For people who aren’t regular Fringers, there is a very important thing that might not be known:  for plays in the Fringe, the most important thing for any show is Word of Mouth.  Advertising may be important for Fringe, but Word of Mouth is king.   Shows live or die by the buzz they receive (or don’t receive).  If you liked a show, the best thing you can do for that show, is tell someone.  You can tell your friends, you can tell fellow fringers.  Or, you can leave a review at the Eye Weekly Fringe page, where the weekly newspapers reviews mix with audience reviews, to give potential audience members as  many opinions on all the shows as possible.

I’m not just saying this because I’m in a show in the Toronto Fringe that could use some good buzz.  All Fringe shows could use good buzz.  So, if you saw something you liked…tell someone.

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Last night, we opened Out of Character at the Fringe.

I will admit to some nervousness (ok, a lot).  I wasn’t sure how the show would play for an audience.  I wasn’t sure if an audience would get it.  And I wasn’t sure if I would remember the lines for a certain scene (yes, that scene).

In the end, we had a small but engaged audience, who seemed to really enjoy the show.  I remembered my lines.  The audience got it, and all was well with the world.

At the end of the night, I was informed that a reviewer from Eye Weekly had been in attendance.  Here’s hoping that they are kind.  The review official Eye review, plus audience reviews will appear here.

Tonight, we’ll do it again.

Backstage, Kat Leonard watches the onstage action:

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Meet Nick and Dana. Two LARP gamers with a turbulent history. Together in the club where they first met, they stage a retelling of their past to learn the truth of their affair in-game and out-of-character. From the team that brought the hit Shadow Court to the 2005 Fringe, comes a romantic drama about the ins and outs of love.

Out of Character runs nightly from Wednesday-Sunday July 1st to July 12th (dark on Tuesday, July 7th) at 8 pm in The Cats Eye, 150 Charles Street West (basement of the Wymilwood building).

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