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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Ruminations on love, beauty and aging in the nostalgic, intimate, haunting Chericheri-on-the-run-productions invites us to sit down with a former courtesan as she ruminates on love, beauty and aging in the intimate, haunting Cheri. Inspired by the novels of Colette, and written and directed by Sky Gilbert, with music composed by Dustin Peters, Cheri is currently running in the Al Green…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: A powerful, intimate, darkly funny examination of the nature of art & personal validation in Bakersfield Mistytheatre Collective explores the nature of art and the human need for validation in its powerful, intimate and darkly funny Toronto Fringe production of Stephen Sachs’ Bakersfield Mist, directed by David Eden and running in the Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church Chapel Room. Based on the true story of Teri Horton…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Wedding planning mayhem & big LOLs in Morro & Jasp: Save the DateHeather Marie Annis (Morro) & Amy Lee (Jasp). Photo by Alex Nirta. Jasp is getting hitched and you’re invited to come along as she and Morro get ready for the wedding! Our favourite clown sisters are back at Toronto Fringe, this time with Morro & Jasp: Save the Date. Created…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Navigating marital challenges in the hilarious, brutally honest Settle This ThingTamara Bick & Drew Antzis. Marriage is hard work, with dozens of infuriating, mind-numbing decisions and situations to navigate every single day. For the duration of the Toronto Fringe fest, bick/antzis are here to help as they present Settle This Thing; created and performed by real-life married couple Tamara Bick and…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: The trajectory of a life & its impact on others in the socially astute, moving Tears of a BulletHobby Horse Theatre Co. explores the right and wrong sides of a social justice argument in its affecting Toronto Fringe production of Josh Downing’s Tears of a Bullet;* directed by Jeff Kennes and running in the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace. Writer Jim Abernathy (Stephen Flett), who lives with mobility issues and…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Love vs. consent in the candid, intimate, autobiographical The Girl in the PhotographAndrea Cabeza & David Chinchilla. Photo by Liliana Vera. She signed her love notes with “The Girl in the Photograph”. He signed his with “Prince Charming”. She was 14 when their love affair began. Chameleon Productions presents the true story of love behind the scenes at a young theatre…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Bitterness, revenge & romance in four delicious courses in Kitchen Sink DramaMladen Obradović and Kelly Marie McKenna in Savour, the entrée play in Kitchen Sink Drama. Photo by Nina Kaye. Kitchen Sink Productions, Plan A Theatre and Unspoken Theatre invite us into the kitchen for a four-course theatrical meal of bitterness, revenge and romance in their Toronto Fringe co-production of…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Resilience against all odds in the defiant, poignant, hopeful The Pansy Craze: A New MusicalIn a time when “transgender” wasn’t a word and homosexuality was illegal, a trans woman refuses to be invisible and shines on the vaudeville stage in Next Stop Productions’ The Pansy Craze. With book, music and lyrics by Avery Jean Brennan, and directed by Dustin George, with music direction by…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Calling out manipulative sales in the quirky, edgy, razor sharp Everyone Wants A T-Shirt!Brittany Miranda, John Wamsley, Charlin McIsaac & Madeleine Brown. Photo by Graham Isador. Has a slogan or statement on a product ever made you want to change your life? Prairie Fire, Please explores the impact of—and calls bullshit on—corporate manipulation of our heart strings in Madeleine Brown’s Everyone Wants…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: The cult of selfism & celebrity in the sharply hilarious, satirical, eerie Wagon PlayBrendan Kinnon, Jonathan Walls, Katherine Cappellacci, Emma Banigan, Alexis Gontan, Lindsey Middleton & Brandon Gillespie. Photo by Owen Fawcett. Are you living your truth? Amber Moon and her followers invite you to join them for The Way’s special Resetting Ceremony in Theatre By Committee’s production of Ben Hayward’s Wagon…
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