Portage and Mayhem

Winnipeg is a Lie is a fast-paced, funny love letter to this great city: part game show, part improvised history(ish) lesson.

A cast of players answer questions about the weirdest bits of Winnipeg’s past, then spin either a truth or a lie. You decide what’s fact and what’s fiction, finally settling whether that thing your uncle swears happened in 1978 is real. Audience judgment is final, but rarely correct.

“None of this is historically accurate – please tell these people to stop quoting my work,” warns local historian Christian Cassidy. Expect fast games, wild claims, surprise guests, cheap beer and deep love for this city: tall tales, self-deprecating pride and utter ridiculousness.