A note from Murray the Jenny Cyber Guru:
As you may have noticed we have updated the look of our website. We will be using this new content management system to (hopefully) get the reviews and SSPs up on the site in a more timely fashion. As we are not publishing the first paper issue until Friday I will leave you with an excerpt on one of Coral’s columns from last year that explains a little about us.

Hello Fringe folk. Welcome to the 22nd edition of the Jenny Revue, the unofficial jungle telegraph of the Fringe.

Of course the Jenny’s messages are not tapped out on drums, but on keyboards. (Which would seem to suggest that the entire evolution of human communication through the eons has amounted to simply switching to a different instrument in the band.)

Of course we mean the computer keyboards on which many people pounded to create the content for the periodical you’re holding in your hands (or reading on-line), containing an accumulation of company come-ons and audience opinions of the entertainment on offer at this fabulous festival.

Long before the internet provided everyone with a way have their say on any and every form of news, entertainment, gadgetry, or cause celebre, The Jenny Revue was soliciting the unbridled reactions of Fringe attendees to all that they saw.

And we’re still doing that.

All you need to do is what you are no doubt doing already—talk about your Fringe experience. Review shows you’ve seen, or write a letter about things going on outside the theatres. If you are in a Fringe play and haven’t shamelessly promoted your show, put together 80 words—different from your program blurb—and send them to us. Clearly mark them as SSPs since it’s difficult to tell the difference between an unqualified rave by a satisfied patron, and a bombastic bit of self-promotion by a company scribe.

You can email jennyrevue@shaw.ca or, if you lack the technology, apply a pen to a sheet of paper and drop the result in a Jenny box, the locations of which are listed on the back page of this paper.

There are three sections to the Jenny Boxes. The main, open box is where we deposit the copies of each new issue. The metal can at the top with the slot in its lid is for cash contributions. The rectangular box with the flip top lid is where you can leave your reviews.

There are only some caveats. First, you must sign your submissions with your full, real name. We also need a way to contact you if we need some clarification about your musings. This is, of course, built in with Email, but if you’d rather we contact you at a different Email address than the one you are sending from, or if you are submitting on paper, tell us how to get a hold of you. (Don’t worry. We rarely contact anyone. When I don’t understand something, I usually assume the problem is with me. Sadly, I’m usually right.)

So don’t be shy. Your opinion is as important as anyone else’s, and we want to read it.

Coral McKendrick