Latest news with #TheUnderwearFairyandOtherLoveStories

Edmonton Journal

Fringe Review: The Underwear Fairy and Other Love Stories

The Underwear Fairy and Other Love Stories Article content Stage 7 — Yardbird Suite (11 Tommy Banks Way) Article content What do we want from an ideal Fringe play? Laughs, for sure — maybe a little familair heartache balanced with something sexy. And if there's a bit of mystery, well, then we're really soaring. Article content Kristi Boulton's one-woman testimonial is all these things, a strange, smartly constructed memoir of teenage romance and losses both earth-shattering and cute with a central question of who exactly was making unsolicited exchanges within the playwright's panty drawer through and disturbingly beyond her childhood? Article content Article content I have theories and so will you, though this is not the point of this charming and energetic portrait of a nervous and nerdy kid in love with Sailor Moon characters and capricious little elementary school jerks leading up to a beautifully lit moonlight lake encounter where she and her friends' 'boobs fit together like Tetris pieces' — tertriminos for the hardcore players. Article content Article content What else can I say? Loved this, even teared up at a couple points, and nodded along to the play's central message, which, ain't this the truth, 'love is weird.' Article content