T’was the Night Before Opening…
From Cowardly Kiss Theatre
(+4 rating, 4 votes)
Loading ...I feel like just yesterday I was working on my last Fringe show, and here I am waiting to open two new ones; it never fails to amaze me how quickly everything flies by…
I think that the days leading up to Fringe may be some of the most exciting of the festival. You spend months working on a show in rehearsal, and then in a matter of days it becomes real. In just three hours, you have light and sound, and just a few hours later (okay, maybe more like 48) your show is on stage in front of an audience! Wild!
I spent today on the Fringe grounds watching everything come together. After a morning tech (shout out to our fabulous technicians, Darcy and Nico!) for one of my shows – 00:00AM (Zero Ante Meridiem) – I went out postering, and then stuck around for the Fringe VIP party, where we performed an excerpt somewhat (un)successfully amongst a bustling crowd of people. But that’s what Fringe is all about – taking chances! I also had the opportunity to do an interview on a live webcast (cool!) and to meet many of the new people involved in this year’s festival. Oh, and it was packed, and that got me really excited for the next 10 days of absolute chaos!
It all starts tomorrow for me and my other show – She Came From Planet X! – which opens at the Westbury at midnight.
More shows I’d recommend off the top of my head:
A Watched Pot Never Boyles (HA-larious)
City Tensei (I dramaturged this when it was a slightly younger show – thought-provoking)
Tinseltown (Written and performed by some smart teenagers)
Wisdom Teeth (“Spoken-Word Rap” doesn’t even begin to describe it)
Moving Along (Brilliantly written and executed)
And that’s just local work – I can’t wait!
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About Andrea: Founded in 2006 by writer and director Andrea Beça, Cowardly Kiss Theatre has produced two highly successful shows, B, Or, Unless You Steal Her Pen (2007), and the semi-autobiographical Sylvie (2008). The company’s aim is to blend the traditional and the edgy; Beça’s influences range from Oscar Wilde to Charles Ludlum to Enda Walsh and Martin McDonagh. With each new play, Cowardly Kiss Theatre strives not only to produce thought-provoking work, but also to introduce (and re-introduce) new faces to the stage. This year marks the debut Fringe performances of actresses Julia Guy (00:00AM (Zero Ante Meridiem)) and Louise Casemore (She Came From Planet X!), and the return of actor Paul Bezaire (She Came From Planet X!) to the stage after over a decade working as a theatre technician and designer. |
Tags: Edmonton, Fringe Festival, recommended, Shows
