I realized not long after deciding to add Moose + Moa’s Art of Being Alone to my itinerary for this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, that I’ve seen this one-man show before with another Mooney contributor. Feeling much like I was about to reconnect and commiserate with an old friend, I entered this show expecting a good time.
Just as I remembered.
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Using movement, dance, spoken word, sound, projections, and artistic lighting, the team from Pencil Kit Productions have brought the tale of Persephone to life at the Helen Gardiner Phelan theatre during this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival. The result of their efforts is a performance that is both sumptuous and stunning.
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Common Ground, playing at this years Toronto Fringe Festival, depicts four unlikely strangers who are caught in the backroom of a corner store during a robbery-turned-hostage situation . Stuck in the small space, they discuss their lives, their struggles and aspirations, and ultimately find commonality.
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Tarot Live! is not a play. It’s a one-man show but it’s not about his story. It’s about your story. Jesse Stong is here at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival to give you further insight and clarity into your life through the wisdom of numerology and the tarot.
In case you couldn’t tell, this show requires audience participation.
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Waking, playing at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, is the heartbreaking tale of a man who, after suffering from severe trauma, is left with a working memory of only 45 seconds, and without the capability of forming new memories. In a way it can be seen like an extreme form of dementia or Alzheimer’s, where each day, each passing moment is quite literally brand new. Waking explores the value of family and the loss of self identity.
Continue reading Waking (Chameleon Productions) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review