“Don’t Stand So Close To Me” is among my favorite songs by the Police. The story of a student-teacher scandal is deceptively upbeat and hummable, but addresses the grave issue of inappropriate teacher-student relations. There are two sides to every story, and Timothy R. King gives us one side in Malevolence.
Archives for July 14, 2014
Oh, What Can’t A Woman Do?
Oh, What Can’t A Woman Do? Very little, according to writer and performer Hilary Morrow. Her drama up at Capital Fringe, a one-woman historical fiction based on famed Commedia dell’arte actress and writer Isabella Andreini, is delightfully staged and decidedly high brow.
Blue Moon / Red River
Jane Franklin’s bold collaboration with percussionist Tom Teasley is Fringe at its best. Blue Moon / Red River reaches wide — part dance and part concert. The pair have managed to combine both new mediums and old to create a unique and innovative storytelling experience, connecting some of our continent’s youngest artists with some of […]
Persephone
Here, let me tell you what I saw on opening night. It won’t spoil it for you, since each rendition of Persephone will tell a different story, with a different artist in control*. So as I give my report, keep in mind – your results will vary.
Miss Emma’s Matchmaking Agency for Literary Characters
Who would you choose if you were trying to find a date for Captain Ahab from Moby Dick? Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye? Jane Eyre from, well, duh? That’s the delightfully demented inspiration behind Miss Emma’s Matchmaking Agency for Literary Characters, a charming comedy gracing the Capital Fringe Festival.
SELF
New performance companies, still exploring their identities and fresh from birth, often emerge from the Capital Fringe Festival, testing the waters in the ultimate indie theatre environment. With SELF, relEASE chooses to literally explore themselves from the outside in, examining personal narratives, memory, and identity through a highly physical and wonderfully lyrical performance.
Brick Penguin Tries Its Best
Sketch comedy is surely one genre that’s meant to pack a punch…line, in a format that delivers comedy short and sweet. With Brick Penguin Tries Its Best, the noted sketch comedy group Brick Penguin takes a shot at tons of topics, ranging from the über-local to poking fun at Hollywood. Though the laughs were there, […]
Tour de Farce
Tour de Farce is proof that playwriting is no easy task. Its lack of craft, cohesion, and contrast make it seem like a self indulgent, tedious conversation among close friends who aren’t including us.
“Master Harold” … and the Boys
Apartheid. One of South Africa’s stains on civil rights lasted for more than four decades, with consequences that penetrated its society deeper than what met the human eye. Fred Franklin, Artistic Director for The Rude Mechanicals, adapts his own melodramatic interpretation of “Master Harold”… and the Boys, illustrating how quickly bigotry can spread when the […]