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Had to leave this one early due to unforeseen circumstances, so no actual review. Just leaving it in here for future reference.

Bye Bye Bombay is the story of an Indian-American woman who seeks out her family’s roots in India after her mothers’ death, with only a picture of her mother, looking more carefree than she can recall in her life, splashing in an unknown river as guide. The story is interesting, if only as an exploration [...]

Colette Kendall tells the story of her discovery of her sexuality, from awkward teenagehood to her present status as an adult. Through an abusive husband to his loving but sexually repressed best friend. This show is an anthem to sexual positivity told with humor and a sense of fun. This was a lot of fun, [...]

Today was the first day I spent a lot of time on the grounds while not watching plays. Finally got to watching some street performer stuff (notably, the Aerial Angels, who are always awesome). Also went on some Sustainival rides, which was a bit odd. Still not sure what I think about having rides on [...]

Yesterday was the first real malfunction in terms of play watching for this year. Due to a medical issue, we had to bail out of Morro and Jasp early. So I’ll be posting a stub of that one, but obviously not a review. I always wonder what the performers think when something like that happens. [...]

Today I took a break from active fringing and didn’t see any new shows. I only re-saw Tudor Queens, which was entirely worth seeing again. So I think it’s time to talk about something other than the day-to-day process of Fringing. Since the Varscona broke away from the main Fringe venue list a few years [...]

The Wet Dream Catcher is a highly interactive and very surprising performance, so I won’t talk too much about what’s in it. Suffice to say that it’s about shame. About losing shame and finding freedom. It’s kind of like a light and less potentially embarrassing version of The Human Body Project. No one has to [...]

I never thought I would actually say something like this, but Vice Versa is an extremely touching clown show. It is, as you’d more likely expect, also hilarious. It’s the story of a clown, his clown son, and his dead clown wife. At the start of the play they plan to spread the mom’s ashes [...]

Brake is a story about a woman who’s son runs off into the street and gets hit by a car. His death triggers all sorts of changes in the lives of his parents, as well as the man who was driving the car that hit him. From the first scene, the play grabs your attention [...]

I’m actually posting this the next day as by the time I got around to writing it I was so tired I just had to fall asleep. This’ll be the beginning of a lull in the Fringe for me, as I won’t be seeing much today (probably just re-seeing Tudor Queens). Seeing so much new [...]