• Hard Times

Long-time Fringe monologist John Arthur Sweet makes his first appearance in Winnipeg with the tale of a gay, bullied small-town kid who found refuge in theatre. Told in two parts, Part I (Childhood) and Part II (Adulthood), you can enjoy individually, or in the wrong order!

Part 1 – July 17, 19, 22, 26

Part 2 – July 21, 25, 27

WINNER: Best Spoken Word show – Buxton (UK) Festival Fringe 2024

WINNER: Outstanding Original Work – On the Edge Fringe (North Bay, ON) 2023

4 STARS – Binge Fringe, Prague Fringe 2023

“It’s hard to convey the beauty of this piece. The gentle, humorous, yearning stage performance, the searching thought, the language as precise as the turns of a figure skater’s blades on ice… the saddest, loveliest evocation of queer loneliness and deeply self-affirming.” – Fringe Theatrefest (Barnstaple, UK) 2023