MOSTLY WATER AT NORTH COUNTRY FAIR

The troupe will be at North Country Fair again this year, June 22-24. If you haven't
been to this festival yet, you have been missing out. It's a helluva fun time. Come on
out and celebrate music and nature in all its muddy glory!
Click here for more details.

METRO SHORTS FINALE

The Metro Shorts Grand Finale will see one of our great local filmmakers take the
crown and grand prize. Submissions are accepted until May 11 and the big show
will take place at the Garneau Theatre in Edmonton on May 17 at 9PM.
Click here for more details.

NEW VIDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW SKITS!

 

 

A Ronnie Jimmie Christmas December 16 & 17!!!!

Check out our new show...

Mostly Water Presents
“A Ronnie Jimmie Christmas”
With guests Peter Brown and The Wheat Pool’s Mike and Robb Angus!

Everybody loves Ronnie Jimmie right? After all he is “The Funniest Man in Canada(trademarked)”.
Join Ronnie Jimmie and special guests CBC Radio’s Peter Brown and double trouble dreamboats
Mike and Rob Angus from the Wheatpool for a cavalcade of cathartic Christmas comedy! Oh sh*t (trademarked)!

Directed by Theatre Network’s own Bradley Moss, “A Ronnie Jimmie Christmas” will bring you a bevy of
old/new skits, songs and videos. Pulling works from past shows with CBC Radio, The Edmonton Fringe
and Ronnie Jimmie’s ‘Double Trouble Tour’, MW has treats for all! Think SNL meets Mr. Show.
Please note, there will be some ‘blue’ humour so parents be warned!

 

Hiatus and New Videos Online!

Mostly Water is taking a bit of a well-deserved hiatus. That means there is no Mostly Water
Fringe show this year. However, MWT's Trent Wilkie will be performing a one man show at
the Fringe called "Aachen" at Filthy McNasty's. You should check it out.

In the meantime, we'll still be regularly uploading videos all summer. Here are two new ones!

 

 

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NEW ANIMATION: Starship Captain

 

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MOSTLY WATER LIVE @ THE ROXY - Last Show of the Season!
ONE NIGHT ONLY! May 21, 2011, 8PM

New sketches and videos!

Saturday, May 21, 8PM Mostly Water Live @ the Roxy!

With guest host STEPHANIE WOLFE
And musical guest ARIANE MAHRYKE LEMIRE

The Roxy Theatre 10708 – 124 Street $21

Buy tickets online or at the door.

 

NEW VIDEO - OILERS LOST

First vid from our April show:

 

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MOSTLY WATER LIVE @ THE ROXY - April 2

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

New sketches and videos!

Saturday, April 2, 8PM Mostly Water Live @ the Roxy!


With guest host MARK MEER
And musical guests F&M

The Roxy Theatre 10708 – 124 Street $21

Buy tickets online or at the door.

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GARGAMEL - FEB. 24 - MAR. 5

Runs February 24 to March 5 @ 7:30pm Matinees February 26 & March 5 @ 2:00pm (Dark February 27/28)

General $20 Seniors/Students $15 (Matinees/Tues. March 1st are pay what you can and Friday February 25 and Wed. March 2 are 2 for 1)

BUY TICKETS HERE

gargamel

After losing his girlfriend in a horrific car crash and sustaining a lingering head injury, David Real is having problems. He is having trouble coping, dealing with fits of anger, and being pushed around by a spectral Louis Riel. So, what do you do when nothing else works and you can’t make sense of why things are the way they are? You fight God.

Written by Trent Wilkie (MWT), directed by Mike Robertson (Highwire Films/Rapid Fire Theatre), videos by Jason Ludwig (MWT) and stage managed by Erin Voaklander. Starring Wilkie, Matt Stanton, Craig Buchert, Joleen Ballendine and Ellen Chorley, Gargamel is the product of an Alberta Foundation for the Arts grant and a love of fictionalizing history. With a cast that has experience performing and writing for CBC Radio, TheatreNetwork, Fringe Festivals all over Canada and countless stages in Edmonton, Gargamel will leave you enlightened, laughing and engaged.

