FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 16 - 26, 2015 @ Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2015 Gemma Wilcox Productions Presents

1 Woman. 23 Characters. A ride to remember.

Written and Performed by Gemma Wilcox (London, UK) From the creator/performer of Winnipeg Fringe hit shows:

‘The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over’ (2007) & ‘Shadows in Bloom’ (2008) & ‘52 Pick Up’ (2009)

Direction and Dramaturgy by Elizabeth Baron

Roll up, Roll up for the Mystery Detour! 16 TIME BEST-OF-FEST AWARD WINNER, Gemma Wilcox (from London, UK), returns for her 4th Winnipeg Fringe Festival with a sparkling new one-woman multi-character show, exploring the unexpected twists and turns of life, love and being on the road...

1 Woman. 23 Characters - Human, Furry, Feathered, Mythical and Steel!

The Magical Mystery Detour is coming to take you away! – Winnipeg Free Press (Shadows in Bloom, 2008) & ‘BEST IN FEST’ (Honeymoon Period is Officially Over, 2007) “Gemma Wilcox is a shape-shifter extraordinaire.” - Ottawa Citizen "This kind of virtuosity is dazzling, but it's at the service of nuanced characters & emotionally complex moments.” – Edmonton Journal

“It’s totally zen…completely entrancing” – Fresno Bee “Wilcox is a master of the theatre” – Amanda Ash, Victoria Times Colonist

“She holds her audience in thrall. This woman can do anything, it seems, and she does...she shows you what theater can be." – Elizabeth Maupin, Orlando Sentinel “Gemma Wilcox is a terrific performer...A Sybil-esque multiple-personalitied solo performance virtuoso.” – Denver Westword "Sexy, sharp and seamless" – Now Toronto "Gemma Wilcox is both an adroit chronicler of the human condition and a wondrous chameleon of a performer.” – Minneapolis Pioneer Press

VENUE: Venue #21 - MTYP (Mainstage) - 2 Forks, Market Road (The Forks), Winnipeg. TICKETS: $10 - Buy at: https://www.winnipegfringe.com SHOW TIMES: Thu, 7/16 @ 7pm | Fri, 7/17 @ 12pm | Sat, 7/18 @ 3:30pm | Sun, 7/19 @ 9pm | Tues, 7/21 @ 4:30pm

Wed, 7/22 @ 6:16pm | Thu, 7/23 @ 2:45pm | Fri, 7/24 @ 8pm | Sat, 7/25 @ 12pm | Sun, 7/26 @ 3:30pm Available for interviews, Pics & Questions: Gemma Wilcox 720-212-5001 gemmawilcox@gmail.com, www.gemmawilcox.com & Facebook

Magical Mystery Detour – Show Synopsis Roll Up, Roll Up for Magical Mystery Detour! 16 TIME BEST-OF-FEST AWARD WINNER, Gemma Wilcox (from London, UK), returns for her 4th Winnipeg Fringe Festival with a sparkling new one-woman multi-character show, exploring the unexpected twists and turns of life, love and being on the road... In Magical Mystery Detour, Wilcox plays 23 characters (Human, Furry, Feathered, Mythical and Steel!). It is a humorous, moving and highly original piece of physical theatre. It utilizes the main female character, Sandra, that many of the Winnipeg Festival audiences have come to know, although the show also stands clearly alone for those who have never seen any of Wilcox’s previous fringe shows: ‘THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OFFICIALLY OVER’ (2007), ‘SHADOWS IN BLOOM’ (2008). Magical Mystery Detour is set in the UK, in the summer of 2012. Prompted by a letter from her dead mother, the protagonist, Sandra, and her dog Solar, take an unexpected car journey from London to Land's End, Cornwall at a pivotal and sensitive time in her life. The audience travel with Sandra from the UK's capital and along sacred English countryside terrain, as she encounters magical, mysterious, archetypal characters and scenarios on the way. We journey with her as she struggles to accept the unplanned detours of life, love, and on the road (that she *thought* she was on)...

Awards and Accolades for Gemma Wilcox Shows "Best of Fest" - Boulder International Fringe Festival 2014 "Best Female Performer" - Victoria Fringe 2014 "Best of Fest" - Boulder International Fringe Festival 2013 "Best of Fest" - Boulder International Fringe Festival 2012 "Best of Fest Winner" - Calgary Fringe 2010 "Pick of the Fringe" - Vancouver Fringe 2009 "Volunteer Choice Award" - Vancouver Fringe 2009 "Best Female Performer" - Victoria Fringe 2009 "Pick of Fringe" - Boulder Fringe Festival 2008 "Best in Venue"- Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2007 "Best Solo Performance" - Ottawa Fringe Festival 2007 "Best in Venue" - Ottawa Fringe Festival 2007 "Sold Out Award" - Orlando Fringe Festival 2007 "Best Bet at Orlando Fringe 2007" - Orlando Sentinel 2007 "Best of Fest" - Boulder International Fringe Festival 2007 "Best of Fest" - Boulder International Fringe Festival 2006 "Best of Fest" - Boulder International Fringe Festival 2005 "Best of FronteraFest" - Austin, TX FronteraFest 2004 "Best of FronteraFest" - Austin, TX FronteraFest 2003

