Showing posts with label #wordofmouth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #wordofmouth. Show all posts

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Word of Mouth - Wednesday, August 19, 2026


So... Tuesday I hit a little wall and didn't talk to many folks... but yesterday I was back at it! Here are the Word of Mouth Recommendations I received. Some of these shows were mentioned multiple times by different people!

Jon Bennett: Playing With Men
The Late Great Mormon Drag Queen
Off Book the musical
Vaping Gay
Chase Padgett: The Next Guy
The Edmonton Queen
Gordon’s Big Bald Head
Stop Kiss
Story Story Lie
An Electrified Bard's Tale
Punch Up
In My Room
52 Stories
A Hellmark Christmas Musical Parody
Confirmed Bachelor
Gore
A Hollywood Horror Story
ERIKA MACDONALD: Tea TIME
Witch with Her Skirt on Fire
False Profits
Merkin Sisters
Jimmy Hogg: Mashed
Afeni
Not Quite Sherlock
Bil & Skeeter Break the Ocean
Tall Tale Storytelling

So in going through this before posting, I noticed that there are some shows that no longer have any more performances this Fringe - I imagine they are moving on to the Vancouver Fringe - so I am sorry I didn't hear about them sooner! Don't worry though, there are still a lot of other shows you can see! 

Happy Fringing!

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Word of Mouth - Monday, August 17, 2026


I like the Monday of Fringe - by this time, folks have seen a few more shows and the Word of Mouth list grows! New and returning titles today! I also chatted with more folks of wider age ranges and I think that gets a nicer mix of shows!

Rodgers and Hammerstein's ROBOCOP: The Musical
Hellmark: Christmas Musical Parody
Seanchai
Queens of Romance
Confirmed Bachelor
Being Norwegian
Bittergirl 
Ghost Quartet
Jesus, Mary & Jo
Batboy
35 MM
The Last 1.5 Librarians North of Lethbridge 
Jimmy Hogg: MASHED
Cavalleria rusticana
#The Merkin Sisters: Backcombed
The Sad Saga of the Edmonton Interurban Railway
Shams by Rumi
Featuring Loretta
Colonial Circus
Gnomon's Land
The Shape of Seamen: a new comic opera
Butter Chicken Odyssey 
Queenage Wasteland
In My Room

Happy Fringing All! Remember if you see something you think should be added to the Word of Mouth list - let me know!

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Word of Mouth - Sunday, August 16th, 2026


Some of today's Word of Mouth recommendations came from my eavesdropping on conversations around me in lines... but that makes me believe them even more! A few new titles and a few repeats! Check them out!

False Profits
Circumscribed: A True Tall Tale of One Father, Two Sons, and Thousands of Foreskins
Sketchy Broads presents: Resting Bitumen Face
Andrew Silverwood: Love Thy Neighbour
Bloody Fairy Tales: Paul Strickland
Field Zoology 301: Myths & Monsters
Chase & Tymisha's Cabaret of Courage
Lady Marmalade: A Parisian Spread
A Life In 60 Minutes
In My Room
Queenage Wasteland
Edmonton Queen

A Note: with some of these, it is likely they are close to being Sold Out, so you might want to check them out and book your tickets sooner rather than later! Don't be disappointed!

Tickets!




Friday, August 22, 2025

Word of Mouth - Fringe Full of Stars - Wednesday & Thursday (Aug 20 and 21)

It's Two Days Worth of Word of Mouth, because I was so tired on Wednesday evening that I didn't get them posted! THe good news is, I have a lot of new titles that might give you some cool ideas for the last weekend of Fringe! So take a chance on one or two of these shows that friends and random strangers told me about!

Word of Mouth
Wednesday, Aug 20 & Thursday, Aug 21st, 2025!

