Big Bappis is out and proud at Toronto Fringe, with its production of Greg Campbell’s one-man show Out, directed by Clinton Walker and running at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse. A coming out origin story, based largely on Campbell’s own experience as a teen in Montreal, we follow 17-year-old Glen as he embarks on hisContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Coming out in 1977 in the funny, touching Out”
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Toronto Fringe: Fun on Stage Left, Patron’s Pick & Best of Fringe
Hey again – Had to take off to co-host today’s Fringe-tastic edition of Stage Left on Radio Regent with host MC Thompson, where we had a blast chatting with Michael Posthumus from Kneel! Diamond Dogs; Melissa Oei from Wild/Society and Stephane Garneau-Monten from The Art of Being Alone. So now that I’m home briefly toContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Fun on Stage Left, Patron’s Pick & Best of Fringe”
Magic, heart, comedy & truth in and out of love (again) in 52 Pick-up remount
Tell me a story. Real or made-up? Both. Happy or sad? Both. These are the opening lines of TJ Dawe and Rita Bozi’s 52 Pick-up – produced by the Howland Company, and directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster and Paolo Santalucia – setting the stage for a random, non-linear piece of two-handed storytelling about the beginning,Continue reading “Magic, heart, comedy & truth in and out of love (again) in 52 Pick-up remount”
Toronto Fringe: Taking a ride with downtown EMS folks in The Emergency Monologues
I never realized that the Toronto EMS folks had to deal with so much poo. Morgan Jones Phillips’ one-man show The Emergency Monologues is a series of anecdotes based on his real-life experiences as a downtown paramedic, now playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille main space as part of the Toronto Fringe. Using The WheelContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Taking a ride with downtown EMS folks in The Emergency Monologues”
An epic journey of self-discovery presented in Theatr-O-Scope Vision – Polly Polly
Can I tell you how much I love Polly Polly? Of course, you can’t love the play without also adoring its creator/actor Jessica Moss – and I do. I came late to this party, not getting to the box office line fast enough during its Toronto Fringe run, but catching last night’s closing performance onContinue reading “An epic journey of self-discovery presented in Theatr-O-Scope Vision – Polly Polly”
Two great shows at Best of Toronto Fringe: Tales of Whoa! & Stop Kiss
Very happy to say that I’m managing to get out to see some shows at The Best of Toronto Fringe up at the Toronto Centre for the Arts this year, including two last night: Not Bad Abe Productions’ Tales of Whoa!, written by the company and directed by Ken Hall, was more fun than aContinue reading “Two great shows at Best of Toronto Fringe: Tales of Whoa! & Stop Kiss”
Toronto Fringe – the final five
With limited time on my hands and five vouchers left of my 10-play pass, I needed to hop to it and see shows during the closing weekend of Toronto Fringe. Here are the last five shows I saw, in order of attendance: Sour Grapes: I’d seen playwright/actor Allan Turner perform as Mullet the Clown before,Continue reading “Toronto Fringe – the final five”
Best of Toronto Fringe opens tonight!
Hey kids! Missed a really great show at Toronto Fringe? Well, you’ll have another chance to see these at the Best of the Toronto Fringe (July 18 – Aug 3) at the Toronto Centre for the Arts: HELP YOURSELF MAHMOUD POMME IS FRENCH FOR APPLE RARE THE SHAPE OF THINGS THE TAMING OF THE SHREWContinue reading “Best of Toronto Fringe opens tonight!”
life with more cowbell 