Our fringe show was about 10 pounds which is about 15 in U.S. dollars. When we walked into the theatre it couldn’t have been more than 120 people in there, if not less. The theater was at the back of a church and smelled sooo much like a church. We were definitely the youngest people at the play and everybody else was about 65 plus and from the community.
The play I saw for my fringe play was called The Lady in the Van and it was an interesting one to say the least. Although I may have stretched the truth in real life, I’m gonna be honest on my post, that play was by far the worst play I ever saw. The set itself was actually put together very well for a church theatre, it had a lot of bright, groovy colors to represent the time this play was taking place in and the costumes were really well suited for each character and were correct to the time period. Also the big set pieces like the desk and the van were put together really well and worked well with the play. The woman who played the homeless lady in the van was just not a great actor, she stumbled over her words about every other line. She was also just very erratic and going crazy on the stage! The two men that played the older and younger version of each other were actually really good actors and were basically the only reason I could continue to watch the play.
I understand that fringe plays have a much lower budget and do not have as many resources as the west end but that was roughhhh. Overall, I’m still happy we went to see it because it makes me even more thankful for these professional productions I got to see on the trip.
Theatre in London U of A 