Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe Ticket Giveaways for Shows on Monday, July 4th!

Fringe For Free GraphicA new day, a new set of Fringe shows we’ll be giving away pairs of tickets to! By now you should know the drill — five shows, five pairs of tickets. All you have to do is fire off a few emails and you could win your way into FREE FRINGE!!

We have a great set of shows playing on MONDAY JULY 4 that you’ll want to see that include everything from zombie clowns to Shakespearean ..clowns… and a rowing team! There’s something for everyone so be sure to click the Read More for details on how to enter.

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Far Away (PreShow Playlist) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review

Far AwayFar Away is a fable about a world where war has so thoroughly consumed the planet that nature itself has begun to take sides: the cats are in cahoots with the Argentinians, the river is working with the dentists, and nobody is totally sure where gravity’s loyalties lie.

Caryl Churchill‘s script is fiercely abstract, set over fifteen years and sprawling as large as the director allows. This Toronto Fringe production finds its anchor in movement, threading careful choreography through every scene and moment, which makes this production a joy to watch –and peculiarly accessible.

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Asiansploitation: Be More Pacific (Asiansploitation) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review

AsiansploitationAsiansploitation is a local comedy institution: an all-Asian company which strives to create work for audiences who — except for nerds and “kooky ethnics” — rarely get to see themselves in comedy spaces.

Be More Pacific (their new revue, running at the Toronto Fringe Festival) continues their legacy of exploring all facets of life from an explicitly Asian-Canadian perspective: identity, culture, authenticity, ancestry and modern living are all on the table. Continue reading Asiansploitation: Be More Pacific (Asiansploitation) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review

Cam Baby (Theatre Mischief) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Beau Dixon, Brandon Coffey, Christine Horne, Ashley Botting, Andrew Cameron, and Karl Ang

I got to see Cam Baby by Mischief Theatre during the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival at Factory Theatre.

This dark comedy is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. Clara is a trying to navigate her relationship with her new boyfriend, Tim. At the same time roommate and landlord, Joseph, is secretly filming her with the help of his girlfriend, Natalie, and friend, Damien, for a live webcam feed.

Everything about this show gets an A+. I thought that writer Jessica Moss really hit it out of the park. From beginning to end, I was blown away.
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Happiness™ (May Can Theatre) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review

happinesstonyadamscorythibertThis evening I had the opportunity to watch Happiness™ by May Can Theatre, playing at Theatre Passe Muraille in the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival .

Peter and James are two charming salesmen out to sell YOU happiness. The show begins with bright lights, loud music, and two cheerful young men running in and out of the audience in an attempt to pump us up. They explain how they have the secret to happiness, while doing an impressive dance routine.

But happiness isn’t as simple as they make it out to be.

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