Spoiler: this show has no pornography in it. So let's get that out of the way.

    Pornography is a play written by Simon Stephens that premiered in Hanover, Germany in 2007. It's set in London in 2005 during the week of Live 8, the 2012 Olympic Announcement and, tragically, the 7/7 bombings of London's subway trains. The audience follows the stories of eight individuals, sometimes over lapping, as they weave through these three events.

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Kris Neufeld steals this show with his quirky John Candy-like performance of the well-written characters Gill and Chermandrew. Lou Ticzon isn’t far behind as Trev, Guru, and Doug. And it’s nice to learn that for both of them its their first-time as Fringe artists. Good new talent here, both actors are from the Vancouver Film School. Credit goes to Leftovers writer Brianna Wiens and Director Maddison Popov for finding these two newbies and building this little comedy with them and Robbie Carley. 

Robbie Carley has a lovely voice, but he doesn’t have much opportunity to use it here—a pity—and the character...

If you’ve ever seen any truly bad improv or sketch comedy, then this is a show for you. 

Creator/performers Devin Mackenzie and Tom Hill clearly know their way around a comedy sketch and have seen more than their share of comedy disasters. Perhaps because of the expectations that come with a show being at the Improv Centre, from the moment you come in there is a boisterous, excited energy running through the audience, which is a great energy to be surrounded by. The show opens with Mackenzie and Hill sitting in the audience, impatiently waiting for the show to start....

    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...