Vancouver Fringe Festival 2017 suggestions (mostly) from the Victoria Fringe. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say I’m a bit of a Fringe fanatic – over the years since I got back in to fringing, I’ve gone from seeing a handful of shows in 2006 to 40 shows at this year’s Victoria Fringe Festival. It was also my fourth year of reviewing and I contributed 26 reviews (as well as 27 interviews, two "picks" posts and an article about the … [Read more...]
Vancouver Fringe Festival 2017 suggestions (mostly) from the Victoria Fringe
September 7, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Eight
September 1, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Eight. Reviews of The Man Who Sold the World by David Ortolano, Lovely Lady Lump by Lana Schwarcz and Help! I’m American by DK Reinemer. Since the Edmonton Fringe Festival often overlaps the Victoria Fringe Festival, it is common to have a number of productions arrive after the opening weekend. For my Day Eight of the Victoria Fringe, I saw three performers who have been touring the CAFF … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Seven
August 31, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Seven Years of study and discipline have resulted in the works of three remarkable companies/artists—Beau & Aero: Crash Landing by A Little Bit Off (Amica Hunter and David Cantor); Interstellar Elder (Snafu Dance Theatre) performed by Ingrid Hansen and created together with Kathleen Greenfield, Britt Small and Emma Zabloski; and Olive Copperbottom: a New Musical by Charles Dickens and Penny … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Five
August 29, 2017 By 1 Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Five Part of the pleasure of fringing is the ability to see so many different styles in a very short period of time. My day five included the phenomenal character work of Charles Adrian appearing as Ms Samantha Mann in Stories About Love, Death & A Rabbit, followed by Kevin P Gilday’s nihilistic and dark spoken word/multi-media meta-theatre Gigantic Lying Mouth, and finishing with improvised … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day Two
August 26, 2017 By 1 Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe Day Two The venue of choice for Day Two was the Metro Studio Theatre (Venue 3) where I watched a puppet eco-drama Beaver Dreams from Lost & Found Puppet Co, the Gift by two-spirit, mixed (settler and First Nations) performing artist John Aitken and Gail Noonan and LEER, a steam-punk themed, Hell-based, gender-bent adaptation from Shakespeare by David Elendune of Outpost 31. (My review of LEER will be … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day One
August 25, 2017 By 1 Comment
Dispatches from the Victoria Fringe 2017 Day One Thanks to Bema Productions, I was able to attend a dress rehearsal of Horowitz and Mrs Washington. On Day One, applying the scheduling theory of my long-time fringing buddy Arlene, I chose a venue—Fairfield Hall—and attended all the performances there. The evening included three world premieres—Inauguration Vacation by Annette Roman, timely and topical storytelling from the life of a political … [Read more...]
Lovely Lady Lump by Lana Schwarz. Victoria Fringe 2017. An interview.
August 18, 2017 By 4 Comments
Lovely Lady Lump by Lana Schwarz. Victoria Fringe 2017. An interview. Aussie Comic Lana Schwarcz takes her personal experience with breast cancer and turns it into award-winning comedy, teaming up with Dense Breasts Canada to simultaneously raise the roof and raise awareness at Victoria Fringe Festival with Lovely Lady Lump. NB: Lovely Lady Lump is coming from the Edmonton Fringe and will not be in Victoria for the first weekend; there … [Read more...]
Interstellar Elder by SNAFU. Victoria Fringe 2017. An interview with Ingrid Hansen.
August 18, 2017 By 1 Comment
Interstellar Elder by SNAFU. Victoria Fringe 2017. An interview with Ingrid Hansen. Fans of Little Orange Man rejoice! Ingrid Hansen returns with her character Kitt, now a badass grandma in space. Interstellar Elder is a futuristic dark comedy (may not be suitable for children under twelve). NB: Interstellar Elder is coming from the Edmonton Fringe and will not be in Victoria for the first weekend; there are only five shows. … [Read more...]
Six Fine Lines by Mack Gordon. Victoria Fringe 2017. An interview.
August 16, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Six Fine Lines by Mack Gordon. Victoria Fringe 2017. An interview. UVic Theatre alumnus Mack Gordon returns with a personal one-man show. “There are no written rules in life” he says. Learn more about Six Fine Lines and the process of creation. NB: Since Six Fine Lines is coming from Edmonton, the first show is Tuesday August 29th and there will only be five performances. How long have you been producing work on the Fringe … [Read more...]
Beaver Dreams La Fièvre du Castor. Victoria Fringe 2017. An interview with Maggie Winston.
August 16, 2017 By 2 Comments
Beaver Dreams La Fièvre du Castor. Victoria Fringe 2017. An interview with Maggie Winston. “All humans desire to connect to nature”. Learn more from Lost and Found Puppet Company’s artist director Maggie Winston about the inspiration for this bilingual, all-ages show, created and produced by an all-female team. How long have you been producing work on the Fringe circuit? As an artist/company? My first show at the fringe was in … [Read more...]
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