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Comedy, Music - Fall/Winter23

Shirley Gnome's Decoxification

Based out of Vancouver, Canada, Shirley Gnome is an unapologetically femme, empowering, uplifting, smart, honest, unhinged and hilarious cabaret performer and songwriter. Her award-winning style blends original country/pop/rock/folk songs with darkly reinvented cover songs, tackling topics as heavy as the #MeToo movement and as light as granny panties. With world-class vocals and catchy melodies, her music is a joyful rebellion of smarts, silliness, sass, sweetness and swears. Shortlisted for Best Cabaret (Fringe World, 2017). Nominated for Comedy Album of the Year (Juno Awards, 2021). 'Voice of a Goddess' ***** (ThreeWeeks). Written and Performed by Shirley Gnome Content Warnings: Adult themes, sexuality, coarse language

Location Metro Studio

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Music, Storytelling - Fall/Winter23

Ridge

RIDGE is part of Intrepid Theatre’s Fall Series. Earlybird tickets on sale until September 22 at 5pm! “This show is simply brilliant.” – CBC A visceral music storytelling show centred around the Battle of Vimy that probes difficult yet necessary questions about how and why we grieve. RIDGE is a monologue with music from Brendan McLeod, who audiences might remember from his hit solo show Brain. Often called the “battle that made Canada,” Vimy Ridge resulted in over 10,000 Canadian casualties. Through direct storytelling, verbatim theatre, and live music, Brendan examines misconceptions and varying perspectives around the battle, while drawing parallels to other formative events in our nation’s past. Featuring inventive musical interpretations of WWI soldier songs – which were recognized with the 2022 JUNO nomination for Best Traditional Roots Album – Ridge is a vivid, kinetic ride through history, as well as an intimate, personal examination of our connection to the past that passionately argues against the exploitation of young lives. About the Artist Brendan McLeod is a writer, theatre creator, and musician. He’s the author of a poetry collection, Friends Without Bodies, a novel, The Convictions of Leonard McKinley, and five theatre shows, including Ridge, his award-winning musical on the Battle fo Vimy, and Brain, his comedic monologue on consciousness. His music group The Fugitives has been nominated for a JUNO, as well as multiple Canadian Folk Music and Western Canada Music Awards, including Best Roots Group, Best Songwriter, and Best Vocal Group. He was the Poet of Honour at the 2012 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and the 2015 Victoria Spoken Word Festival. He’s taught spoken word at Langara College, and is an active arts educator, currently touring his shows “Brain” to secondary schools and “Holy Guacamole, It’s a Poetry Show!” to primary schools. Accessibility Sensory warnings: There are no sensory warnings for this show Content warnings: There are no content warnings for this show  Arrival at the venue: The doors will open  30 minutes ahead of showtime.  Masks are strongly encouraged inside the theatre. Refunds: If you are not feeling well or have any symptoms, please stay home to help keep everyone safe. We are able to discuss refunds on a case by case basis due to health reasons before the performance. Please contact tickets@intrepidtheatre.com. We are unable to arrange refunds after a performance has occurred.

Location Metro Studio

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Cabaret, Storytelling - Fall/Winter23

What's Wrong with J McLaughlin: Episode 3

Kirsten Van Ritzen told me that "the first 100 shows" don't count. "What's Wrong with J McLaughlin: Episode 3 '100' is McLaughlin's last chance saloon de refuse attempt to dance with their demons (greed anger resentment jealousy boredom anxiety death depression & oh! so much MORE). Third time's the charm, right? Uno Festival said: "Jay McLaughlin has the ability to make people laugh out loud. Okay, sometimes she gets a little creepy. But sometimes she blurts out some image so shocking & gorgeous it rewires your brain." Accessibility Sensory warnings: Haze Content warnings: Language, nudity, sex, smoking, alcohol Please indicate any accessibility needs, including wheelchair accessible seating or if you require seating with no stairs, in the provided field. We will do our best to assign seating that works for you and get in touch if we have any questions. A Visual Guide for The Metro Studio has been created, and is current as of August 2023. View it here. About the artist/company J McLaughlin is a shy, queer anarcho-bourgeois musician and performer from Victoria, BC. They have been entertaining, enthralling & occasionally terrorizing burlesque, drag, stand-up, theatrical & music audiences for over 20 years. Working from deep within an incandescent cathedral of optimistic rage, McLaughlin’s solo performances use intimate narrative, dark humour, & wild ribaldry to deconstruct the cognitive dissonance of living within a cisheteronormative imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.. Credits Written and created by: J McLaughlin Early Bird $20 Tickets: Save 20% off your ticket, available until 5:00pm September 22nd. Pay-What-You-Ten Tickets: 10% of tickets are available for $10, in an effort to make theatre more accessible to equity-seeking groups, newcomers, artists & arts workers, and anyone for whom cost is a barrier. We believe the arts have something to offer everyone and we want to reduce financial barriers to our programming. No registration, forms to fill out, or questions asked. Just select the PWY10 ticket when booking online. Arrival at the venue: The doors will open  30 minutes ahead of showtime.  Masks are strongly encouraged inside the theatre. Refunds: If you are not feeling well or have any symptoms, please stay home to help keep everyone safe. We are able to discuss refunds on a case by case basis due to health reasons before the performance. Please contact tickets@intrepidtheatre.com. We are unable to arrange refunds after a performance has occurred.

Location Metro Studio

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Drag, Cabaret, Variety Show - Fall/Winter23

Fusion

Powerhouse Co. in collaboration with Intrepid Theatre present Fusion, a POC variety show highlighting local talents across the board from drag to comedy and burlesque to music. Produced by members of the Powerhouse Collective, Victoria’s newest POC arts collective, this show is sure to surprise, provoke, entice, and move you. Filling the stage with rich and colourful magic, Fusion will not only be a riveting show, but a joyous celebration. Hosted by Peaches and Screams, with performances by Bad Shah, Sylvester Staletto, Axel Angelo and more to be be announced. Accessibility Sensory warnings: There are no sensory warnings for this show Content warnings: There are no content warnings for this show  Arrival at the venue: The doors will open  30 minutes ahead of showtime.  Masks are strongly encouraged inside the theatre. Refunds: If you are not feeling well or have any symptoms, please stay home to help keep everyone safe. We are able to discuss refunds on a case by case basis due to health reasons before the performance. Please contact tickets@intrepidtheatre.com. We are unable to arrange refunds after a performance has occurred.

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