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NEW VIDEO: TLC PROMO

One more skit from our December show:

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NEW VIDEO: NORTH WARS!

Here's another skit from our December show:

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THE IRRELEVANT SHOW - WEB-ONLY EXTRA SKIT!

This season of the Irrelevant Show on CBC Radio One is wrapped up, but you can still download the podcasts from the RSS feed or straight from iTunes.

Make sure you check out the WEB-ONLY skit we wrote for the show called PURIST HUNTING!

If you enjoyed this season of The Irrelevant Show, please take the time to send CBC a note about the sweetness/awesomability of the show.

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NEW VIDEOS FOR CHRISTMAS!

A big thanks to all who braved the snow-filled streets to come celebrate with us at the Roxy!

Here are two new skits from the show:


And here are some classic Christmas skits from past shows, newly available online:



Merry Christmas and have a great 2011!

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A MOSTLY WATER CHRISTMAS: LIVE @ THE ROXY!

Mostly Water returns with two evenings of brand new, holiday-themed video and stage sketch comedy!

For our sixth Christmas show, we welcome guest-host Chris Craddock and musical guests Robb and Mike Angus from The Wheat Pool.

Tickets for this year's fun-fest can be purchased at the door, or online at www.theatrenetwork.ca - Purchase Tickets!

Directed by Bradley Moss

Written and performed by:
Craig Buchert
Chris Craddock
Elizabeth Ludwig
Jason Ludwig
Matt Stanton
Trent Wilkie

Guaranteed to be a brilliant evening! Come out and celebrate with us!

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NEW ANIMATION - F&M VIDEO

Here's an animation we created for the F&M CD Release: Sincerely, F&M.

Buy the CD on iTunes!

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THE IRRELEVANT SHOW!

The new season of the Irrelevant Show is on the air, Saturdays at 11:30AM on CBC Radio One!

And it's FINALLY available in podcast form!

You can download podcasts in RSS form or straight from iTunes.

Also, if you're in the Edmonton area, tickets for the LIVE TAPING of the show are on sale for Oct 14 and Oct 22.

And finally, good luck to the Irrelevant Show crew as they vie for their second Canadian Comedy Award on Oct 18!

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METRO SHORTS - ROUND ONE!

OCTOBER 9, 2010 - 9 PM - Metro Cinema - 9828-101A Ave

Back for its third full season, Metro Shorts is now accepting submissions for the screenings of its 2010-2011 Season, which take place on October 9, December 4, February 12, March 19, and May 7.



Some videos from our last season by James Cadden, Highwire Films, and Riley Beach. 

Edmonton’s Mostly Water hosts Metro Shorts, an adjudicated short film event that gives local filmmakers an opportunity to compete for the approval of the audience, the judges, and a cash prize. Produced my Metro Cinema, the first event will take place on Saturday October 9 at 9 PM in The Rice Theatre - main floor of the Citadel Theatre Complex (9828-101A Avenue).

All filmmakers whose films are selected for inclusion will receive $50 CARFAC screening fees, with a $100 cash prize which will be given to the winner of each event. There will be 5 events in all between October and May; upon the final evening, a season champion will be declared who will receive a grand prize.

Anyone may submit any number of short works (maximum 5 minutes). Shorts must not contain copyright violations (so make your own music, etc) and must be 5 minutes or less. Submit your shorts to Metro Digital Shorts, 6-32 Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB T5J 2V5 by Thursday October 1. Please submit your entries on a MiniDV tape or an uncompressed Quicktime.mov file on a DVD. All legal rights to your material remain with you.

For more information please contact Sam Varteniuk at (780) 686-5960 or samvarteniuk@hotmail.com.

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Mostly Water Presents: 15 Minutes

HELD OVER @ the Roxy Theatre! Sept 25, 8PM.
Buy advance tickets online

Here's what the critics are saying:
"exceptionally uproarious"
"15 Minutes is the funniest thing I saw this year."
"this is satire with gravitas and smarts. And it's a riot."
"side-splitting"
"had the audience rolling with laughter."
"the comedy is ripe and the story comes together in a tidy,
satisfying way."

