by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2019 | Review
Tamlynn Bryson is a charm machine. (In case it’s not clear, that’s a very good thing.) In Bedwetter, she takes an unlikely topic — her own bedwetting, which continued until she was 15 — and turns it into a consistently entertaining hour. Bryson performs Bedwetter solo...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2019 | Review
Shawn O’Hara’s new monologue, Advanced Field Zoology for Beginners, contains deathless lines, but it’s not quite ripe. As he did in last year’s Field Zoology 101, O’Hara plays the highly unqualified field zoologist Dr. Brad Goosebury, who delivers absurd wildlife...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2019 | Review
Babur and Humayan are guards at the site where the Taj Mahal is being built. On the day it’s finished, they are charged with cutting off the hands of the 20,000 artists and artisans who have made it beautiful; the emperor doesn’t want them to contribute their skills...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2019 | Review
In a clever detail, the preshow music is an endless loop of “White Christmas”. The characters are in an loop of their own. One of them (played by Jon Paterson) has dragged a little homemade device out of a closet in his friend’s house. That pal is played by playwright...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 6, 2019 | Review
Well, that’s … opaque. I admire the musical skills of writer and solo performer Willi Carlisle, but I have very little idea what he’s trying to say. In There Ain’t No More, Carlisle plays an old folksinger who’s giving what may be his last concert: he’s dying of...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 4, 2019 | Review
Because it’s humble and autobiographical, some people might ignore Destiny, USA, but that would be a huge mistake: it’s one of the most skilful and moving shows I’ve ever seen at the Fringe. Laura Anne Harris is the sole live performer in this production of her...
