Cannonball Festival 2022: Emily Mayer presents Bower Bird

Bower Bird is the word

Emily Mayer’s Bower Bird takes us on a delightful bird-clown romp exploring the courtship and physical presentation rituals we share across species. Emily Esten reviews.

Emily Esten

Sep 13, 2022 · Reviews · 2 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: Expansions Contemporary Dance Ensemble presents Imagination Playground

Brightening a rainy day

Imagination Playground, an outdoor interdisciplinary Fringe event at Strawberry Mansion’s Hatfield House, did not let rain dampen its vision. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

Camille Bacon-Smith

Sep 12, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: IHT presents Dermot Bolger’s In High Germany and The Parting Glass

Ireland’s lost generation

With In High Germany and The Parting Glass, a pair of plays by Dermot Bolger, Irish Heritage Theatre explores Ireland’s lost generation and one man’s enduring fealty to soccer. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 12, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: Gunnar Montana Productions presents BATH HOUSE

The best kind of body worship

Gunnar Montana Productions presents BATH HOUSE, an immersive, sensory theatrical experience designed as a temple to the fluid nature of sexuality. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Sep 12, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: TheatreXP presents Fresh Ink Shorts

A theatrical tasting menu

A wider range of voices would have benefited this production of new short plays, which marks the Philly debut of TheatreXP, a recent transplant from South Florida. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Sep 12, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: Dancefusion and the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble present Envisions

The mothers of modernity

Among many dance offerings in this year’s Fringe, Dancefusion and Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble team up for an homage to Pauline Koner and Anna Sokolow. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

Camille Bacon-Smith

Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: IRC presents Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play

Sad sibling squabbles

Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium dives into the weird and wonderful world of Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play as part of the Fringe Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Cannonball Festival 2022: Jim Julien presents The Squid and the Octopus

A show more interesting than calamari

Jim Julien’s wacky and well-executed story of cephalopod friends who find themselves in a Fishtown restaurant uses puppetry, lighting, and voice to great effect. Helen Walsh reviews.

Helen Walsh

Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: Die-Cast presents Brenna Geffers’s Baal & Dix

Some degenerates walk into a bar

Die-Cast’s Baal & Dix is everything a Fringe show is supposed to be: immersive, imaginative, a little inscrutable … and short. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews · 2 minute read

Our American Family zooms in on addiction in one real-life Philly home

A brave family

Substance abuse and addiction are common topics onscreen, but a new documentary about family life while striving for sobriety is an essential and intimate look at the struggle. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Sep 06, 2022 · Reviews · 5 minute read