Fringe Archive

A Witty Mystery: ‘Surely, Sherlock’
- Bottle Tree Productions
- Festival
- Fringe
- Kingston Theatre Alliance
- Review
- Theatre Kingston
Who committed the crimes? No one knows. Welcome to the Disoriented Express. Surely, Sherlock is a witty musical written by Ann Marie Mortensen and Daniel Smith with lyrics and music by Michael Capon. The musical is a parody of the 2017 hit movie, Murder on The Orient Express, and is being performed at the Baby Grand Theatre in the 2023 Kingston Fringe Festival as part of the 2023 Kick and […]

A Muffin You Can’t Refuse: ‘Sometimes I Love You, Always’
- Festival
- Fringe
- Kingston Theatre Alliance
- Review
- Theatre Kingston
One rainy night, 70-year-old Mary Louise (Janet-Leigh Green) invites an Internet friend (Booth Savage) over for coffee. (You can tell they’re in their 70s because they say “Internet friend”.) She wastes no time stripping him of his wet clothes, dressing him in her husband’s hand-me-downs, and interrogating him within an inch of his life. In the time it takes for his things to dry, the situation goes from weird to […]

A Mesmerizing Memoir: ‘Menno-Morphosis’
- Festival
- Fringe
- Kick & Push Festival
- Kingston Theatre Alliance
- Review
- Theatre Kingston
So, you’re 50 years old and sobbing under a desk at work. Where do you go from here? If you’re Sandra Banman, you’ll crawl out and craft a beautiful memoir. Presented with gentle wit and a generous spirit, Menno-Morphosis is a one-woman show written and performed by Banman and directed by Catherine Hume. It takes a lot to grow up and out of a strict Mennonite family in Manitoba. Banman […]

Alex Boese and Michael Catlin Talk ‘Birthmarks’
- Festival
- Fringe
- Interview
- Theatre Kingston
Recently, I had a chance to sit down with performer Alex Boese and director Michael Catlin to chat about their upcoming play Birthmarks, which will be playing at Kingston Fringe. The play was written by Canadian playwright Alexandria Haber and follows Alex’s character, Kate. Birthmarks follows Kate as she tries to get over a tragic loss in her life while also trying to reconcile the relationship with her mother whom […]