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1 Quandary Place
Abundance
ADVENTURES OF A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
Barroom Philosophers
Border Crossings
Class Notes
Embarrassment & Death
The Falls of Vincent Millay
Found and Lost: Goals for 2002
Frisco Fred's Cabaret!
Fuck You Cancer
Great Hymn of Thanksgiving / Conversation
Storm
The Hasheesh Eater
Heavy Metal Playground
HER KIND: The Life & Poetry of Anne
Sexton
i hate my friends
Jesus Rant
Kiss My Booth
Korean Badass
Low Hanging Fruit
Monkey Poet Stand-Up!
Organic Boxed Chicken Stock
parts is parts:
Party of One
RM3
The Sewers
Shopping as a Spiritual Path
Spotless
Stetson Manifesto
A Strange Black Passion
Super Glossy!
TeleMongol
Terrible Voice
Tesla's White Pigeon
Turn of the Screw
You Go First
Play: You Go First
Reviewer: yawza
4 Stars
This is a difficult show to review , one because the quality of improv
can always vary greatly and secondly on the night I saw the show one of
the performers got caught in the Giants/Niner's traffic jam and didn't get
there until about half way through the performance. Doing a two man improv
by yourself and playing both parts is a remarkable accomplishment and proved
to be far more entertaining that watching someone play them self in chess.
I seriously doubt audiences will have that chance again. I'm sure the performers
hope that's true. Having said that, I think the idea is that the improv
is done without input from the audience , but since this was such an unusual
show , I'm still not sure. We were entertained and definitely impressed
by the "one man duo" and the truncated remainder of the show was
enjoyable and the Niner's play in St Louis on Sun , so I think everything
is OK from now on. All indications are that a full show would be great.
These appear to be talented a!
nd extremely resourceful guys. Go.
Play: Deep Sea Divers (You Go First)
Reviewer: Shaun Landry
4 Stars
Like most...a completely biased review. :)
1 Gold Star for Rich Ross (who played the role of William Hall). The man is twisted. The twisted voice of reason in improv. From his Evil Scottish take to the French waiter with seven brothers who all work in the kitchen, who gives out sage advise to his patrons, there is a reason why he is considered one of the better improvisers in town.
1 gold star for Tim Ereneta. First time I saw him perform was at fringe doing his Storytelling. That was nearly seven years ago. He is *quietly twisted* His very funny beat poem on Reading is Fundamental...and of course the curious question: "If you found out you had cancer and have only three months to live, how fast can you put up a Fringe Show?" Had me screaming in the aisles.
1 star to Deep Sea Divers guitar player whose down home stylings (amped bluegrass) gives a different twist from classical improvistational accompaniment.
And finally a star for the format of the show, where I love the idea that there is still interaction with the audience...*without ever asking for a suggestion itself.* The sense of play also between both men showed a familiarness and joy that was infectious.
A star off because the format itself could have been a bit tighter....and I would love to see the light person interact a little more with calling black outs (I think they accomplished this by actually ENDING their own scenes...and the audience just knew when to applaud...but give the improvisers a little break too.)
Just the idea alone that each show is going to be improvised during the Fringe with two of the best in town (Tim and William) is *alone worth the price of admission*
And, its officially the only full on improv show this year at Fringe. Support Improv Comedy. With these twisted divers, you will not be disappointed.