Shakespeare shows his age in Aquarius Players‘s The Taming of the Shrew playing at St. George the Martyr Courtyard as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival.
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Things the Trees Taught Them (Meg Webster) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review
There are highs and there are lows in Things the Trees Taught Them plays at the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival at The Factory Theatre Studio.
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The Huns (One Four One Collective) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review
Playwright Michael Ross Albert perfectly captures the hilarious chaos of a conference call in One Four One Collective‘s The Huns playing at the Streetcar Crowsnest Guloien Theatre for the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival.
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Destiny, USA (Convection Productions) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review
Smart, funny, moving, and integrated, Laura Anne Harris takes her audience to Syracuse, New York in Destiny, USA by Convention Productions playing at the Streetcar Crowsnest Scotiabank Studio as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival. In Destiny, a city boasting one of the country’s largest malls, Harris navigates her new job as a relay telephone operator for deaf and hearing-impaired individuals even she struggles with a looming personal tragedy. Continue reading Destiny, USA (Convection Productions) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review
Scotch Tape (For the Biscuit Theatre) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review
Perfection doesn’t stick in For the Biscuit Theatre‘s Scotch Tape playing at the Streetcar Crowsnest Studio as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival
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Three Men on a Bike (Pea Green Theatre Group) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review
Pea Green Theatre Group revisits sure ground in Three Men on a Bike, currently playing at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival. The show is a fast-paced, witty, fourth-wall breaking repartee adapted from the travel writings of Jerome K. Jerome (adapted for the stage by Mark Brownell).
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In Ireland We Rented A Car from Criminals (Write in the Kisser and Dumb Ax Productions) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review
Who are the criminals in Write in the Kisser/Dumb Ax Productions‘s new show, In Ireland We Rented A Car From Criminals? Playing at the Streetcar Crowsnest Guloien Theatre as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival, we never do get an answer to that question in this hour-long show.
Review: Blood + Soil (Theatre ARTaud)
A new play by Rouvan Silogix taking on white supremacy in Canada is now on stage in Toronto
I want to say that Blood + Soil by Theatre ARTaud playing at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace is one of my favourite plays I’ve seen this year. The mixture of absurdity, pointed commentary, and stellar performances makes for an unforgettable evening. It also makes for a show with intense imagery, uncomfortable truths, and questions of innocence.
Review: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (Mirvish/TheaterWorksUSA)
Mirvish brings the musical adaptation of the popular children’s book to the Toronto stage
Have you ever sat down to watch a show and suddenly felt your age? Going into The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical playing at the Ed Mirvish Theatre, I only knew it was a young adult book about Greek Gods and their kids.
The Lightning Thief is an ode to its source material, zeroing in on its age-demographic, and its core audience. With an aim to please, I argue it only half-succeeds.
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Review: Ashley with a “Y” (Ashley Botting)
Toronto comedian Ashley Botting remounts her delightful musical improv Fringe show
It’s hard to articulate a show like Ashley with a “Y” playing at the Bad Dog Theatre. Musical improv that changes with every show, totally dependent on the talent and charisma of one woman and her pianist, sounds like it could be the lead up to, well, one heck of a joke.
And it pretty much lives up to its punchlines.