Omen: The Musical, produced by Eighteen Productions/ The Creation Coffin and playing at the Annex Theatre  for the Toronto Fringe Festival, is a post-apocalyptic witch musical with a message: Save the environment.

The second doomsday is looming and Mother (Earth) is dying. The witches cast spells with dance as they desperately try to save Mother. I particularly love the Bacchic revelry of spell-casting, and celebrating witches. The melodic sighs and screams that accompany their songs are the perfect soundtrack for a coven. Continue reading Omen: The Musical (Eighteen Productions) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review →

Reminisce with writer, performer, and producer Pamela Bethel at her one woman show After the Beep, playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

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Malvolio is a Shakespearean character, so I prepared myself to review I, Malvolio, produced by impel theatre and playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival, by watching Twelfth Night. I knew close to nothing about this play, initially written and performed by Tim Crouch. Continue reading I, Malvolio (impel theatre) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review →

Mourning After the Night Before, produced by Mad River Theatre,  was one of my top picks for the Toronto Fringe Festival. I was intrigued by its use of drowning as a metaphor in all the characters’ lives.

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