1 Small Lie: Martin Dockery
Rat Academy 2
Victor & Victoria's Terrifying Tale of Terrible Things
Carole of the Belles
Flora & Fawna Face Their Fears
The Witches
Jem rolls ADVENTURES IN CANADIAN PARKING LOTS
Lousy Parents
The Stakeout
Hamlet & Iago
Fear Fables: The Horror Drag Anthology
Chase Padgett: How To Play Guitar (Poorly)
Peter Pan Cometh
Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody
Cabaret of Legends
Sam's Clam & Oyster Bar
Assassins
Riot!
Marv n' Berry
A Kind of Electra
Moonshine
Lost Sock Rescue Society
Joan of Arc Ascending
The Last Perfect Game: The Jerry Stephenson Story
Colonial Circus
Motherhood
Plan V
100% UnTrueBadour!

Happy Fringing everyone! I hope you stumble into something fantastic!

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Word of Mouth - Fringe Full of Stars - Tuesday, August 19, 2025

 

Word of Mouth - Tuesday, August 19, 2025

The Illusionary Magic of Sitruc James
Rat Academy 2
Wizard of One
Final Girl: A New Musical
The Alberta Hospital For The Insane
!SNAFU's Sexy Puppet Show (Epidermis Circus 2)
Hockey Night at the Puck & Pickle
Pair of Guys Lost: A New Musical
Edmontask
Who Drinks Mocktails on the Beach?!
Chase Padgett: How To Play Guitar (Poorly)

That's what I got for Tuesday! There's some new ones in there - so try one out. Somebody in line told me they liked it, so maybe you will too!


Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Word of Mouth - Fringe Full of Stars - Monday, August 18, 2025

I didn't have as many chats as I usually do on Monday, but I did get a few new show titles and a few repeats! Enjoy!

Word of Mouth - Monday, August 18, 2025

I'm Actually Right About Everything: A Bisexual Love Story
Dead in the Water
Boston Dip
Bone House
Dressing Room Requiem
Victor & Victoria's Terrifying Tale of Terrible Things
Cadaver Synod
Sam's Clam & Oyster Bar
Shot in the Dark
A Kind of Electra

Enjoy and Happy Fringing!

Monday, August 18, 2025

Word of Mouth - Fringe Full of Stars - Sunday, August 17, 2025

Lots of new recommendations today! Obviously people have seen more shows - which is awesome!

Word of Mouth - Sunday, August 17, 2025

The Cult of the Clitoris
The Divorced Dad's Guide to Slaying Vampires
yegDND
Sam's Clam & Oyster Bar (this show has made the list every day so far - I'm trying to fit it in my schedule!)
GORDON'S BIG BALD HEAD: Play-giarism
Flora & Fawna Face Their Fears
Eleanor's Story: Life After War
Afeni
Low Budget Narnia
Shipshow
Rat Academy 2
The Wizard Of One
Giorgi of the Jungle
Connor's Gonna Tell: The Táin Bó Cúailnge
Wit & Whimsy: An Improvised Regency Romance
A Kind of Electra
Elon Muskrat

If you see me on the grounds - please tell me what you've seen that you think people should see! 

Tickets!

Friday, August 15, 2025

Fringe Full of Stars - Word Of Mouth Friday, August 15th

In an effort to preserve the Line Culture of Fringe, I ask people I am in lines with about their recommendations for shows to see. There's no elaboration, just the title! So, if you see me on the grounds, let me know what you think people should go to based on what you've seen! Ideally the shows you tell me are other people's shows, not your own... 

Today's list is small because many of the people I saw today were at their first show of the year... but it will grow as I see more people and they see more shows!


Word of Mouth, Friday, August 15th

Chase Padgett: How To Play Guitar (Poorly)
Alice by Heart
Bruce Ryan Costella: Spooky & Gay-ER
Jem rolls ADVENTURES IN CANADIAN PARKING LOTS
Pepperoni and Cheese
Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody
'THE FAMILY CROW': A Murder Mystery
Sam's Clam and Oyster Bar

Happy Fringing everyone! See you on the Fringe Grounds!


Saturday, August 24, 2024

FINAL Word of Mouth - Find Your Fringe! Fringe 2024

Word of Mouth
Thursday/Friday - August 23/24

It's the last one I'll be doing for this Fringe - but there are a lot of great titles and many of them are in holdovers (well, 12 are, and I think almost all the holdovers made the Word of Mouth List at least one time!). Some of these shows are finished for the Fringe, but perhaps they will be back OR maybe they are going on to another Fringe adventure? 

