Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2018. Day Six.

Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2018. Day Six. Reviews of How I Learned to Hug by Jon Bennett and Rocko and Nakota Tales from the Land by Josh Languedoc (will be posted Thursday). Don’t forget to check out reviews from Day One (The Session, Reminiscences of Reconciliation, Fool’s Paradise), Day Two (Water People, Fado, Carey, OK!)  Day Three (Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of Moriarty!, The Measure of Love, The Boy in the Chrysalis, Para … [Read more...]

Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Six

Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Six Day Six was spent in one of my favourite haunts, the Victoria Event Centre, Venue 1, 1415 Broad Street, for Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy) and Tragedy + Time Served=Comedy by Mark Hughes Find all my Victoria Fringe Festival 2017 coverage HERE. As the Fringe enters its second week, it becomes more important to buy tickets in advance, or be prepared to come at least an hour early … [Read more...]

Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2016. Day Three.

Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2016. Day Three. Victoria Fringe Festival August 22-September 4, 2016. As always, my complete Victoria Fringe Festival 2016 coverage can be found HERE: All shows at Venue 2: The Downtown Activity Centre, 755 Pandora Avenue. Winnie the Pooh and Tales of the 100 Acre Wood by Outpost 31, Charlatan! by Travis Bernhardt, nerdfucker by Cameryn Moore, Field Zoology by Shawn O'Hara, Jon Bennett: Fire in  the … [Read more...]

Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2015. Day Six.

Victoria Fringe 2015. Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2015. Day Six.  August 26-September 6, 2015 in Victoria BC. Reviews of Pretending Things are a Cock by Jon Bennett and The Wyrd Sisters by Damnspot Theatre. Be sure to check out my other Victoria Fringe 2015 coverage HERE.  Pretending Things are a Cock by Jon Bennett Jon Bennett comes from the gonzo tradition of storytelling. Life is a crazy and wild adventure, and has been since … [Read more...]

Victoria Fringe 2015. My “away” picks.

Victoria Fringe 2015. My "away" picks. Victoria Fringe August 26 - September 6, 2015 I am an avid supporter of the Victoria Fringe Festival, now in its 29th year. It didn’t start out that way though. Other priorities took precedence and it wasn’t really until 2006 that I became a Fringe fanatic. That year was the 20th anniversary and I saw more shows than in the 20 previous years combined. In the intervening years, I’ve caught up—I volunteered … [Read more...]