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This year’s fes­ti­val promis­es to pack a pow­er­ful punch!

A tat­tooed teen, fam­i­ly feuds, Immac­u­late Con­cep­tion and a para­nor­mal com­e­dy – this diverse range of plays all explore the theme of pow­er! Sarasvàti Pro­duc­tions presents Fem­Fest 2014: She’s Got The Pow­er, the 12th annu­al the­atre fes­ti­val of life chang­ing the­atre writ­ten by women for every­one. This year’s line-up explores how pow­er shapes and defines the ways we inter­act with oth­ers and the world around us. Fea­tur­ing local and nation­al tal­ent, FemFest2014 invites Win­nipeg audi­ences to expe­ri­ence the­atre that chal­lenges the sta­tus quo while empow­er­ing the voiceless.


Not only does FemFest2014 squeeze war, psy­chic abil­i­ties, tat­too addic­tions, and free brown­ies into this year’s line-up, it also fea­tures inter­ac­tive and edu­ca­tion­al work­shops by guest artists. One work­shop by Van­cou­ver-based play­wright Tara Travis will facil­i­tate com­mu­ni­ca­tion through the use of out­spo­ken pup­pets. Travis has been a hit at recent Fringe Fes­ti­vals with her per­for­mance of Till Death: The Six Wives of Hen­ry VIII, which received rave reviews. Of course the fes­ti­val also con­tin­ues the tra­di­tion of devel­op­ing local play­wrights with the world pre­mière of two plays: Rebec­ca Gibson’s The Naked Woman was cho­sen by last year’s Bake-Off audi­ence and will receive a full pro­duc­tion and Tyler White’s Launched was in the Bake-Off two years ago. Fem­Fest is tru­ly help­ing to cre­ate and show­case the work of female artists!

Fem­Fest runs at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Win­nipeg Asper Cen­tre for The­atre and Film (400 Colony Street) from Sep­tem­ber 13 – 20, 2014. Tick­ets are $10 for sin­gle shows with the full fes­ti­val being avail­able for a $50 fes­ti­val pass. Tick­ets can be pur­chased online or by call­ing 2045862236. Fem­Fest wel­comes all audi­ence mem­bers to join in a cel­e­bra­tion of female artists and expe­ri­ence a taste of the local and nation­al art scene.

Found­ed in 2003 by Sarasvàti Pro­duc­tions, Fem­Fest presents the work of both estab­lished and emerg­ing artists from across Cana­da. The festival’s man­date is to pro­duce one-act plays by women and show­case women the­atre artists. 

FemFest2014-She’s Got The Pow­er runs from Sep­tem­ber 13th-20th. Enhance your fes­ti­val expe­ri­ence by con­nect­ing with us over social media using #Fem­Fest!