Here goes...

Weird Al Karaoke
I Lost on Jeopardy
Ladies of Jazz
Too Funny for Words
Larry
God is A Scottish Drag Queen
Cabaret of Legends
The Kid Was a Spy
1nce Upon a Lie: Paul Strickland
Ha Ha DaVinci
Chase Padgett: Grab Bag Cabaret
Martin Dockery: Truth
Inescapable
Suitcase Circus (kids)
Mass Debating
Microwave Coven
God the Daughter
How Not To Kill A Plant
Think of Me
Happy Go Lucky
Accidental Beach
Sword in the Stone
The Funny Thing About Men
Erika the Red
Murder She Improvised
Gordon’s Big Bald Head
All the Kings Men

Tickets

Friday, August 23, 2024

Thursday Adventures - Fringe 2024 - Mass Debating and Weird Al Karaoke!

Mass Debating - brought to the Fringe by 100% More Girls (the unification of Whizgiggling and Guys in Disguise) this was a really cute and funny musical about a junior high debate competition between an all girls school and an all boys school. Set in past (1970s?) there are many moments highlighting the expectations for girls vs. boys in the competition and in the world as a whole. In this production, the women play the boys, and the men play the girls.  It was very smart to choose junior high as there is perhaps the biggest gap in maturity between grade 7s, 8s and 9s than in high school grades and the show uses those differences to show us the internal and external relationships of the competitors with themselves. It's got the flavour and feel of Putnam County Spelling Bee and I think it could actually be something like that with a little expansion on the script! Also, there's an amazing tap number!! I had so much fun and I highly recommend - however, it might be hard to get tickets at this point! Written and directed by Trevor Schmidt with music by Mason Snelgrove. 

Weird Al Karaoke - I have been interested in this local company for a few year now and finally got myself to one of their shows. They perform throughout the year every third Thursday night at Grindstone. This show is a Greatest Hits of numbers from the past season. I had a lot of fun. The premise is that the comedian/performers select a song to which they create their own parody song. Favourites from the show included an homage to the movie Dune 2 (sung to the tune of Petula Clark's Downtown); a song about the slow build of the LRT Valley Line to Millwoods (sung to the tune of Midnight Train to Georgia); a veritable dictionary of Gen-Z slang in a song titled You're a Mid One, Mr. Cringe (for which I need to get the lyrics so I can understand what my students are saying!). A Very funny show and I hope to catch it in the regular season (and maybe even try it out myself?!). 

Tickets for all shows here. 

Friday, August 25, 2023

Fringe #42 - Thursday, August 24th - My La Cite Day! and Word of Mouth

I spent Thursday at La Cite - starting with a lovely Croque Monsieur (at which my French immersion raised son giggled at and told me means "Mr. Crunchy") at Cafe Bicyclette - delicious!

It was a Twisted Christmas in August with Krampus! What a ride! This show is simply terrific. The folks at Straight Edge have been honing their musical writing skills over the past few years and this is producing some super solid scripts. Combine that with outstanding casts and you get a top-notch production. It's silly, irreverent, dark and very, very funny! The cast of 5 +1 are all perfectly committed to their characters and all have super strong voices well-suited to the music. They are also able to sing and dance their songs in character and with delightful humour! I say, move over A Christmas Carol, there's a new show in town. I would love it if this was remounted somewhere in December. It would be the Christmas show I'd seek out!

I then took in Ken Brown's Life After Life After Hockey. I'd never seen Life After Hockey but it wasn't necessary. It was a fascinating journey through Ken's life up to and after the creation of Life After Hockey and the blessings and challenges that experience had on his life. It was also a story of the Edmonton Arts Scene and the development and history of the Fringe from Ken's perspective. It was interspersed with music (Dana Wylie and others). The stories were engaging and I teared up thinking this was a show that my brothers would also connect with nostalgically for for very different reasons that me. There's enough hockey for those who come for that, and enough theatre/fringe for those who come for that. A really enjoyable show. I also encourage any playwrights who want to write a personal story play to check it out because Ken is definitely the master of that. 

