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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: A most outrageously funny mashup in Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre
Bain & Bernard Comedy has cooked up one helluva theatrical mashup for Toronto Fringe with its production of Matt Bernard’s Romeo and Juliet Chainsaw Massacre, directed by Bernard and running to packed houses at the Randolph Theatre. Inspired by a variety of horror films throughout the decades, particularly The Texas…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Xenophobia gone viral in a brutal worldwide dystopia in the beautifully choreographed, evocative Far Away
PreShow Playlist is running a remarkable production of Caryl Churchill’s Far Away during Toronto Fringe, directed by Megan Watson and choreographed by Patricia Allison – and running in the Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) Mainspace. Xenophobia is a widespread, global disease and has become the default response in this dystopic world,…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: The stages of grief & struggle for recovery injected with humour in the moving To Jane with Love
Promise Productions explores addiction and grief in their production of Deon Denton’s To Jane with Love, directed by Denton and running at the Al Green Theatre during Toronto Fringe. The show will also be featured in the Midtown International Theater Festival in New York later this month. Scenes of the…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Engaging, immersive storytelling & a bird whispering love letter to mom in charming, poignant Life List
Are you ready for an adventure? Then you must come along on Alex Eddington’s bird watching walking tour Life List at this year’s Toronto Fringe, directed by Tyler Seguin and starting off at the Randolph Theatre. Wear some good walking shoes and bring binoculars. If you don’t have binoculars, no…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Delightful fable-inspired storytelling in magical, thoughtful Curious Contagious
I first saw Vancouver’s Mind of a Snail perform Against Gravity two years ago at SummerWorks – and loved it – so I was excited to see that they were coming to Toronto Fringe this year to perform Curious Contagious in the Factory Theatre Mainspace. I caught their opening show…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Take a moment to play in the Shed in Monologues for Nobody
Late yesterday afternoon, I stopped by the Fringe Club (Honest Ed’s Parking lot – Bathurst/Bloor) to experience Jordan Mechano’s Monologues for Nobody, one of several Shed Shows on offer at this year’s Toronto Fringe. When I say “experience,” I mean this is DIY theatre acted by you, for you. There’s…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: The savagery of civilized society in sharply insightful, brutally funny God of Carnage
Halo Productions brings biting social commentary to Toronto Fringe venue the Helen Gardiner Playhouse with Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Katherine Bignell. When their 11-year-old son Henry is badly injured by stick-wielding playmate Benjamin, Veronica (Françoise Balthazar) and Michael (Mike Lummis) invite Benjamin’s…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Do you want to believe? Sharp, dark comedy in Bright Lights
Theatre Brouhaha’s production of Kat Sandler’s Bright Lights opened to a sold out house of super enthusiastic folks at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace late last night. Written and directed by Sandler, Bright Lights is set in a community centre, where members of the Alien Experience Support Group gather for…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe preview(ish): Finding Funny
Another Toronto Fringe show I saw an earlier production of – and would highly recommend – was Daniel Stolfi’s hilarious and poignant stand-up origin story Finding Funny, which I caught in May during the 2016 Soulo Theatre Festival at Red Sandcastle Theatre. You and Me Entertainment’s production of Finding Funny…
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