CULTS

Whether you're a true crime nut or simply a curious soul with a strong stomach, you'll be sure to be riveted by CULTS! Gather round while your charismatic leader recounts the sordid and often murderous stories of five real groups - some of which are still operating today - whose doomsday prophecies had devastating consequences. Even self-proclaimed cult buffs will learn something new (and horrifying).

While cults are no laughing matter, this show points out the absurd and bizarre elements of cults that compel us to scratch our heads. And this venue (ironically in a church basement) becomes a safe space to express that bewilderment with a room full of like-minded individuals.

The engaging and often unbelievable (but true) stories would allow this show to stand on its own. But the message being sent is also critically important, especially with MAGA’s influence crossing the border at an alarming rate. Critical thought is sacred, and actively questioning and calling out fear mongering and snake oil salespeople might just be the key to resisting a cult’s dangerous allure.

A deep dive into five different cults through history. Cool that the show didn't just feature the best known cults but at least two I'd never heard of, including a Canadian one for some of that homebrewed crazy.

At times, it felt like the performer was reading the Wikipedia entries for the cults without deeper insights but more just showing their horrors and damage.

Various funny asides are a highlight throughout the show and a tangent where the man running the lights and sound talks about his own close call with a cult left me wanting to know more.

I thought this show was building to an obvious but important message about the current cult running the United States and there were some connections made but not in an overly overt manner which left the show feeling unfinished in a way.

Overall, like all fringe shows, worth checking out and supporting for the unique content and eye-opening information.

So scary! So revealing. The actor and the writer profile 5 cults and one massive country cult nightmare. The style is lecture interspersed with interpretive (and spontaneous?) dance and expletive stacked outbursts. The material is shocking and repulsive. Who knew that surgery could be an amateur hobby-perhaps still unjustifiable except by a megalomaniac. Reality is the biggest mind - @$&? Of them all.