The first I saw was a play called Shadow People. A psychological horror, the play followed different groups of people whose stories intertwined throughout the show. The basic premise was people would see a "shadow person" in their peripherals and the shadow would start to make the person go crazy before eventually taking them. Those not afflicted were convinced the "crazy" people are suffering from PTSD as there is a war going on and some of those affected are soldiers.
The show was entertaining but portraying horror in live theater is not the easiest thing to do. When someone would see a shadow person, an actor covered in black would come onto the stage but some of the creepiness was taken away by being able to see the person walk out. They should have used the fog machine a bit more to hide the entrances but other than that, the play was good.
This week I went and saw The History of the World from Now. The show followed 5 people who survived an unknown apocalypse where 99% of the world's population vanished. The "play looks at humanity’s rapidly developing relationship with technology and asks how we would cope if all our accessories were suddenly lost."
There was a fair amount of dark humor in the dialogue which I always find amusing and the acting was solid. Overall, another entertaining show.
Unrelated to the Fringe, I saw Zoolander 2 a few days ago. I went in with low expectations since there was no way they were going to match the greatness of the first. Unfortunately it was even worse than expected. Although I laughed maybe twice, the movie was over saturated with celebrity cameos in almost every scene, recycled jokes from the first movie, and a plot that changed every half hour. Pretty disappointing.
That's all for now. Bye.
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