#ottawa fringe 2024

[ladycharles]

New Fringe Pick! Hope you liked the last one, this is another piece that's at the Ottawa Fringe right now 💖

It's Angel, Baby!

In 2019 I visited Athens, Greece and happened on a queer performance festival. Unmoored from North American ballroom standards and US puritanism, the performances were in turns subversive, earnest, vulgar, virtuosic, exhibitionist, and absolutely hilarious. It is rare in my cozy little government town to get the same feeling of witnessing truly subversive, truly mind opening art.

To my absolute luck, Angel, Baby ended up being one of those rare shows that leaves me in awe, and does so in way that is uniquely charming.

Exploring the concept of kissing booths as a vehicle for their audacious comedy, Victoria gives a charismatic and deeply funny performance as the skits turn increasingly bizarre and extreme. Audience members are asked to involve themselves in some desperately uncomfortable situations, and yet never once is the humour mean spirited or the audience members made the butt of a joke. In fact, seldom have I seen crowd involvement done with such care, even when the situations themselves are completely off the wall.

This is a show that does not waste time with exposition, creating a disorienting feel and a dramatic tension that amplifies the humour. Despite this, there is a cohesion and thematic completeness to what’s could otherwise seem like a bunch of random skits if one didn’t pay attention. For one, Victoria's characterisation is strong enough that exposition isn't necessary - we know exactly who Angel, Baby is from their awkward charisma and the earnestness of their delivery. For two, the baffling structure of the show itself is quite an important component of the humour. This is not a show for those who cannot fill in blanks, but for those who can give over their full attention and trust in Victoria's comic instincts, the rewards are bountiful.

There are things here I have never seen an actor attempt, things that could derail the entire show, things that could turn traumatic even, and yet Victoria maintains control with a comic charm and commitment to their character that keeps the unscripted moments compelling. The most fascinating facet to this is that as it unraveled the audience participation moments began to take on a quiet, dramatic beauty - the effect is so immersive that the lines between script and improv may as well not exist.

There is a certain awe to watching such a great actor take big risks with the audience, Iike the theatrical equivalent of juggling fire. Shows like this make Fringe Fringe, they are the lifeblood of artists like myself who crave not just great escapism but to see art destroyed and rebuilt in our images. Victoria has destroyed comedy and rebuilt it in their image, and it is a devastatingly effective transformation. Definitely recommended!

[brookston]

Holidays 6.13

Holidays

Aethra Asteroid Day

Beyond the Solar System Day

City Day (Lisbon, Portugal)

Dia de Exu (Brazil)

Flag Day (Palau)

International Albinism Awareness Day (UN)

International Axe Throwing Day

International Community Association Managers Day

Inventors’ Day (Hungary)

Jason Voorhees Day

Kitchen Klutzes of America Day

LGBTQIA Equal Pay Awareness Day

Loeys-Dietz Day of Giving

Michael Jackson Vindication Day

Military Gendarmerie Day (Poland)

Miranda Day

National Albinism Awareness Day

National Chamoy Day

National Dance/Movement Therapy Advocacy Day

National Day of Abortion Storytelling Day

National Day of Productive Business Civility

National Doe B Day

National Elderflower Day

National Frances Day

National Golf Cart Day

National Jane Day

National Pigeon Day

National Productive Business Civility Day

National Random Acts of Light Day

National Weed Your Garden Day

Outdoor Marketing Day

Random Acts of Light Day

Roller Coaster Day

San Antonio Day (Ceuta, Spain)

Sewing Machine Day

613 Day (Ottawa)

613 Mitzvot Day

Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Swiftie Day

Tench Day (French Republic)

Weed Your Garden Day

The Wicket World of Croquet Day

World Softball Day

Yawn-a-thon

Yeats Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cupcake Day (UK)

Cupcake Lover’s Day

National Cucumber Day

Rosé Day [also 2nd Saturday]

Independence & Related Days

Princian Commonwealth (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Reform Movement Anniversary Day (Yemen)

2nd Thursday in June

National Career Nursing Assistants Day [2nd Thursday]

National Farm Workers Day [2nd Thursday]

Superman Celebration begins (Metropolis, Illinois) [2nd Thursday thru Sunday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

World Judicial Officer Day [2nd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 13 (2nd Full Week)

National Hermit Week (thru 6.20)

National Nursing Assistants Week (thru 6.19)

Festivals Beginning June 13, 2024

BBQ RibFest (Fort Wayne, Indiana) [thru 6.16]

Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival (Manchester, Tennessee) [thru 6.16]

Chisholm Trail Roundup BBQ & Chili Cook-Offs (Lockhart, Texas) [thru 6.15

Chorus Inside International (Lloret de Mar, Spain) [thru 6.18]

Claw Down (Boothbay Harbor, Maine)

