Coming soon! Beowulf in Afghanistan
2021 Ottawa Fringe Festival
A classics professor, LOUISE (Laurie Fyffe) receives a partly burned copy of the poem Beowulf from a former student, GRANT (Axandre Lemours) a young man enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. Memories and stories merge as the professor recalls the tale of an ancient world tormented by the scourge of the monster Grendel, and Grant recounts his combat experiences fighting the Taliban. Can the words of an ancient poem heal the wounds of war?
From the desolate moors of an Anglo Saxon realm to the treacherous terrain of modern warfare, Beowulf in Afghanistan revisits a tale of heroes and monsters and asks if the words of an ancient poem can heal the wounds of war.
To book tickets for your online viewing of Beowulf in Afghanistan go to: https://ottawafringe.com/shows/beowulf-in-afghanistan/
The Ottawa Fringe production of Beowulf in Afghanistan brings together the talents of director, actor, singer, Kate Smith of Skeleton Key (Swan River, Deluge, undercurrents), Laurie Fyffe, playwright (The Home Show & The Secret Life of Emily Frances, Ottawa Fringe), Axandre Lemours, actor (Honeydew Me, undercurrents & Love and Human Remains, TotoToo Theatre) and Lydia Talajic, General Manager of Ottawa’s Youth Infringement Festival. Since the fall of 2020, this intrepid company has rehearsed outdoors and on zoom, and presented a workshop of the show for Ottawa StoryTellers.
Exciting Cause 
Featuring Allison Burns, choreographer, Chelsea Passmore, dancer/actor, and Jacqui Du Toit, dancer/actor, Exciting Cause received a workshop through TACTICS in June of 2020. Exciting Cause was supported by a 2019 project grant from the Ontario Arts Council, and Ottawa’s TACTICS.
Evolution Theatre
The Home Show
Evolution Theatre’s production of The Home Show premiered at the 2017 Ottawa Fringe Festival. Created by the ensemble, the play was directed by Laurie Fyffe with Jack Pyle, musician, and a cast of William Beddoe, Jacqui Du Toit and Norah Paton.
Safe As Houses
Development on the play continued with the support of the City of Ottawa and The Community Foundation of Ottawa, and Evolution Theatre presented a public workshop of the site specific play Safe As Houses. Safe As Houses was directed by Hannah-Gibson Fraser and performed by William Beddoe, Hannah Gibson Fraser, and Jacqui Du Toit with musician Duncan Fyffe on saxophone.
Safe As Houses, William Beddoe; Jacqui Du Toit
Being Helen
Being Helen received a workshop and public reading during the Ergo Pink Festival in Toronto, March, 2018. Director: Andrea Donaldson. Dramaturge: Beverley Cooper. Cast: Kat Gauthier, Ghazal Azarbad, Samantha Brown, Christopher Allen and Richard Lee.
Ghazal Azarbad as Helen.
Andrea Donaldson directing workshop of Being Helen.
Other plays by Laurie Fyffe:
The Secret Life of Emily/Frances: June 2015, Ottawa Fringe. The Cleopatra Conspiracy. Dir: Bronwyn Steinberg. Cast: Laurie Fyffe and Michelle LeBlanc.
Michelle LeBlanc, The Secrete Life of Emily Frances.
In Kabul (Originally Seeing): Nov 2013. New Theatre of Ottawa Extremely Short New Play Festival, InspiraTO New Play Festival, Toronto, June 2014, and the Short & Sweet Theatre Festival, Brisbane, Australia, July 2015.
The Triumph of Judith Shakespeare: June 2008; Ottawa Fringe Festival; Co-production between Cleopatra Conspiracy & Ottawa School of Speech and Drama. Dir: Bruce Bissonnette.
When She Was Mad: February 2004, RHUBARB! Festival, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Dir: Laurie Fyffe. (One Act)
The Serpent of the Nile: August 2003, SUMMERWORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL, The Cleopatra Conspiracy at the Factory Theatre, Toronto. Dir: Caroline Azar.
The Passion: January 2002, THEATRE KINGSTON, Kingston, Baby Grand Studio. Dir: Kathryn MacKay.
The Malaysia Hotel: August 2001, SUMMERWORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL. The Cleopatra Conspiracy at the Factory Theatre, Toronto. Dir: Guillermo Verdecchia.
The Belly Dancer at the End of the Universe: July 1996; The Cleopatra Conspiracy, OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL. Dir: Linda Balduzzi.
Ballad of a Rumrunner’s Daughter: Summer 1995; BLYTH FESTIVAL,Composer: Beth Bartley. Dir: Janet Amos.
Aunt Hannah Meets Joe River: FACTORY THEATRE, Toronto, 1994. Dir: Jackie Maxwell.
Paradise Express: TARRAGON THEATRE, Toronto, 1993; Dir: Richard Greenblatt.
A Field of Flowers: Blyth Festival, 1991. Dir: Peter Smith.