I next saw Makings of a Voice with Dana Wylie. It's a beautiful song cycle reflecting on motherhood and it's inherent challenges and the feelings of failure that often come along with that. Dana also reflects on her personal and familial history as she seeks to define herself in the role of mother which she is not entirely comfortable with. It's raw and honest and the music is sublime. And while I do not have the same feelings about motherhood, it was interesting and eye-opening to hear Dana's story. 

WORD OF MOUTH - Thursday, August 24

This Won't Hurt, I Promise

Thank You For Coming to my TED Talk

Sea Wall

God is a Scottish Drag Queen

Love, Kurt

Long Night of the American Dream

Martin Dockery 

Chase Padgett

Titanical : the musical

Morningside Road

Muse
The Clockmaker
Breaking Bard
Millennial Sex Witch

Tiger Lady
The Approach


Thursday, August 24, 2023

Fringe #42 - Wednesday, Aug 23rd - A Music Filled Day! And WORD OF MOUTH!


Undiscovered Country
- A really cool little concert of a show. It's a play and talk concert in the style of Hawksley Workman but the stories are a little weirder and more dystopian. It was mesmerizing and I'm still trying to figure it out, but I don't think you're supposed to be able to. So wonderful to see Chris Bullough onstage as I feel it's been too long. Actually had a long conversation with a lady in the line-up about the actors we haven't seen much on Edmonton stages lately and how we hope we will be seeing them more again. Anyhow, this show was pretty cool - subtle and enigmatic. 


Tiger Lady
- This is the show that I heard mentioned the most in my Word of Mouth conversations and it is not hard to see why. The cast of 6 fills the stage of the Westbury with physical action and a world created through low-tech magic! They combine music, movement, storytelling and puppetry and dp all of these things excellently. There's audience participation but not in a cheesy way, but rather we are all part of the show! A must-see - I hope it makes the holdovers because I think it's been selling out the Westbury - even at the more hard to sell time slots! 

Amor de Cosmos - I was very happy and excited to see this show! It tells a strange story from Canadian politics about Amor de Cosmos who reinvented himself many times. It's a bit of a whirlwind, with music by Lindsay Walker and performed by Cody Porter. I think it could be expanded (in fact, I think it had to be cut down from it's Toronto run time to fit the Edmonton timeslot). The music is catchy and Cody is a likable performer who ably conjures the title character as well as many other political figures of the time!

WORD OF MOUTH - Wednesday, August 23

Tango in the Dark

Sea Wall (Top recommendation)

Morningside Road

The Approach

Epidermis Circus

Love, Kurt

Train One to Coal Valley

Muse

Il Tabaro

Bathsheba and the Books

The Makings of a Voice (Dana Wylie)

Krampus

Life After Life After Hockey

Donating Sperm to my Sisters Wife

Tiger Lady

Chase Padgett: Nashville Hurricane

Jimmy Hogg: The Potato King

Paco Erhard: How To Monetize Free Hugs

Rat Academy

Anatomica 

Let’s Talk About Your Death

Absolute Magic

The War Comic

Martin Dockery (both shows)

Jon Bennett: Fire in the Meth Lab

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Fringe #42 - Tuesday, August 22 - Getting all the Answers... and more WORD OF MOUTH recommendations!

I had a very mixed bag of shows today - the best kind of Fringe Day! I started the afternoon at a 1950s Graduation with the The Marvelous Wonderettes - Caps and Gowns! I hadn't seen any of the other shows from this series, but that was not necessary as the story and characters wee clearly defined! The music is terrific - a lovely blast from the past - with tight harmonies and solid voices! The show is humorous and flows nicely from song to song with jokes and funny situations in between. A great way to start the day! 

I went in a very different direction checking out The Mine. While taking place in almost exactly the same year as the previous one, this show is much darker as it dealt with three Soviet miners trapped underground in a cave-in. Each of the miners has different concerns and hopes and dreams and they share these over the long wait for rescue, while they also try to dig their way out. Tensions between them build and... well, I do not want to give spoilers! 

