Fringin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

[listersgirl]

More Fringing!


Shakespeare's Comic Olympics

What Fringe experience would be complete without an outdoor show featuring uncomfortable bleachers? With a cast of over 30, Shakespeare's Comic Olympics transplants characters from the comedies and romances to compete for the coveted gold in events such as Love Letter Relay and Clown Decathlon. A very clever idea that didn't always come off as well as could be hoped. Part of the problem for me was that the announcers (very funny) were miked, but the team members were not, so the contrast in sound levels was a bit disconcerting. Still, it was highly amusing at times, and the opening Olympics/Lord of the Rings crossover bit made me giggle.



Pinocchio

It's shows like this that are why I love Fringe. 60 minutes of innovative, darkly comic re-telling of the story of Pinocchio, featuring two performers who created myriad characters with simply a change of accent and a shift in body language. Totally brilliant. I had been hearing wonderful things about this company (Screwed & Clued) for years, but had never made it to a show. Now, however, they're on my must list for every year.


And I got to meet girldetective at Pinocchio, after both of us checking the other out to see if we were really who we thought we were. So that was a fabulous addition to the fringing.

Comments

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think most people were wearing body mics at the Olympics, but they weren't turned up very high or weren't receiving very well, and the actors were un-projecting all confident with their mikage (at least compared to the World Cup one, where I remember everyone bawling like howler monkeys to be heard). At any rate, yeah, lame when we couldn't hear, funny when we coul.

[listersgirl]

I think you're right - or at least, it seemed like there were some mikes out there, because the sound was uneven.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

I remember noticing quite a few on people's foreheads so I'm pretty sure that was the problem.

Also, for the above: "d". Thank you and good night!

[(Anonymous)]

FYI, Falstaff and Jonson (the anchor desk announcers) had head mikes when they were at the desk. Holinshed (the "man on the field") had a regular corded mike. There was also a cordless hand held which was mostly used by Duke Frederick and Prospero.