James Cooke

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2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 10, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
☕️
Not My Cup of Tea

I think the concept is amusing but it kinda falls flat in the implementation.

I thought the whole thing was going to be improv comedians messing with each other through power points, setting thing up, doing bits, more about goofing around. The actual show is about people who are primarily science presenters, they all seem nice enough but have the problem not being equal when it comes to comedy, especially improv. Some of the hosts were kinda stressed out and since the slides were 1 per minute (which might be fine for a normal presentation, it can be forever if the presenter has nothing to work with and no bit prepared/ongoing) they just flailed looking at an image not understanding it; hoping the next slide would bring some relief.

A couple of the presenters were very funny.

I think this might be the same premise as a Jackbox game

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 9, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
♻️
See It Again

An amusing little show.

To the point romance wrapped in the dressings of the production of the original Star Wars.

This is my first time attending a Fringe production and I had fun. I felt that the comedy was a bit mixed and scatter shot. The jokes kinda bounced around with the trivia (some of which were inaccurate and would infuriate some Star Wars nerds, but fine with me since they were in service to gags) and references (there were especially a lot of references to the local theater scene which I didn't get, but it pleased the audience so I'll allow it). At times tries to go for a Mel Brooks kind of nonsense but for me it mostly falls flat when trying to bring up modern references.

The fellow who played Mark Hamill was very fun.

A pleasant enough hour.