Gladbrook Corn Carnival (Gladbrook, Iowa) [thru 6.16]

Greenfield Festival (Interlaken, Switzerland) [thru 6.15]

Hollywood Fringe Festival (Los Angeles, California) [thru 6.30]

Indy Strawberry Festival (Indianapolis, Indiana) [thru 6.15]

Kirtland Kiwanis Strawberry Festival (Kirtland, Ohio) thru 6.15]

Lavender Bloom and Wine Event (Concho, Arizona) [thru 7.13]

Louisiana Corn Festival (Bunkie, Louisiana) [thru 6.15]

Newport Italianfest (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 6.16]

New York State Blues Festival (Syracuse, New York) [thru 6.15]

Ottawa Fringe Festival (Ottawa, Canada) [thru 6.23]

Owego Strawberry Festival (Owego, New York) [thru 6.15]

Sónar (Barcelona, Spain) [thru 6.15]

Springfield Fair (Springfield, Maine) [thru 6.16]

Taste of the Vineyard (Edgartown, Massachusetts) [thru 6.15]

Telluride Food + Vine (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 6.16]

Tour of America's Dairyland (Muliple locations, Wisconsin) [thru 6.23]

US Open Golf Championship (thru 6.16)

Feast Days

Annie Sprinkle Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church (Christian; Saint) [Portugal]

Aquilina (Christian; Saint)

Audrey Niffenegger (Writerism)

Balor (Celtic Book of Days)

Bricket Wood Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Buddha's Parinirvana (Bhutan)

Cetteus (Peregrinus; Christian; Saint)

Damhnade of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Day of the Living Children of Nut (Ancient Egypt)

Dorothy L. Sayers(Writerism)

Feast of Epona (Celtic; Pagan)

Felicula (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Jupiter Invictus (Jupiter the Unconquered)

First-in-Line and Queue-Jumping Tournament (Shamanism)

G. K. Chesterton (Episcopal Church (USA))

Gerard of Clairvaux (Christian; Saint)

Gin Day (Pastafarian)

Gotthard Graubner (Artology)

Green Day (Pastafarian)

Ides of June (Ancient Rome)

Leon Chwistek (Artology)

Psalmodius (Christian; Saint)

Quinquatrus Minusculae (Old Roman Festival to Minerva)

Ragnebert (a.k.a. Rambert; Christian; Saint)

Ralph McQuarrie (Artology)

The Spaniel (Muppetism)

St. Theresa (Positivist; Saint)

Thomas Woodhouse (Christian; Blessed)

Triphyllius (Christian; Saint)

William Butler Yeats (Writerism)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shavuot ends (Judaism) [7 Sivan] (a.k.a. …

Feast of the Harvest

Feast of Weeks

Festival of Weeks

First-Fruit festival

Wheat Harvest

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Water Husband Name Day (Young Women fill their mouth with water and didn’t let it out until they heard a man’s name. That name would be the name of their future husband; Portugal)

Premieres

The Apocalypse Watch, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1995)

Back to School (Film; 1986)

Backwoods Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)

BrainDead (TV Series; 2016)

Cherche Le Phantom (The Inspector Cartoon; 1968)

Day of Infamy, by Walter Lord (History Book; 1957)

The Disillusioned Bluebird (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1944)

Faith and Courage, by Sinead O’Connor (Album; 2000)

Forever Your Girl, by Paula Abdul (Album; 1988)

The Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett (Novel; 1961)

Hercules (Animated Disney Film; 1997)

Horsefly Opera (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Animated Film; 2014)

I’ll Be Skiing Ya (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)

The Incredible Hulk (Film; 2008)

Jagged Little Pill, by Alan’s Morrisette (Album; 1995)

Jet Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (Film; 1949)

Les Noces, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1923)

Lolita (Film; 1962)

Make It With You, by Bread (Song; 1970)

Mona Lisa (Film; 1986)

Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny (Novel; 1970)

Olive’s Boithday Presink (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)

The Omen, by David Seltzer (Novel; 1976)

Pat and Mike (Film; 1952)

Petrushka, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1911)

Post, by Björk (Album; 1995)

The Price of Salt, by Claire Morgan (Novel; 1952)

The Prince and the Showgirl (Film; 1957)

Prozac Nation (Film; 2003)

Roadie (Film; 1980)

Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin (Serialized Novel; 1978)

Texas Flood, by Stevie Ray Vaughan (Album; 1983)

22 Jump Street (Film; 2014)

…Very ‘Eavy …Very ‘Umble, by Uriah Heel (Album; 1970)

Vida La Vida, by Coldplay (Song; 2008)

The Washout Chronicle, by John Cheever (Novel; 1957)

Wholly Moses (Film; 1980)

The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman (Economics Book; 2005)

Yodeling Yokels (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)

You Only Live Twice (US Film; 1967) [James Bond #5]

