by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2019 | Review
I’m in love with Larry. In green coveralls and what looks like a paper cut-out beard, clown Candice Roberts plays Larry in this solo show. The guy’s a hoser — complete with an Ottawa Valley accent — a man’s man, who isn’t woke enough for the woman he wants to date....
by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2019 | Review
It’s a gift. In Didn’t Hurt, Rodney DeCroo shares stories about his brutal childhood and the resulting struggles in his adult life. But it’s not all grim; in fact, the most moving moments are the funniest and most tender. DeCroo is a gentle and engaging storyteller....
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 14, 2018 | Review
This website has the MOST—and the MOST INFORMED—reviews of show at the Vancouver Fringe. Here you go: 40 of ’em. FORTY! 5-Step Guide to Being German ADHD Project, The Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead Angels and Aliens Awkward Hug Banned in The USA Big Queer...
