Intrepid Theatre
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Intrepid Theatre is a not-for-profit organization
in Victoria, British Columbia
, Canada
, that produces the annual Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, Uno Fest: Canada’s Singular Live Theatre Event, and a year-round series of international theatre presentations and premieres for local independent theatre companies. Their mandate is to enhance the experience of live theatre in Victoria. Intrepid Theatre also created the Metro Studio and Intrepid Theatre Club – two small downtown Victoria theatre venues.
has featured a variety of solo performers from around the world, including: cult internet star Chris Leavins
("Cute with Chris"), Toronto comic Nile Seguin
, Dora Award-winner Anusree Roy, "2boys.tv", Julia Mackey ("Jake's Gift"), Charles Ross ("One Man Star Wars"), and TJ Dawe
.
in Canada. It is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) and operates under CAFF’s four principles:
Intrepid Theatre has produced the Victoria Fringe for 23 years. In 2009, the festival featured 54 dance
, spoken word
, cabaret
, comedy
and music
performers from around the world at 13 downtown Victoria venues. The festival posted record attendance this year, with a big jump in ticket sales.
Non-profit organization
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in Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, that produces the annual Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, Uno Fest: Canada’s Singular Live Theatre Event, and a year-round series of international theatre presentations and premieres for local independent theatre companies. Their mandate is to enhance the experience of live theatre in Victoria. Intrepid Theatre also created the Metro Studio and Intrepid Theatre Club – two small downtown Victoria theatre venues.
Uno Fest
Uno Fest: Canada’s Singular Live Theatre Event is an annual solo performance festival held in May–June in Victoria BC. It is Canada's oldest festival dedicated to one-person shows and has been running for 12 years. In past years, this juried festivalJuried (competition)
A juried competition is a competition in which participants' work is judged by a person or panel of persons convened specifically to judge the participants' efforts, either by the competition's stated rubric or by a subjective set of criteria dependent upon the nature of the competition or the...
has featured a variety of solo performers from around the world, including: cult internet star Chris Leavins
Chris Leavins
Chris Leavins is a Canadian actor and writer based in Los Angeles, USA. He has appeared in a number of successful Canadian television shows and been nominated for two Gemini Awards...
("Cute with Chris"), Toronto comic Nile Seguin
Nile Seguin
Nile Seguin is a Canadian comedian from Ottawa, Ontario.He has appeared on MuchMusic's Video On Trial as well as the film Ham & Cheese. He has written for CBC Television's The Hour with host George Stroumboulopoulos...
, Dora Award-winner Anusree Roy, "2boys.tv", Julia Mackey ("Jake's Gift"), Charles Ross ("One Man Star Wars"), and TJ Dawe
TJ Dawe
TJ Dawe is a Canadian playwright, director, and performer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is well known on the Canadian and international fringe theater circuits, having performed and directed at more than 80 festivals worldwide...
.
Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival
The Victoria Fringe is an international unjuried festival that is part of a circuit of Fringe FestivalsFringe theatre
Fringe theatre is theatre that is not of the mainstream. The term comes from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which name comes from Robert Kemp, who described the unofficial companies performing at the same time as the second Edinburgh International Festival as a ‘fringe’, writing: ‘Round the fringe...
in Canada. It is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) and operates under CAFF’s four principles:
- Unjuried participation for artists
- No censorshipCensorshipthumb|[[Book burning]] following the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|1973 coup]] that installed the [[Military government of Chile |Pinochet regime]] in Chile...
- 100% of the box officeBox officeA box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall or window, or at a wicket....
is returned the artist - Accessibility to all artists and audiences.
Intrepid Theatre has produced the Victoria Fringe for 23 years. In 2009, the festival featured 54 dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, spoken word
Spoken word
Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
, cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
, comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
and music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
performers from around the world at 13 downtown Victoria venues. The festival posted record attendance this year, with a big jump in ticket sales.