The Positive of Power Thinking is a 70-minute play written by Wallace Fessler and Joshua Fisher that runs at Performance Works. It stars Lance Banks who is an egotistic, smarmy motivational speaker, here to get your life on track with the help of his assistant Dave. Together, they demonstrate the power of the LanceLifeTotal Life System program and how it can make you more money, more powerful, more material possessions and more dependent on their multi-step program to success.

The format and idea behind...

    Lee MacDougall’s comedy caper High Life, presented at the Cultch as part of the Fringe Dramatic Works Series is the kind of play that would make Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) or Tracy Letts (Killer Joe) very proud with its witty portrayal of scheming criminals. Unfortunately, this production doesn’t do justice to the excellent script. The writing has a very particular style, and it demands a certain vocal agility to capture the repartee. In the opening scene Dave Evenson and Marcel Perro, as longtime partners-in-crime Dick and Bug, speak the dialogue at a jarringly uneven pace, not quite making...

I have to admit, I was expecting a fair bit of cheesiness, but I was resolved to watch The Vaudevillian politely. I figured there would be kids and slapstick and corny jokes and maybe I’d crack a smile or two. Well, smack me upside the head with a rubber chicken! This show was delightful and not at all like the 4 year old’s birthday party I’d hoped it wouldn’t be.

For those who aren’t in the know, Vaudeville is a form of variety...

Camel Camel is a superb hour of enthusiastic, hilarious, existential, shape shifting magic.

Janessa Johnsrude and Meghan Frank who form the dynamic duo "Glitter Gizzard" created the show in consultation with Mooky Cornish (Cirque du Soleil). It’s physical theatre meets vaudevillian sister acts. Which turns out to be a great combo.

I really can’t say enough good things about this show. It’s exactly the kind of the theatre I love to watch at the Fringe because it’s energized, fun, fully committed, creative and experimental. It’s the kind of thing you don’t get to see anywhere else.