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Theatre-goers looking for a quick trip to Kansas — or Oz — don’t need their dog and a massive prairie cyclone to get there.
The Regina Fringe Festival kicks off Wednesday at five locations across the city, with one show featuring the tale of Judy Garland’s biggest rival, a Winnipeger named Deanna Durbin.
Performed by returning artist Melanie Gall, Ingenue: Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland and the Golden Age of Hollywood, tells of Durbin’s star status and the “the lifelong friendship — and rivalry — of these two idols of Old Hollywood,” the show summary said.
Gall’s show will be one of 21 performances playing from Wednesday through Sunday.
For festival board member Bill Hales, each year is a treat and an immersion into the unknown; he said artists are chosen by simply drawing names from a hat.
“The Fringe is always new, because the shows are always changing … a whole fresh new 21 shows that we actually know very little about,” Hales said.
He said planning the festival means leaving the actual performances completely open to the artists.
“We have a range shows, from family-friendly to ones that are quite edgy,” Hales said.
The board’s job is making sure the time blocks, venues and equipment are set up and ready to go, Hales said.
“We program the framework … Basically all we know about the artist is, ‘Is your show 60 minutes, or 90?’ ” he said.
That’s what makes the festival so special, he said — the variety and diversity of voices and performers.
The festival is to start Wednesday around 3 to 4 p.m. Venues are to include The Artesian, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, the Saskatchewan Express Theatre and the Unitarian Centre. Tickets are $12 in advance or $14 at the door.