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Hamlet as Told on the Streets
The title is exactly what the show is. It’s the classic tale of Hamlet with an urban hip hop spin. From the moment you step into the venue you transported to the dark grafitti
Read More »Lovely Souls
A current resident of Vancouver, Local actor/playwright, Brent Hirose, has returned home to Winnipeg for this years Winnipeg Fringe Festival. For those familiar with Hirose’s past work, you’d be surprised to know that this
Read More »Inside the Studio
The Studio is like a typical acting class that has all the stereotypes: a European drama instructor (Kirsten Wattis), a wanna-be action heroine (Ava Darrach-Gagnon), a wanna-be musical theatre actor (Jazmyn Shell), a hippie
Read More »Macabre: Now in 3D
Macabre Tales of Horror and Macabreness 3D performed at this year’s Fringe for the third time. The show had the audience laughing on the performances and screaming when they’re terrified. The performances were spot-on
Read More »Bucko
If you want to watch a live and improvised show, try Bucko. Winnipeg talents Aaron Merke and Lauren Cochrane perform a series of live and improvised sketches that will remind you of someone you
Read More »6 Guitars
Whenever you get different music lovers together, you risk the chance of them arguing over why their genre is better. Although this seems like quite a conflict with no actual answer, it’s also the
Read More »The Who’s Tommy
Musical theatre lovers rejoice! The Who’s Tommy returns on a smaller stage with a large cast chockfull of heart and talent. The original Broadway play revolves around a deaf and blind boy named Tommy
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Hichcocked by Sound & Fury
Last year, I was introduced to Sound & Fury, a vaudeville-nouveau trio who present original comic genre-parody plays. After really enjoying their show and style of improve I decided to take another shot at
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7 Stories
This is a story of a man on the 7th storey ledge of a tall building as he contemplates his own suicide. Our protagonist is then interrupted by the building’s eccentric residents who are
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Weaksauce
Sam S Mullins is one of the greatest storytellers I’ve ever seen. Seriously. After seeing his Winnipeg Fringe debut in 2011 with Tin Foil Dinosaur, I was completely enamoured with what I had just
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