The Winnipeg Comedy Festival that audiences have grown to love over the years is returning in its regular format this spring.
Much-Needed Laughter: Winnipeg Comedy Festival Returning in May
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Gas Station Theatre Articles
Reel Pride Film Fest Celebrates GLBTTQ All Week
A week-long film festival to celebrate the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, two-spirit and queer communities begins tonight at the Gas Station Theatre. Reel Pride will begin with "Beyond the Celluloid," a visual and auditory gathering of some of the...
African Dance Production of ‘Patana III’ to Kick Off
By Tyler Sutherland African-inspired dance and music troupes will fill the Gas Station Theatre on Thursday for a four-day show. Patana III -- an exchange of choreographic voices -- was crafted by NAfro Dance artistic director Casimiro Nhussi and guest choreographer...
‘Sassiest Ladies’ of Winnipeg to Perform in Fundraiser
By Sarah Klein An upcoming performance by the Girls! Girls! Girls! 7 Cabaret will celebrate the artistic and creative talent of Winnipeg women at the Gas Station Theatre this Sunday. For the seventh annual event, the ladies will explore the past, present and future...
Folk Singer Emma Cloney Launching Debut Album
By Brian Schultz A Manitoba folk singer-songwriter is preparing to launch her debut album next month. Emma Cloney has been creating a buzz in local folk music circles with her unique sound for the past year. The Woodlands, Manitoba native will release her first CD,...
Puppeteers Hamming it Up at ‘Puppet Slam’ January 31
By Brian Schultz Winnipeg puppeteers are uniting to put on the city's third and biggest puppet slam event at the Gas Station Theatre on January 31. Heather Henson, puppeteer and daughter of the legendary Jim Henson, visited Winnipeg last year and encouraged local...
Tales of Horror Return in Popular Fringe Festival Show
The hit Winnipeg Fringe Festival show Macabre Tales of Horror and Macabreness is making a return to the Gas Station Event Centre. Just in time for Halloween, the show offers screams, spooky, shocking and sinister short stories sure to tingle your spine, raise your...
Fringe Festival Putting on a Bastard of a Fundraiser
An arts fundraiser appropriately called Red Bastard will be held at the Gas Station Theatre from November 6-7. Red Bastard is a dangerous, seductive comedy monster who is helping raise funds for the 2011 Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival. Stellar reviews have helped...
Dead Making a Return at Gas Station Theatre
By Sarah Klein A brand new production put on by NAfro Dance will take over the Gas Station Theatre October 21-24. Return of the Dead will explore traditional African beliefs of death and the afterlife. Choreographed by artistic director Casimiro Nhussi, the...
‘Farfadet’s Last Round’ Presented at Gas Station Theatre
By Tyler Sutherland A nationally renowned choreographed performance of Farfadet’s Last Round is coming to the Gas Station Theatre on Wednesday, November 3. The play debuted in Quebec last fall and has been widely received, giving much praise to choreographers Brice...
Theatrical Dance Piece ‘The Rite’ at Gas Station Theatre
By Brian Schultz A new co-operative piece by theatrical dance artist and choreographer Tom Stroud will celebrate some of Winnipeg’s most celebrated contemporary and modern dancers/artists this week. "The Rite" takes for its inspiration the infamously riotous 1913...
Theatrical Dance ‘Fancy That!’ Coming to 2010 Fringe
By Sarah Klein Renowned Winnipeg choreographer Paula Blair will present a whimsical show at the upcoming 2010 Fringe Festival. "Fancy That!" features dancers Nicole Coppens, Helene Le Moullec Mancini and Kyla Wallace with a special cameo appearance by "Kids in the...
