Like a Fly in Amber is a new musical playing at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival. It’s a simple musical — there are no dazzling sets or a 20-member chorus, there aren’t any booming heart wrenching numbers — just two people, a minimal set, and a poignant and touching story with musical numbers that are quite pretty.
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Today Beyoncé taught me how to put on a condom, a penis-headed Cat in the Hat educated me on STDs, and I will never watch Frozen the same way again. This is SExT: Sex Education by Theatre, from the Moo With Me Collective, where it is the teens’ turn to talk at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading SExT (Moo With Me Productions) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review
Despite the best efforts of its cast, Man & Son’s production of Man & Son: Ladies First at the Toronto Fringe Festival simply didn’t evoke much enthusiasm in its audience. Unfortunately, at the performance I attended, there wasn’t much laughter at this comedy.
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Neil McArthur wants to freeze your head and make you live forever. As part of the Toronto Fringe Festival 2016 at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, Let Me Freeze Your Heard is a convincing call for cryonic preservation. Attend this info-session for more information about how this service can buy you more time on earth. Continue reading Let Me Freeze Your Head (Neil McArthur) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review
Evolution / Mr. Truth is a dance-theatre double bill, currently playing at the Randolph Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival. The first half-hour’s show, the dance show Evolution, choreographed by Angela Blumberg, is a fluid exploration of change through dance. The second half-hour show, the Lester Trips group’s Mr. Truth, makes use of dark comedy to explore the ugly and uncomfortable elements in modern sexuality.
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