Vancouver: Gemma Wilcox is remarkable. As the actor, director and playwright of The Honeymoon is Officially Over, she delivers a stand-out piece of theatre that has the audience eating out of the palm of her hand. Playing a myriad of characters throughout the piece, she lights up the stage with integrity and beautifully smooth transformations.
I had no idea what I was going to see when I walked into this show. I thought this show was going to be about a bunch of dancing girls or some Moulin Rouge type story that may be nothing more than scantily clad girls. I was totally wrong and as punishment, this performance kicked me in the gut, smacked me upside my head, made fun of my life, and then drop kicked my ass into reality. I was shocked to get a short history lesson on a part of the 20th century that I had no idea existed....
Vancouver: Oh, my god, like OMG! I just have to tell all you Fringe types how important it is that that you go see this play. It’s just fantastic. Like, Ryan Gladstone is AAH-mAAzing! I think I’m in capital-l love.
Doesn't seem so hot to me, and what's he doing with his finger?
Outside the venue I wait patiently to be allowed entry. Beside me sits a slip of a woman, gray-haired, back and hips perfectly perpendicular. When approached by the usher, trying to hand her a ballot to vote for the show we’re about to see, she haughtily informs the usher that she does not vote. On the other side of her a couple sits down to enjoy a delicious pastry. Standing at the kiosk a man and woman seem unsure if this is the show they’ve pre-booked tickets for.
One of these men is Balthar - but we can't see his junk so we can't be sure
Do you like dragons? Me neither. Well, what about toys and free stuff and funny voices and a real live dragon? Okay. That sounds pretty cool, right? Especially if you’re under ten.
Dina in the Land of Dragons or artwork from club dragonland (Gale Franey)
The Saddest Girl in the World tells the stories of women who are trying. Trying to make their dream job a reality, trying to make sense of their past, trying to fulfill themselves, trying to make a connection.
There's something to be said for walking into a Fringe play cold, knowing absolutely nothing about it. With no expectations, the lame ducks tend to be easier to bear because hey, it's a crap shoot anyway, and if it's good you get the bonus of the pleasant surprise of feeling like you found yourself a little gem, enhancing the experience of the play itself. Murder, Hope represents the great hope of the Fringe concept: the discovery of a diamond in the rough.
Teenage Jesus has swept Latin America and apparently he wants pretty young girls to come down to Honduras to help convert the heathens. This is the catalyst moment for Madeleine, the protagonist in Leah Bailey's Some Reckless Abandon.
Everyone remembers their first time, right? I do and it was quick to forget it. Unfortunately, you can't forget your first time. Come on! The first time is always something you remember even if you want to forget it. The First Time is a production that covers this fact in great detail whether your first time was good or not.
I know you wanted your first time to be with Elvira!
