updated schedule

This Thursday night is the opening night of the 2006 WLU Fringe Festival!

In honour of the fact that the show begins in just over 48 hours, we present the OFFICAL SCHEDULE.

Thursday March 2, 7pm
Saturday March 4, 7pm

Dinner and a Murder
The Oaf
Films by Free Anarchy
INTERMISSION
Modernity
Films by Pete Lamont
Hip My Angel

Friday March 3, 7pm
Saturday March 4, 2pm

Eastbound Train
Mr. Sandman's House of Fun
Mr Amor es Murder
INTERMISSION
Cutters
Play-giarism
The Jeff Goldblum Experiment

--> please read on for more information on all of the shows!

poet laureate.

Wanted:

One Poet Laureate

Job Description:

You will be expected to do some of the following things:
- Poeticize for/to your peers
- Organize Poetry Readings at and around Laurier
- Take charge of Poetry WLU, the Laurier poetry anthology
- Revive the English Club
- Get some funding from Campus Clubs and/or the English Department
- Send lots of emails about all those things
- Write poems commemorating significant Laurier people and events
- Maybe start a Laurier poet blog
- Defend title from challengers as demanded

The successful applicant should have the following characteristics:
- Poetics
- Friends who'll write poems and read them at poetry readings
- Optimal cliche-detection skills
- Spelling & grammar naggery
- Ability to email a million people and make risky posters
- Some kind of motivation to spread truth and beauty through the galaxy OR a motivation to expose the crap of human existence

If you think you've got the stuff of poets, send us:
- Your resume
- Two to three pages of your work
- A cover letter outlining what would make you a good Laureate

Please submit* your application by Friday March 3rd. Send your stuff to david dot r dot alexander at gmail dot com** No ex-patriates! Ex-pats get to be Poet Hermits, not Laureates...

To Poet Hermits and other non-Laureates:
- If you submit poetry, you may be invited to read as well

The new Laureate will be Laureanated next Wednesday night (March 8th) at the Fr!nge Festival of Laurels drama-poetry celebration/awardshow. Applicants may be contacted to read at this epic event.That is all.

six dollars of happiness!

FRINGE tickets are on sale this week in the concourse (and at the c-spot).
They will also be on sale the week of Feb. 27 - Mar. 3 in the concourse (and at the c-spot).

Tickets are $6 in advance, and $8 at the door.

CRAZEE COMBO SPECIAL:
When you buy one ticket for each of the two shows, the tickets are only $5 each! That's $10 in total!

CRAZEE COMBO SPECIAL EXAMPLES:

Ex. 1

John: Can I have two tickets for the Friday night performance for $10?
Ticketperson: No.

Ex. 2

John: Can I have one ticket for the Friday night performance and one ticket for the different, but wholly as entertaining, Thursday night performance? And can I have them both for $10?
Ticketperson: Yes.

As you can see, John now understands the mechanics of the CRAZEE COMBO SPECIAL.

do not take fringe while operating heavy machinery

In a very important press release dated February 12, 2006, officials stated that the Laurier Fringe Festival "is like a gateway drug."

What they probably meant was that the festival serves as an introduction to theatre for many of their writers and actors. The audience, too, may get addicted to live theatre after being exposed to this diverse range of performance.

Come check it out. The catchphrase is true:

10 Short Plays. 3 Short Days. 1 Exploding Whale.

There hasn't been much publicity regarding Jackie Germann's dance as yet. This may have something to do with the fact that this piece of performance art doesn't have a name.

Name or not, this group of dancers has been practicing for months, and they look damn good.

dates and times and locations

Laurier Fringe 2006 will take place March 2, 3 and 4 at the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Thursday March 2, 7pm (show one)
Friday March 3, 7pm (show two)
Saturday March 4, 2pm (show two)
Saturday March 4, 7pm (show one)

These shows will be made up of 10 student-written plays, an interpretive dance, some short films and more.

An exciting poetry-night announcement will made soon! Clue: it involves laurels.

Please read on for information regarding the shows!