Today’s Name Days

Antonius, Bernhard (Austria)

Antonija, Antun, Toni (Croatia)

Antonín (Czech Republic)

Cyrillus (Denmark)

Monika, Mooni, Moonika (Estonia)

Raila, Raili (Finland)

Antoine (France)

Anton, Antonius, Bernhard (Germany)

Trifilios (Greece)

Anett, Antal (Hungary)

Alice, Antonio (Italy)

Ainārs, Tautvaldis, Tobijs, Uva, Zigfrīds, Zigrids (Latvia)

Akvilina, Antanas, Kunotas, Skalvė (Lithuania)

Tanja, Tone, Tonje (Norway)

Antoni, Chociemir, Herman, Lucjan, Maria Magdalena, Tobiasz (Poland)

Achilina (România)

Anton (Slovakia)

Antonio (Spain)

Aina, Aino (Sweden)

Kalyna (Ukraine)

Ivey, Ivy, Lara, Larissa (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 165 of 2024; 201 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 24 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 8 (Wu-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 7 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 6 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 15 Blue; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 31 May 2024

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 24 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Theresa]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 87 of 92)

Week: 2nd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 24 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 6.13

Holidays

Aethra Asteroid Day

Beyond the Solar System Day

City Day (Lisbon, Portugal)

Dia de Exu (Brazil)

Flag Day (Palau)

International Albinism Awareness Day (UN)

International Axe Throwing Day

International Community Association Managers Day

Inventors’ Day (Hungary)

Jason Voorhees Day

Kitchen Klutzes of America Day

LGBTQIA Equal Pay Awareness Day

Loeys-Dietz Day of Giving

Michael Jackson Vindication Day

Military Gendarmerie Day (Poland)

Miranda Day

National Albinism Awareness Day

National Chamoy Day

National Dance/Movement Therapy Advocacy Day

National Day of Abortion Storytelling Day

National Day of Productive Business Civility

National Doe B Day

National Elderflower Day

National Frances Day

National Golf Cart Day

National Jane Day

National Pigeon Day

National Productive Business Civility Day

National Random Acts of Light Day

National Weed Your Garden Day

Outdoor Marketing Day

Random Acts of Light Day

Roller Coaster Day

San Antonio Day (Ceuta, Spain)

Sewing Machine Day

613 Day (Ottawa)

613 Mitzvot Day

Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Swiftie Day

Tench Day (French Republic)

Weed Your Garden Day

The Wicket World of Croquet Day

World Softball Day

Yawn-a-thon

Yeats Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cupcake Day (UK)

Cupcake Lover’s Day

National Cucumber Day

Rosé Day [also 2nd Saturday]

Independence & Related Days

Princian Commonwealth (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Reform Movement Anniversary Day (Yemen)

2nd Thursday in June

National Career Nursing Assistants Day [2nd Thursday]

National Farm Workers Day [2nd Thursday]

Superman Celebration begins (Metropolis, Illinois) [2nd Thursday thru Sunday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

World Judicial Officer Day [2nd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 13 (2nd Full Week)

National Hermit Week (thru 6.20)

National Nursing Assistants Week (thru 6.19)

Festivals Beginning June 13, 2024

BBQ RibFest (Fort Wayne, Indiana) [thru 6.16]

Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival (Manchester, Tennessee) [thru 6.16]

Chisholm Trail Roundup BBQ & Chili Cook-Offs (Lockhart, Texas) [thru 6.15

Chorus Inside International (Lloret de Mar, Spain) [thru 6.18]

Claw Down (Boothbay Harbor, Maine)

Gladbrook Corn Carnival (Gladbrook, Iowa) [thru 6.16]

Greenfield Festival (Interlaken, Switzerland) [thru 6.15]

Hollywood Fringe Festival (Los Angeles, California) [thru 6.30]

Indy Strawberry Festival (Indianapolis, Indiana) [thru 6.15]

Kirtland Kiwanis Strawberry Festival (Kirtland, Ohio) thru 6.15]

Lavender Bloom and Wine Event (Concho, Arizona) [thru 7.13]

Louisiana Corn Festival (Bunkie, Louisiana) [thru 6.15]

Newport Italianfest (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 6.16]

New York State Blues Festival (Syracuse, New York) [thru 6.15]

Ottawa Fringe Festival (Ottawa, Canada) [thru 6.23]

Owego Strawberry Festival (Owego, New York) [thru 6.15]

Sónar (Barcelona, Spain) [thru 6.15]

Springfield Fair (Springfield, Maine) [thru 6.16]

Taste of the Vineyard (Edgartown, Massachusetts) [thru 6.15]

Telluride Food + Vine (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 6.16]

Tour of America's Dairyland (Muliple locations, Wisconsin) [thru 6.23]

