As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees. His first…
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THE LID (Pat Finnerty & BRAT): 2015 Fringe Review 8
BRAT brings a raw alternative true-fringe experience to this year’s festival with Pat Finnerty’s original work of rock-n-roll cabaret theater.
View More THE LID (Pat Finnerty & BRAT): 2015 Fringe Review 8AFTER THE REHEARSAL / PERSONA (Toneelgroep Amsterdam): 2015 Fringe review 7.1
Toneelgroep’s take on these classic screenplays retains all of the rawness of and cruelty of Bergman’s films.
View More AFTER THE REHEARSAL / PERSONA (Toneelgroep Amsterdam): 2015 Fringe review 7.1GROWING INTO MY BEARD (I’ve Seen The Future): 2015 Fringe review 6
Bay Bryan comes out in this heartfelt story of a queer boy learning what is means to be a man.
View More GROWING INTO MY BEARD (I’ve Seen The Future): 2015 Fringe review 6THE CAPTIVE (PAC): 2015 Fringe review 5
Although it has lost the shock value (lesbianism!) it had in the 1920s, it is easy to see why PAC were attracted to this forgotten play.
View More THE CAPTIVE (PAC): 2015 Fringe review 5FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM (Hannah Van Sciver): 2015 Fringe review 4
This original ensemble-devised piece explores the inspiration and moods of expressionist painter Cy Twombly’s series of canvases on the theme of the Trojan War.
View More FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM (Hannah Van Sciver): 2015 Fringe review 4TILL BIRNAM WOOD… (John Schultz): 2015 Fringe review 3
Shakespeare blindfolded: In the darkness, Shakespeare is illuminated.
View More TILL BIRNAM WOOD… (John Schultz): 2015 Fringe review 3THE SHOPLIFTERS (1812 Productions): 2015 Fringe review 2
An uproarious look into the reasons people steal, and why others chase them
View More THE SHOPLIFTERS (1812 Productions): 2015 Fringe review 2EXIT THE KING (IRC): 2015 Fringe Review 1
Ionesco’s absurdist tragicomedy on death and the human condition comes to life in Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s hilarious and affecting production.
View More EXIT THE KING (IRC): 2015 Fringe Review 1Fishtown Fringe Preview #3: A GREAT WAR (Iron Age Theatre)
The latest in a series of previews of shows in the Fishtown Fringe segment of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
View More Fishtown Fringe Preview #3: A GREAT WAR (Iron Age Theatre)FULL 2015 Fringe Festival Calendar
Here is a comprehensive listing of all performances at the 2015 Fringe Festival by date and time.
View More FULL 2015 Fringe Festival CalendarTonight! Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium kicks off the Fringe with EXIT THE KING!
Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium returns with its latest dive into the absurd—Eugene Ionescos EXIT THE KING
View More Tonight! Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium kicks off the Fringe with EXIT THE KING!Fishtown Fringe Preview #2: POPE UP
Part of a series of previews of shows in the Fishtown Fringe segment of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
View More Fishtown Fringe Preview #2: POPE UPTake It to the Bank: Jack Tamburri on Fringe, non-profits, and theater
Ferdinand creator and producer talks about his Fringe show NOT FOR PROFIT and the art of creating art in the non-profit world.
View More Take It to the Bank: Jack Tamburri on Fringe, non-profits, and theaterDance Remains: Choreographer Olive Prince on her anticipated Fringe show OF OUR REMNANTS
Olive Princes OF OUR REMNANTS is one of the premiere dance pieces of this years Fringe. She talks to Phindie about the literary inspiration and collaboration behind it.
View More Dance Remains: Choreographer Olive Prince on her anticipated Fringe show OF OUR REMNANTSFringe Wayback Machine: Brain Shapiro revisits online predictions from 1995 in A FEW THOUSAND UPGRADES LATER
What did the future of the internet look like in 1995? This Fringe show takes a look.
View More Fringe Wayback Machine: Brain Shapiro revisits online predictions from 1995 in A FEW THOUSAND UPGRADES LATERTexan Death Squad Comes To Philadelphia: Bastion Carboni arrives at the Fringe with SOMETIMES CALLIE AND JONAS DIE
Épater la bourgeoisie! That’s what they say in Texas, and that’s the sensibility Bastion Carboni says he isn’t bringing here with his smart-mouthed Fringe show SOMETIMES CALLIE AND JONAS DIE.
View More Texan Death Squad Comes To Philadelphia: Bastion Carboni arrives at the Fringe with SOMETIMES CALLIE AND JONAS DIELove’s Labour’s 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0: Shakespeare, the Fringe, and the Pope with Griffin Stanton-Ameisen
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen on LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, a FREE music-centered Shakespeare show running during and after the 2015 Fringe Festival
View More Love’s Labour’s 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0: Shakespeare, the Fringe, and the Pope with Griffin Stanton-AmeisenComing Out to Philadelphia: Fringe visitor Bay Bryan talks GROWING INTO MY BEARD
Bay Bryan talks about his queer at heart Fringe show and how Philadelphia is like Scotland.
View More Coming Out to Philadelphia: Fringe visitor Bay Bryan talks GROWING INTO MY BEARDCapable of Truthiness: Jessica Creane gets honest about CAPACITY FOR VERACITY
Lies, damned lies, and theater: that’s what they say. Maybe. Jessica Creane is one Fringe creator/performer with a large CAPACITY FOR VERACITY.
View More Capable of Truthiness: Jessica Creane gets honest about CAPACITY FOR VERACITY