Written by Martin Dockery (L), Moonlight After Midnight is one of the most ambitious scripts at the Fringe. Dockery co-stars with real-life partner Vanessa Quesnelle.
From what Kathleen Oliver and I have seen in covering the Fringe for the Georgia Straight, here are our top ten shows—and a couple of other tips. [Read more…]
Don’t make this child shoot. Buy tickets to Magic Unicorn Island
So far, I’ve seen 15 shows that are playing the Vancouver Fringe Festival: four are stand-outs.
Topping my list is Jayson McDonald’s Magic Unicorn Island, a satire in which the kids of the world all move to an isolated island to protest their elders’ culture of hate—and the adults turn their weapons on the young ones. McDonald is such a smart and charismatic storyteller that everybody I talk to is in love with him. [Read more…]
