Though it appears a saccharine, nostalgic romp at first glance, Movin’ Melvin Brown‘s self-titled revue is a genuine adventure through memory and music. Perhaps an unorthodox choice when the Toronto Fringe Festival offers shows considered more cutting-edge, but Brown’s performance is more layered and stimulating than it first appears.
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While Rabbit in a Hat Productions’ Paradise Lost serves as an adaptation of John Milton’s epic poem about the Fall of Man, this is unmistakably a stage show rather than a poetry reading. What I mean by that is yes, the words are all Milton’s (and they are beautiful words), but the production also uses projections, puppetry, and poetry to enhance and interpret them for the stage, bringing a unique and powerful version of the story to the Toronto Fringe Festival.
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Katherine Ferns is in Stitches is a raunchy, raw, and rare blend of brutal trauma and gut-busting comedy. Fusing drama and stand-up in a beautifully twisted concoction, it is currently playing at Factory Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival.
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Campfire’s offering in the Toronto Fringe Festival is Dominion, a story about nature and our place in it. Perched high above a national park, in their own distant watchtowers, two men discover their potential while the forest looms below. Continue reading Dominion (Campfire) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review
I felt compelled to see Morning Buzz Live! at the Randolph Theatre by Mixtape at the Toronto Fringe Festival because I was curious about what a show about a morning talk show would be like.
The show’s description piqued my interest, and I wanted to know exactly how the topics of sexism, racism, and diversity hiring would play out on stage. There were some good points to Morning Buzz Live!, but its execution left something to be desired.
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