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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Brave, sexy & frank talk about women’s joy of sex in Slut
Beer in a Glass Productions’ presents Erin Thompson’s Slut, directed by Dahlia Katz and running at the Annex Theatre as part of Toronto Fringe. Not used in a pejorative way, the “slut” in the title is used thematically – it’s one of the labels used to describe women who enjoy…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Punch drunk with laughter in Theatre Brouhaha’s Punch Up
Kat Sandler and Theatre Brouhaha bring it again big time with the dark comedy Punch Up, written and directed by Sandler, playing now at the George Ignatieff Theatre as part of this year’s Toronto Fringe. Stand-up comic/comedy writer Pat’s (Colin Munch) life is in the toilet, his wife/comedy team partner…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Hell hath no fury like these two women in Rarely Pure Theatre’s Valkyrie
Rarely Pure Theatre has a reputation for producing dark, edgy and thought-provoking pieces – and its Toronto Fringe production of Thomas McKechnie’s Valkyrie, directed by Bruce Gooch, is no exception. BFF gal pals Bradley (Monique Renaud) and Erin (Katie Ribout) have transformed themselves into knife-wielding, gun-toting, Krav Maga-practising avengers, Valkyries…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: A peek inside the men’s room in The Urinal Dialogues
I ventured into the world of the men’s room yesterday – in this case, the Al Green Theatre stage transformed into a men’s washroom for the Toronto Fringe run of Mark H. Albert’s The Urinal Dialogues, directed by Mario D’Alimonte. Inspired by sound bites overheard in men’s washrooms, The Urinal…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: An adorkably funny, smart look at life, love & social anthropology in Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl
Was very excited to see Rebecca Perry’s Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl at Toronto Fringe, directed by Matt Bernard – the 2.0 version of the show Perry ran at the Storefront Theatre back in June, 2013. Monday’s matinée was sold out, and included a group of kids from the…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Big wacky fun look at life, love & motherhood in Parallel Play
Caught some seriously funny sketch comedy goodness at Toronto Fringe yesterday – comic revue Parallel Play, written and performed by actors/stand-up comics Elvira Kurt and Megan Fahlenbock, and directed by Linda Kash – on now at the Tarragon Extra Space. Kurt and Fahlenbock (who Fringe folks may remember from Mum…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Furtive desires emerge in Karenin’s Anna
Karenin’s Anna is playwright Michael Ross Albert’s modern-day adaptation of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, directed by Luke Marty and currently running in the Toronto Fringe at St. Vladimir’s Theatre. In this two-hander version, Anna (Caitlin Robson) is a Brooklyn girl who has just married Sergei Karenin (Daniel Pagett), the cousin of…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Navigating the mine field back home in Time Stands Still
Two broken people return home from covering the war in Iraq to find shifting priorities and changed sensibilities in Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still, directed for its Toronto Fringe run by Jordan Merkur. Photo journalist Sarah (Kirstin Rae Hinton) returns home to writer James (Jason Jazrawy) after narrowly escaping death…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: A funny, charming ‘what if’ tale of Dorothy & friends in Emerald City – A musical play
Ever wonder what happened to Dorothy and the Oz gang after she returned to Kansas? Well, wonder no more. Baby Gumm Productions presents Darren Stewart-Jones’ Emerald City – A musical play (based on the beloved Wizard of Oz characters by L. Frank Baum) at the Tarragon Main Space as part…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Sharp-witted, informative & moving story of the fight for the lumpectomy in Radical
So what if I told you that, up until the 70s, radical mastectomy was the go-to procedure for Stage One breast cancer (e.g., a pea-sized tumor)? You’d likely be a bit shocked, puzzled and possibly enraged. Right? I know I was. Playwright/oncologist Charles Hayter’s play Radical – developed and presented…
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