La Cucina is playing at Factory Theatre Studio as part of the 2016 Fringe Festival. Playwright John Bressan’s first play, it’s set in Italy and has four acts. The characters include a bastard child; an aunt who killed herself, her husband, and said child by driving head on into a truck; Italian partisan fighters; and a Nazi officer. Not all of them appear on stage. Continue reading La Cucina (SouthPawScripts) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review →

A giant white sheet stretches from one end of the Factory Mainspace to the other. Two overhead projectors sit in front of it. When the lights go down and the title card for Curious Contagious flits across the sheet and a city stretches out in cut-out shadows, it’s evident that something special has come to the Toronto Fringe Festival.

More accurately, something special has come back. Continue reading Curious Contagious (Mind of a Snail Puppet Co.) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review →

Doctor Keir Co.’s production of Shakespeare Crackpot at the Toronto Fringe Festival was an entertaining and thought-provoking scamper through the history of Shakespeare. Bolstered by stories of Keir Cutler’s personal experience with academia, it emphasized the importance of thinking for yourself. If you’re interested in both Shakespeare and academia, as I am, there is certainly something here for you.

Continue reading Shakespeare Crackpot (Doctor Keir Co.) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review →

This afternoon, amidst a roaring thunderstorm, #MannequinGirl: The Musical (Ready Set Go Productions) opened to an enthusiastic audience and a semi-standing ovation at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

The premise is really funny: Kelsie, your average adorable type millennial, achieves internet fame overnight when a video of a mannequin falling on her goes viral. Seizing on her newfound unearned fame, she attempts to expand her fifteen minutes in the spotlight into an internet empire. Continue reading #MannequinGirl: The Musical (Ready Set Go Productions) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review →