The Food Project – Toronto Fringe 2017 Press Release

Theatre By Committee presents the world premiere of
The Food Project
Created by Theatre By Committee
Directed by Ben Hayward
Presented at the Toronto Fringe Festival
Featuring Veronica Baron, Owen Fawcett, Brandon Gillespie, Emmelia Gordon, Lindsey Middleton, & Jonathan Walls
Set, Costume, Sound & Lighting Design by Kelly Anderson
Produced by Laura McCallum

TORONTO (June 5, 2017) – Theatre By Committee presents the world premiere of The Food Project, a collective creation by Theatre By Committee. Directed by Theatre By Committee’s Ben Hayward (Best Play, Hamilton Fringe Festival ’16) The Food Project examines our relationship to Canadian food systems.

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Operation Sunshine – Toronto Fringe 2017 Press Release

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Operation SUNshine is a solo dark comedy and coming-of-age story about the time playwright Jennifer McKinley rescued 179 SUNshine Girls from the dank basement of her childhood home.

As a child, McKinley watched as ‘Wild’ Bill, her father’s basement boarder, wallpapered his bathroom with SUNshine Girls, cutouts of models who posed for the tabloid newspaper, the Toronto SUN.

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Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe Ticket Giveaways for Shows on Wednesday, July 5th

fringe-for-free-graphicIt’s the most wonderful time of the year: the Toronto Fringe Festival starts in two days and surely all you savvy theatre-goers are getting the jump on the crowds and checking out the 160 shows on offer, right?

Well as an incentive to get out there and see some theatre we’re running a draw for free tickets to five Fringe shows playing on Wednesday so click “Read More” for the contest rules and a little something about the 5 shows we’ve got lined up for the first day: Wednesday, July 5.

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On The Inside – Toronto Fringe 2017 Press Release

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ON THE INSIDE: Docutheatre
The Brutality of Confinement and the Hunger for Connection

For immediate release- June 5, 2017 Toronto, ON

On The Inside is inspired by Ashley Smith, a young female inmate from New Brunswick who was convicted of a minor infraction at the age fifteen.

During her time in isolation, Ashley was a constant victim of the abuses and degrading conditions experienced by inmates in Canadian prisons.

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