Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival's 'Best Of Fest' Held 7/26

On Sunday, July 26, theatre lovers will get an extra chance to catch the most popular shows at this year's Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival.

Tonight on the Outdoor Stage, Ken Rudderham and TimCranwill, hosts of FRINGE AFTER DARK: The Night Shift, will announce the Best of Fest winners:

Kids Venue School of Contemporary Dancers

12:30 - CINDERELLA CINDERELLA (Chase & Hamill) Venue 1 MTC Backstage at the Mainstage

12:30 pm - Raunch (Alice Nelson and Jacqueline Russell)

2:45 pm - Lysistrata (Eyewitness Theatre) Venue 2 MTC Up the Alley

12:45 - She's Not There (InTrouble Productions) 2:30 pm - Jake's Gift (Juno Productions) Venue 3 The Playhouse Studio

12:15 pm - Trash can Duet (If You Can't Beat Em Productions)

2:15 pm - Big Girls Don't Cry (Crowning Monkey) Venue 4 Onstage at The Playhouse NOON - Gimpel the Fool (Nephesh Theatre)

2:15 pm - Hands Down (Hot Thespian Action) Venue 5 Son of Warehouse 12:15 pm - TransCanada '69 (attunement productions)

2:15 pm - Grandpa Sol and Grandma Rosie (Lana Schwarcz) Venue 6 The Tom Hendry Theatre at the MTC Warehouse

12:15 pm - Zombie Prom (Chi Chi Manfred Productions)

2:30 pm - Spiral Dive 2 (THEATrePUBLIC) Venue 7 The Conservatory

12:30 pm - Wanderlust (Martin Dockery)

2:30 pm - 13 Plays About Love (Pam and Grant Productions) Venue 8 The Rachel Brown Theatre NOON - Prairie Spirits (Where's Bobby)

2:15 pm - The Accident (Epicworlds - Jonno Katz) Venue 9 Canwest Performing Arts Centre (MTYP)

12:15 pm - MOVING ALONG (BEEFY GEEK PRODUCTIONS)

2:30 pm - Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions) Venue 10 Planetarium Auditorium 1:00 pm - Don't Make Fun of Jesus (Break the Wall Productions)

3:00 pm - Customer Relations (Fallis and Ball's Productions) Venue 11 Red River College NOON - Misadventures of a Massage Therapist(Abstract Theater Productions)

2:15 pm - Fruitcake (Rob Gee)Advance tickets for Best of the Fest go on sale Thursday, July 23 at 10 am.

Once again, 100% of Best of Fest ticketswill be available in advance. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door on Sunday, and Frequent Fringers and Buddy Passes will be accepted.

Tickets for all Best of Fest shows in Venues 1-11 are $9 and in the Kids Venue are $5 for kids and $9 for adults. Best of the Fest is part fundraiser, with proceeds being split between the winning companiesand the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.

Tickets are available by calling the MTC Box Office at 942-6537, in person at 174 Market Avenue or online at www.winnipegfringe.com.

Nominees for the Harry S. Rintoul Memorial Award: Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare by Joseph Aragon, Molotov Circus by Debbie Patterson and My Imaginary Harry by Cory Wojcik. The award will be presented onSunday, July 26 during FRINGE AFTER DARK: The Night Shift with hosts Ken Rudderham and Tim Cranwill in Old Market Square

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