FALLOUT FRINGE FESTIVAL 2026-Day 8

By Erik Engman

Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com

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Day 8 of the Fallout Fringe Festival brings me back to THIRD Street’s Theater 8 and two new shows! Prepare yourself for soldiers from the future and a tour from across the pond. You can access the full schedule at www.falloutfringe.org/schedule. 

Lt. Love Dr’s Boot Camp for Lonely People Like You by Chloe Matonis  

Scrumptious ★★★★

In the year 2075, the loneliness epidemic has turned humanity into a non-feeling, non-loving race. So to save the world, Lt. Love Dr. Hottie McTottie has traveled back in time to stop that future from happening. For the next 45 minutes, she takes the audience through a series of games and interactions, all designed to help us relearn how to relate to each other, accept rejection, and get off our phones! Chloe Matonis brings us a wonderful one-woman show that is sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant, and sometimes subversively serious. We are given the tools to avoid a future of being trapped by digital screens. It’s not a mistake that the main character is a soldier. We need that militant attitude to readjust our mindset. What makes this wonderful, for me, is that at its heart, it’s a positive show about bringing us all together in the here and now through love. And I think that’s one of the best messages we could use right now.

@ THIRD Street: June 13 and 14

England for Americans by Miles and Vanessa Coleman   

Not hungry ★

Welcome to England for Americans! A virtual tour of the British Isles from the heights of the British Empire to modern English society. Our guide, Dr. Humphrey Phildenphluph, GSCE, and his daffy assistant, Deirdre, ATM, take us through a history lesson and a tour of the major cities in Scotland, Wales, and England. And all I can say is… ooof! This show was not ready for the stage. Yes, it had a few technical difficulties, but beyond that, they needed much more rehearsal and a big pair of scissors to trim the material down. Now, the positive? I love these characters. Growing up on PBS, I used to watch hours and hours of British comedy. This felt nostalgic to me. Also, I love the idea of the show and what this piece could be. The low mark is solely because they weren’t prepared at all. By the end, it was like being stuck watching your grandparents’ vacation photos as they tried to work the projector. All of the elements are there, and with some work, this could be the uproarious hit comedy that’s hidden inside the marble slab; they just need to chip away and polish the material some more. But, hey, they have a bunch of days until their next performance. Hopefully, by then, they can fix the tech and get this show to a place I know it is destined to be.  

@ THIRD Street: June 16 and 19