they decide to recruit his brother, Hasan, who is an expert all-rounder. But bringing Hasan from India to Canada will take more than just a plane ticket, and not all of the team agree with the cost. Alternating b

Rosanna Saracino is an Italian-Canadian director, dramaturge, educator, acting coach and costume designer, who has worked in the professional theatre industry for more than twenty years, with forays into directing and acting coaching in film, TV, video and documentaries. She received her MFA from York University in Directing, was the Director in Residence at the Canadian Stage Theatre and at Shadowpath Theatre as part of the Femme5 Operative, is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of art & lies productions. She held the post of the Head of the Acting Division of the Randolph College for the Performing Arts for twenty years, and has been an instructor with the college for as long. Currently, she is teaching at George Brown, in the Theatre Department, as well as at TFS. Her freelance work has extended to companies such as the Classical Music Conservatory, the Canadian Opera Company, the PowerPlant. She is specialized in working with large casts, and stylized and physical theatre, and has worked extensively

Dark Day Monday is a curated monthly performance series featuring artists who defy expectations and break boundaries. We seek out acts that explore, play, and fuck with performance forms or genres. www.darkdaymonday.com Instagram: darkdaymonday Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/darkdaymonday Thea Fitz-JamesThea Fitz-James is part academic, part journalist, and part theatre practitioner. She is a theatre maker and performance artist, having created work with FADO in Toronto, Secret Theatre in Halifax and the School of Making/Thinking in New York. Her shows NAKED LADIES and Drunk Girl have been nominated for awards, and have toured the fringe circuit internationally.Thea is also a theatre producer, festival curator, and arts residency facilitator with the Cucalorus Festival in Wilmington, NC. Her most recent work explores contemporary depictions of women and feminism, integrating performance art and theatre to ask difficult questions around cultural norms.Thea is currently a PhD candidate in Performance Stu

Jennifer Walls is a performer producer, and voice-over actor. As a musical theatre performer she has played leading roles in a wide variety of musicals including RENT, Beauty And The Beast, The Wizard of Oz and number of Canadian premiers as well as the Dora Award nominated original musical review Off-Broadway, On Stage. She was also a finalist in the CBC hit show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?As a voice actor she has voiced recurring characters on a number of animated series' including PBS' Peg+ Cat and Amazon's Creative Galaxy and I am currently the voice of Family Jr.Jennifer is also the director of Hart House Theatre’s production of Heathers: The Musical.www.jenniferwalls.com Twitter: @jeni_walls Instagram: jeniwallstowww.harthouse.ca Twitter: @HHTheatre Instagram: hhtheatre Tickets: https://tickets.harthouse.ca/

The second Halifax Fringe Roundup! In this episode we check in with Andrew Gaunce, Laura Thornton, and Mariel Kathryn Hunter to see how their Fringes have been going, talk about shows they have loved, and about surviving Fringe exhaustion!Andrew Gaunce Instagram: @TempleGaunceAberrant Theatre Instagram: @aberranttheatreSomething WrongLaura ThorntonWalesong TheatreTwitter: @whalesongprod Instagram: @whalesongtheatreThe BirthdayMariel Kathryn Hunter Instagram: @comehomeplayI Want to Come Home

Mariel Kathryn Hunter hails from Saint John, New Brunswick and moved across the country to pursue her acting career in 2012. She has since appeared in a number of independent films and web series, as well as on stage. Most recently she has performed her one woman show on both coasts to tremendous reviews and oversold houses. Recent credits include Sarah in Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still. She has also founded Fort Heart Productions and directed under their banner a number of shows including Two Rooms by Lee Blessing and Lepers by Robert G Barone. In the weeks prior to flying East for the Halifax Fringe Festival Hunter produced a sold out run of Welcome to the Moon & Other Plays by John Patrick Shanley. Mariel's solo play, I Want to Come Home is currently playing at the 2018 edition of the Halifax Fringe Festival. Twitter: @marielkhunterInstagram:@unknownmariel I Want to Come Home The Old Pool Hall Theatre, 6050-6070 Almon Street Thursday August 30th 6pm Friday August 31st 9pm Saturday September 1st 3:

