Eames Armstrong
7 posts
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2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘St. Jimmy Celebrates “The Food At Our Feet”’
Sharp and hilarious, somehow Jimmy Grzelak interweaves Copyright law, Christian religious ritual, cooking show culture, pop songs, and poignant questions about the nature of spirituality and how we...
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2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Act Like a GRRRL’
You had me at grrrl. Act Like a GRRRL is a showcase of work developed and performed by teen girls, in which personal stories are shared as a process of empowerment and an act of defiance against...
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2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Une Soirée Au Cabaret’
Une Soirée Au Cabaret is a collection of dance, vocal, and aerial works inspired by early 20th century Paris nightlife. An amalgam of styles and eras, this is a contemporary take on the cabaret style...
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2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Dancing Ophelia’
A fierce and elegant collection of dance works, Dancing Ophelia is mostly but not exclusively inspired by Shakespeare, framed by the long tradition of storytelling through movement, and radical...
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2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Wrestling with the WIP’
Wrestling with the WIP puts forward the metaphor of quilt making as a strategy for reconfiguring women’s lives that are ripped apart, fragmented by harmful and impossible ideals. These ideals are...
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2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Tammy Faye’s Final Audition’
Tammy Faye’s Final Audition is a whirlwind about a woman whose iconic eyelashes, televangelical devotion, and legal scandal have secured her a place in brightly lit pop culture heaven. The play is all...
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2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Dishwasher’
We all come as audience to any performance with our own personal histories and experiences through which we encounter the work, but rarely does the work come to visit at home- to do our chores. Brian...