Posts Tagged ‘San Diego Fringe Festival’
Leading a Growing Theatre Company
Circle Circle dot dot (CCdd) has been creating original plays covering a variety of topics over the last several years in locations such as the La Jolla Playhouse, Ocean Beach Playhouse and San Diego Dance Theater’s White Box. On December 8, the group in collaboration with San Diego University’s Pride Center presented a two-hour rotating installation project entitled LGBTQ+ On-Campus.
Read MoreJaw-Droppingly Good: “Victor Charlie” at San Diego International Fringe Festival
I’m betting that when “Victor Charlie” is a hit in a major theater, anyone who caught it at the Fringe is going to brag about seeing the world premiere in the Spreckels Theatre Raw space. By the way, the space is indeed raw, with paint peeling from the walls … and there may never be a more perfect venue for this show about a 1960s-era soldier than this former USO center.
Read MoreDesperate and Gentle Characters at SD Fringe Festival
On the last day of the San Diego Fringe Festival, there’s still one more chance to see “Oyster Boy” (today at 5 p.m.) and “The Desperate Characters of Mercer County” (6:30 p.m.), both at Space 4 Art. Both shows have their charms, for instance, the Greek/Hawaiian chorus in “Oyster Boy.”
Read MoreLux Boreal Offers Dark, Provocative Dance at SD Fringe
Internationally known for its complex, provocative work and technically stunning dancers, Lux Boreal is a very hot ticket at the San Diego Fringe Festival. Very hot and very bleak.
Read MoreGalas’ Incandescent Prose Makes for Two Fringe Must-Sees
It’s brilliant that the premiere San Diego Fringe Festival is presenting what amounts to a Philip-Dimitri Galas retrospective. An incandescently talented artist, Galas invented his own genre, “avante-vaudeville,” to describe his combination of physical theater and explosive, poetic language, and the term seems Fringe-perfect.
Read MoreInspired Lunacy of Ubu Roi Kicks Off Fringe Fest
How better to kick off San Diego’s first-ever Fringe Festival than with a play that’s zany and bawdy, features human and puppet grotesques, and has a century-old absurdist pedigree? “Ubu Roi” (King Ubu) by French author Alfred Jarry premiered officially in 1896 (unofficially, Jarry staged it as a puppet play in 1888 when he was…
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