US Open Golf Championship (thru 6.16)

Feast Days

Annie Sprinkle Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church (Christian; Saint) [Portugal]

Aquilina (Christian; Saint)

Audrey Niffenegger (Writerism)

Balor (Celtic Book of Days)

Bricket Wood Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Buddha's Parinirvana (Bhutan)

Cetteus (Peregrinus; Christian; Saint)

Damhnade of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Day of the Living Children of Nut (Ancient Egypt)

Dorothy L. Sayers(Writerism)

Feast of Epona (Celtic; Pagan)

Felicula (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Jupiter Invictus (Jupiter the Unconquered)

First-in-Line and Queue-Jumping Tournament (Shamanism)

G. K. Chesterton (Episcopal Church (USA))

Gerard of Clairvaux (Christian; Saint)

Gin Day (Pastafarian)

Gotthard Graubner (Artology)

Green Day (Pastafarian)

Ides of June (Ancient Rome)

Leon Chwistek (Artology)

Psalmodius (Christian; Saint)

Quinquatrus Minusculae (Old Roman Festival to Minerva)

Ragnebert (a.k.a. Rambert; Christian; Saint)

Ralph McQuarrie (Artology)

The Spaniel (Muppetism)

St. Theresa (Positivist; Saint)

Thomas Woodhouse (Christian; Blessed)

Triphyllius (Christian; Saint)

William Butler Yeats (Writerism)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shavuot ends (Judaism) [7 Sivan] (a.k.a. …

Feast of the Harvest

Feast of Weeks

Festival of Weeks

First-Fruit festival

Wheat Harvest

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Water Husband Name Day (Young Women fill their mouth with water and didn’t let it out until they heard a man’s name. That name would be the name of their future husband; Portugal)

Premieres

The Apocalypse Watch, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1995)

Back to School (Film; 1986)

Backwoods Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)

BrainDead (TV Series; 2016)

Cherche Le Phantom (The Inspector Cartoon; 1968)

Day of Infamy, by Walter Lord (History Book; 1957)

The Disillusioned Bluebird (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1944)

Faith and Courage, by Sinead O’Connor (Album; 2000)

Forever Your Girl, by Paula Abdul (Album; 1988)

The Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett (Novel; 1961)

Hercules (Animated Disney Film; 1997)

Horsefly Opera (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Animated Film; 2014)

I’ll Be Skiing Ya (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)

The Incredible Hulk (Film; 2008)

Jagged Little Pill, by Alan’s Morrisette (Album; 1995)

Jet Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (Film; 1949)

Les Noces, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1923)

Lolita (Film; 1962)

Make It With You, by Bread (Song; 1970)

Mona Lisa (Film; 1986)

Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny (Novel; 1970)

Olive’s Boithday Presink (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)

The Omen, by David Seltzer (Novel; 1976)

Pat and Mike (Film; 1952)

Petrushka, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1911)

Post, by Björk (Album; 1995)

The Price of Salt, by Claire Morgan (Novel; 1952)

The Prince and the Showgirl (Film; 1957)

Prozac Nation (Film; 2003)

Roadie (Film; 1980)

Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin (Serialized Novel; 1978)

Texas Flood, by Stevie Ray Vaughan (Album; 1983)

22 Jump Street (Film; 2014)

…Very ‘Eavy …Very ‘Umble, by Uriah Heel (Album; 1970)

Vida La Vida, by Coldplay (Song; 2008)

The Washout Chronicle, by John Cheever (Novel; 1957)

Wholly Moses (Film; 1980)

The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman (Economics Book; 2005)

Yodeling Yokels (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)

You Only Live Twice (US Film; 1967) [James Bond #5]

Today’s Name Days

Antonius, Bernhard (Austria)

Antonija, Antun, Toni (Croatia)

Antonín (Czech Republic)

Cyrillus (Denmark)

Monika, Mooni, Moonika (Estonia)

Raila, Raili (Finland)

Antoine (France)

Anton, Antonius, Bernhard (Germany)

Trifilios (Greece)

Anett, Antal (Hungary)

Alice, Antonio (Italy)

Ainārs, Tautvaldis, Tobijs, Uva, Zigfrīds, Zigrids (Latvia)

Akvilina, Antanas, Kunotas, Skalvė (Lithuania)

Tanja, Tone, Tonje (Norway)

Antoni, Chociemir, Herman, Lucjan, Maria Magdalena, Tobiasz (Poland)

Achilina (România)

Anton (Slovakia)

Antonio (Spain)

Aina, Aino (Sweden)

Kalyna (Ukraine)

Ivey, Ivy, Lara, Larissa (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 165 of 2024; 201 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 24 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 8 (Wu-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 7 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 6 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 15 Blue; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 31 May 2024

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 24 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Theresa]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 87 of 92)

Week: 2nd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 24 of 31)