No Tweed Too Tight returns to the Vancouver Fringe

No Tweed Too Tight: Another Grant Canyon Mystery returns to the Vancouver Fringe after back to back sold-out runs in Winnipeg and Edmonton.

Back by popular demand! The year is 1976. Grant Canyon is a perpetually inebriated insurance investigator. In his few coherent moments he leaves a wake of dead bodies, satisfied ladies, and empty bottles as he staggers toward a shocking and fiery conclusion.

***** “Brilliant!” -CBC
***** “Hilarious!” -Westender
*1/2 “Offensive!” -SEE Magazine
****1/2″An explosive drop-kick to the head!” -Edmonton Sun
****1/2 “Ryan Gladstone brings the house down!” -Winnipeg Free Press
“Hilarious.” -the Georgia Straight

18+, Coarse Language, Sexual Content, Violent Content

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Friday Sep 5 2014
10:25 PM
Saturday Sep 6 2014
4:45 PM
Sunday Sep 7 2014
12:30 PM
Monday Sep 8 2014
6:45 PM
Thursday Sep 11 2014
8:40 PM
Saturday Sep 13 2014
7:50 PM
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Who Killed Gertrude Crump?

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 A one-woman, murder mystery puppet show!

World famous mystery author Gertrude Crump has been murdered…mysteriously!  Can you solve the case? All the clues are there…

From the multiple-award-winning artists of Monster Theatre (Til Death, No Tweed Too Tight, Hockey Night at the Puck & Pickle Pub) comes this whodunnit of epic proportions…told with puppets.

“…the most impressive acting feat in the festival!” ★★★★★-Kevin Prokosh, Winnipeg Free Press

“A standing ovation followed Travis’ tour-de-force performance.” – ★★★★★ London Free Press Coming to a city near you this Summer! Ottawa Fringe Festival June 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival July 2014 Winnipeg Fringe Festival July 2014 Calgary Fringe Festival August 2014 Edmonton Fringe Festival August 2014 And stay tuned for a Vancouver production…

Media! Click Here for EPK!

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Now Available for Booking

Monster Theatre always has a wealth of productions at the ready, often touring several productions at once to meet all the needs, hopes, and desires of your audiences. (Or at least make them laugh. A lot.)

In addition to our brand new holiday spectacular, A Christmas Carol, here are our top touring shows, currently on the road, ready to dazzle your community or school!

Watch the short videos or click the title of each production for more information.

The Shakespeare Show, or; How an illiterate Son of a Glover Became the Greatest Playwright in the World

General Audience

Full 70 min version for your Theatre, Secondary School version available

For booking inquiries, contact Kevin Bruce Artist Management.

Mini Masterpieces

Monster Theatre For Kids- ages 5+

45 or 60 minute version for your Theatre or Elementary School

For booking inquiries, contact Kevin Bruce Artist Management.

Lavinia: A Modern Fairy Tale of Gigantic Proportions

Monster Theatre for Kids- ages 5+

A 60 minute production for Family Audiences

For booking inquiries, contact Tara Travis, Artistic Producer.

Available in 2013/14

Houdini’s Last Escape

General Audience

70 minute production

For booking inquiries, contact Tara Travis, Artistic Producer.

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New Show! A Christmas Carol, Monster-Style

Ryan Gladstone writes and directs this hilarious adaptation!

 A Monster Theatre for Kids Production

Starring Bruce Horak and Tara Travis
Written and Directed by Ryan Gladstone

The world’s most feared and grumpy theatrical impresario has created an extravaganza of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol featuring a cast of nearly one hundred actors, singers, dancers, musicians, jugglers, and fire eaters.

It’s opening night, but due to the impossible demands being made on them, all the actors have quit just prior to the first performance…all except one, that is! Not wanting to refund the tickets for a sold-out opening night, the curmudgeonly producer declares that the show must go on. The lone remaining cast member, not wanting to disappoint the throngs of children with their mums and dads who have filled the theatre, agrees to help out.

Together, they take to the stage and perform the entire play themselves!

Over 50 characters, puppets, songs, dance numbers, flying ghosts, and a heartwarming finale all performed by just two actors.

A Christmas Carol is booking up fast in Nov/Dec 2012!

For booking information, contact Kevin Bruce Artist Management.

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This is Cancer on tour this summer!

Monster Theatre Artistic Associate Bruce Horak (Freud vs. His Ego, The Canada Show and many more!) is touring his incredible one-man show ‘This is Cancer’ this summer.

Cancer, a deluded egotistical ass, goes on his own journey of denial, anger, bargaining and acceptance when he finds out that the whole world hates him.

“One of the weirdest, and most brilliant shows the fringe has ever seen!” -Edmonton Sun

After a sold-out run in 2010, ‘This is Cancer’ returns to Edmonton and comes to Vancouver.

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Lavinia @ the Edmonton Fringe

LAVINIA: A Modern Fairy Tale of Gigantic Proportions

A one-woman play about a girl who is too huge for ballet, too huge for her house, and whose imagination is simply too huge for her own good. She delves deep into her own imaginary world, goes on an incredible adventure, rescues The Golden Swan, and learns that everyone belongs! Ages 5+

Written and Performed by Tara Travis
Directed by Ryan Gladstone

“An imaginative fairy-tale adventure that keeps audiences of all sizes hooked along the way with her charmingly sheepish demeanor, exaggerated physical antics, eccentric puppet friends and unexpected guest stars. You’ll grow to love her in a big way!”

-Winnipeg Sun

Playing at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival August 11-21!

Fri, Aug 12 @ 4:45 pm

Sat, Aug 13 @ 2:45 pm

Mon, Aug 15 @ 12:45 pm

Tues, Aug 16 @ 11:00 am

Wed, Aug 17 @ 5:00 pm

Thur, Aug 18 @ 12:45 pm

Sun, Aug 21 @ 6:30 pm

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