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Fringe show adds musical twist to Riverview High
There’s a reason why we love John Hughes’ 1985 detention flick The Breakfast Club. If you were a teen in the 90s, there’s a good chance you probably had a mad crush on Kelly Kapowski from Saved by the...
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Fringe favourite Jem Rolls combines inspired poetry with amusing self-awareness
Jem Rolls: Ten Starts and an End False Creek Gym Click here for showtimes Before you ask, yes, Jem Rolls is his real name, and it’s one familiar to Fringe audiences across Canada. Every year for the...
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Part memoir, part show, former circus performer Aji puts on a...
Bad Day to be a Juggler Performance Works Click here for showtimes Aji, the lanky redhead who stars in Bad Day to be a Juggler, has heard your jokes. He heard them when he was into magic tricks at a...
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“Peter n’ Chris Explore their Bodies” a wacky and winning show
Peter n’ Chris Explore their Bodies Carousel Theatre Click here for showtimes Peter n’ Chris, or Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson if you want to be technical about it, are those two kids from high school...
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Five fun Vancouver Fringe Festival finds
Given the sheer size of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, trying to choose five shows above all the rest is somewhat ludicrous. For many fest-goers, however, budgets are limited and finding a date where...
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Rodney DeCroo puts on his Allegheny acting shoes
Culture shock comes in many forms. For singer/songwriter Rodney DeCroo, the move from his small coal-mining hometown outside Pittsburgh, Pa., to Vancouver in 1985 so his father could manage the Newton...
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Theatre review: Stop, Look and Listen at the Fringe
The 29th annual Vancouver Fringe Festival is underway with 90 different shows on Granville Island, at The Cultch, the Firehall, and elsewhere around town. Part of the fun of fringing is the crapshoot...
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Theatre review: 6 Guitars rocks the Fringe; Assaulted Fish funny; Radio guy...
An 87-year-old Mississippi bluesman creaks onto the stage, sharing a sly wink with the audience as he “warms up”–a sip from his whisky glass–then slowly sits, picks up his guitar, and in a high voice...
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Theatre review: Binge at the Fringe with funny Hockey Night and compelling...
What would the Vancouver Fringe Festival be without a play about hockey? Canucks training camp hasn’t even opened yet and it’s already hard for theatre to compete this time of year. So if you can’t...
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Theatre review: 30th Vancouver Fringe Fest is funny, creepy and dark
The Vancouver Fringe Festival marks the opening of the fall theatre season as it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year–a long time in a city so short-sighted about its own history. At more than 80...
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Theatre review: Women’s dark view of marriage a surprising Fringe theme
There are certain things you come to expect as a regular attendee at fringe theatre festivals. Always lots of silly comedy, sex–not the literal kind but funny tales about sex and sex talk...
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