Ten minutes into Penash Productions’ Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton at the Toronto Fringe Festival, I knew I had to see it again. It was just that good — brilliantly performed, absolutely hilarious, and by far the best one-person show I’ve ever seen.
In a mutant-infested apocalyptic future, one janitor and one dog are on a mission to find Graceland, a radio station that’s still broadcasting rock hot jams from an unknown location in the wasteland. Is it the mutant-free paradise that our renegade heroes are hoping for, or will it be stereotypically disappointing? You’ll have to check out WasteLand (Sex T-Rex) at the Toronto Fringe Festival to find out.
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You know that strange girl you went to high-school with? The one who never talked and dressed in oversized men’s clothing? Did you ever wonder what her story was? Self-Exile, Nisha Coleman’s solo show at the Toronto Fringe Festival gives you a window into her world. Continue reading Self-Exile (Nisha Coleman) 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival
What do instinct and line ups have in common? little fires by Polynomials and Blue Ceiling Dance, playing at the Factory Theatre Mainspace as part of the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival, is an incredible, touching, and hilarious examination of people as animals and women as people.
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Out – A One-Man Gay Odyssey is a hilarious, nostalgic, and emotional look at a one man’s experience coming out in the 70’s. Out is being performed in the Helena Gardiner Phelan Playhouse (79 St. George St.) at the Toronto Fringe Festival, and it opened to a standing ovation that I was happy to take part in.
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