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FRINGE REVIEWS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Playhouse Studio (Venue 3), to July 27

In the beginning . Asa Nodelman created gothic horror puppet show The Clock in the Lobby for last year’s fringe. Lovecraft’s references to a mysterious tome called The Necronomicon Winnipeg’s Nodelman follows that act with this big bang of a Biblical sci fi chiller.

A cast of 13 marionettes traces the occasionally gory misadventures of over curious futuristic protagonist Abdolos Hazirinon, whose punishment for reading a forbidden [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] cryptic **** is cruel and unusual by any measure. Horribly and somewhat gleefully disfigured, Abdolos gets a one way ticket to outer space, but still manages to discover the secrets of all human life on Earth, which he spills in the titular tome. Four puppeteers, accompanied by local musician Erik Larsen’s spooky ambient music, help unravel Nodelman’s bizarro string theory, which suggests that if a little knowledge is dangerous, a lot is fatal.

The otherworldly marionettes and props are works of genius and yes, it’s evil genius. However, the visual power of Nodelman’s creations is sometimes diluted by excessive showmanship on stage. A trio of primordial beings whose appearance gives rise to a truly impressive birth of man scene wow the crowd with their first water ballet dance across the stage. By the fourth or fifth pass? Not so much. Given that [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] the mechanics of the show already require a leisurely pace [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] in the storytelling, a little brevity on that score wouldn’t hurt. Still, it’s hard to complain about getting too much of a good thing.

School of Contemporary Dancers (Venue 8), to July 26

Fringe Festival mainstay Erik De Waal brings his larger than life self back to Venue 8 with his familiar cast of South African animal puppets and some exciting new fables to share.

In De Waal’s first story, Rabbit is crying because a scary creature with a very big voice is hiding in her house. But this isn’t just any creature this animal claims to eat trees and step on elephants! How ever will Rabbit get her house back when all the other animals of the veldt are too frightened to do anything? And just what kind of creature is that hiding in the house?

The second story concerns not animals, but children. Little Tembhi is left in the care of her older brother. She slips out the back door and loses her doll in the river. She follows the doll right to the edge of the forest where a horrible man (a cannibal who eats children!) is waiting to pop her in a sack! Can Tembhi’s brother get her before it’s too late? De Waal will tell you but only if you promise not to "scream like a baby!"

Always professional, De Waal enchants and engages his audience with his high energy, sense of humour, and genuine love of his craft. The man just knows how to tell a story. Arrive early the very first show was almost completely sold out. Great for all kids up to age 10.

Wendy Burke

Planetarium Auditorium (Venue 10), to July 26

Barry Smith of Colorado returns with a new episode from the colourful life of Barry Smith. It’s an amusing piece of autobiography, complete with a slick PowerPoint presentation.

American Squatter tells the story of a teenage Smith, who goes to live with his father in California after his mother is killed in a car accident. Dad is a nagging clean freak, who is seen in actual family video bagging the wrapping as Smith opens a Christmas present.

Smith rebels by taken up [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] skateboarding, dropping LSD and squatting in abandoned London buildings. Smith’s hour long, coming of age story wraps with the idea that he and his father are not so different, a conclusion that is only quietly satisfying.

Kevin Prokosh

Red River College (Venue 11), to July 27

This occasionally amusing one hander charts the ups and downs of a 30something Colorado blonde who is desperate to find a man. [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] This being the 21st century, her dating club of choice must be online.

Despite being a free spirited artist and a gal who is not afraid to get dirt under her fingernails, she can’t seem to find Mr. Right. She has been brainwashed by her mother, who cries herself to sleep at the thought of her daughter being alone for the rest of her life.

Walker has an attractive and outdoorsy presence. Her production boasts several clever theatrical devices. She uses classical music as the voice of her mother and a teapot as a kind of romantic oracle.

She also employs a picture frame as a visual ****phor, perhaps of her conscience, but exactly what it signifies is unclear.

The main problem with the 60 minute show, though, is that it treads ground that has been worn to dust by a hundred shows before it.

Morley Walker

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School of Contemporary Dancers (Venue 8), to July 26

Balls is Rob Salerno’s theatrical tribute to a close buddy who died of testicular cancer several years ago. He celebrates male testicles with a story about two inseparable boyhood pals who suffer a low blow to their friendship.

The discovery that 19 year old Paul (played by Salerno) has testicular cancer stuns Bastian, [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] but it does nothing to deter their constant repartee, replete with gallows humour. Bastian (Adam Goldhamer) has a similar health scare but is left to go on by himself to contemplate the nature of masculinity.

What Balls lacks in nuance and sub**** is made up for with its heartfelt tone. The image of a saddened Bastian picking up the string can phone with which he once spoke to Paul as a kid nicely communicates his devastating sense of loss.

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