6 Guitars

NOTE: This show was reviewed at 2015 Winnipeg Fringe Festival.

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Get your tickets early for6 Guitars. Chase Padgett's well-reviewed returning hit was almost sold-out on Saturdayin one of the Fringe's biggest venues, and judging by audience response, I'd guess his momentum isn'tgoing to wane.

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It shouldn't. Padgett is a virtuoso guitar player who demonstrates great skill in six genres, improvising in more than one of them. He's a deft actor who portrays six different characters, each with affecting warmth and compassion.

He's also a gracious emcee on Saturday, he unplugged to help a mobility-challenged audience member exit the theatre when she needed to take a call in the middle of his performance, without breaking character or missing a beat.

Padgett will help you understand whyeach of his indelible axe-slingersfell in love with music. And if you don't love it too, Padgett will teach you why you should.