FRINGE PREVIEW: Vancouver's Hip.Bang! presents Surveil

Devin Mackenzie from Vancouver's Hip.Bang! answered my Fringe Preview Questionnaire about their Edmonton Fringe production Surveil.  Check out more about this show that's sure to make everyone laugh!

Describe your Fringe show in 10 words or less. A comedy show about being watched.

Now the longer description... what else should people know about it?
Award-winning comedy duo Hip.Bang! (Just For Laughs, Comedy Central, The Irrelevant Show) returns with a new immersive comedy about modern surveillance and invasion of privacy. Please arrive early to sign the mandatory waiver and to prepare your belly for some deep, satisfying laughs. ***** -National Post/Edmonton Journal
What makes Surveil a great choice for the Fringe? This show has it all. A comedy from two trusted veterans, a subject matter that affects us all, and some theatrical techniques that we believe have never been done before.

 Okay, you're in rehearsal with an amazing group of people...
    a. Who makes you laugh the most? We were lucky enough to work with Peter Carlone from Peter n' Chris (Canadian Comedy Award Winners Best Sketch Group) so needless to say he made us laugh constantly and hard
    b. Who makes you groan? We were unfortunate enough to work with Peter Carlone from Peter n' Chris (Canadian Comedy Award Winners Best Sketch Group) so needless to say he made us groan constantly and hard.
    c. Who is most likely to give you a massage? We were fortunate enough to work with Peter Carlone from Peter n' Chris (Canadian Comedy Award Winners Best Sketch Group) so needless to say he constantly gave us massages with his strong, dextrous hands.

Hip.Bang! presents Surveil

Returning to Edmonton are Best-of-Fest winners Tom Hill and Devin Mackenzie in this groundbreaking new work of comedy which fuses the duo's signature style with live technology and surveillance used directly on and with the audience, creating a theatre experience unlike anything seen before. Surveil explores, deconstructs and celebrates the ways our world is watching us in an immersive, multimedia theatre experience that will scare and delight audiences in equal parts.

Click here for tickets.

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