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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Victorian bicycle tour shenanigans in the hilarious, entertaining Three Men on a BikeDavid DiFrancesco, Matt Pilipiak & Victor Pokinko. Costume design by Nina Okens. Photo by Mark Brownell. Pea Green Theatre Group is back with our favourite fun-loving Victorian man-boys in Mark Brownell’s hilarious, entertaining Three Men on a Bike, adapted from Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men on the Bummel, On…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: A new mom’s fears come to life in the hilariously candid, deeply poignant Night FeedCorinne Murray, with puppet fur bunny and puppet baby. Puppet construction by Shawna Reiter & Jonathan Davis. Photo by Dahlia Katz. Canvas Sky Theatre gets us up in the middle of the night with Sarah Joy Bennett’s hilariously candid, deeply poignant Night Feed; running in the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace.…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Storytelling meets TED Talk in the fight for social justice in the sharply funny, frank, eye-opening Monica vs. the InternetMonica Ogden. Photo by Sortome Photography. Rage Sweater Productions presents Monica Ogden’s sharply funny, frank, eye-opening Monica vs. the Internet: Tales of a Social Justice Warrior, directed by KP Productions and running in the Tarragon Theatre Solo Room. Storytelling meets TED Talk as shared lived experience and knowledge come…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Stepping into the mind of a Ulysses character in the playful, bawdy, theatrical Molly BloomLena Maripuu, Jenna-Lee Hyde, Reanne Spitzer & Annie Tuma. Photo by Jocelyn Adema. Forth Gorgon Theatre takes us into the mind of Molly Bloom in Jocelyn Adema’s playful, bawdy, theatrical adaptation of the final chapter of James Joyce’s Ulysses in Molly Bloom, directed by Adema and running in the…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Getting in & out of Scientology in the hilarious, heartbreaking, irreverent Squeeze My CansCathy Schenkelberg. Sound & production design by Victoria (Toy) Deiorio. Photo by Michael C. Daft. Squeeze My Cans presents Squeeze My Cans, the true story of Cathy Schenkelberg’s indoctrination into and exit from Scientology—a multimedia solo show trip that is by turns hilarious, heartbreaking, irreverent, infuriating and terrifying. Written…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Drowning in a small town in the haunting, lyrical Mourning After the Night BeforeModels Abby Gillam, Ryan Helgason & Lauren Helgason. Photo by Chloë Whitehorn. Mad River Theatre takes us to a small town by the water as a family struggles to overcome tragedy in Chloë Whitehorn’s haunting, lyrical Mourning After the Night Before; directed by Heather Keith and running at the…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Reaching back & out to overcome loneliness in the entertaining, heart-wrenching The Big HouseTracey Erin Smith. Set and lighting design by Steve Lucas. Photo by Dahlia Katz. There’s nothing like a family dinner to bring out the best and the worst in us; and maybe even an insight or two on the nature of loneliness. SOULO Theatre founder/A.D. Tracey Erin Smith takes us…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Heaven calling in the sharply funny, fiercely candid The CommandmentPhil Rickaby. Photo by Phil Rickaby. Have you heard the one about God and the atheist? Simple Truth Theatre present this unlikely match in its sharply funny, fiercely candid Toronto Fringe production of The Commandment; written and performed by Phil Rickaby, directed by Richard Beaune, assisted by Adrianna Prosser, and…
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Continue reading →: The power of love, music & colour in the visually rich, magical, ground-breaking The Black DrumCorinna Den Dekker, Dawn Jani Birley, Yan Liu & Daniel Durant. Set & props design by Ken Mackenzie. Costume design by Ruth Albertyn. Makeup by Angela McQueen. Video & projection design by Laura Warren. Lighting design by Chris Malkowski. Photo by Dahlia Katz. Commissioned and produced by the Canadian Cultural…
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Continue reading →: Looking back on an undefinable relationship in the entertaining, touching, resonant A Beautiful ViewAlison Brooks & Pip Dwyer. Lighting design by Wes Babcock. Photo by Matthew Eger. Nothing is enough. Shotgun Juliet opened its production of Daniel MacIvor’s A Beautiful View in the Alumnae Theatre studio last night, presented as a Pride Toronto Community Event. Directed by Matthew Eger, it’s an entertaining, quirky,…
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