By Sandy Gibson 50 mins | Comedy, Improv | PG One never knows how an improv show is going to turn out but the artists and improvisers involved in the opening show of Cold Open by Crush Improv have much to be happy about. Drawing inspiration from a humorous monologue about art therapy and finger […]
By Jessica Ruano 60 minutes | Comedy, Drama, Cabaret | Mature What I gathered from this play based mainly on the title: when we watch the news, we’re confronted by human tragedy, and also by cheery announcements about how sunny it is going to be this week. This can be jarring. So can a pop […]
50 min l Dark Comedy, Solo l PG Having never seen a one-woman (or one-man) show before, the thought of a full 60 minute play with only one performer seemed to me a daunting task. How would she possibly hold the audience’s attention and keep us engaged for the entire hour? As the crowd filtered […]
By Jessica Ruano 60 minutes | Clown, Physical | G Even though I’d read the show description for Cardinal in advance, I had totally forgotten this clown show was about Alzheimer’s. As soon as I remembered that important detail five or ten minutes into the show, everything made a lot more sense. But before that, […]
60 minutes | Comedy, Drama, Inter-Arts | Mature Full disclosure: I have been to many a figure drawing class. This means that the nude model is not unfamiliar. So when the collective tension in the audience rises at lights up, my reaction is perhaps more muted than some audience members. But Fringe audiences are an […]
By Alex Katayama 40 minutes | Dance, Solo | PG When I was first assigned to review raw footage, the first thing I did was look up “contemporary dance” on Wikipedia and then desperately searched Youtube for “contemporary dance examples” — I figured a basic education couldn’t hurt. Then Friday night rolled around, I took my seat in […]
By Philip Caunter 67 min | Drama | PG Calling love a battlefield may not make much sense unless you’ve been in love, or maybe been in love a few times. The notion is partly romantic but also speaks to pain, injury, and confusion – all the things other than triumph that come with love and […]
37 min | Comedy, Drama | PG What lurks in The Triangle? The play’s description suggests cheesy-poof comedy: is it ghosts? Aliens? The pirates of the Caribbean? Based on those show notes and my first impressions of the amateurish set at Café Nostalgica, I feared this play might be one to skip. I told myself […]
60 min | Solo, Musical | PG Stratford singer-songwriter Lara MacMillan brings a slice of Canadiana to the Fringe stage. The solo show recounts MacMillan’s life as a hospitality worker during her 1986 gap-year in Banff, replete with images of open highways, Lake Louise and Banff in the snow. A selected catalogue of Gordon Lightfoot […]
By Sandy Gibson 50 minutes | Comedy, Drama, Multimedia, Solo | PG It’s evident that a lot of effort has been put into #staystrong, an original solo piece by the 2015 Ottawa Fringe Emerging Artist Award winner Tamlynn Bryson. From the varied set to the creative use of a projector to display text messages, video […]
Par Renée Michaud (@ladyinottawa) J’ai fait 7 nouvelles connaissances ce soir pour le bas prix de 12 $ : Regie l’agente de communication en milieu de carrière, Jean-Paul le gestionnaire francophone, Deirdra la pharmacienne toxicomane, Kim l’amie hurluberlue, Junie la hippie, Harriet la maman de soccer qui déteste les fumeurs et le médecin qui annonce de […]
By Lars van Tol 40 min | Drama | PG What would you do if someone came into your sister’s coffee shop and threatened you… existentially? Home in Time is a metaphysically-tinged drama exploring that very idea. You will chuckle, you will scratch your chin with bemusement, you might even question yourself. Home in Time is […]
60 mins | Comedy | PG In Waking Life is a lively two-handed improvised performance piece that successfully mixes banter, musical numbers and audience participation. It’s an overblown fortune-telling romp celebrating off-the-wall humour and oddities. The Norwegian-born psychic Synsk sisters, raised by a mother goat and surrounded by “family members” made up of a crystal […]
60 minutes | Comedy, Drama, Solo | Mature There’s a lot I don’t know about motherhood. That’s a massive understatement really. As a cisgender man, what I don’t know, and will never know, about motherhood could probably fill the sinkhole on Rideau a few times over. Love and Loathing by Allie Weigh aims to give […]
60 min | Comedy, Parody | Mature A comedic tour de force! I highly suggest you arrive early to this incredible play as you will greeted as a celebrity on the red rug (carpet) very warmly by the entertainment media (the actors) as they interview you as if you are the actors from the movies. […]
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