Reviewing a Keith Brown show is a balancing act. How does a reviewer reveal enough about Brown’s illusions to attract an audience while not giving away spoilers? With this show in particular, there is so much new material. I don’t want to chance giving anything away.
With revolution in the air, the perspectives of a countess and a bombmaker-turned-lover clash as they look to their future. Hesperus, Phosphorus! Makes its premiere at the Ottawa Fringe Festival.
Can you break free from your inner monster? That voice inside you that keeps you second guessing, preys on your deepest insecurities and keeps you living in your darkest thoughts, or are you strung together until the end?
Unsatisfaction is a one woman stand-up comedy performance, covering the trials and tribulations of aging as a woman in the modern world. With a host of unique life experiences, Sarah Boston recounts her sometimes tragic, always humourous, journey through womanhood.
Why is it that others seem to be able to find their soulmates when Steve Budd can’t? How much does a couple need to have in common to make it work? What if they’re not from the same religion or cultural background? What if one of them is from Jersey?
Packed with vivid imagination, whimsy, and impressive circus acts, Kitsune takes audiences through the different layers of Japanese folklore in a delightful performance that’s sure to leave a smile on your face.
The famous quotes came so fast and furious in this glorious mashup of popular quotes from Shakespeare that I gave up trying to take notes. I just sat back and enjoyed the inspired verbal cut and thrust, along with the rest of the hooting and guffawing audience.
Eleanor’s Story: Life After War may be the most timely play at this year’s Fringe. Although it’s a true story about the playwright/performer’s 95-year old grandmother Eleanor’s experiences as a 16-year old, it’s as relevant to us today as this morning’s news report about war refugees.
Every first Monday of the month, Apartment613 publishes the coolest #ottarts #ottjobs we hear about. All the best arts and culture gigs in our local network. Share a job posting or call for artists: Please send a link to <ottjobs@apt613.ca> and be sure to mention the closing date. Ottawa-Gatineau-based opportunities only.
The 2025 Fringe Festival marks 28 years since it began in Ottawa, and remains the biggest theatre festival in the city. From June 12-22, there will be 58 shows this year that will run across nine different venues in downtown Ottawa, which will culminate into around over 350 unique single performances throughout the festival’s duration.
Every first Monday of the month, Apartment613 publishes the coolest #ottarts #ottjobs we hear about. All the best arts and culture gigs in our local network. Share a job posting or call for artists: Please send a link to <ottjobs@apt613.ca> and be sure to mention the closing date. Ottawa-Gatineau-based opportunities only.
It looks like we are in for a mild February weekend and it couldn’t be better timing, as there is a ton of fun stuff going on outdoors this weekend. There is also plenty happening inside, for you indoor cats, as well.
The writers have drawn inspiration from Monty Python and You Can’t do That on Television. The writing is sophomoric but funny. The acting is inexperienced. But the cast show potential. Some will eventually be on our theatre stages.
Pandemic isolation forced many around the globe into personal worlds of seclusion they were desperate to escape. However, for some, this brave new world of isolation has become preferable to life on the outside, with some, in particular, going to unexpected lengths to preserve it…
The sinking of the Titanic, the French Revolution, and the Great Chicago Fire—all events that stand out as some of history’s most notorious disasters. But who was to blame for these catastrophes?
