The one-man show is a brave and ambitious endeavor to take on for any actor, and the Fringe, in my opinion, is a great place for an actor build some chops. The Sinner King, written and performed by Eric Hinch, as a one-hour storytelling play has lots of potential, and is probably a courageous creative leap for Hinch, but the show I watched seemed more like a work-in-progress than a finished product.
The piece is based on story by Goethe and follows the adventures of a man chasing his mystery woman, and getting swept up in sex and drugs...
When I go to theatre I want a show to move me, and I liked the dance show Species by Seattle-based Sapience Dance Company because it did just that. Contemporary dancers Sarah Seder, Lilah Steece, Amy Weaner, Victoria Jacobs and Leslie Hubbard make up the young dynamic company and this original piece is an collective collaboration born out of a shorter piece they performed earlier in the year. Throughout the creative process Steece doubled as director, Weaner was on costumes and additional choreography was by Ariella Brown.
The company won me over right away with their opening solo. I thought...
I haven't seen a magician at the Fringe before, though in fact Travis Bernhardt was here last year. He tells how he chose to try to be one, because shy and nerdish, then explains that 'magic trick' is an oxymoron, and how some prefer such terms as effect or illusion.
Manipulating balls and cards, he dexterously confuses us on the meaning of 'one' and 'two' and 'left' and 'right.' He gives two people money, buys bananas from them, and both have more money - too quick for me to figure out. He has a white egg-shaped ball which is suddenly...
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PLANK NOTE: There are two casts for this show. The junior cast ages approximately 14-19, and the senior cast 17-25. This review is about the senior cast.)
Awkward Stage Production’s musical comedy Smile is a well polished and entertaining show. Under the direction of Cara Tench and the musical direction of Andy Toth the talented young cast offers great singing, fun characterizations, and a lot of enthusiasm for a full 90 minutes.
The young cast is made up of actors and singers ages 19 to 24 and I was impressed with the precision, poise and focus of the performers. The...
There were not many people in the audience at the Friday show I went to. Which means that a few people missed out that night on the funny and sweet performance by Steve Boleantu.
Arnie the Carnie's House of Fun is just that- pure fun. Brian Anderson, the writer and Arnie the Carnie himself, is a natural performer (20 years of experience probably helps too) and puts on a show that includes magic, physical feats, and tips to avoid being scammed at the carnival.
Jon Stewart, playwright and performer, has your attention before he even gets on the stage with the sound of the Vancouver Sky Train in the dark.
Good one-person plays always amaze me, Big Shot in particular. Stewart does not let any of the various characters overlap in the slightest, making them seem the truly different people that they are. The characters in this play collide in a way that is, sadly, entirely plausible.
A big part of what makes this play so awesome is the subject matter. Big Shot deals with the scarily automated...
Sebastian X Samur is a tall man – he moves with a natural ease which has obviously been honed through physical training in expressive arts. His skills with movement are the backbone of “Red,” a retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story from the perspectives of hunter and prey.
Samur plays both: a sweet little “Red” and a rough Big Bad Wolf, with only a piece of red fabric and his long, fluid body as his tools. With a story so simple and worn, what tension is added to the mix comes from a novel empowerment of the audience...
Welcome everyone, to the other side of the looking glass where you can take pride in yourself for being lazy and follow your own self-serving interests. Throw away those life aspirations and take a great weight off your shoulders!
This is a how-to program to releasing ourselves from those pesky dreams and "dangerous notions" that we should plan our lives and gather our resources.
Our hosts very enthusiastically guide us along in this 'backward' land where we are led to practice living in the now, spending everything we have now, doing the opposite of what we have been told...
Cabaret Terrarium is written by Richard Harrington and Chris Kauffman. Harrington (Gustave – the cabaret singer) and Kauffman (Nhar – the “pantomeeme”) are funny guys. If the framing story is never quite as good as the various parts that go into it, and if occasionally Gustave’s songs get one note, and the piece is a smidgen too long, there are still laughs aplenty in this offering.
They are, however, often stifled by the Cabaret Terrarium’s big device – the wooden frogs, and it’s a pity in some ways. I sensed the audience trying to respect the conceit of the frogs...
