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When one imagines a festival theatre production, huge elaborate sets and musical numbers usually come to mind. Actors leap off constructed towers and glide through the air on ropes while the others sing an up-beat ode to their unrequited love.

However, this isn’t the case for every theatre show.

Ottawa’s Fringe Festival explores the side of theatre that involves smaller productions with smaller stages. That said, these productions are never seen as less entertaining than their big counterparts.

If asked which summer festival created a funk and march-inspired retro variety show, “The Ottawa Jazz Festival” probably wouldn’t be your first answer.

But with their retro-style performance, The PepTides are just one of several unconventional and experimental artists to take the stage at this year’s festival.

“[The festival’s] always included a wide range of music,” festival programming manager Petr Cancura said, “but we are trying to move forward.”