To read past reviews of Gemma’s one-woman show go to: www.gemmawilcox.com

MEDIA CONTACT (book interviews, request photos, or any questions): Gemma Wilcox. Phone: 720.212.5001. gemmawilcox@gmail.com Website: www.gemmawilcox.com Facebook & Twitter@gemmawilcox

Artistic Bios

Created, Produced, Written & Performed by Gemma Wilcox Gemma Wilcox (16 times Best-of-Fest winner) trained at the University of Leeds, UK, specializing in multiple role-playing & physical theatre & was awarded a 1st class BA honors degree in Theatre Studies & English Literature in 2001. In the UK her acting credits include: Fear and Misery In the Third Reich by Bertolt Brecht (The Studio Theatre, London), Lucy by Tiggy Allen (The Banham Theatre, Leeds). She directed Miss in Her Teens by David Garrick (Workshop Theatre, Leeds) and she devised, wrote, directed, and performed in The Sight of Your Face is a Blessing: A spontaneous performance (The Banham Theatre, Leeds). Gemma spent two years in Austin, Texas and received 2 'Best of the Fest' awards at the Austin Frontera Festival (2003 & 2004) for her one woman shows Menage a Dix and The Honeymoon is Officially Over and a B. Iden Payne nomination for 'Most Outstanding Featured Actress in a Drama' for her performance in Iron Belly Muses' Curiosity. She was a proud member of the Austin Shakespeare Festival Company for 2 years, appearing in Twelfth Night, a reading of Cymbeline, and assistant directing and performing in Will Power: The Course of Love. Gemma received "Pick of the Fringe" at the Boulder International Fringe Festival for Honeymoon Period is Officially Over (2005), Shadows in Bloom (2006), and 52 Pick Up (2008). She was also awarded “Best Solo Performer” & “Best in Venue” at Ottawa Fringe (2007) and “Best in Fest” at Winnipeg Fringe (2008), Pick-of-the-Fringe at Vancouver (2009) and Best Female Performer at Victoria Fringe (2009). Gemma co-created and performed in the ambitious and risky experimental play Dangerously Safe at Boulder Fringe (2010) with Elizabeth Baron, and appears in the newly released film Love in the Time of Corruption (2012) by Buskerfly Productions. In 2012 she premiered her new one woman show, Magical Mystery Detour, directed and in collaboration with Elizabeth Baron. It was a huge success, selling out the entire run, and was awarded "Pick of Fringe" (Boulder Fringe International Fringe 2012). She has also been building her massage practice (GemStar Massage and Healing Arts), teaching workshops, traveling the world, & relishing performing her 2015 tour.

Assistant Created, Direction & Dramaturgy by Elizabeth Baron ELIZABETH BARON is an award-winning teacher, director, actor, musician, and collaborative theater-maker. She is part of the teaching team at Giovanni Fusetti's international school of theater creation – HÈLIKOS: Scuola Internazionale di Creazione Teatrale, in Florence, Italy. Elizabeth’s recent Colorado projects include acting in Buskerfly Productions’ silent films: Love in the Time of Corruption (2012) and Busker’s Bounty (Levante International Film Festival’s Selection, 2009) and her award-winning, highly acclaimed production of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, (Dairy Center – LaLa Theater Company, 2009.) Most recent directing: Michela Mocchiutti’s Marzia Su Roma (Venice, Italy - il Teatro Fondamenta Nuove,) Bobby Dartt's Love Songs for Poomouse (‘Pick of Fringe’ Boulder 2011 – LaLa Theater/ Square Product Theater,) Smite Smote Smitten (Boulder Fringe 2011 – Quake Theater,) and Nomadic Theater Company’s The Last Show You’ll Ever See (runs in: NY, OR, CO & CA, 2008-2011.) Liz has collaborated with Gemma on numerous shows, including directing 52 PickUp (‘Pick of Fringe’ Boulder 2008,) which continues to tour the US and Canada to great success, and co-creating and performing Dangerously Safe with Gemma in the 2011 Boulder Fringe. Liz was awarded the 2010 BCAA Fellowship in Theater (awarded once every 3 years.) She holds an MFA in Lecoq Based Actor-Created Physical Theater from Naropa/ London International School of the Performing Arts (LISPA), and she co-founded Lala Theater Company with Bobby Dartt, in 2008. She leads mask, voice, acting, red nose, and movement workshops and classes throughout the US and Internationally.