The Adversary, written and performed by Andrew Bailey as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, is an autobiographical one-man show about Bailey’s experiences as a church caretaker in Vancouver’s notorious lower east side. A part of his job is to deal with the local street addicts, a task he takes on with compassion but which also requires some self-preservation, and this is the context where he wrestles with his faith and his relationship with God.
This sounds like a show that could be horrible, but it’s really not. It’s quite good and it made me feel an immense respect for Bailey. It also helped me feel some appreciation for people like the church’s tattooed priest, Max. I don’t always have a very positive view of religion and anything associated with it, so this was very good for me. Continue reading The Adversary (Andrew Bailey) 2013 Toronto Fringe Review
The first week of Fringe is coming to a close and as sad as that is, there’s still a whole other week of theatre fun ahead! With a half-week of performances under their belts, the Fringe shows you see this week will be well-oiled machines. As you know from previous years we like to spread the love during Fringe and invite our readers to participate in contests for a pair of FREE Fringe tickets to different shows every day of the festival. So enter a contest and Fringe for Free! Here are the FIVE shows that are we are giving away tickets for on Tuesday, July 9th, 2013.
