All posts by Samantha Wu

Samantha is both a writer and a fan of the arts and has been able to find numerous ways to pair the two. Aside from being an editor here at Mooney on Theatre, she's a photojournalist for Been Here Done That, a travel, dining and tourism blog that focuses on Toronto and abroad and previously for  Lithium Magazine, which got her writing and shooting about everything from Dave Matthews Band to Fan Expo. She's passionate about music, theatre, photography, writing, and celebrating sexuality -- not necessarily in that order. She drinks tea more than coffee, prefer ciders over beers, and sings karaoke way too loudly. You can follow her on various social media including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Tears of a Bullet (The Hobby Horse) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of adrian leckie and stephen flett in tears of a bullet by Elyse Roy

The Hobby Horse presents Tears of a Bullet, a play written by Josh Downing and directed by Jeff Kennes, a heavy story with a lot of weighty subject matter. Based loosely on the final years of sci-fi writer Thomas Disch, this production looks at the lives of people from various oppressed groups and how systematically they end up oppressing each other. This revealing story is on stage at the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace playing as part of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival.

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Josephine, A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play (Lil Theatre Company) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Tymisha Harris as Josephine Baker, photo provided by the company

Josephine Baker is the type of person stories are written about, movies are based on, and stage musicals draw loving crowds with. Created by Tymisha Harris, Michael Marinaccio, and Tod Kimbro, and performed by the ever talented Tymisha Harris, Josephine, A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play, playing at the Randolph Theatre as part of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival does exactly that.

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Featherweight (Theatre Brouhaha) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Kat Letwin as Thoth, Michael Musi as Jeff, Amanda Cordner as Anubis by John Gundy, taken at the Paddock TavernIt’s quite possible these days for teens and young adults to not know a time in their lives without the Internet. Our lives can be tracked online; this is the driving force behind Featherweight, written and directed by Tom McGee, playing at the Paddock Tavern as part of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival. A cross between American Gods and Twelve Angry Men where a man is judged by his browser history upon death.

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