The Space Chums! (Space Chums) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Ian Goodtimes, Lindsay Goodtimes and Kate Keenan in Space Chums, Torono Fringe 2018

The Space Chums!, a Space Chums production – part of Kidsfest – was the first show at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival. We entered the theatre through a silver archway with a shiny tinsel curtain. Very cooling on a hot day. I always think it bodes well for ‘my Fringe’ when I enjoy the first show that I see and I enjoyed this one. Not as much as the kids in the audience did though. Continue reading The Space Chums! (Space Chums) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

The Magnificent Terrific Top-Notch Superb Show (Ishi & Bishi) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

photo of Michael Bennett Leroux and Holly Greene in The Magnificent Terrific Top-Notch Superb Show at the 2018 Toronto Fringe

I got to The Magnificent Terrific Top-Notch Superb Show –  produced by Ishi & Bishi and playing as part of Kidfest at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival – with barely any time to spare. That meant no time to find a kid and their adult and chat a bit and see if I could talk to them after the show. Which means that this review is entirely from an adult perspective; mine.  Continue reading The Magnificent Terrific Top-Notch Superb Show (Ishi & Bishi) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Jimmy Hogg: A Brief History of Petty Crime (Jimmy Hogg) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Jimmy Hogg

Endearing and childlike, Jimmy Hogg grips the audience and brings them down his zany, tangential rabbit hole of childhood stories and misdemeanors. Energetic to the point of falling off-balance, Jimmy Hogg: A Brief History of Petty Crime is playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival.

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