Kat Primeau

From http://www.latheatrereview.com/2010/06/22/fringe-day-six-tuesday-june-22/: Antonio Sacre used storytelling to work his way off the stripper’s pole and into the assembly halls of hundreds of schools across America. No joke. With a hit tale about a barking mouse, the articulate performer made a suitable living before deciding to create an adult story for adult fringe audiences. The resulting romp through milestones in his penis’ personal history recalls his first wet dream, coming too quickly ... full review

From http://tinyurl.com/28c266g: After a crash-landing April 13, 1933, in middle of the Sahara Desert, pioneer aviator Bill Lancaster (played by aviation great Sir Charles Kingford-Smith’s grand-nephew, Leof) rations his canteen into seven pints- one per day as he awaits rescue amidst the searing heat and freezing nights. He slowly drinks his way through them, sharing last thoughts from his pilot’s logbook-turned-diary, about love and loss, ego and adventure. Between desperate gulps we learn of h... full review

Not going to lie, I brought my Kiwi friend to the show with me and had to have him translate a bit of the action and language from this play for me. At times, even he could not decipher what the characters were saying, but patience pays off for a chance to see a truly original and energetic look at the twisted life in rural Henderson, New Zealand. Jay Ryan is a powerful performer, with lightning fast dexterity and equal parts feminine/masculine instinct, which is important as he plays more than 7... full review

Elaine took the stage with a contagious smile and effervescent glow, instantly winning over the audience and maintaining that charm the whole show through. Her tale of growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn is filled with equal parts tears and laughter, and Del Valle's lovely, open-hearted acting swiftly transitioned between both with ease. Her unending optimism, despite poverty, violence, loss of loved ones and personal innocence, never lingers in somber melodrama too long, and gives great insight ... full review

Review is re-"printed" from www.LATheatreReview.com: When everyman Jeff Gardner enters the Elephant's richly transformed playing space and settles into his cushy recliner for an evening of television, the audience can't help but giggle at his dopey pajamas and monkey stuffed animal. Through movement and facial gestures alone, we see a man who, unlike us theatre-goers, is completely absorbed in his mediated existence full of ginormous remote controls, guilt-trip advertising, and absurd scenario... full review

Review re-"printed" from www.LATheatreReview.com: It is undeniable that Kellydawn Malloy, the buxom blonde portraying Paramount starlette Betty Hutton in the play by the same name, has a good deal of charm. During a fake press conference (in which the audience plays the Media), Malloy smiles her way through life stories riddled with dysfunctional marriages, casting couches (or in this case, trains), and performances on table tops for bootleggers. USO tours and tales from Hollywood studio's hey... full review

Abie Philbin Bowman started out as a Gandhi-loving idealist from Potato Island (aka Ireland) when an interaction with an ex prompted him to become the change he wanted to see in the fight against global warming. Through a combination of absurd correlations and bizarro logic, he proves that Al Quaeda is an exemplary leader in the fight against carbon emissions and no meal is truly local, healthy, and free of socio-political implications. Not for the easily offended or champions of political correc... full review

This review is specific to Mark Allen's GO SLOW: When British stand-up comic Mark Allen became more annoyed than disturbed at a suicide that hindered his daily commute, he decided to go off the grid and take things slow for a month. His hilarious tale of modern in-conveniences and tortoise-seeking shenanigans is full of witty gems ("When I post on Twitter and Facebook, my friends have my thoughts twice as much as I do") and honest revelations ("I'd become an asshole"). Affable and sweetly self-de... full review

Re-Printed from www.LATheatreReview.com Grab a “Simpler Times” Ale from Theatre of NOTE’s full bar and saddle up for David Christie’s smartly-written one woman show about hell-raising Mother Mary Harris Jones. Therese Diekhans’ charming, studied performance playfully brings to life fifteen characters, from children mill workers to John D. Rockefeller, as the audience learns the true cost of Big Business cost-cutting in early 20th century mining towns. Mother Jones’ rallying speeches on apathy an... full review