Fringe #42 - Sunday, August 20, 2023 - Couple More Shows and Sunday's WORD OF MOUTH!


Caught a few more shows on Sunday afternoon. 

I started with FIJI which is both funny and dark and very well done, but probably not for the squeamish or prudish. I don't want to spoiler it so I will say that Chris Cook and Vance Avery are very funny as well as very intense in this twisted rom com. You laugh a lot but there's also quite a bit of squirming in your seat. 

I followed that up with The Cabin on Bald Dune which is set in an isolated cabin on a remote island on the East Coast. One woman has brought another to the island for a business opportunity but things may not exactly be as they seem. It's also very well done, with Kristi Hansen and Jenny McKillop as the two women. Hansen is manically intimidating and McKillop's journey to "what is going on here?" is nicely built until she cracks. It's got a nice Hitchcockian flavour to it's tone. I won't tell you any more than that.

I wrapped up the day with a very silly Sherlock show - Sherlock Holmes and the Inane Investigation - which drew many laughs from the audience. It was indeed an inane investigation and this Sherlock is not necessarily the 'on top of it all' Sherlock that most of us are familiar with - Which is part of the humour of the show. 


WORD OF MOUTH - SUNDAY, AUGUST 20th

Gordon’s Big Bald Head          Edgar Perry        Puck Bunnies

Breaking Bard     Martin Dockery        Agent Thunder

Sherlock Holmes Experience        Grand Beaver

Bathsheba and the Books        Multi Vs.        The Clockmaker

DomestiKATE: Comedy Circus Show         ‘James and Jamesy’ - Easy as Pie

The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes        I Wish My Life Were like a Musical

AWOL      Il Tabarro    Il Duo: The Reunion Tour

Morningside Road


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