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To give you all a little update, we've had two fantastic performances and we're gearing up for our third, tonight at 10:00p! If you haven't seen the show yet, come on out! We'd love to see you there!

Since I posted the review from Vue Weekly, we haven't had any new print media reviews. Hopefully something will be coming out soon and once it does we'll be letting you know!

In the meantime, I've been alerted to a few other reviews that have gone up. Here are a few from Twitter:

evanmudryk @CanadianDijon "Addition" was really funny and you and the entire cast were fantastic. Great writing too.

stormbrew #yegfringe rankings so far: 1. Lovehatekill & Addition tied, 2. Douche//Awesome, 3. Sex-Bot, 4. Bashir Lazhar

alexiskienlen Saw two really good plays last night- El Dorado and Addition an unconventional love story. #fb

There's also a local blogger who reviews shows and Addition: An Unconventional Love Story showed up on their blog with a ★★★★★ review:

Addition: An Unconventional Love Story - ★★★★★

Addition tells the story of a young gay couple who decide they want a threesome to spice up their love life. The scenario gets a little out of hand, though, as they dive down the rabbit hole of polyamory into what they hope is a stable 3 person relationship.

The really brave thing about this play, is how it diverges from most media about alternative relationship structures by being a relatively light hearted happy story. My experience with stories about this sort of thing is that they tend to be morality plays.

It’s also interesting that the play is centered around gay men, as I think the standard image of a multipartner relationship tends to involve one-man many-women. It’s in danger of falling into the trap of perpetuating notions of gay male promiscuity, but manages to avoid it through the earnest nature of the characters. They never seem to be slutty, they just seem to have fallen into a new form of monogamy by accident.

Generally, I’d be a little more down on this play for its possibly over-optimistic ending, but in this case I feel it’s justified as a balance against other shows, movies, and plays I’ve seen about this subject. It’s really nice to see a lighthearted approach to it.

Also worth noting is the comedic performances by all the actors involved. You can tell there’s a certain rawness to their performances, but again the earnestness of the actors makes the sometimes nerdy humor (two of the characters are LARPers, for example) come off really well.

If I have one complaint, it was that the venue is new and the acoustics weren’t quite worked out yet. The fridges off in the corner kept kicking in and interfering with the vocals of the performers. This seems to have been fixed in shows I’ve seen since then at this venue.

We've also had a few new reviews at the Fringe Theatre Adventures - 30 Second Reviews website and theEdmonton Journal Review Site, so hop on over to check those out! And if you've seen the show already, leave us a quick review! Every bit helps!

Now it's back to the Fringe to see some shows (finally!!) and do some handbilling for tonight's 10:00p performacne of Addition: An Unconventional Love Story. Get your tickets!

Justen Bennett
Director/Playwright