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The Secret Love Life of Ophelia

Darren Boquist and Alice Novak
Venue 4; Walterdale Playhouse
No one can quite do sexy time like Shakespeare. Damn. Steven Berkoff’s play, The Secret Love Life of Ophelia, is a collection of imaginary Love Letters between Hamlet and Ophelia. Following in the footsteps of playwrights like Tom Stoppard, Berkoff captures the language of Shakespeare and convincingly builds [...]

Ryan Paulson: I’m Uncomfortable

Venue 9; Telus Building
The thing about comedy is that not every one agrees on what is funny. Some people love Steven Wright, some people can not understand why the hell people think that man is funny. I saw some of Steven Wright’s stuff when I was a kid so, back then I thought he was [...]

The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over

Gemma Wilcox
Venue 2; The laugh Shop
Gemma is an accomplished actress who has a great command of the stage. In her show, The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over, Gemma weaves the characterizations of animals into the story  of a woman and a man who are trying to make it work as a couple. She plays several [...]

More Bange for your Buck

Uh oh it’s magic…
What a great experience the fringe can be, you can see straight theatre, musical, dance, experimental, abstract, dramatic, humorous, acrobatic, and of course some magic.
Chris Bange’s show is complete with umbrella’s wild animals crazy cards metal circles ropes and ties and lost money and, what this isn’t making any sense, well its [...]

Great Outdoor Performances

I made it a point to see some outdoor shows today.
I had a delightful coffee date with Chris Gibbs the other day talking about outdoor performers and oddly, if you ask they will come, I got to meet many of the outdoor show performers over the past few days. I made it a point to [...]