When Tor Snyder hits the mark, she’s hugely entertaining. In Dating Naked, healthy doses of self-deprecation and the comedy stalwart theme of an artist not being able to get their life together do actually work, albeit sporadically, to deliver laughs.
Read MoreElf Lyons: Swan
Imagine, if you will, a frantic, breathless reshaping of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, performed in a parrot costume and interwoven with an internal monologue that regularly swims to the surface.
Read MorePlaying the Fool: Joey Page Pretty Boy!
Sometimes, reality is simultaneously all too much and not enough. Sometimes, we need to see the world in distorted segments before we can rediscover the wonder of it all.
Read MoreEl Bizarro: Glamour! Danger! Freaks!
Many fringe shows claim to be weird, and wonderful, and pushing the limits. Many shows are dirty liars. Not so with Danger Cabaret’s latest offering.
Read MoreYolav & Graham: Jovial Trauma
Packed with comedic tropes, none of which are delivered in the ways we’re accustomed to, Yolav & Graham: Jovial Trauma goes well beyond a conventional stand-up performance.
Read MoreMatt Kilpa: Songs in the Key of Awesomesauce
Science, dick jokes, politics, pop parodies, and improvised rap. This is just the beginning when it comes to Matt Kilpa’s show.
Read MoreLisa Skye: Spiders Wearing Party Hats
Storytelling doesn’t have to be entirely relatable and anyone who claims they can relate to every single element of Lisa Skye’s show is probably lying. Either that, or they’re actually Skye wearing a fake moustache in an attempt to trick you.
Read MoreInimitable Chemistry: Almost Lesbians
Sophie Joske and Anna Piper Scott set out to achieve a surprising number of goals, but conforming to patriarchal narratives isn’t one of them.
Read MoreTake to the Sky: Beau & Aero
A plane crashes. The pilot and co-pilot are left to fend for themselves. They’re amusingly underprepared, with just a few crackers in their ration box, but there’s no better sustenance than their irrepressibly whimsical zest for life.
Read MoreStruan Logan: Struan All Over the World
Some stand up shows... well, they stand out as opposed to up and Struan All Over the World is one of them.
Read MoreWrestling Against Expectations: I'm Okayfabe
Attempting to be the perfect woman can feel like a wrestle. Rather than wrestle another flesh-and-blood person, though, you’re wrestling yourself and the many – oh so many – impossible standards set for the female gender.
Read MorePsychological Insomniac Theatre: Night Sweats
In a darkened room, we listen to the thoughts of a mind wracked by insomnia. They bubble up despite the protagonist's best efforts to push them aside.
Read MoreWhen Our Molecules Meet Again* Let's Hope They Remember What To Do (*Probably In Space)
Stuart Bowden takes us on a journey, all the way to our own planet via our emotional cores in a pensive, lonely and, finally, uplifting story.
Read MoreSmart, Scatter-Brained Stand Up: Death to America
Sean Bedlam takes his audience on a journey through the anarchic workings of his mind, loosely themed around the socio-political issues plaguing America.
Read MoreEleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany
The history of war is often told through sweeping engagements and the grand stroke of the tacticians pen. In Eleanor’s Story, however, we have a uniquely singular and human narrative.
Read MoreAn Overdue Call to Action: Giant & Angry
In Giant & Angry, Gillian English paints a picture with which we can all identify. Whether anger is shoved down where no one else can see it, or held forth in an act of empowerment, it is unquestionably present.
Read MoreBold, Beautiful and Grotesque: Odette!
In her debut clowning performance, Marina Margarita breathes life into the heavily pregnant form of Odette - the cleaning lady that everybody loves to love. Well, maybe not everybody. Everybody who isn’t a bastard, certainly.
Read MoreHilarious and Relatable: Drag Queen Stole My Dress
This fast-paced tale is at once surprising and, for many, all too relatable. English shares it masterfully, her comedic skills keeping the audience in a constant state of enraptured fascination.
Read MorePerhaps Under Stars That Would Stretch Forever (Joey Page Explains the Universe in Under an Hour)
Explaining the universe in under an hour might seem a big ask. If anyone can do it, though, that person is Joey Page.
Read MoreThe Perfect Climax: Little Death Club
Little Death Club, a show offering a rotating lineup of the strangest people you're likely to see gracing a stage, is a fantastic way to close an evening at FRINGE WORLD.
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