Ghosts are totally a myth, of course, but demons—well those are 100% real and getting ready to plunge a small Ontario town into the apocalypse. That is, if the EXDEMONators don’t manage to save the day. If only their demon blasters were as powerful as their comedy is funny they’d be able to …
Get Yourself Home Skyler JamesT This is an excellent solo show produced by The Precariat and written nearly a decade ago by Canadian playwright Jordan Tannahill. The solo piece is based upon the real-life Skyler James who defected from the US military after facing vicious homophobia, physical assault, and threats of rape during the …
Sarah Haley prefaces her solo show exploring her culture through cooking by saying that she’s normally behind the stage and gets pretty nervous on stage. That’s hard to believe in this endearing show that ends with a delicious meal for the audience. Haley understands better than most the intersection between culture, diaspora, and …
Ludwig(a) Playwrights and actors Adam Linton and Amy Cachero on the task of queering European history in their short play about Empress Elisabeth of Austria and King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Ludwig(a). The play follows an evening with Ludwig and his cousin the empress during and after a court ball and explores Ludwig’s queer identity …
Lorca’s tragedy “Yerma” written in 1934 is rarely performed in the United States, although in Spain where Lorca is considered one of the country’s most important playwrights, his works are frequently played. However, in the last two years in the US there have been at least two important professional productions. The first was a …
Fuckboys: The Musical, presented by Generation Productions, is a dramatization of the archetypal modern woman, or at least the suggestion of one often pushed onto us by Baby Boomers. The core cast of four women each tackle a facet of this archetype; we have the workaholic, the stoner, the one who’s afraid of commitment, …
How generations feel and express trauma has certainly evolved in the past thirty years; young people now have a digital framework through which they can build support networks and group testimonies. Modern youth have built a veritable empire through social media and other platforms wherein they can expose their abusers and unite in strength …
Magnificence of Fringe is Entangled with Pinter, Magic Mike & 52 Pickup These performances were reviewed June 16. The Ottawa Fringe Festival continues until June 23 at various downtown venues. Tickets & information: ottawafringe.com, 613-232-6162. Pinter Stew (Third 17 June 2019 0 Comments Four on the floor at the Fringe God is a Scottish Drag Queen …
A production by the improv group Black Box Comedy, the premise of GoFundYourself is promising enough. The show, directed by Chris Hannay and Dani Alon, begins with performer asking an audience member what their big dream is; this dream will then be the goal that both the performers and spectators will try to raise funds …
Joan MacLeod’s play The Shape of a Girl, inspired by the 1997 murder of Reena Virk in Saanich, BC, pulls no punches in its depiction of bullying among girls and the disastrous consequences it has on all of those involved, including the victim, bystander and bully. The production at Ottawa Fringe, directed by Sabrina …