Jelly Fish

I don't have much to say today.  I've been working and cleaning mostly, which is boring.  I did see 7(x1) Samurai for my last Fringe show.  I really really enjoyed the crazy comic kind of mimed version that was spot on.



I really recommend trying to see the show during his tour.

Plus, a picture of Jelly Fish I took in Vancouver.

The Excursionists

Saw The Excursionists at the Fringe today.  It was a hilarious play.  The whole audience really seemed to enjoy it.  It was about two Victorian gentlemen and time travel . . . what could possible go wrong with that mix? 

brass helmets for time travel!

The two actors were amazing and had perfect comic timing.  The play itself was really well written. The actors doing the sound effects in what was a very Monty Python style show was really fun.  I would highly recommend the show or going to see Fringe Shows should you have a Fringe venue near where you live or you could travel to where a venue is and see a show.

Reviews from the Fringe

I've seen a few shows now and thought I'd share my opinion of them.  First, I went to see Grimmer Than Grimmer Than Grimm. 

Expect Violence

GTGTG was suitably dark and suitably funny.  The play was written really well and the humor was natural.  The actors all did a great job and the whole production really worked.  I even enjoyed the wicked songs.  I really wish I'd seen last years play depicting other Grimm stories.  May be they'll have more for me next year I certainly hope so! I would definitely recommend it (don't take the little kids).

Then there was Serial . . . which didn't really work.  It wasn't so terrible I felt the need to flee, but it certainly was good.  The play seemed unfocused and ungrounded (meaning I couldn't figure out how the world worked really).  It was in iambic pentameter, which I don't think actually served the scripted and only 2 of the 5 actors really pulled it off as natural speech (Maven and Cook).  The actors playing these parts were the only good thing about the play. Maven was suppose to be death or deaths mischievous cousin or a fallen angel of darkness (would that make you good?), but it was not really clear.  Though my friend whom I saw it with wondered why a emo vampire showed up on LOST.  The character really looked like Edward Cullen + The Crow.  Still it was free, so better than nothing.

Today I saw Shorts.  Where I listened to a South African tell me a few short stories about both his own life and traditional south african folk tales.  I enjoyed it and even laughed out loud a few times (if you know me you know that's a difficult response to get from me in a big crowd).  However, I laugh more when he went off the script then when he stuck with it.  In the end I wish it had all been a bit less scripted, but I did enjoy the show and would recommend it.

Fringe Edmonton

I'm volunteering for the first time at the Edmonton Fringe Festival.  Its a really need festival that brings together interesting theater from all over the world.

I'm volunteering front of house.  This means I'm a ticket taker.  Its not too bad.  Lots of down time though.  Its like work 30 minutes wait 45 minutes.  Its kind of fun though and I get Fringe buck to see shows for free, which is really the advantage.

I'm going to get to see 5 shows completely free!  Most shows run about $12.  Awesome!