<img src= "https://stageworthypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Halifax-Fringe-Logo-Option-3-1024x791.png" alt="" width="537" height="415" /> The first of two Fringe Roundups for Halifax Fringe, with Andrew Gaunce, Laura Thornton, Emilie Alexandre, and Mariel Kathryn Hunter! Andrew Gaunce Instagram: @TempleGaunceAberrant Theatre Instagram: @aberranttheatreSomething Wrong Laura ThorntonWalesong TheatreTwitter: @whalesongprod Instagram: @whalesongtheatreThe Birthday Emilie AlexandreHouse XII Theatre Instagram: @housetwelvetheatreThe Easy Lovin’ Blues Mariel Kathryn Hunter Instagram: @comehomeplayI Want to Come Home

A graduate of The Randolph Academy of Performing Arts as well as The Players Academy Toronto, Kendall completed her Undergraduate BFA in Performing Arts at Concordia University Alumna 2013. Focusing her gifts in the direction of clown and comedy, Kendall set out to fulfill her calling as a professional clown. She has trained with the likes of Francine Coté, Aron DeCasemaker, Joe DePaul, Aitor Basauri, Philippe Gaulier and her Clown mentors Mike Kennard and John Turner of Mump and Smoot. Currently she finds herself at the helm of a Clown Festival. MTLClownFest.com She will be attending The Second City Conservatory in Toronto, Ontario this fall. Twitter: @kendallsavage www.mtlclownfest.comTwitter: @mtlclownfestWild Bill’s Facebook Livefeed Feeding-Time Youtube Yeeeehaw!!Wild Bill, a youtube star pet goldfish. Edward, his childlike, fame-drunk owner/producer. Alone in his basement apartment, he dreams of a bigger fishtank, and his chosen mission: to teach kids everywhere about recycling, through the power of the

A roundtable discussion featuring Fundy Fringe artists Franny McCabe-Bennett (actor/playwright of Bar Star), Elliot Delage (actor/playwright of 25), and Mark Foster (playwright of The Waiting Gentlewoman).Franny McCabe-Bennettwww.frannymcb.com Twitter: @Franny_McBElliot Delageelliotdelage.artfolio.com Twitter: @elliotdelageMark Fostertabootheatre.wordpress.com Twitter: @tabootheatre

James McClure is an award-winning writer, journalist, scholar and undergraduate instructor. In 2018, James’ newest play, Glass Closets, was chosen to be workshopped at Mount Allison University as part of the 2018 Playwrights’ Colony hosted by the Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. 'Glass Closets' is his second Fundy Fringe Festival production. In 2017, he wrote and directed ‘Faking It,’ a coming-of-age comedy that was also one of three winners in the Saint John Theatre Company’s playwrighting competition ‘Script Happens.’James also writes poems, short stories and novels. In 2018, his unpublished YA novel Playing like a Girl was the first runner-up for the David Adams Richards Prize awarded by the Writers Federation of New Brunswick. Judge Michelle Butler Hallett praised the manuscript as “polished YA fiction” and noted that “the first-person narration is especially skillful.”James currently works as the editor of Civilized.life - a cannabis culture and lifestyle website. Previously, he pursued a doctoral d

Sarah Rankin is an actor educator, and the director of the Fundy Fringe.Twitter: @sarahrankin03www.fundyfringefestival.com Twitter: @fundyfringefest

Aleena resides in London, ON with her husband William – who Directed “Passing Notes.” Aleena and William are very proud parents to their two sons, Lennon and Fletcher. Aleena is an actor, playwright and the proprietor of My Neighbour’s Attic. She has co-written and appeared in “Two Prozacs Short of a Hap-P Meal” and “Occupy the Man Cave,” both of which were produced by Theatre Provocateur. She is thrilled to be premiering her new solo project, “Passing Notes,” at Fundy Fringe Festival in Saint John New Brunswick, this August 21^st to 25^th. Details and Tickets: https://www.fundyfringefestival.com/show/passing-notes/

