We’ve wrapped up Day 2 of the Toronto Fringe Festival and have another 50 shows reviewed and under our belt! That means many more rave reviews that we can’t wait to tell you about! Check out our list of shows reviewed and keep reading for a few more Daily Rave highlights.
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Harvey & the Extraordinary takes place in Mimi’s garage and is produced by tilt/shift theatre playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival as an off-site performance.
As a must-see, I really don’t want to give too much away. Eliza Martin’s portrayal of Mimi, also known as The Extraordinary, is enchanting and whimsical. Yet, Martin captures Mimi’s vulnerable childhood with integrity and depth of feeling. Continue reading Harvey & the Extraordinary (tilt/shift theatre) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review
And then…she did!, where “no dreams are too big”, is produced by With Whit and Whimsy and is playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival as part of KidsFest.
A very upbeat and energetic show, And then…she did! focuses on something most children can relate to but often don’t have the most positive feelings about — what do they want to be when they grow up?
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Be a Good Girl is a semi-comic musical play by Adina Katz and Wandering Well Productions. It is performing for the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival at the Annex Theatre.
This piece makes use of musical numbers, storytelling, film, and satire to talk about Katz‘ experience with sexual assault, as well as broader problems about the expectations placed on women in society. She tells her own story in detail. Despite the otherwise light and funny tone, it a vulnerable show.
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Thousand Beginnings is a piece of performance art that combines intensely physical choreography, philosophical poetry, and visually dazzling prop work into happenings about the expectations of femininity a woman needs to shed to find peace. It’s a substantive debut from Under The Umbrella and a challenging addition to the Toronto Fringe that will leave plenty to ponder after the curtain falls.
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