The eleventh Tucson Fringe Competition is again with 18 occasions operating from Thursday, Jan. 19 to Sunday, Jan. 22.
The choices might be one reside occasion through Zoom, two free pre-recorded reveals out there to look at on the Tucson Fringe YouTube channel, and 15 reside occasions.
“I personally am excited to have a full competition this yr,” Tucson Fringe treasurer James Pack stated. “We tried to return to a full competition in January 2022, however that was when the omicron variant virtually despatched us into one other lockdown.”
Pack stated they noticed themselves having to cancel reveals that have been a part of their lineup and solely had about 10 performances as an alternative of the 50 they’d scheduled.
“It was not the nice large comeback we had hoped for,” Pack stated. “This yr appears like issues are going again to regular — knock on wooden.”
A few of the reside performers are coming from totally different states corresponding to Minnesota, Florida, California, Kansas and Colorado.
One native troupe might be performing an exciting acrobatic present. “The Singularity of the Machine” is a present by the performers from the Spider Silk Circus primarily based in Tucson. It tells the story of a gaggle of vacationers “trapped in a mysterious machine.”
The reside Zoom efficiency will stream on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. It will likely be a one-woman present titled “Mafia Nameless: The Ladies Converse” by artist PINA. It tells the story of a personality named Nella, who leads a Ladies’s Mafia Nameless group. The present is devoted to Laura Peralta, who was murdered in 2012 and to her father.
Pack stated they’re encouraging attendees to put on face masks in precaution towards COVID-19 in addition to the flu, to maintain one another wholesome and protected.
Tickets are on sale by means of Tucson Fringe. Attendees should put on their buttons they obtain with their tickets as will probably be their admission to the reveals. Multi-ticket passes are additionally out there. This yr’s venues are ATC Temple of Music and Artwork Cabaret Theater, the Steinfeld Warehouse, The Screening Room and the Circus Academy of Tucson.