Coldhearts, Outside Joke, and Anjali Sandhu. Online festival programming was streamed on YouTube and Facebook. Annual theme The festival has a different theme each year. The theme in 2015 was "We're all <blank> here," where the blank was filled in variously. On the program, it was "mad," but on the website for Volunteers it was "friends." In 2014, "We like when you watch" was the theme. The Big Top was the theme in 2010, and other previous themes have been the F word, meaning "fringe," and James Bond. In 2012 there was no theme, as that was the 25th anniversary edition of the festival. Attendance and ticket revenue Harry S. Rintoul Memorial Award The Harry S. Rintoul Memorial Award was established by the Manitoba Association of Playwrights to recognize the best play written by a Manitoban and performed at the festival. The award was named in memory of Harry Rintoul, a noted playwright from Winnipeg who died in 2002. List of laureates 2002: Kevin Klassen, Aftertaste 2003: Joseph Aragon, The Unlikely Sainthood of Madeline McKay 2004: Daniel Thau-Eleff, Three Ring Circus: Israel, the Palestinians and My Jewish Identity 2005: Jason Neufeld, The Rise and Fall of Bloody Redemption 2006: Stefanie Wiens, Max and Mirabelle 2007: Ross McMillan, The Ingrates 2008: Daniel Thau-Eleff, Remember the Night 2009: Joseph Aragon, Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare 2010: Muriel Hogue, Scar Tissue 2011: Jessy Ardern and Ariel Levine, Sigurd the Dragonslayer 2012: Scott Douglas, The Touring Test 2013: Jessy Ardern and Ariel Levine, The Hound of Ulster 2014: Bill Pats, Executing Justice 2015: Sydney Hayduk and Justin Otto, Manic Pixie Dream Girl 2016: Frances Koncan, 2017: Wren Brian, Anomie 2018: Walk & Talk Theatre Company, The Ballad of Johnny Boy 2019: Connor Joseph, Cuinn Joseph, and Jacob Herd, The Cause 2022: Sarah Flynn, Whatever Happens After? References External links Festivals in Winnipeg Theatre festivals in Manitoba Fringe festivals in Canada 1988 establishments in Manitoba Festivals established in 1988 Annual events in Winnipeg