The City Aquarium is Proud to Present: The Marvelous Mermaids of Merriment
Created by Cullen Elijah McGrail
Review by Cristina Paolozzi
50 min / PG/ Play, Comedy, Choose-Your-Own-Adventure / Sexual content, Abrupt loud noise, Mental Health
What does a mermaid show, an aquarium in financial ruin, a union strike and a murder plot all have in common? You guessed it — those are all part of The City Aquarium is Proud to Present: The Marvelous Mermaids of Merriment.
The audience are the board members of a highly anticipated business meeting in which employees at The City Aquarium decide if they would like to keep the new CEO’s decision to implement mermaid performances at the aquarium, or if they should stick to what they’ve always done — provide accurate and educational opportunities to people about life under the sea.
In this PR nightmare, humour, excitement and a whole lot of fish puns can be expected while the aquarium tries to avoid a fatal drowning, or could see them stay afloat (get it?).
Banner image for The City Aquarium is Proud to Present: The Marvelous Mermaids of Merriment. Photo provided.
The show features only three performers who switch between multiple characters flawlessly, and their energy carries throughout the entire performance. From a keen, people-pleasing assistant, to mermaid performers, to a machismo detective, to aquarium employees, this show seriously runs the gambit. Not to mention a choreographed mermaid dance to boot!
Funny, mysterious, playful and heartwarming, you definitely don’t want to miss The City Aquarium is Proud to Present: The Marvelous Mermaids of Merriment this Fringe season!
The City Aquarium is Proud to Present: The Marvelous Mermaids of Merriment is playing at La Nouvelle Scène — Studio A from June 13–23. Tickets are $14 plus service fees at the Fringe box office (3rd floor, Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue), and at the two satellite box offices (LabO in the Ottawa Art Gallery and La Nouvelle Scene). 5 and 10 Show Passes are also available. Visit the Ottawa Fringe Festival’s website for the show’s schedule and check out their online schedule here.
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