Ryan Pepper: “The standing ovation shows just how much this plucky nerd with a horse sweater (and a dead fiancé?) connected with the audience. If you’re looking for the funniest show at undercurrents this year, this should be your pick.”
Local theatre company Spicy Day returns to the stage with their 2019 Ottawa Fringe Festival hit production, A Period Piece, presented as part of the TACTICS Mainstage series, a local theatre series that provides support for independent theatre artists.
The 10th undercurrents lineup has been announced. The contemporary theatre festival runs from February 5–15, 2020.
Kate Carmanico: “The 55-minute performance is a whirlwind of storytelling, song, an interactive game show, a sex ed class and a dance party.”
Travis Facette: “All of this is enjoyable and well-executed.”
60 mins | Comedy | PG In Waking Life is a lively two-handed improvised performance piece that successfully mixes banter, musical numbers and audience participation. It’s an overblown fortune-telling romp celebrating off-the-wall humour and oddities. The Norwegian-born psychic Synsk sisters, raised by a mother goat and surrounded by “family members” made up of a crystal […]