FIVE STARS in the Edmonton SUN ***** (click to read)

FOUR STARS in the Edmonton Journal **** (click to read)

FOUR STARS in SEE Magazine! **** (click to read)

FOUR STARS in VUE Weekly! **** (click to read)

Efren Askew is a man with a curse; he’s a brilliant writer, but only writes in an alcohol-induced trance, blacking out for days at a time and remembering nothing afterward. As Askew’s celebrity grows and Hollywood begins to devour him, he comes face to face with the fleeting nature of fame.

Mostly Water (Craig Buchert, Jason Ludwig, Matt Stanton, Sam Varteniuk, and Trent Wilkie) is joined by a talented group of local performers (Dana Andersen, Peter Brown, Dave Clarke, Chris Craddoc
k, Jeff Haslam, Mark Meer, Davina Stewart, Dale and Syrell Wilson) who make cameo video appearances in a hilarious meditation on one man’s 15 Minutes of fame.

This one-act play with sketch-like elements is the latest offering from Mostly Water, a sketch comedy group that has been writing and performing in Edmonton for five years. When they aren’t writing for CBC Radio’s The Irrelevant Show, MW hosts Metro Shorts (an adjudicated short film competition sponsored by Metro Cinema) as well as Mostly Water Live @ the Roxy (part of Theatre Network’s Performance Series). Past Fringe hits include 1UP, How to Not Suck, Whoa Whoa Whoa, and Wetware, as well as I’m Sticking With Kiefer, part of the 2007-8 Indie5 Season.



Tickets are $21 and can be purchased at the door (the Roxy Theatre - 10708 124 Street, Edmonton) or $22.75 in advance by visiting tixonthesquare. For show details or to arrange an interview contact Sam Varteniuk at (780) 686-5960.

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Mostly Water Live at the Roxy! May 22! LAST SHOW OF THE SEASON!

Buy Tickets Online or at the door.

Mostly Water will take over the Roxy stage for one more variety show! If you haven't joined us yet, come on out to the last one of the season! We tell jokes. We have fun. We play Plunko. We play Name That 80s Sitcom. We show brand new videos. Our audiences have a great time. And our guests kick ass!

Past guests include NDP MP Linda Duncan, Mayor of Edmonton Stephen Mandel, Former MP Michael Phair, CBC's Peter Brown, Playwright Chris Craddock, DEDfest's Derek Clayton, The Wheatpool, The Be Arthurs and The James Murdoch Band. Entertainment abounds!

Mixing live stage performance with video shorts, MWT produces a game/talk show unlike anything you have seen before. These Edmonton-based performers could very well become your new best buddies to hang out with on a Saturday night.

 

May 22 - 8PM

Tickets: $22.75

Buy Tickets Online

The Roxy Theatre 10708 124 Street

Starring: Sam Varteniuk, Trent Wilkie, Craig Buchert, Jason Ludwig, and Matt Stanton

 

“…one of Edmonton's most talented and accomplished comedy troupes." -Todd Babiak, Edmonton Journal

 


Metro Digital Shorts - SEASON 3 FINALE! May 15!
GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY!

The final installment of Metro Shorts will see eight filmmakers pit their five-minute shorts against each other, vying for the ultimate prize: two round-trip tickets to anywhere WestJet flies.

Will animator and frontrunner Riley Beach walk away with the loot? Will the hilarious Highwire Films stage a come-from-behind upset? Or will the alluring and seductive James Cadden present a technical masterpiece of Avatar-esque proportions, nabbing the top spot in a thrilling coup?

WestJet representatives will be on hand to award the coveted tickets as audiences and celebrity judges decide the fate of Edmonton's up-and-coming filmmakers in this heart-stopping finale!

Saturday, 15 May 2010 at 21:00

Zeidler Hall, Main Floor Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave

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