Tag Archives: Edinburgh Fringe

A delightful, insightful evening with Oscar in the witty, thoughtful Introducing Mr. Wilde, or Work is the Curse of the Drinking Class

Red Sandcastle Theatre A.D. Rosemary Doyle has teamed up with Jennifer Watson and Dorian Hart to launch The Wilde Festival, which opened with its inaugural production of Neil Titley’s one-man show Introducing Mr. Wilde, or Work is the Curse of the Drinking Class at Red Sandcastle’s storefront space at Queen St. East and Logan, TorontoContinue reading “A delightful, insightful evening with Oscar in the witty, thoughtful Introducing Mr. Wilde, or Work is the Curse of the Drinking Class”

Interview with Vanessa Smythe on Outside the March collaboration for 100 Outside Voices

“Maybe a city is not just a place, but a suggestion of what we place in our hearts.” – Vanessa Smythe, 100 Outside Voices Outside the March (OtM) asked Toronto actor/poet/spoken word artist Vanessa Smythe to compose a 100-line love letter to Toronto. The resulting piece, 100 Outside Voices, will be performed and recorded byContinue reading “Interview with Vanessa Smythe on Outside the March collaboration for 100 Outside Voices”

Toronto Fringe: Beautiful, lyrical, engaging storytelling in Vanessa Smythe’s In Case We Disappear

So many great storytellers at Toronto Fringe this year – and I was very excited to see Vanessa Smythe’s solo show In Case We Disappear at the Tarragon Theatre Extra Space last night. I’d seen her perform excerpts of the show, and this was my first time seeing it in its entirety. Standing with theContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Beautiful, lyrical, engaging storytelling in Vanessa Smythe’s In Case We Disappear”

Toronto Fringe: Danger, romance & chimps in Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

The adventures of our favourite coffeeshop girl continue in Rebecca Perry’s Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl, directed by Matt Bernard and running now at the Annex Theatre for Toronto Fringe. When last we saw our intrepid Joanie Little (in Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl – and you needed have seen this to joinContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Danger, romance & chimps in Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl”

Toronto Fringe: Puberty in all its awkward, tragic & baffling glory – Morro and Jasp do Puberty

Getting your first period. Shaving your legs. Hair removal cream/bleach. Growing boobs. Boys. School dances. Kissing. Feeling funny “down there.” All the female pubescent highlights are shouted out in Up your Nose and In your Toes (U.N.I.T.) Productions’ Morro and Jasp do Puberty, by Heather Marie Annis, Amy Lee and director Byron Laviolette, which openedContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Puberty in all its awkward, tragic & baffling glory – Morro and Jasp do Puberty”

Toronto Fringe: Twisted good times with Chelsea Manders in Don’t Tell My Dad

Chelsea Manders will sure have a whole lotta s’plainin’ to do if her Dad ever sees this show. Don’t Tell My Dad, directed by Hayley Gilgan, is Manders’ one-woman explosion of songs and stories, taking the audience on a wacky trip through time, from her supportive middle-class upbringing in Victoria, B.C. to the delightfully fucked-upContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Twisted good times with Chelsea Manders in Don’t Tell My Dad”