by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2026 | Review
Watching Daddy Bear & Man P*ssy, I went through a portal. In this performance, husband-and-husband team Steve Wright and Jeff Narayan tell the story of their relationship — mostly untheatrically. They stand side by side and take turns delivering information. Both...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2026 | Review
Do you know what’s worse than realizing you’re wasting your time at a show? Having that realization when you’re outside, you’re already freezing, and there’s a whole lot of show left. In Let’s Not Turn on Each Other!, writer/performers Michael Watt and Jacqueline...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2026 | Review
Of the nine shows I’ve seen at the Fringe so far, Diane Jorge’s Solovela, an Improvised Solo Telenovela succeeds most thoroughly on its own terms. As the title lets us know, Jorge performs the body of the show by herself. But first she interviews an audience volunteer...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2026 | Review
There’s so much to like in Travis Abels’s solo show, Candy. But the centre doesn’t hold. Abels sets up the narrative frame: he’s going on a journey to the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland, where, legend has it, if you stand on the edge at sunset, you can see your future....
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2026 | Review
I know the word fuck is in the title, but that’s not going to stop me from nerding out. Narrative tension, which provokes interest, comes from not knowing how things will work out, what insight the protagonist might gain. Watching The Guys I F*cked, I was so far ahead...