Comments on: Hip Shot: ‘7(x1) Samurai’

By: Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge - Photos: A Touch of Fringe

Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge - Photos: A Touch of Fringe — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:02:29 +0000

[...] 7(x1) Samurai: [...]

By: Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge - Fringe: The Morning After

Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge - Fringe: The Morning After — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:00:33 +0000

[...] best drama, the zombie-rock shocker Diamond Dead as best musical, and David Gaines’s sublime 7(x1) Samurai as best solo [...]

By: Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge - Hip Shot: ‘[eureka]‘

Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge - Hip Shot: ‘[eureka]‘ — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:00:24 +0000

[...] even talk” suggests, almost entirely wordless, but like the similarly giddy 7(x1) Samurai it’s chock-full of incident. Nearly unrecognizable in his high-waisted, greasy-haired nerd [...]

By: TD

TD — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:17:06 +0000

Most theatre is about people doing things that are, in themselves, not that amazing. The art comes from the coordination of the whole range of un-impressive elements: turning on and off the lights in a pretty way, organizing the speeches to make a story, reading the lines to make a character. Mr. Gaines’ work is something altogether different. It’s a man walking into a room, it could be any room, and making it light up, disappear, and change shape all by himself. This is virtuoso performance above and beyond anything I’ve seen in years, at the fringe or anywhere else.

By: Brian Reed

Brian Reed — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:35:51 +0000

Mr. Gaines lives up to all (very high) expectations in this feat of stamina and imagination. It’s just him and the stage, and he leaves it all out there. I can’t help but picture him practicing this thing over and over in his living room, bumping into the coffee table, stubbing his toe on the ottoman, breaking a vase or two. Whatever decorative casualties may have occurred, they were well worth it. This is spectacular.

By: Zippy

Zippy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:48:16 +0000

Purchase your tickets in advance, bring cold water with you, and plan on using your program as a fan because this wonderful venue is selling out regularly (SRO as well) and it hasn’t got much air conditioning. All physical discomforts, however, melted away when David Gaines took the stage and began his wonderful performance. See it!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:36:29 +0000

David Gaines is the hardest working performer at the Fringe.

By: Washington City Paper: City Desk - Fringe & Purge Roundup

Washington City Paper: City Desk - Fringe & Purge Roundup — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:33:02 +0000

[...] 7(x1) Samurai Trey Graham says: See it if: You grok that, far from being an outdated discipline to sneer at, [...]

By: Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge - ‘The Cloud Factory’

Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge - ‘The Cloud Factory’ — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:16:27 +0000

[...] Fringe is the small, simple solo show. Perhaps they are even the bread-and-butter of Fringe, these 7×1 Samurais and McSwiggins Pubs and Mothers of Inventions, compared to the flaming desserts and exotic liquors [...]