FRINGE 2015: TRANTASY

I mean, you know who Tranna Wintour is right?

The readers of CULT MTL voted Tranna among the hottest and best dressed Montrealers with a killer Instagram account to boot. She is also performing at The Wiggle Room as a part of the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival, so if you don’t know who Tranna Wintour is, now is a good time to find out!

TRANTASY is billed as “Glamour, autobiography, pop music and comedy” rolled into a one woman show. Tranna recently guest-starred on a Toronto-based YouTube channel called Queer Comics, which produces daily vlogs from queer comedians.

Tranna introduces her body image segment by saying that “I’m sure that I’m bound to offend someone in the next five minutes and that’s fine, I’m okay with that." Tranna’s willingness to risk offence serves her comedy well. There are some touching personal stories about Tranna that come out in this show, but make no mistake, this girl also cracks jokes, and they are good.

A woman beside me snorted. No joke. Tranna did get voted one of Montreal’s top comedians in CULT after all.

TRANTASY is an entertaining one-woman show that also holds the promise of even better things to come. Tranna is multi-talented and a hard worker, and a great act to see at Fringe so that you can say, “I knew her when…” Tranna is well on her way to the kind of fame that will see her having her showdown with Neil Patrick Harris. She’s already got a Madonna connection! It won’t be long before Debby Harry wants to have her picture taken with Tranna Wintour.

And you should too! The Wiggle Room is a great venue for an act like Tranna, and to really have the full Tranna Wintour experience, I counsel you to come in your most flattering dress and snap a post-show selfie with Ms. Wintour. Everyone deserves a little glamour in their life.

Catch TRANTASY at The Wiggle Room, located at 3874 St. Laurent, at the following times:

  • 7pm – June 14th (Sunday), and June 21st (Sunday)
  • 8pm – June 11th (Tuesday), and June 16th (Thursday)
  • 9pm – June 12th (Friday) 16th (Tuesday), and June 19th (Friday)
  • 10pm – June 20th (Saturday)

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Sarah Stupar is part of CJLO's Official Fringe Team covering the sights and sounds from the 2015 St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival.

She also hosts Best of The West every Thursday afternoon from 2 - 3pm, only on 1690AM in Montreal and online at CJLO.com.

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