My last show of the day was Lady Porn presented by Whizgiggling Productions. This was a smart and sharp look behind the scenes at making of a 'feminist' porn film set. It's funny and intelligent, as it analyzes the good intentions of the safe set weighed against the wants of the financial backers. It makes you wonder if there is any such thing as a 'feminist' porn. I must admit of all the shows I've seen so far, this one has left me thinking the most. Not specifically about porn, but about good intentions in many situations which get over-ridden by expediency, money concerns and really a lack of desire to actually change even though that's what's been expressed. I'm obviously still thinking about it! 



WORD OF MOUTH - Tuesday, August 22nd

Tango in the Dark            Seawall            Old-ish            Morningside Road

Tales From the Hospital            Muse            90 Lies An Hour            Charade

Forest of Truth            Stigma, Pistil and Style            Multi Vs.            Lady Porn 

Puck Bunnies            Lesbihonest            Epidermis Circus

Monday, August 21, 2023

Fringe #42 - Monday, August 21 - Two more shows, visiting and WORD OF MOUTH!

I only took in two shows today, I had tentative plans for a third but hadn't bought the ticket and when I got around to it the show (Cabaret of Murder) was Sold Out so I was out of luck there. Let that be a lesson to you all - do not count on tickets being available at the last minute, especially for the shows you want to see. It pays to buy in advance to avoid disappointment. So even though I didn't get to see that show, I did run into friends on the Fringe Site and had a couple of wonderful visits. Fringe is mostly theatre, but not only theatre and I must admit it is the best place for seeing friends and having a quick catch up! I had a good visit with my friend Kristin whose show Lady Porn is on at the Fringe this year (I hear it's hilarious and am going to see it tomorrow!) and my friend Lucas whose show The Clockmaker is also on this year (It has twice made my WORD OF MOUTH list, but I can't fit it in until the last slot of the Fringe on Sunday night!). 


What I did get to see were two very funny shows, both of which I recommend you check out. First I saw In Waking Life at the Yardbird. It was very, very funny. I picked it because it was the Pick of the Toronto Fringe and it's not hard to see why. It's family friendly, but clever and combines improv with script featuring the Synsk Sisters: two charming psychics who have come here to fix all of your problems. They use many devices to do this: from astrology, to the Magic 8 Ball, to paper Fortune Tellers, and a Crystal Ball. They also have their own problems that emerge while delving into the problems and questions of the audience. Both actors are quick on their feet and always in character and it was delightful! Check it out! 


Next up was Puck Bunnies from Guys in Disguise. So funny, and very good. I always love how they creatively layer in social issues without lecturing and some of it hit very close to home. But don't worry, it's not preachy. The trio of Tammy, Tina and Tanya show the many sides of the hockey player girlfriend - the Puck Bunnies who are there to support the players no matter what. These are girls who might wear a pussy hat but feel if you get the right boyfriend (on the team) then you don't have to really do feminism. As I said, it's more than just the laughs and the double entendres, it's clever, tightly delivered and the costumes and make-up are so on-point! A definite DON'T MISS for me and clearly for many others. This is not a show you can wait to get tickets to. It was packed today and I expect will be for all their shows! 


WORD OF MOUTH - Monday, August 21st

DomestiKATE: Comedy Circus Show
The Clockmaker
Shakespeare's Sirens
The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes
Anatolia Speaks
Life After Life After Hockey
Gordon's Big Bald Head
Titanical the Musical
The Family Crow
what the hell was that!?
Finding Your Voice
Let's Talk About Your Death
Tree

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


Sunday, August 20, 2023

Fringe #42 - Sat, Aug 19 - Three Great Musicals and More WORD OF MOUTH Recommendations!

I saw three great musicals on Saturday. They were very different, but enjoyable in their own ways! First I took in Morningside Road, a new musical by Mhairi Berg and Simon Abbott. It was so beautiful. having written a play about a similar topic I thought the way that the story was told was very well done. The music is lovely and sung very well - tight harmonies and gorgeous voices. At the end, I estimate 50% of the audience (if not more) was in tears and there was an instant standing ovation. This is a terrific pick! 


