Take a walk on the wild side at Centaur Theatre this week and enjoy some short and sweet, and some bitter sweet, moments to warm up those seats in the theatre this cold January. A reasonably priced event: individual tickets are 12.50$ and a five play pass is 50$ and only 40$ (8$ per play) students and seniors, this is a great way to sample some up and coming new work and talent. The 12th season features 7 'cutting-edge' productions, from Montreal and one from Australia. Many (4) were previously presented at the Fringe: The Sputniks, Zeppelin Was A Cover Band, Die Roten Punkte, and Sahara Crossing which is now on its third round on stage.
I saw The Ballad of the Young Offender written and performed by MECCA Award winner Patrick Costello. A short play at 34min. A collage of rock'en roll mythology it takes on maybe a little more than the time allows for, yet is still well staged and equally well performed.
One evening I saw both Die Roten Punkte and The Sputniks- Talk about an emotional rollercoaster...one left me with tears of laughter and the second with emotional tears. Both were exceptionally well written and performed by the respective artists.
The Sputniks was my pick of the 2008 Fringe (see reviews below) and I thought I knew it already but I am so glad I went back to see it again. I was enthralled by the flawless performance of Elison Zasko from the top to the finish as she portrays seven characters with humility and raw purity. She left us, the audience, as worn as she must be after such a physical and emotional performance.
Die Roten Punkte is pure performance art- if you like, clowns, punk-rock & roll, burlesque, and hysterical dry humor, then an evening with Astrid (a plump temptress) and Otto (a sexy clown) Rot will tickle your fancy (and a few other of your body parts) and entertain you to new heights. The pair of siblings rival for our attention, and sympathy and for our laughs for over an hour, transporting us 'à la Rocky Horror' into their world of robots and lions, a real absurd rock & role "Super Musikant" odyssey. The artists show us in an obvious way that they're having too much fun enjoying a performers' favorite world- being a rock star and being an actor: dancer and singer and musician. Dare to go there! (I actually went back to see them perform again and enjoyed the show; However, it does feed off the energy of the audience and therefore some elements of their performance will vary depending on the crowd.
I saw The Ballad of the Young Offender written and performed by MECCA Award winner Patrick Costello. A short play at 34min. A collage of rock'en roll mythology it takes on maybe a little more than the time allows for, yet is still well staged and equally well performed.
One evening I saw both Die Roten Punkte and The Sputniks- Talk about an emotional rollercoaster...one left me with tears of laughter and the second with emotional tears. Both were exceptionally well written and performed by the respective artists.
The Sputniks was my pick of the 2008 Fringe (see reviews below) and I thought I knew it already but I am so glad I went back to see it again. I was enthralled by the flawless performance of Elison Zasko from the top to the finish as she portrays seven characters with humility and raw purity. She left us, the audience, as worn as she must be after such a physical and emotional performance.
Die Roten Punkte is pure performance art- if you like, clowns, punk-rock & roll, burlesque, and hysterical dry humor, then an evening with Astrid (a plump temptress) and Otto (a sexy clown) Rot will tickle your fancy (and a few other of your body parts) and entertain you to new heights. The pair of siblings rival for our attention, and sympathy and for our laughs for over an hour, transporting us 'à la Rocky Horror' into their world of robots and lions, a real absurd rock & role "Super Musikant" odyssey. The artists show us in an obvious way that they're having too much fun enjoying a performers' favorite world- being a rock star and being an actor: dancer and singer and musician. Dare to go there! (I actually went back to see them perform again and enjoyed the show; However, it does feed off the energy of the audience and therefore some elements of their performance will vary depending on the crowd.
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