{"data":{"id":"dced2693-92ee-411b-a12a-bc95fa2d7452","originKind":"SYNDICATED","title":"Fringe Review: Sadec 1965 well worth your time","summary":"Sadec 1965: A Love Story\n\n4 stars out of 5\n\nStage 3, Nordic Studio Theatre, 10330 84 Ave.\n\nLife on the open road, meeting new people and having adventures, getting to experience a new culture up close through the visor of a motorcycle helmet.\n\nFlora Le tells the story of her motorcycle trip through Vietnam in Sadec 1965: A Love Story, a chance to reconnect with her family’s past and make her own new memories in the meantime.\n\nLe’s life at home growing up is problematic. She’s trying to escape everything through music, drugs, sex, men, relationships, anything she can use to forget where she is and what’s going on in her life.\n\nA health scare sets her straight, back onto a path with a future and the ability to do some travelling. She plans a trip across Vietnam, the country her father had fled a lifetime ago, leaving the war to come to Canada and study engineering.\n\nLe paces the stage alone in this one-woman show, but the sound design and staging are well above what we normally see at the Fringe and makes for an incredible production. Sadec is a heartwarming story with an impressive staging and well worth your Fringe time.\n\nRelated Fringe Review: Things That Go Bump a gentle dip into the spirit world\n\nFringe Review: Parenthood: It's a Mutha explores the ups and downs of raising kids","url":"https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/edmonton-fringe-review-sadec-1965","imageUrl":"https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/edmontonjournal/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/sadec-1965_304749789.jpg","publishedAt":"2026-08-17T21:45:17.000Z","sourceLabel":"Edmonton Journal Music","tags":["Entertainment","Festivals","Local Arts","Theatre"],"authorName":"Justin Bell","contentHtml":"<img alt=\"Sadec 1965, at the 2026 Edmonton Fringe Festival.\" src=\"https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/edmontonjournal/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/sadec-1965_304749789.jpg\" title=\"Sadec 1965, at the 2026 Edmonton Fringe Festival.\" /><p> <strong>Sadec 1965: A Love Story</strong> </p><p> <strong>4 stars out of 5</strong> </p><p> <strong>Stage 3, Nordic Studio Theatre, 10330 84 Ave.</strong> </p><p> Life on the open road, meeting new people and having adventures, getting to experience a new culture up close through the visor of a motorcycle helmet. </p><p> Flora Le tells the story of her motorcycle trip through Vietnam in Sadec 1965: A Love Story, a chance to reconnect with her family’s past and make her own new memories in the meantime. </p><p> Le’s life at home growing up is problematic. She’s trying to escape everything through music, drugs, sex, men, relationships, anything she can use to forget where she is and what’s going on in her life. </p><p> A health scare sets her straight, back onto a path with a future and the ability to do some travelling. She plans a trip across Vietnam, the country her father had fled a lifetime ago, leaving the war to come to Canada and study engineering. </p><p> Le paces the stage alone in this one-woman show, but the sound design and staging are well above what we normally see at the Fringe and makes for an incredible production. Sadec is a heartwarming story with an impressive staging and well worth your Fringe time. </p><h2>Related</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/edmonton-fringe-review-things-that-go-bump\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fringe Review: Things That Go Bump a gentle dip into the spirit world</a></li><li><a href=\"https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/edmonton-fringe-review-parenthood-its-a-mutha\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fringe Review: Parenthood: It's a Mutha explores the ups and downs of raising kids</a></li></ul>","slug":"fringe-review-sadec-1965-well-worth-your-time","publicPath":"/news/2026-08-17-fringe-review-sadec-1965-well-worth-your-time"}}