Broadway Friends Forever: “Through laughs and raps No More Mr. Rice Guy is able to delve into issues of race and what it’s like to manoeuvre through a world where you never quite feel accepted. More than finding himself as a rapper, Rice Guy starts to discover who he wants to be as a human being.”
Livia Belcea: “The full-length world premiere of No More Mr. Rice Guy integrates all the ingredients that worked so well for its shorter format: the humorous references to Asian culture are innocent, the dialogue is original and quirky, and Franco is as skilled and exceptional as ever in his performance, even from what is presumably his bedroom in Richmond Hill.”
Ottawa’s winter theatre festival is now on the web.
Apt613 reviews five shows on opening weekend of Fresh Meat 8. Five new shows run next weekend, October 17–19.
It’s a feast of short plays, and ideas for plays, and this year the festival is opening over Thanksgiving weekend at Arts Court.
The juried prize is for the best anglophone and francophone theatre performed in Ottawa.
“Though a very cute and comedic show, the story made a real connection with many audience members, as they become emotionally attached to the characters—expressing sounds of shock, sadness and joy as they follow the boy through his journey.”
Fresh Meat 6 runs until Sunday October 22 at Arts Court Studio (2 Daly Avenue).
Eric Coates: “New work will only thrive as long as we celebrate the impulse to create it.”
How things are made, shapes what it is made. This is the philosophy that Floral Theatre, a young Ottawa theatre troupe, practiced during their preparations for their first Ottawa Fringe Festival performance of Three to Leave and hopes to foster through all their future endeavours.
Brain Carrol: “Their ensemble work is tight.”
David Currie: “The play has a lot of heart and real emotion, the actors are connected to their movements and deliver lines with clear character and authenticity.”
The 21st Ottawa Fringe Festival runs from June 7–18, 2017 at multiple downtown venues including Arts Court Theatre, La Nouvelle Scène and the University of Ottawa.
