Weekly Update 286: Fringe Edition (Jul. 3rd – Jul. 10th)
There’s no set schedule of picks for this week; instead, what I’m reccomending you do is check out the Fringe schedule (on-line, or grab a hard copy at the Fringe Club, or at any venue around town), and plan your own. My preview picks are going up, and I would hope you find them useful; Preview 1, about Solo Shows, and Preview 2, about Ensemble Shows, are already up, and Preview 3, Musicals / Dance, should go up later this weekend; the fourth and final preview, covering the oddball and unique shows of the Fringe, should be up early next week.
Artistic Director Ian Rowe's final Ghost Jail show (he's moving to Vancouver this fall) happens this Sunday at Clinton's, in a star studded finale for their season.
(They’ve been taking much longer than I anticipated to write, which makes a certain kind of sense, considering I’m researching and writing about 12 shows for each post).
Also, I’ll start posting capsule reviews of Fringe shows as of Monday, July 6th.
There are a few shows worth catching this upcoming week, that aren’t on the Fringe schedule exactly, but are Fringe-connected. Of course, there’s the FREE nightly variety shows happening at the Fringe Club every night for the run of the festival, like The Rumoli Brothers Show, and Bad Dog Theatre’s Off Book showcase. There’s also sepcial editions of shows like Ghost Jail Theatre (celbrating their season finale this Sunday), PROJECTProject (which has moved to Mondays as of this week), and Catch 23 Improv, that boast guests in town for the Fringe.
Whatever you do catch at the Fringe, make sure you do your best to help that show by spreading word about the show, via word of mouth at the Fringe Club, on-line, or any other way you can disseminiate it. There’s so many shows at the festival, that it’s only by word of mouth that the cream will rise to the top!
See you around the festival…
