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Welcome back, Transatlantic Love Affair! The local troupe first found an audience with its company-generated Fringe shows, eventually becoming a resident company at Illusion Theater. Its unique presentation style asks each actor to be characters, scenery, props and sound-effect-creators. For “5 x 5,” the troupe’s first Fringe in nine years, it offers an ideal distillation of its marvelously imaginative manner of making theater. The cast of five spins five absorbing stories while confined within a 5-by-5-foot square at center stage, doing delightful and often hilarious things with a story from Camelot, “Macbeth,” “Nosferatu,” “Jurassic Park” and a bittersweet Mexican folk tale.

Presented by Transatlantic Love Affair at Open Eye Theatre; 5:30 p.m. Aug. 4, 10 p.m. Aug. 5, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 8, 2:30 p.m. Aug. 10

Still trying to decide what to see? Check out all our Fringe reviews at twincities.com/tag/fringe-festival, with each show rated on a scale of Must See, Worth Considering, Could Be Worse or You Can Skip.

The Minnesota Fringe Festival is presenting more than 100 hourlong stage acts from Aug. 1–11 around Minneapolis. Visit MinnesotaFringe.org for ticket and show information.

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