At her latest town hall on Alberta’s place in Confederation, Premier Danielle Smith wanted Albertans to vent their feelings about the federal government.

But many of the 750 who turned up at Thursday night’s event in Edmonton vented their frustration about Smith and her government.

The meeting in a packed hotel ballroom was loud, emotional and profane, which pretty much sums up Alberta politics these days; and so perversely entertaining it should have been part of the Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival that opened Friday.