Bremner Duthie, one of the performers in '33, A Kabarett, has a new venue for the show. (Publicity photo courtesy: Big Empty Barn Productions/Winnipeg Fringe Festival)

Organizers of the Fringe Festival in Winnipeg say they have found a new space for performers who were left without a stage due to regulations from city hall.

The performers were shut out when they learned that necessary permits for shows at Aqua Books had not been secured.

Organizers of the festival said they were able to get proper permits and the shows will go on at The Conservatory, a space in the Crocus Building near Old Market Square.

Officials said all shows that had been set for the old venue, which was number 20 in programs, will now take place in the Crocus Building.

Six different acts will use the space.

Performers were breathing a sigh of relief, amid a mad scramble to get the new space ready for their shows.

The actors, and anyone else they can recruit, have been busy setting up chairs and lights.

They hope to be ready to roll for shows Friday afternoon.

Because of the unexpected problem, four earlier shows were cancelled and one was moved to another venue.

Festival organizers said Winnipeg's theatre community had been a tremendous help in coming to the aid of the actors.

The new location, at 211 Bannatyne, has hosted Fringe shows in the past.

The first show on the program is More Power to Your Knitting, Nell!