Curse of the Second Show - BROKEN! We hope.

Three more chances to catch the "warm and witty", "equal parts lambasting and laughter" fun of 87% True at the Edmonton Fringe! Here are the goods:

Sutton Stage 9, Walterdale Playhouse, 10322 - 83rd Ave

Wed, August 23        2:15 PM
Sat, August 26          7:15 PM
Sun, August 27         2:15 PM

In other news . . . well, you knew it had to happen. Our blogging has been interrupted by our long, delightful sessions with that most prized of Fringe delicacies - mini-donuts. We eat them before the show - we eat them after the show. We shared some with Rose's awesome blog pal Kristen, who stopped off during her family's insane cross-country vacation and saw our opening show. We bought them for Lindsey Walker, our lovely stage manager.  We introduced them to Rose's girlfriend Kate, who was up for the weekend - Chris guided Kate to the mini-donut machine, so that Kate could watch the tiny donuts' "greasy journey towards our bellies." When we shake out our clothes at night, bits of sugar and cinnamon cascade onto the floor. Last night, Rose found donut sugar in her bra. Good times, people. Good times.

You know what else is good times? 87% True at the Edmonton Fringe! Our opening show was lots of fun - we had a generous and enthusiastic crowd both in numbers and in response. In fact, our first audience in Edmonton was larger than our biggest crowd in Saskatoon, causing both of us do little dances of glee in the mini donut line-up afterwards before hitting Chris's second love - the beer garden. The Grasshopper flags flutter in the wind and Chris - he gets goosebumps. And then drunk.

Now, as most of you long-time readers may recall, our second show in Toronto was marred by the slide projector breaking down as the show started and our second show in Saskatoon was cursed by Rose being horribly, disgustingly sick and by the quietest audience in the West. So we were a little nervous about our second show in Edmonton. We envisioned some kind of horrid combination of the first two "second shows" - the slide projector breaking down because Rose puked on it, you know, something like that. But it seems that the Curse of the Second Show was broken Sunday night. We had over 120 folks in the audience and if the constant guffawing was any indication, they all seemed to be having as good a time as we were. A little volunteer bird told us that we may have had some press in the house Sunday night as well, which is cool, as we feel that the Curse of the Second Show would truly be laid to rest if we got a good review off said second show. We'll keep you posted. Wooo!

We continue to be amazed both at the sheer volume of theatre-lovin' folks at the Fringe here and at our show's seemingly ageless appeal - we've routinely had strollers on one side and walkers on the other. And it's awesome. Thanks to all you fine folks who've made it out to the show - we raise our mini donuts in salute! And if you haven't been, come check it out! It's funny - it's deeply historical - we'll go for mini donuts after.

Slurpee count = 85 (Slurpee drinking curbed by proximity to mini-donuts)

Comments

[Cheryl]

Allo my dears! Saw on the official Fringe site that you're doing very well with unofficial reviewers (http://www.fringetheatreadventures.ca/index.php/festival/comments/O560/) - hope that your houses are full & the vibe good & the snacks fresh n' tasty throughout the rest of your run. :)

[kristen]

I really enjoyed myself! Lovely meeting you Rose, maybe we will cross paths again sometime. We have made it to Ontario again!

[ShBu]

Wonderful second show news! Congrats to you both. And yeah for 120+ houses! These donuts you speak of, are they anything like the CNE Tiny Tim donuts? I get the feeling they're probably better...