Fringe Review: Faris Who Talks to Rats
Colin Noden: “Let me set your mind at ease. There are no live rats in this production.”
Colin Noden: “Let me set your mind at ease. There are no live rats in this production.”
Helen Lam: “The audience was thoroughly enjoying themselves on opening night.”
Brian Caroll: “A fun 37 minutes for diehard DUI fans and friends of the cast.”
Jennifer Cavanagh: “Looking for light and easy musical fare? This may be the Fringe menu item for you”
Brian Caroll: “[The Biscuiteater] is a tale that has won Loucks’ show Best Solo Performance awards at multiple Fringe festivals.”
Brian Carroll: “Canadians might dismiss her tale as ‘everybody had a bad high school teacher.’ But Singh presents a lesson in youth indoctrination under authoritarianism.”
Nicholas McBurney: “While performed well, I can’t help but feel that my lack of operatic knowledge kept me from fully engaging with [The Date].”
Nicholas McBurney: “Budd makes good use of the stage to tell these stories.”
Barb Popel: “The play was created collectively by the cast—and it shows.”
Barb Popel: “An interesting angle on Richard III and sexual politics.”
Nicholas McBurney: “Wade performed admirably, despite being given the script barely a week ahead of opening night.”
Brenda Dunn: “Jeffrey Davis was certainly the standout stand-up of the evening.”
Barb Popel: “#Faustus makes one of the most—if not the most—effective use of video I’ve ever seen on a theatre stage.”
Colin Noden: “It leads your mind down familiar social paths, and then gives it a twist.”
Nick Bachusky: “We have so much talent in this city, it is unbelievable.”