Posted on August 24, 2012
By Mike Ross
Theatre, TV and Radio
The army of Fringe theatre critics – more than 65 in all – have by now seen and reviewed just about all of the 215 plays at Village of the Fringed. Each review comes with a star rating to aid the bewildered theatrical consumer in making the difficult choice of what to see on the […]
Posted on August 16, 2011
By Staff
Theatre
When you see FOUR THUMBS UP, you know you’re in for a really good play at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Good luck getting tickets to Giant Invisible Robot! Now please welcome the CBC’s Paul Matwychuk to our multi-thumbed hydra of hyper-criticism, a meta-media monster that already includes the body parts of several different theatre […]
Posted on August 13, 2011
By Staff
Theatre
Catch Reviews from Day one and Two here We are only interested in meta-mutilating the published reviews of Fringe plays that are either really, really great … or blow it right out of the ass. The vast middle ground of differing critical opinions on so many different types of live theatre at this event proves […]
Posted on August 12, 2011
By Staff
The Latest, Theatre
* Catch More Reviews from Day One here. Welcome to Day Two of GigCity’s Meta-Critical Coverage of the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Edmonton’s theatre critics, while limited in both number and influence for most of the rest of the year, really come into their own during the Fringe. Their numerous reviews in two dailies and […]
Posted on August 11, 2011
By Staff
Theatre
Edmonton’s two top theatre critics – the Edmonton Journal’s Liz Nicholls and the Edmonton Sun’s Colin Maclean – have already reviewed a wad of plays they saw at the Saskatoon Fringe, which are soon to play in Edmonton, so close enough. Here is a meta-critical, Frankensteinian summation of what they’ve both seen so far (see […]
Posted on May 4, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
Are Edmonton theatre people a bunch of pussies when it comes to their critics – or is it the other way around? Just wondering. The following exploration all started with Facebook. In an effort to get fresh local arts material for GigCity.ca, I sent “friend” requests to as many Edmonton musicians, artists, writers and actors […]
