Julia Mackie Sweeps Victoria Fringe Awards

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VICTORIA FRINGE ANNOUNCES "PICK OF FRINGE" WINNERS
Touching Story of War Vet, Jake's Gift, Sweeps Awards
Fringe Festival Continues Through Sunday September 2

VICTORIA, BC CANADA
At a pancake breakfast Saturday morning at TEMPLE, Victoria's swankiest martini lounge, Fringe Producers Intrepid Theatre announced the winners of the Pick-of-the-Fringe Awards, as voted by the Fringe audience.

BEST DRAMA
Nominees: Mute, The Timekeepers, Singing at the Edge of the World, Jake's Gift
Winner: Jake's Gift (Juno Productions/ Julia Mackey)

BEST COMEDY
Nominees: The Cody Rivers Show: Flammable People, Die Roten Punkte, Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge, On Second Thought
Winner: The Cody Rivers Show: Flammable People

BEST PHYSICAL THEATRE/DANCE
Nominees: The Cody Rivers Show: Flammable People, private i, BLiNK, Uber Alice...the elaborate adventures of a New Zealand manicurist
Winner: BLiNK

BEST SOLO SHOW
Nominees: Giant Invisible Robot, Singing at the Edge of the World, Jake's Gift, Putz, Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge
Winner: Jake's Gift (Juno Productions/ Julia Mackey)

AWARD FOR INNOVATION/CREATIVITY
Nominees: Bye Bye Bombay, The Cody Rivers Show: Flammable People, BLiNK, Giant Invisible Robot
Winner: Giant Invisible Robot (Stars & Hearts / Jayson McDonald)

BEST PERFORMER (MALE)
Nominees: Jayson McDonald (Giant Invisible Robot), Randy Rutherford (Singing at the Edge of the World), Tom Stewart (Mute),Rainer Hersch (Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge)
Winner: Jayson McDonald (Giant Invisible Robot)

BEST PERFORMER (FEMALE)
Nominees: Julia Mackey (Jake's Gift), Amy Salloway (So Kiss Me Already Herschel Gertz), Cara Yeates (Bye Bye Bombay, Laura Harris (Pitch Blond)
Winner: Julia Mackey, Jake's Gift

BEST NEW PLAY
Nominees: Mute, Giant Invisible Robot, Dead Celebrities, Jake's Gift
Winner: TIE: Mute (by Wren Handman), Jake's Gift (by Julia Mackey)

The Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, now in it's 21st year, features comedy, drama, dance, spoken word, cabaret and musical performances from around the world. This year's festival has attracted record crowds and many productions have sold out. The festival concludes Sunday Sept 2, with 40 productions playing on the final day, a closing concert by Curtis Eller's American Circus ("New York's angriest yodelling banjo player") and a party recognising the contributions of hundreds of Fringe volunteers at the Victoria Event Centre.

For more information, contact Intrepid Theatre at 383-2663 or check the Victoria Fringe website.