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July News! Vol. 1

Become a Fringe Volunteer

The Fringe is looking for a few hundred volunteers! Want to be one? The volunteer registration form is available online now. Scheduling is done on a first come, first served basis, so sign up for your position and shifts as soon as possible. Don’t forget that all volunteer hours logged count towards your Rush Pass quota, including hours worked before the festival. For more information and to apply, visit the volunteer page on our site here.

Fringe Flashback

Another vintage Fringe photo!

Here’s a shot from Precipice Productions’ 1994 presentation of Sex, Spies, and Fire Escapes. Looks kind or precarious doesn’t it?

Sex, Spies, and Fire Escapes

In this photo: David John, Marnie Perrin, Melissa Ketler, Jay Dodge, Maiko Bae Yamamoto, and D. Ashley Stockdale. Photo taken by Keri MacDonald.

$10 Subscription to Geist Magazine

Jimmy!

Geist is Canada’s magazine of ideas and culture, fact and fiction; it has a strong literary focus and a sense of humour. With your purchase of Opening Night Gala tickets, Public Market Pick of the Fringe tickets, or a Frequent Fringer Pass, you can add a one-year subscription to Geist Magazine for only $10 (an unheard of 66% savings off the cover price!).

Tickets for the Fringe go on sale on August 1, 2009.

The Fringe Hearts Out On Screen

Satisfy your cravings with cool documentaries, spicy international films, sizzling parties, and mouth-watering performances at the 21st Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Vancouver’s second largest film festival brings film lovers and filmmakers together to celebrate the best of independent queer cinema. August 13-23. For more information check out our website.

If you enjoy the Fringe festival, you will love:

Fig Trees: Centerpiece Gala
Canadian director John Greyson’s eye-popping opera documentary about AIDS activism. Rated PG.
Tues | Aug 18 | 7:00 pm | Empire Granville 7 Cinemas

Fruit Fly
HP Mendoza’s quirky musical about starving artists in San Francisco’s infamous Castro neighbourhood.  Rated 14A
Wed | Aug 19| 9:30 | Vancity Theatre

Fringe Awards Night

As part of our 25th Anniversary Celebration, and to fulfill our role of developing the theatre community, the Fringe Festival is hosting the Fringe Awards Night!

Not only will we announce the Public Market Pick of the Fringe winners (which are chosen by audience votes), but there’s lots of other awards too! With our friends at The Cultch, we present the “Cultchivating the Future Award.” The Fringe show that demonstrates unique potential is rewarded with a run at the Cultch. There’s also the “Talk of the Fringe Award.” Plank Magazine will recognize the show that generates the most online and in person buzz and displays the best marketing savvy. The buzziest Fringe show wins a $500 print credit from Industry Images and a $500 credit for video work from Michael Sider Video.

Check out the other fun awards we have lined up here. And stay tuned to our website for more info about the Fringe Awards Night!

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