Fringe day 1

[listersgirl]

Yay! Fringe has officially begun for me: I have stood in my first ticket-buying line-up and my first ticket-holding line-up, and seen my first show, and in fact, my first sold out show.

The Catering Queen

This got a lot of advance buzz, and I'm glad I made it to the first show (with starfishchick), because it's going to be one that's hard to get into. And it was a good start to Fringe season: funny and well acted, if a little slow at times. It's what I think of as a Type 1 Fringe show: a standard small-scale plotty play that could really be performed anywhere, but is good for Fringe because it's got a small cast and minimal sets. The audience was having a great time, and there were definitely some excellent moments. I just felt it dragged a little in the second half, especially during the scenes with the ex (who was also not the strongest actor on the stage). Alison Lawrence (who also wrote it, I believe) and Dmitry Chepovsky (I totally misspelled his last name) were excellent. Recommended.

Tonight, two more shows, and I need to start planning the rest of my schedule.

Comments

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Oh goodie -- are we going to hear all about Types 2 through n? I'm looking forward to that. :D

[listersgirl]

I suppose you will, if I actually see any. Sadly, there is a definite lack of Type 4, aka TJ.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Chris Gibbs counts as honourary Type 4, I guess, for being TJ-related -- or is that Type 3?

[listersgirl]

I think that's TJ related is type 5 - so there's Chris Gibbs, and also Keir whatsisname, since TJ is directing.

I'd say Type 2 is true fringe theatre, usually involving singing, talking at the audience, and dark moodiness (like the MITCHELL show, whatever that was called), and Type 3 is monologuing (which leads directly to TJ).

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Where does puppet rape fall in? :p