Next up was The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes which in the spirit Schmigadoon, the lead character Howard wakes up to find himself living in a a musical and wanting to get out of it. It was a super fun ride of a show. It hit on so any musical theatre tropes and references what feels like a thousand specific shows. The Musical Theatre afficionado should not miss this show! I loved how they really leaned into all the ridiculousness because that's the only way this kind of show works - and it does! The voices are generally strong, but more importantly 100% committed! 


I wrapped up my day with Scoobie Doosical - the Scoobie Doo inspired musical. It's the most Fringey show I've seen yet! Yes, the gangs all there! But it's all the other things the remarkable Rebecca Merkley and company have thrown into it. It too has references to other musicals, as well as The Spice Girls, and stand up comedy. You truly never know what is going to happen and when it does happen, you are howling with laughter! Again, the commitment level from this team is super high and that's what makes it work so well. 



WORD OF MOUTH - Saturday, August 19

Horse Face

The Cabin on Bald Dune

Edgar Perry

AWOL

Tiger Lady - Most Recommended

Breaking Bard

Die Nasty

Aliya Kanani: Where You From, From?

Talk Treaty to Me

Jesus felt

Krampus

Fiji - (It's a "what the - ?!?! kind of show" - the patron wanted a disclaimer)

Life after life after…

Finding Your Voice (Dana Wylie)

Clown Macbeth 

Millennial Sex Witch

Insert Clown here
Il Tabaro

Puck Bunnies
Breaking Bard


Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Preparing for Fringe #42 - life, the universe and everything...

My husband joked that I looked like a college student studying for an exam as he watched me working through the Fringe Program, applying post-it notes, and marking shows with stars and circles, filling out possibilities for each separate day of the festival on a separate post-it. Hey! It's serious business for me! There are so many shows I want to see and only so much time. Sometimes it's the jigsaw puzzle that makes it possible for me to see your show... sometimes the puzzle means I can't. But I will see at least 22 shows this year and likely a few more as I have 3 days at the end left blank for 'shows with buzz' and fingers crossed that they don't all Sell-Out before I am able to purchase!

First things first - you can find out all things Fringe here: https://www.fringetheatre.ca/  - so if you're new to this adventure there's many helpful tips available to help you navigate AND that's where you can buy tickets!

If you know that you might see 10 shows (or 5 with a friend) I encourage you to purchase a Frequent Fringer Pass. It's the best deal. I buy a Double Fringer Pass because I know I will see more than 20 (in all likelihood). There are occasionally deals (pump up the volume tickets and half-price day of tickets), but those are unpredictable, so you can't depend on them. 

Anyhow, what musicals am I seeing? 

I will be seeing quite a few musicals as I enjoy those and I especially like new musicals. The ones at Fringe tend towards weird, and I like that. I will be taking in Krampus (because I love everything I've seen Straightedge Theatre do, and... Krampus!!); Edgar Perry (Recommended to me by a friend I trust who has seen other shows by this company); Scoobie Doosical (by the uber talented Rebecca Merkley!); Morningside Road (I've heard a lot of buzz about this one so I am checking it out); The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes (a new musical about someone who discovers themselves IN a musical - yes, please!); and The Marvelous Wonderettes - Caps and Gowns! (I've never been able to make it to one of their shows before but I've heard good things and I think it will be reminiscent of Shout!). 


There's also Amor de Cosmos: A Delusional Musical (the talented Lindsay Walker and Cody Porter! How can you go wrong?!? plus it got great reviews at the Toronto Fringe!); Undiscovered Country (Chris Bullough - who we do NOT see enough of on Edmonton Stages!! - you can bet I am checking this out!); and Lizard Boy: The Musical (Another new musical that sounds weird - right up my alley - plus some fabulous people involved!). 

So... it would appear almost half my tickets will be for musicals this year - and there isn't even a SATCO show! I'll post tomorrow talking about my non-musical choices and a few others that I hope to squeeze in if time allows! 

Remember, if you see me on the Fringe Grounds, feel free to share with me your "Word of Mouth" recommendations! I can't possibly see all the shows but I love hearing what you recommend and sharing those titles with everyone!



Thursday, August 20, 2026 - Fringe Unforgettable!

I had a very Fringy experience yesterday when I saw  PORK & BEANS: Attorneys At Law at the Grindstone site. The show itself is very frin...