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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Joy, sadness & an unexpected friendship in the playful, imaginative, touching Beneath the BedIn bed: Erin Humphry. Clockwise, from bottom left: Lindsay Wu, Elizabeth Staples, John Wamsley & Keaton Kwok. Photo by Bryn Kennedy. Theatre Born Between takes us to a world of childhood and the creatures that live under our beds in the playful, touching Beneath the Bed, a tale of…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Madcap comedy & love a winning combination in the playful, mercurial The Taming of the ShrewChris Coculuzzi & Alexandra Milne. Photo by Kathy Plamondon. Aquarius Players bring Shakespeare to the Fringe stage with their madcap, playful production of The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Nicole Arends and running in the St. George the Martyr Courtyard. Baptista (Scott Moore) has two daughters: the wild Katherine…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Conflict, family & connection in the compelling, moving Checkpoint 300Back: Brittany Cope. Front: Ori Black & Lizette Mynhardt. Photo by Adrianna Prosser. Tamaya Productions, this year’s winner of Fringe’s First Play Competition, presents Checkpoint 300, written and directed by Michelle Wise, assisted by Duncan Rowe, and running in the Factory Theatre Mainspace. A tragic incident at the Israel-Palestine…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Into the mouth of the sea lion with the absurd surreal sketch comedy of Swallowed WholeCarly Telford, Chris O’Bray & Raechel Fisher. Photo by Laura-Kate Dymond. Irrelephant Productions takes us into the mouth of the sea lion for 55 minutes of absurd sketch comedy, peppered with drag performance and social satire in the wacky, surreal Swallowed Whole, written and directed by Rachel Perry, and…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Exorcising inner demons in the part self-help, part stand-up, all heart Personal Demon HunterVelvet Duke. Photo by Tyra Sweet. The Velvet Duke faces off with our inner demons in Velvet Wells’ Personal Demon Hunter, running in the back room on the main floor at the Imperial Pub. Part self-help workshop, part stand-up and all heart, personal storytelling, improv and music combine to…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Fear & loathing in the workplace in the razor-sharp, brutally honest dark comedy The HunsBreanna Dillon, Cass Van Wyck & Jamie Cavanagh. Set & costume consulting by Alexandra Lord. Photo by Steven McLellan. One Four One Collective presents The Huns, a razor-sharp, timely new play by Michael Ross Albert, directed by Marie Farsi and running in the Streetcar Crowsnest Guloien Theatre. It’s all…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Coping with loss & freeing the stories in the enchanting, playful adventure Through the BambooCarolyn Fe & ensemble. Set design by Nina Lee Aquino & Farnoosh Talebpour. Costume design by Farnoosh Talebpour. Lighting design by Michelle Ramsay. Photo by Lyon Smith. The Uwi Collective presents a Philippine mythology-inspired adventure in storytelling in the enchanting, playful, poignant Through the Bamboo, running in the Factory Theatre…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Summer camp like you’ve never seen before in the wacky fun, sex-positive, feminist Pack AnimalsS.E. Grummett & Holly M. Brinkman. Photo by Brynne Carra Photography. Scantily Glad Theatre presents summer camp like you’ve never seen before in its Toronto premiere of the wacky fun, sex-positive, feminist Pack Animals, created and performed by Holly M. Brinkman and S.E. Grummett, and running at the Randolph…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Millennials surviving working & adulting in the lighthearted, satirical Above & BeyondSeated: Tatyana Mitchell & Natasha Ramondino. Standing: Felix Beauchamp, Rabiya Mansoor, Andrea Irwin & Francis Masaba. Set and costume design by Jules Mendoza. Photo by Angela Sun. JackieTol Productions gives us a lighthearted, satirical look at slogging it out in an office cubicle as two Millennial pals try to…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Telling stories in the darkly funny, quirky, satirical News PlayClockwise from bottom: Andrew Cromwell, Rouvan Silogix, Greg Solomon, Madeleine Brown & Charlin McIsaac. Photo by Graham Isador. Theatre ARTaud and Lal Mirch Productions, in association with Prairie Fire, Please give us a dark satirical look at storytelling and journalism in Madeleine Brown’s sharply funny, quirky, edgy News Play,…
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