Between chaos and synchronicity, individualism and collectiveness, exists the human search for life without conflict.
View More LEVÉE DES CONFLITS (Boris Charmatz): 2016 Fringe review 7Category: Fringe Festival
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ONE DAY OLD (Iraisa Ann Reilly): 2016 Fringe review 6
Drawing on J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, the play reflects upon both a quintessentially American experience—immigration—and the universal experience of growing up.
View More ONE DAY OLD (Iraisa Ann Reilly): 2016 Fringe review 6CELLOPHANE (jenny&john): 2016 Fringe review 5
We are brought face-to-face with the vast Digital Age to consider the implications it has on our cultural conversation—for better or worse.
View More CELLOPHANE (jenny&john): 2016 Fringe review 5ALICE (Aleksandra Berczynski & MBgruparealizacji): 2016 Fringe review 4
Like sad lyrics to a happy beat. this 20-minute one-woman show takes an idiosyncratically personal look at human sadness in its many guises.
View More ALICE (Aleksandra Berczynski & MBgruparealizacji): 2016 Fringe review 4ANIMAL FARM TO TABLE (Renegade Company): 2016 Fringe review 3
Class. Money. Power: The carrots start flying at the Urban Creators farm collective.
View More ANIMAL FARM TO TABLE (Renegade Company): 2016 Fringe review 3SHADOW HOUSE (Brenna Geffers and Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2016 Fringe review 2
This site-specific installation unravels the layers of emotion and humanity that the historic Powel House contains
View More SHADOW HOUSE (Brenna Geffers and Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2016 Fringe review 2Life on Mars? Dani Solomon gets interplanetary in ONE WAY RED
Our nearest neighbor, the red planet has a strong gravitational hold over us earthlings. Dani Solomon tells us about her trip there this Fringe.
View More Life on Mars? Dani Solomon gets interplanetary in ONE WAY REDLate Night at the Fringe
After the party it’s the after party. All Festival long, things go late into the night at La Peg, the festival bar along Delaware Avenue.
View More Late Night at the FringeCAT-A-STROPHE (Fail Better): 2016 Fringe review 1
Fallacies and facts concerning male-female relations are explored within a farcical framework.
View More CAT-A-STROPHE (Fail Better): 2016 Fringe review 1This Info Will Fucking Dare You: Mary McCool, Brad Wrenn, and Lee Minora bouffon it up at Plays & Players this Fringe
If you dig imaginative and funny collaborative solo shows, Plays & Players theater is the place to go this Fringe Festival.
View More This Info Will Fucking Dare You: Mary McCool, Brad Wrenn, and Lee Minora bouffon it up at Plays & Players this FringeDance and the Internment Camp: Brendan Tetsuo on the long WALK TO TOPAZ this Fringe
During WWII Brendan Tetsuo’s grandparents were interned in a camp in Topaz, Utah, a family legacy which led him to create his Fringe show WALK TO TOPAZ,
View More Dance and the Internment Camp: Brendan Tetsuo on the long WALK TO TOPAZ this FringeBard in BEDLAM: Manayunk Theatre Company gets crazy with Shakespeare
Is Lady Macbeth mad? Who has people figured out: Shakespeare or Freud? Answers from the folk behind BEDLAM: SHAKESPEARE IN REHAB
View More Bard in BEDLAM: Manayunk Theatre Company gets crazy with ShakespeareThe Long Tides of Time: Nicole Quenelle on her 2016 Fringe show
THE LONG TIDES weaves clown, movement, audience participation and narrative in a poignant audit of how we spend our minutes.
View More The Long Tides of Time: Nicole Quenelle on her 2016 Fringe showHow to Win at Fringe: Seeing 35 shows with Brett Mapp
Brett Mapp knows his Fringe. His itinerary would be a good starting point for anyone considering what to see.
View More How to Win at Fringe: Seeing 35 shows with Brett MappA Fringe Staple Gets Personal: Talking JUNK with Brian Sanders
Some companies and performers are such staples of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival that it’s hard to imagine a fest without them. That’s surely the case with Brian Sanders’ JUNK
View More A Fringe Staple Gets Personal: Talking JUNK with Brian SandersWhat If Shakespeare Isn’t Sexist? Talking TAMING OF THE SHREW at the Fringe
Some dudes explain why Shakespeare is totes hip with the ladies.
View More What If Shakespeare Isn’t Sexist? Talking TAMING OF THE SHREW at the FringeMike Durkin’s Annual Fringetastic Fringe Picks for the Fringe!
Clearly an expert on all things Fringe, the director of ANIMAL FARM TO TABLE shares his annual picks of shows flying under the radar or chosen based on their stellar guidebook art.
View More Mike Durkin’s Annual Fringetastic Fringe Picks for the Fringe!Folk Artists in Space: Almanac’s Ben Grinberg on EXILE 2588
Hhere at Phindie, we’ve been long-time fans of Almanac Dance Circus Theatre, Philadelphia’s trailblazing contemporary acrobatics company, and their work seems to keep getting bigger and…
View More Folk Artists in Space: Almanac’s Ben Grinberg on EXILE 2588Womanhood, Sexuality, Longing: Irina Varina on her Fringe show SPECULUM DIARIES
Irina Varina combines dances, theater, performance art, and compelling personal-fictitious narratives of womanhood, sexuality, and longing.
View More Womanhood, Sexuality, Longing: Irina Varina on her Fringe show SPECULUM DIARIESBelonging and not wanting to: FringeArts interview with Reggie Wilson
Reggie Wilson spoke with FringeArts about finding inspiration for CITIZEN in the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston, his family history, and his travels as well as the evolution of the piece.
View More Belonging and not wanting to: FringeArts interview with Reggie Wilson