Kubhalwe nguShannon McGrew

Ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngithumele phezulu imibukiso egxilile ukuze uhlole ku IHollywood Fringe Festival, kusukela ngoJuni 8-25. Namuhla, Engxenyeni 2 ye "Imibukiso Okufanele Uyihambele", ngigqamisa ezinye zezingoma ezimangalisayo ezithusayo namakhonsathi asethelwe ukuphilisa yonke into kusukela kuma-slasher tropes wama-80s, ama-vampires, ama-waswolves nokuningi!

Sleshed! Umculo

Amazwibela: Siyakwamukela ku-Camp Doom! Er, siqonde Camp Freedom… Slashed! I-Musical iyincwadi yothando yamahlaya yomculo eya kuhlobo lwakudala lwama-80s Summer Camp Slasher. Ifaka abalingisi abaningi obaziyo nobathandayo - kodwa abane-twist - nezingoma zoqobo ezigqugquzelwe irediyo ye-Top 1980 yama-40s. Slahliwe! izoba nezithameli ezihlekayo futhi ziklabalase kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni okugcwele igazi.

Njengoba ngiwazi umsebenzi walabo ababambe iqhaza kulo mdlalo, ngingakusho ngokuzethemba ukuthi lolu kuzoba wuhlelo ongafuni ukuphuthelwa ngalo. Ubani ongathandi ama-horror cliches angama-80 ahlanganiswe nomculo? Uma nje esekhona amabhakede namabhakede egazi, ngikholelwa ngokugcwele ukuthi izethameli zizoba mnandi ngempela.

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe “Sihlinziwe! Umculo” vakashela kwabo Facebook ikhasi. Ukuze uthole amathikithi omcimbi wabo eHollywood Fringe Festival chofoza LAPHA.

I-Monster Beautiful: The Musical (I-Interactive Horror Show)

Isiqubulo: I-Horror Musical iyindaba emnyama nesabekayo kaSolwazi Sven, uProfessor waseKolishi ophuma phansi nangaphandle onemfihlo embi. Kuntanga yakhe, umkakhe kanye nabafundi bakhe, uyi-nitwit ekhohlwayo, engenangqondo, esebenza kanzima. Kodwa kuncane abakwaziyo, uSven usonqenqemeni lwento entsha yesayensi okufanele ayifihle emhlabeni, imfihlo yokuphila ngokwako! Ngekhava yasebusuku, u-Sven uqoqa izitho zomzimba ezisha nezisha ukuze enze umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko. Kodwa indalo yakhe ayinayo ingxenye yayo ebaluleke kakhulu: ingqondo ephelele. Ngenhlanhla uSven, uthole leso siqeshana sokugcina se-macabre patchwork yokufa exhunywe esihlokweni sokuthatheka kwakhe okufihliwe, isivikelo sakhe kanye nomfundi, uRuthie. Njengoba impumelelo yakhe enkulu isicishe isiphelile, u-Sven kufanele akhethe phakathi komsebenzi wakhe wempilo yonke nothando lwakhe ngomfundi wakhe osemusha noshisekayo.

Amafomu Frankenstein abafuna ukubona ukukhulunywa kabusha kwesimanjemanje kwenoveli esabekayo ka-Mary Shelley bazothola izinto eziningi abazithakaselayo kulokhu kusebenza. Kunye kuphela okubonisayo "Monster Beautiful" ngakho qiniseka ukuthi uthola amathikithi ngokushesha ngaphambi kokuthi adayise!

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe "Monster Beautiful" vakashela kwabo Facebook ikhasi. Ukuze uthole amathikithi omcimbi wabo eHollywood Fringe Festival chofoza LAPHA.

Ngakho Ufuna Ukuba I-Vampire

Isiqubulo: UBrenda Frank ukulangazelela kakhulu ukuphendulwa ivampire kangangokuthi uyayithola, kodwa amanye ama-vampire afisa okungaphezu kwegazi. "Ngakho Ufuna Ukuba I-Vampire" ihlaya elimnyama kakhulu elimayelana nowesifazane ongeke ayeke lutho ukuze abalekele ukuphila okunonya kwempilo yakhe efayo futhi aguqulwe abe yisidalwa sasebusuku.

Ama-vampires abonakala edumile kulo nyaka e-Hollywood Fringe Festival, futhi kusukela ekukhangiseni kwezokuxhumana leli qembu elisanda kukhipha nge-Instagram, kufanele ngisho ukuthi ngimangele kakhulu ukuthi yini ezokwenzeka phakathi nalokhu kukhiqizwa.

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe "Ngakho Ufuna Ukuba I-Vampire" vakashela iwebhusayithi yabo ku www.oshadows.org/vampire. Ukuthola amathikithi omcimbi wabo eHollywood Fringe Festival, chofoza LAPHA.

Akukho Okubi: I-Werewolf Rock Musical

Isiqubulo: Ekujuleni komuntu ngamunye iSilo silinda ukuzalwa - ngezinzipho, amazinyo kanye nodlame. Umphakathi uyawucindezela, wesaba noma ubani onqotshwayo. Abahlubuki babamba unqenqema lwalo, bebiza amandla alo kuyilapho begwema ukusha kwalo. Ngokuphazima kweso, owesifazane oyedwa uzoguqulwa yikho, ahlukaniswe abe yizicucu ezimbili - futhi impi yokulawula umzimba wakhe, ingqondo nomphefumulo uzoqala. Ukuziphindiselela, udlame kanye nokuhlukunyezwa konke kuzoba uphethiloli wempi yezilinganiso ezinkulu. Akekho ophephile ekuhlatshweni okuzayo.

Ngizoba ngowokuqala ukuvuma ukuthi ama-waswolves akuyona into yami ngempela, kodwa kukhona okuthile mayelana nalesi sihloko esibambe ukunaka kwami. Mhlawumbe ngenxa yomculo we-rock, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi owesifazane oguqula isilo, angazi kahle ukuthi yini. Noma ngabe, ngokwalokho engikuqondayo, lesi isihogo sombukiso futhi engiwubheke ngabomvu.

Ukuthola amathikithi omcimbi wabo eHollywood Fringe Festival, chofoza LAPHA.

Nosferatu, A Symphony in Terror

Isiqubulo: Kusuka emqondweni oshisekayo ka-Bram Stoker's Dracula…ehlungwe ngelensi kaFriedrich Marunau…ifika okuhlangenwe nakho okuyingqayizivele kangangokuthi uzoyikhumbula impilo yakho yonke. U-Nosferatu uthatha izethameli ohambweni olungasoze lwalibaleka lusuka emhlabeni esiwaziyo luye ezindaweni ezingavamile nezingaqondakali zemicabango yethu.

Nakulokhu, sesibuyele endaweni yama-vampire, kodwa kulokhu sinobaba omkhulu wabo bonke, uNosferatu. Angazi okuningi ngalo mbukiso, kodwa nginokwazisa okujulile ngo-Nosferatu kanye nendaba yakhe futhi ngibheke ngabomvu ukubona isithombe esiyingqayizivele ngalo muntu wasendulo.

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe "I-Nosferatu, i-Symphony in Terror" vakashela iwebhusayithi yabo ku Crowncitytheatre.com. Ukuthola amathikithi omcimbi wabo eHollywood Fringe Festival, chofoza LAPHA.