The Willy Nillies life of George Ireland
“If you ask a dragon, why does it fly? “You’ll get more file than reply, “If you ask a troll, good sir, what’s the toll? “It would probably most indefinitely cost your life.” Throw that verse underneath a Dark Ages circus folk sound and you may be able to imagine Edmonton’s very own outlandish troubadour, […]
Amber Nash puts a little ‘Pam’ in Fringe play
The name Amber Nash may not mean anything to you, but her voice undeniably will. The American actress voices the curvaceous, openly bi-sexual, hedonistic, human resources director Pam Poovey in FX’s hit adult-animated espionage satire cartoon Archer. Nash is in Edmonton for her one-woman show What’s Wrong With You? during Edmonton’s 34th International Fringe Theatre […]
INTERVIEW: Shakey Graves on Shakey Graves
Bullets of sweat drip down his face, soaking his classic white wife-beater shirt, and onto the stage. In his fist he clutches his gleaming sunburst guitar, as he leads the crowd in a rousing chant, “Yeah, you should’ve been a better friend of mine!” That’s Shakey Graves – aka 28-year-old Alejandro Rose-Garcia – during a […]
