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The Beer Tent is a one-act play written by Kel Parsons and David Whiteley which premiered at the Ottawa Fringe Festival.

The play was billed as "A tour-de-farce of theatrical one-upmanship and alcoholical down-the-hatchmanship". It was performed by the creators, under the directorial guidance of Teri Rata Loretto, and stage managed by Fiona Currie. The play presents fictional versions of creators Kel and David as they meet, ostensibly to develop a project entitled LOL Cats: The Viral Musical. Each one also has a secret message they are anxiously awaiting to reveal to the other. However, most of the "action" of the play is taken up with the two characters going off on tangents about their past exploits in theatre and the drink, and gossiping about the Ottawa theatre scene.

A significant theme of the play is the accessibility, or lack thereof, of performance rights and the right to create new adaptations of material under copyright, such as the works of T. S. Eliot in most countries including Canada (where the play was written, performed and set).