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#grim #funny #difficult #dark
beautiful
devilishly funny
edgar allen poe-like horror on speed
great acting
horror
one of the best performances of the fringe
visually stunning
atmospheric
brutal
creepy
dark
disturbing
fascinating
fear
gothic
horrifying
intense
period
peter kurten
riveting
serial killer
terror
thought provoking
thought-provoking
KARINA WOLFE
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June 20, 2017
So twisted and dark and I couldn't get enough! Riveting, terrifying, touching, revolting. Everything you want in a fringe show!...
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AMY FRANCIS SCHOTT
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June 21, 2017
An excellently atmospheric, beautifully designed 3 person play about a German serial killer in the early 20th century. If this sounds appealing to you, you should definitely go....
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ZACH BROWN
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June 21, 2017
Great. Dark, edgy, frightening, delightful. Great use of horror genre on a live stage. An emotional and intillectual exploration of what makes a monster? What is normal? And what are we (the audience) really capable of?
Loved it...
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ANNALYN FRAME
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June 21, 2017
I was told this production was the best production so far at the fringe, and I wish it were running longer as I HIGHLY recommend seeing The Vagrancy’s “Normal” by Anthony Neilson. I applaud The Vagrancy for choosing a genre so seldomly performed in theatre; a psychological thriller in the realm of “The Silence of the Lambs”. Reading the synopsis, and/or the play itself, it would be very easy, directorially, to blindly presume this to be a protagonist vs. antagonist story; a serial killer conversing with his attorney. But one soon realizes that in order to manifest the play’s message, much of this story is reliant on who is telling it. The director, David Mancini, wisely forgoes this and makes Kurten’s attorney the storyteller (playe...
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