The Fringe Must Go On...
Though my heart is still heavy from yesterday's tragedy, much like was written in today's Daily Fringe, the shows will go on. With that, I bring you to today's decision tree.
First and foremost, there is still the prospect of poker for me tonight, so I may be relegated to only having the chance of seeing 'An Evening With Fotis' (reviewed earlier as one of my must sees). However, since it is the only show that fills the 11:30 row in Excel, opportunities abound for another night.
However, if poker falls through (or my luck does, which has happened before) tonight's choices are:
The Tyranny of God's Love
Presented by Ministry of Cultural Warfare
(http://fringefestival.org/showDetail.cfm?showID=718)
or
Robert Anton Wilson's Masks of the Illuminati
Presented by Tim Uren
(http://fringefestival.org/showDetail.cfm?showID=723)
One of the Ministry's previous productions was my introduction to the Fringe Festival 2 years ago, and while good in its own right, didn't leave the most lasting of memories. Though I did decide that the worst possible, yet most shock-invoking way to be found dead would be naked in bed from a masturbation induced aneursym. Being a visual person, I really appreciated walking home with that image burned into my corpus collosum.
'Tyranny' offers a known quantity; I have a pretty good idea what to expect in terms of the production, so it's a safe bet.
'Masks', on the otherhand, somewhat represents what Fringe is about to me - the unknown, the undiscovered (for me) and the risk taking on writers and producers I know nothing about. Granted, the review cites the success of a previous performance, but that is never a guarantee when it comes to Fringe.
So, I guess we'll see how the cards fall tonight, but my leaning now is towards 'Masks', especially since there are at least two other showings of 'Tyranny' that stand alone in time slots in the nicely bordered grids of my schedule.
First and foremost, there is still the prospect of poker for me tonight, so I may be relegated to only having the chance of seeing 'An Evening With Fotis' (reviewed earlier as one of my must sees). However, since it is the only show that fills the 11:30 row in Excel, opportunities abound for another night.
However, if poker falls through (or my luck does, which has happened before) tonight's choices are:
The Tyranny of God's Love
Presented by Ministry of Cultural Warfare
(http://fringefestival.org/showDetail.cfm?showID=718)
or
Robert Anton Wilson's Masks of the Illuminati
Presented by Tim Uren
(http://fringefestival.org/showDetail.cfm?showID=723)
One of the Ministry's previous productions was my introduction to the Fringe Festival 2 years ago, and while good in its own right, didn't leave the most lasting of memories. Though I did decide that the worst possible, yet most shock-invoking way to be found dead would be naked in bed from a masturbation induced aneursym. Being a visual person, I really appreciated walking home with that image burned into my corpus collosum.
'Tyranny' offers a known quantity; I have a pretty good idea what to expect in terms of the production, so it's a safe bet.
'Masks', on the otherhand, somewhat represents what Fringe is about to me - the unknown, the undiscovered (for me) and the risk taking on writers and producers I know nothing about. Granted, the review cites the success of a previous performance, but that is never a guarantee when it comes to Fringe.
So, I guess we'll see how the cards fall tonight, but my leaning now is towards 'Masks', especially since there are at least two other showings of 'Tyranny' that stand alone in time slots in the nicely bordered grids of my schedule.