Married to a spouse who works for the foreign service, American born Alexander, has lived in London, Berlin and currently in Toronto. He made his Toronto stage debut in HANGMAN at Storefront Theatre. Last summer he performed at the Toronto Fringe Festival in LETTERS TO ANNEBELLE as well as the Summer Works Festival in THE NAILS and was most recently seen in the world premiere of FOR BOTH RESTING AND BREEDING for Talk Is Free Theatre in Barrie. And A GIRL LIVES ALONE another Summer Works project. His solo play, THROW PITCHFORK, premiered off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop and ran regionally at the Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY, and won a Special Honors Award at the Thespis International Monodrama Festival in Kiel, Germany. He has worked often at the Kitchen Theatre Company appearing in OPUS, BROKE-OLOGY, AFTER ASHLEY, THE WHIPPING MAN and SUNSET BABY. His international stage credits include ON THE WATERFRONT directed by Steven Berkoff, which played London`s West End, the Edinburgh Festival a

Dauntless City Theatre presents Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.In this fast-paced queer contemporary staging, the hijinks and heartbreak of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing come to life as you've never seen them before. You'll follow the story around the park on foot, getting up close and personal with all the adventure, romance, and deception of this timeless tale. This event is welcoming to humans and dogs of all ages, and is wheelchair-accessible. Berczy Park, Toronto. Admission is by PWYC donation. Dauntless City Theatre produces classical theatre where you least expect it.

Kristi Boulton an improv artist and is one of the members of the Improv Troupe, The Understudies, presenting Waaaay Off Broadway at the 2018 Hamilton Fringe.Waaaay Off Broadway: A Musical Improv Show!Waaaay Off Broadway is the musical improv show that you’ve always dreamed of seeing, especially because you create the show! Watch as the Understudies improvise dynamic scenes peppered with songs, topped off with a mini-musical inspired entirely by audience suggestions! Musical accompaniment provided by Steve McRae and Aaron Bruinsma. Grab your opera glasses and hold on to your playbills, people! It’s gonna be a HIT!The Staircase Theatre Friday, 20 July @ 9:50pm Saturday, 21 July @ 7pm Sunday, 22 July @ 3pm Monday, 23 July @ 6pm Tuesday, 24 July @ 8:35pm Wednesday, 25 July @ 7:25pm Thursday, 26 July @ 8:55pm Friday, 27 July @ 9:55pm Saturday, 28 July @ 8:25pm Sunday, 29 July @ 4:40pm

Carolyn Bennett is an award-winning writer (2013 TIFF Screenwriting Intensive Jury Prize) and comedian living in Toronto. She was part of the 2017 Thousand Islands Playwrights' Unit and developed the full-length play The Monarchists. Produced plays include Mixed Media, Pure Convenience (CBC Radio), Runtkiller, The Short List,Hitler's Ass, Canis Familiaris and Sick Kids Wanna Talk To You. Her debut novel Please Stand By from Vancouver's NON Publishing will be released Fall 2019. Etc, etc...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Bennett_(comedian)Jennifer McKinley was a co-artistic director of Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival (2014-2017) in Toronto. She is a lead coordinator with the Feminist Art Collective, and wrote, produced and performed her solo show, Operation SUNshine at the 2017 Toronto Fringe. Operation SUNshine also had a run at the 2018 Feminist Fuck It Festival in Toronto Double Down HelixA dark comedy that examines the implications of retail genotyping, DoubleDownHelix (DDH) asks the audience "t

A roundtable conversation about Toronto Fringe on the last Saturday, as Tom McGee (Featherweight), Janelle Hanna (Robert.), Al Lafrance (I think I'm Dead), Danny Pagett (Prank), and Rebecca Perry (Bikeface) join host Phil Rickaby to talk about Toronto Fringe so far, what they’ve seen, what they are looking forward to seeing and much more. Recorded 10:00, July 14, 2018.Tom McGeeTwitter: @mcgeetd Website: www.tdmcgee.com Theatre Brouhaha: www.theatrebrouhaha.com/ Featherweight: https://fringetoronto.com/festivals/fringe/event/featherweightJanelle Hanna Twitter: @janellemhanna Robert: https://fringetoronto.com/festivals/fringe/event/robertAl Lafrance Twitter: @notsoweirdal Instagram: @notsoweirdalwww.al-lafrance.com/ I Think I'm Dead: https://fringetoronto.com/festivals/fringe/event/al-lafrance-i-think-im-deadDanny PagettTwitter: @spoonydanInstagram: @danquoPrank: https://fringetoronto.com/festivals/fringe/event/prankRebecca Perry Twitter: @rebeccaperry21www.rebeccaperry.ca Bikeface: https://fringetoronto.com/fe