MN Fringe festival 2010
MN Fringe festival presented hundreds of shows this year as usually. This year I managed to see two shows by Harmony Theatre Company and School and by Maddak Productions.
Harmony Theatre Company and School presented The Little Prince story by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It is a wonderful story that many people love. If you have not read it, please read the story! It is a fairytale for adults. The play was wonderful considering that majority of the cast consisted of children.
Many parts of the play deeply touched me. It made me laugh and even cry at some moments. I just wished that some kids had microphones because I couldn’t hear what they were saying. Since I read the story recently, I understood the context but for people who did not know the story it was disappointing. Especially the snake character, he had an awesome costume with yellow helmet. The helmet made the sound even more buffered.
Michael (7) did not understand the play but enjoyed seeing the actors. He knew almost everyone in the cast and was excited to tell me their names. I read the story to him a few weeks before the show and he did not understand it and thought that it was very boring. So, yes, it is a fairytale for adults, since it raises a lot of adult issues. Michael went to see Harmony Theatre show last year, while they presented radio drama, he said that he liked that show better then this one.
Maddak Productions presented Finding a Fit. I went to see this show because my friend’s client was in it and it sounded like a fun show to see. There were only 4 actresses with very good voices and the theater was very small. That was my first time in that theatre space -- Theatre in the Round. It was perfect for this performance. It was a comedy musical about women’s issue of finding clothes to wear every morning and for every occasion. As a woman I could relate to almost all the scenes.
I went to see both shows with my girlfriend. The show by Harmony Theatre Company and School we took our kids with and the show by Maddak Productions it was just two of us - girls’ night out.
Next year, I will try to see more shows.
Harmony Theatre Company and School presented The Little Prince story by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It is a wonderful story that many people love. If you have not read it, please read the story! It is a fairytale for adults. The play was wonderful considering that majority of the cast consisted of children.
Many parts of the play deeply touched me. It made me laugh and even cry at some moments. I just wished that some kids had microphones because I couldn’t hear what they were saying. Since I read the story recently, I understood the context but for people who did not know the story it was disappointing. Especially the snake character, he had an awesome costume with yellow helmet. The helmet made the sound even more buffered.
Michael (7) did not understand the play but enjoyed seeing the actors. He knew almost everyone in the cast and was excited to tell me their names. I read the story to him a few weeks before the show and he did not understand it and thought that it was very boring. So, yes, it is a fairytale for adults, since it raises a lot of adult issues. Michael went to see Harmony Theatre show last year, while they presented radio drama, he said that he liked that show better then this one.
Maddak Productions presented Finding a Fit. I went to see this show because my friend’s client was in it and it sounded like a fun show to see. There were only 4 actresses with very good voices and the theater was very small. That was my first time in that theatre space -- Theatre in the Round. It was perfect for this performance. It was a comedy musical about women’s issue of finding clothes to wear every morning and for every occasion. As a woman I could relate to almost all the scenes.
I went to see both shows with my girlfriend. The show by Harmony Theatre Company and School we took our kids with and the show by Maddak Productions it was just two of us - girls’ night out.
Next year, I will try to see more shows.