This scintillating exploration of the territorial tensions between a man and a woman takes us beyond the cubicle walls to the dynamic boundaries of human relations.
View More THE BORDER (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 32.1Category: Theater
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CITY OF WOES (Found): 2015 Fringe Review 29
A fluid stylistic synthesis of Dante’s Inferno with 1940s crime fiction, this ensemble-devised work is profound and affecting.
View More CITY OF WOES (Found): 2015 Fringe Review 29SOMETIMES CALLIE AND JONAS DIE (Poison Apple Initiative): 2015 Fringe review 28
This is hot, rough, and in-your-face low budget theater, and it’s matched by a raw and shit-kicking theater show.
View More SOMETIMES CALLIE AND JONAS DIE (Poison Apple Initiative): 2015 Fringe review 28FISH & BEAUREGARD (Viscosity Theatre): 2015 Fringe review 27
A shy boy, his pet fish, and an outgoing girl teach us that allowing ourselves to be vulnerable is important, no matter how old we are.
View More FISH & BEAUREGARD (Viscosity Theatre): 2015 Fringe review 27Fringe in Sketch 5: DISHWASHER (Brian Feldman)
Sketch artist Aaron Krolikowski attended a performance of Brian Feldman’s DISHWASHER, sketchbook in hand.
View More Fringe in Sketch 5: DISHWASHER (Brian Feldman)901 NOWHERE STREET (Sam Tower + Ensemble): 2015 Fringe Review 25
The mysterious world of film noir is given a new twist as an all-female cast reconfigures the traditionally male crime-detective genre.
View More 901 NOWHERE STREET (Sam Tower + Ensemble): 2015 Fringe Review 25HERE AT HOME (Soledad Ensemble): 2015 Fringe review 24
Marisol Rosa-Shapiro’s hilarious solo performance explores play, imagination, and how we create safe, welcoming spaces.
View More HERE AT HOME (Soledad Ensemble): 2015 Fringe review 24Fringe in Sketch 4: SLAUGHTER/ETTE (Butter & Serve)
As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, we are having artists sketch what they see at select Fringe shows. Here’s what Chuck Schultz saw…
View More Fringe in Sketch 4: SLAUGHTER/ETTE (Butter & Serve)THREE SISTERS AND A WOLF (Wee Keep Company): 2015 Fringe review 23
By exploring the way performances interact with the world in which they are made, THREE SISTERS AND A WOLF shows how Chekhov can thrive in the wilds of PA.
View More THREE SISTERS AND A WOLF (Wee Keep Company): 2015 Fringe review 23Fringe in Sketch 3: FISH & BEAUREGARD (Viscosity Theatre)
As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees. Here’s what he saw at FISH & BEAUREGARD.
View More Fringe in Sketch 3: FISH & BEAUREGARD (Viscosity Theatre)The International Philly Fringe: A welcome to 18 countries
Here’s the latest sampling of Fringe shows, performances, playwrights, and artists from around the world, now grown to 18 countries.
View More The International Philly Fringe: A welcome to 18 countriesUNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME (Jennifer Kidwell & Scott Sheppard / Lightning Rod Special): 2015 Fringe review 21
ennifer Kidwell and Scott’s Sheppard’s skillfully devised work slowly bends and breaks the separation between historical Americana and contemporary experience.
View More UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME (Jennifer Kidwell & Scott Sheppard / Lightning Rod Special): 2015 Fringe review 21SLAUGHTER/ETTE (Butter & Serve): 2015 Fringe review 20
In this parody of The Bachelor, reality television contestants hope to score themselves an eligible bachelor by any means necessary.
View More SLAUGHTER/ETTE (Butter & Serve): 2015 Fringe review 20A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.2
Jo Strømgren Kompani boldly promise to deliver the essence of the celebrated play despite making ambitious changes to it.
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.2ZOMBIES . . . WITH GUNS (Tribe of Fools): 2015 Fringe Review 18
The Zombie Apocalypse invades the Fringe with Tribe of Fools’ zany foray into the fright genre, with a serious socio-political message about gun violence.
View More ZOMBIES . . . WITH GUNS (Tribe of Fools): 2015 Fringe Review 18SPOOKFISH (Haygen Brice Walker and Jessica Schwartz): 2015 Fringe review 17
The scary midnight show is something of a Fringe tradition. SPOOKFISH fits the bill this year.
View More SPOOKFISH (Haygen Brice Walker and Jessica Schwartz): 2015 Fringe review 17DISSEVER MY SOUL (Lone Brick): 2015 Fringe review 15
An eerie, but lengthy, Poe-themed tour of Historic Rittenhouse Town.
View More DISSEVER MY SOUL (Lone Brick): 2015 Fringe review 15THE DOLLS OF NEW ALBION: A STEAMPUNK OPERA (Manayunk Theatre Company): 2015 Fringe review 14
Steampunk opera THE DOLLS OF NEW ALBION follows four generations of a family afflicted by an anti-necrotic deed.
View More THE DOLLS OF NEW ALBION: A STEAMPUNK OPERA (Manayunk Theatre Company): 2015 Fringe review 14INNOVATIVE JUGGLER (Greg Kennedy): 2015 Fringe review 13
Three parts juggling, one part comedy, and one part physics bending showmanship, Greg Kennedy completely owns the title, INNOVATIVE JUGGLER
View More INNOVATIVE JUGGLER (Greg Kennedy): 2015 Fringe review 13LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES (Ombelico): 2015 Fringe Review 12
Ombelico Mask Ensemble delights with its updated bi-lingual version of Euripides’ Alcestis, performed outdoors in a rollicking Commedia dell’Arte style.
View More LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES (Ombelico): 2015 Fringe Review 12