by Jo Satana
First and foremost I’d like to acknowledge that, yes, we took some time off… so what? Sue us or or something. It felt good to focus on other things for a while but, like the best case of genital herpes, we’re back with a vengeance. Well, we’re down there anyways.
Summer is upon us here at Satana home base and for Montrealer’s that means only one thing: unbearable humidity, drunk Americans, and a fucking shitload of festivals… and what better way to resurrect “mein column” here than to tip my hat off to the festival that is kicking off all festivals: the 20th annual Fringe festival (http://montrealfringe.ca/en)?
Montreal Fringe fest is, if anything, indescribable as it brings avant-garde stage, music, and cinematic experiences to a ready and willing public. There is but one guiding principle that binds all the activities together: anything goes… and for the closed minded interloper that means stay the hell outta the way.
However, if a blood-lusting horror fiend were to ask me to characterize this year’s Fringe events so as to suggest something with a dark tint-like sensibility, I would point them to Michael Mitchell’s FEAR LIATH.
FEAR LIATH - “Four women. An isolated farmhouse. A monstrous terror clawing to get in” - runs on Jun 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, and 20 at Théatre LaChapelle in Montreal.
NightmaRevue has sat down (virtually) with published author, writer, playwright, and director Michael Mitchell (but more importantly, he’s a NightmaRevue contributor!) to shed some light into his bleak and gripping theatre production…

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