Fringe Arts
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Fringe Arts
“Kate Hammer Wants to Be Infemous” Brings Feminism to the Fringe Festival
“It’s about the ocean between being a person and being a woman, and my journey swimming those waters,” said Kate Hammer about her show Kate Hammer Wants to Be Infemous, which recently ran at Montreal’s Fringe Festival.
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Fringe Arts
“Late Night Kids & Friends”: An Improv Show at the Fringe
Late Night Kids & Friends is a narrative improv show, which means that the entirety of the performance is improvised as the actresses and actors develop a story on stage.
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Fringe Arts
Storytelling at the Fringe: “Sex? But I’m Canadian!” Garners Roaring laughter
On June 14, the crowd was buzzing in anticipation of the show Sex? But I’m Canadian! I walked into a friendly environment which embodied the community-building aspect of the Fringe.
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Fringe Arts
Theatre Review: Politics Destroyed the World in “Apocalipsync” at the Fringe Festival
Drag queens Uma Gahd, Dot Dot Dot and Anaconda LaSabrosa from the House of Laureen, and guest star Peaches Lepage visited a post-apocalyptic future where the right has won over a collapsed left.
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Festivulve Celebrates the Diversity of the Vulva
It was all about the vulva, in quite literally any shape, form, or colour at the first edition of Festivulve.
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Urban Science Brass Band Launches Their First Album
Urban Science is a project that includes Le Cypher, a weekly live hip-hop jam session on Thursdays, currently held at the Bootlegger l’Authentique on Saint-Laurent Blvd. It has a traditional lineup of drums, bass and guitar.The brass band is another project of the Urban Science family. While the lineup is not set in stone, it is composed of brass instruments, a saxophone, percussionists, dancers, and MCs.
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Theatre Review: “Greasy” Triumphs at the Fringe Festival
Featuring two female leads, Greasy, a parody of the 1978 musical Grease , is an example of gender diversity⎯the play features characters who express their gender in different ways, creating a space where some underrepresented women are seen and heard on stage.
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Fringe Arts
Comedy at the Fringe Festival: “Giant And Angry” Review
English came to Montreal for the Fringe Festival to present her embodied and personal show. By talking about anger, by being angry, by demanding men to do better, and by occupying the space she deserves, English allowed us audience members to get in touch with our anger too.
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Fringe Arts
Theatre Review: “Mid Knight” Debuts at the Montreal Fringe Festival
To cope and make sense of the changes in his life with his parents’ divorce, main character Laurent recounts the events as happening in a fantastical realm.
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Fringe Arts
Theatre Review: “Don’t Read the Comments” Shows the Messy Side of #MeToo
Set on the stage of a talk show in which host Wendy Winfrey invites three guests to discuss the confusing subject of sexual assault, with very messy results. The characters, portrayed in the clown style of bouffon, show us absurd but often very real points of view about consent, responsibility, societal expectations, and the grey areas that come up after experiencing uncomfortable sexual encounters⎯the kind you can’t seem to put a name on.