photo Radix Theatre - RADIX Theatre performs Sox at the Templeton Restuarant curing this month’s Fringe Festival (Sept. 9-19). . Serv 8 Box by Radix ‘Theatre. Vancouver Fringe Festival. Sept. 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 at the Templeton Restaurant (1087 Granville St). Riahin Milani Contributing Writer : "We live in a world of uncertainty. If the stock markets don’t ” crash, our computers will: devastating environmental eatastro- » phes are matched by equally powerful storms of social unrest.” _ the aeparture. point for Radix Theatre’s Box performance. WHEN: l arrive at the Templeton Restaurant for - the July Dancing on the Edge Festival I wonder “Where the performance will take place. Four performers are already in character serving the clicnts ‘and cleaning cutlery.” Featuring an Escher-like universe of film imagery, sound and text, the quartet creep on a narrow space between the “tables and the counter, _+ One of the waitresses, while talking x about childhood mem- ‘orics, keeps pouring sugar into a cup until coffee overflows Onto the counter, ©” The-cwner of the restaurant fires all the staff but becomes “paralyzed with loneliness. “He is alone in his world and there- fore he can’t be alive. He has to be with other & people,” "says Th say and Friday ‘Seon 16 and oe at the i sped Eye “Theatre in Squamish at 7 p.m.-Hosted by Susan Knight, this competitive festival will feature 22 short films in the comedy, ~ documentary, drama and experimental form. The festival will also feature,Bill Corcoran, the producer of " Hope Island, as well as seven’ other filmmakers talking about "the making of their films. Tickets are $7 and are available from. IDA, Howe Sound Inn; and Eclectic: Kitchen, and the Howe Sound inn i in Squamish. For more info call Adriane Polo + (604) 89: 5930 or Email: apo!o@mountain-inter. net an i 2 “EN “Home of Canada’s Largest Youth Ch imbing Program" The ing up theatre 2 cessful Junicy. Program and EDGE. . 934-9080. [creat ee #24585 Welch St North Van. Members! the diner Andrew Laurenson, artistic director of Radix Theatre. The audience in the Templeton Cafe are a part of the show. People order food and eat while the performance continues. The abstract world interacts with the world of the diner. “T think people like being in the environment,” says Laurenson “They tee! excited to be involved. They are a part of the atmosphere but don’t have to perform. They feel part of both these worlds and that is why the show is interesting.” Formed in 1988, Radix Theatre, has performed in unusual locations such as a busy crosswalk, an abandoned store front, | and a parked car, Onginally a dance company, over time the group has evolved into a theatrical troupe with a difference. “One of our goals is to be accessible to the public,” says Laurenson. “Not everyone can atford to pay and sit in a chair _ in the dark. Pcople in a theatre are distanced from the perfor- mance and they don’t get the full experience. We ask our audi- ence to come with us.” —— The Fringe Festival (Sept. 9-19) kas 23 venues this year including 13 BYOV’s ~ Bring Your Own Venues. North . 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