Digitally Disillusioned

I’m weary from all this festivaling, and really talking about it does nobody any good if you don’t get it done during the festival, so here is a wrap up.
Cyranose
We delighted in Cleopatrick, last years show from Sound and Fury. They take vaguely historical stuff and spin ribald comedy dashed with a touch of improv […]

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I left this one off the last post as I didn’t have the time to express my giddy pleasure appropriately. But, how can you dislike a play where you walk out with 2 flavoured condoms, some lube and a light-up vibrator? So note now that I was bribed. This is fringe payola. What a scandal!
Hot […]

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You know, I could really use a lie down so let’s just bang this out quick.
Bold and Spiky
More performance poetry? How did I do that? Maybe my brain was still weary from Jem Rolls Up, maybe I had a mild malaise from seeing them the year previous, but we had a big fan in our […]

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Solitude
Solitude is billed as “horror”, and is the story of a man who is afraid of being alone. He has two wives, one whom his assistant is having an affair with, the other his psychiatrist is having an affair with. He is sent to a cabin in the woods with his assistant for a vacation […]

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As I’m finding that most fringe plays don’t have online presences, I’m omitting credits and links from future reviews.
Somehow I drank enough to omit this from my first post. What a shame, as it was the best thing we saw that day.
Caberlesque is a blend of burlesque and cabaret, a sexually infused comedic romp that […]

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Since 2001, with the exception of 2005, my wife and I have made an annual pilgrimage of sorts to the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Those who don’t know what fringe festivals are should consult the wikipedia, but know that Edmonton hosts the largest fringe festival in North America and it is a constant source of […]

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