Brother Love's Good Time Gospel Hour

Praise Christ Jesus, you naughty power bottom. If this was what church was like when I was a kid, you wouldn’t have been able to keep me away!

Noam Osband does a great job portraying a 4-time divorced televangelist. He’s fun from the moment you walk in to the theatre until the last, greeting guests as they’re leaving. A true southern pastor. Clever lyrics, talented musicians, fun not forced audience participation! I’ll be back if we’re lucky enough to have them deem our congregation worthy! I’ll be singing about the trilogy being a ganbang all week. And, now that I know I have to sin to get in, I can leave my catholic guilt in my past! Amen, hallelujah!

This show was an hour of fun.

It wasn’t a lot more, but I left with a grin on my face.

It’s an irreverent send-up of tent revival meetings highlighting the hypocrisy of evangelists that would certainly have made my parents uncomfortable. For me, it highlighted why I left envangelicalism so many years ago. Nothing wrong with some pointed shots at the enemy.

I had previously seen the prequel to this show at Fringe a few years ago and had a blast. Not much has changed with this new addition to the series. It’s still a fun raunchy romp, packed with satirical religious gags and foot-stomping songs. It makes for a decent, frothy show for anyone looking to fill a gap or start/end the day on a light note.

This year in Mile Zero, the show gets quite loud. Bring earplugs if you intend to watch.

This is the most fun fringe show of all time. I went twice a couple years ago and I’m so back for Brother Love. Going to church was never been so fun or sexy. Skip the clubbing, on a night out I’m going to Brother Love instead. Such a fun vibe is created from the moment you walk in, and then everyone is shaking those tambourines like they MEAN IT! And they do.

Hallelujah! Brother Love is a parody of televangelists and tent-revival shows, and he does an exemplary job of playing with the hypocrisy and often barely repressed “desires” of these pay-as-you-go preachers. The songs are hilarious and the crowd work is excellent as well.

I think this may have been the funniest show of the year for me. The entire performance felt surreal and all too real at the same time. For the right audience, this is likely going to be a favourite.

If you’re at all offended by religious parody, don’t just steer clear—you may want to leave town until Brother Love packs up and heads for his next group of "Christians" to exploit.

If you have sins you need to confess, Brother Love is here to heal you. How will he heal you, you may ask? Any variety of methods - through song, through donations, maybe even through mild BDSM. This show is a non-stop marathon of a parody, poking fun at travelling evangelicals and tent revivals. Noam Osband, the creator and Brother Love himself, is a powerful singer, speaker, and multi-instrumentalist, preaching from both the guitar and the keyboard. If you’re there to be saved, prepare to be saved - this is a heavily audience reliant show, and if you volunteer you better be ready - Brother Love may ask you to do some strange things (all in the name of the lord of course). Those who may struggle with mockery of religion should stay away from this show, but those who are ready to see every element of radical Christianity scrutinized and parodied will have a blast. Get ready to shake your tambourines, donate some money, and sweat like you’re actually in Texas, because this show will have you up on your feet. Singing, clapping, or shouting hallelujah, you step through the doors of the theatre into another world - a world of tents, rhinestones, and good old fashioned gospel.