{"id":986,"date":"2011-09-06T04:14:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T07:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2023-07-09T17:16:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:16:35","slug":"rainer-herschs-victor-borge-is-twoderful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Rainer Hersch’s Victor Borge is Twoderful!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n

\"\"<\/a>
rainer hersch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the Fringe Festival is a circuit that crosses many different cities not just across this country, but around the world, there is a wide array of exorbitantly talented performers who spend much of their summers each year traveling from Fringe to Fringe with their one person shows. Over time, these people build up reputations for bringing consistently professional quality, well-polished theatre to cities all over the world and eventually this leads to them playing to packed, capacity theatres and developing their own built-in audiences for places that they return to frequently. Two examples of Canadian Fringe stars, both of whom I hope come to Atlantic Fringe <\/a>someday soon are Chris Gibbs (Toronto) and Chris Craddock (Edmonton). We are lucky to\u00a0have just this sort of performer in our midst, one from London (England), at Atlantic Fringe this year, his name is Rainer Hersch, his show is Rainer Hersch\u2019s Victor Borge<\/em> and it is\u00a0magnificent.<\/p>\n

Victor Borge <\/a>was a Danish-American comedian pianist who was once hailed by the New York Times<\/em> as \u201cThe Funniest Man in the World!\u201d Rainer Hersch, who is pretty damn funny himself, has created an act where he impersonates Borge, recreating many of his most famous and trademark comedy routines, but also compliments Borge\u2019s act with his own, creating an even more hilarious mixture of European flair, Vaudevillian-style jokes and bits and pieces of impeccably well played classical music.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need to know anything about Victor Borge, or about classical music to think that this show is hilarious, but Hersch\u2019s fascination and passion for him is infectious so you will likely be inspired to Google and YouTube Borge\u2019s work as soon as you get home from the theatre. Likely you’ll then wonder\u00a0why it took you so\u00a0long to happen upon him!\u00a0If you are a Borge fan, and I know there are a great many out there, I cannot recommend this show enough to you. It is the closest thing you will get to seeing the real thing and you\u2019ll probably fall in love with Rainer Hersch while you are there.<\/p>\n

This was one of those shows where every time I thought I\u2019d just heard my favourite joke of the evening, Hersch would immediately top it with something even funnier. His phonetic punctuation routine is\u00a0quite brilliant, as is everything he does at the piano, the grand finale and pretty much everything in between. What impressed me the most about Hersch is that while this show has a lot of the elements of an impersonation show and a lot of elements of a stand-up routine, his performance as Borge delves far deeper than that; Hersch is unequivocally a talented actor. There are a few moments as Borge, where his eyes fill with sadness, that are so wistful, genuine and poignant, it\u2019s incredible to find them in the middle of a comedy show. These compelling and evocative moments enrich the show so much and give us a much better portrait of Borge, the man as well as the performer.<\/p>\n

This is a master class of Fringe shows, you don\u2019t want to miss it!<\/p>\n

Rainer Hersch\u2019s Victor Borge<\/em> plays at the Neptune Studio Theatre (1593 Argyle Street) at the following times. It is $10.00 and runs 75 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday September 6th<\/sup>, 8:15pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday September 8th<\/sup>, 6:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, September 9th<\/sup>, 8:45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 10th<\/sup>, 7:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, September 11th<\/sup>, 3:15pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s sell this show out, folks!<\/p>\n

To book advanced tickets please visit Neptune Theatre\u2019s Box Office, 1593 Argyle Street or call 902.429.7070 or visit www.atlanticfringe.ca<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Same Day Sales are available at the venue\u00a0(Neptune Studio Theatre) From\u00a01 Hour Before the First Show of the Day. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since the Fringe Festival is a circuit that crosses many<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4671],"tags":[3212,3447,5762],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-halifax-fringe","tag-neptune-theatre-scotiabank-studio","tag-rainer-hersch"],"yoast_head":"\nRainer Hersch's Victor Borge is Twoderful! - The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge is Twoderful! - The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since the Fringe Festival is a circuit that crosses many\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/twisihalifax\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-06T07:14:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-09T20:16:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amanda Campbell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amanda Campbell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amanda Campbell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2acdb91c67a7c73bbe572ed62f39cf80\"},\"headline\":\"Rainer Hersch’s Victor Borge is Twoderful!\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-06T07:14:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-09T20:16:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986\"},\"wordCount\":634,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"halifax fringe\",\"neptune theatre scotiabank studio\",\"rainer hersch\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Review\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986\",\"name\":\"Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge is Twoderful! - The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-06T07:14:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-09T20:16:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rainer Hersch’s Victor Borge is Twoderful!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Way I See It Theatre\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-twisi-header-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-twisi-header-1.png\",\"width\":4831,\"height\":1568,\"caption\":\"The Way I See It Theatre\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/twisihalifax\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/twisiblog\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2acdb91c67a7c73bbe572ed62f39cf80\",\"name\":\"Amanda Campbell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0e1a35d85359766c1e9bf58b3b4e4d926456f42e1b829f3cb745235d605f4e4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0e1a35d85359766c1e9bf58b3b4e4d926456f42e1b829f3cb745235d605f4e4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0e1a35d85359766c1e9bf58b3b4e4d926456f42e1b829f3cb745235d605f4e4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Amanda Campbell\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge is Twoderful! - The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge is Twoderful! - The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog","og_description":"Since the Fringe Festival is a circuit that crosses many","og_url":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986","og_site_name":"The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/twisihalifax","article_published_time":"2011-09-06T07:14:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-09T20:16:35+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Amanda Campbell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amanda Campbell","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986"},"author":{"name":"Amanda Campbell","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2acdb91c67a7c73bbe572ed62f39cf80"},"headline":"Rainer Hersch’s Victor Borge is Twoderful!","datePublished":"2011-09-06T07:14:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-09T20:16:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986"},"wordCount":634,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg","keywords":["halifax fringe","neptune theatre scotiabank studio","rainer hersch"],"articleSection":["Review"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986","url":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986","name":"Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge is Twoderful! - The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg","datePublished":"2011-09-06T07:14:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-09T20:16:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Rainer20Hersch-300x193.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=986#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rainer Hersch’s Victor Borge is Twoderful!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/","name":"The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#organization","name":"The Way I See It Theatre","url":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-twisi-header-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-twisi-header-1.png","width":4831,"height":1568,"caption":"The Way I See It Theatre"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/twisihalifax","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/twisiblog\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2acdb91c67a7c73bbe572ed62f39cf80","name":"Amanda Campbell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0e1a35d85359766c1e9bf58b3b4e4d926456f42e1b829f3cb745235d605f4e4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0e1a35d85359766c1e9bf58b3b4e4d926456f42e1b829f3cb745235d605f4e4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0e1a35d85359766c1e9bf58b3b4e4d926456f42e1b829f3cb745235d605f4e4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Amanda Campbell"},"url":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3893,"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/3893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}