More fringing

[listersgirl]

We saw two shows on Tuesday, and two on Wednesday. Not a disappointment among them. We are Fringe stars!

Dishpig: Very funny one-man show about life as a dishwasher, co-written with TJ Dawe, which is why I wanted to go. Yes, I am that predictable. As with most one-person shows, it's the performer that makes the material interesting, but I actually worked as a dishwasher one summer, and this brought back some terrible memories. I used to have dreams every night about washing the floors! Anyway, it was very frenetic and entertaining.

Expiry Dating: Written by and starring our very own girldetective! It was a very funny show about dating on a deadline, and I could totally hear A's voice in the writing, which was awesome.

Fuck Off and Die: Tales in Teen Angst Poetry: Bad poetry. Bad poetry written by a 13-year-old. Bad poetry written by a 13-year-old performed with over-the-top interpretation. Seriously, how can you miss?

Gibberish: Chris Gibb, the performer, asked us all not to describe the show because then it sounds really bad, so let me just say he is a funny, funny man, and the audience was killing themselves. Also, backflips. Seriously.

Comments

[riarambles.livejournal.com]

The first one was much funnier in my brain before I figured out that it was about a human dishwasher... I could just imagine a show about a, you know, appliance dishwasher.

[listersgirl]

That would be pretty fantastic, actually.

[girldetective.livejournal.com]

Hee. It's actually about quarter-life-crisis angst more than anything. But that doesn't sound quite as sexy as "a romantic comedy about death", does it?

[listersgirl]

No, I'm afraid "quarter-life-crisis" just makes me snicker. :)