You & Me and Me & You - FRINGE XX

You & Me and Me & You @ Theatre Saint Catherine, Off Venue A. Featuring improve duo Dan Jeanotte & Kirsten Marie Rasmussen in a one-act improvised play. Audience members are asked to offer up two suggestions for a scene, a circumstance, and an object, for some preselected characters. The actors then run with it, for almost a full hour of a supposedly unrehearsed short play. Although it was obvious that some elements of the story had been preplanned, over all the direction that they took it in was very creative for the most part. There were moments throughout however when I felt that Dan wasn't getting the 'positive' support from his partner that is so essential to a successful improve like: don't question, don't say no, always yes, and move it forward. I did feel it went on a bit too long and would have preferred a shorter story to get warmed up before settling into one long one, and maybe even adding another short one at the end. There is no denning the talent and charisma of Jeanotte and it is worth going to see if only just to watch him entertain and light up the stage. 3 cents. Dee Arr

You & Me and Me & You @ T.S.C. W/ Dan Jeanotte & Kirsten Marie Rasmussen, an improve duo. They take suggestions from the audience to build their show, however one improve lasts the whole hour. Might have been more interesting with five (5) shorter improvs involving more audience participation. Would have loved to see Dan working with another partner; Kirsten is creative but holds the energy back a too much blocking Dan's great improv offers. 3 Cents. Scooby Doo