Tourology: A Mindy and Marge Adventure

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Company: Antiscian Productions

Genre: Physical Theatre

Venue: 31 Walking Tour

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Mindy and Marge (Kaitlin Aiello and Rachel Smith) are seasoned travellers or so they claim. After all, Mindy has sipped margaritas at some fine resorts, while Marge has braved the "jaguar-infested waters" of Argentina.

Here, they lead us through a factually questionable tour of the Exchange District. It's all done with tongues firmly planted in cheeks, and the tour is a blend of real fact (like some history of MTC and Pantages) and more dubious claims (like tidbits about the Winnipeg-based shooting locations forGame of Thrones).

It's largely improvised, so each tour will differ. My afternoon walk featured a very small group, but Aiello and Smith soldiered on like pros.

Their back-and-forth patter is cute, and certainly entertaining if not quite hilarious. But they try to straddle the line between being a real tour (with jokes) and flat-out satire, and it feels like they'd have a much stronger show if they committed one way or the other.

As it is, though, it's a family-friendly and pleasantly amusing way to walk through the Exchange. Not quite a grand adventure, but good Fringe fun.

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