Yay for theater

I've seen ten shows at the Fringe so far, and nine of them were just fantastic. One was, uhm, incoherent, but it was only 30 minutes so not much skin off my theatrical nose. It's been such a long time since I got to binge on theater without feeling responsible for any of it.

Nice to play reunion with Fringe artists, local and visiting, whom I haven't seen in a while. But I'm trying to be low-key at the Nightcaps because I'm getting really bored listening to myself answer the question, "Is it weird for you, do you miss it, what are you doing now?" Wish I had a costume that would disguise me as just another Fringe-goer.

Spent Saturday evening on the West Bank, Fringing by bicycle. Trying to get from there to the Varsity for the Disco Ball was a sad trial-and-error experience finding a bridge that was open. The closed ones were all being guarded by police eating pizza. Traffic on all the alternate routes is a reminder of our infrastructure collapse, but completely closed highways and bridges with ambulances stationed at every end are a much more visceral encounter with the unreality of the crisis.

More Fringing today, looking forward to more of the inspiration I've gobbled up so far. In case anyone's reading and curious, my list of nine fantastic shows so far:

Pigeon Man Apocalypse
Same Difference
Around the World in Eight Days in Under Sixty Minutes
Bards
The Most Mysterious Day of the Year
Spotless
the limitation of sight
The Tyranny of God's Love
Macbeth's Awesome Scottish Castle Party

Fringe on!