Lac/Athabasca, playing at this year’s Toronto SummerWorks Festival, is based on the Lac-Mégantic train derailment disaster of 2013. It also takes into account the affect oil mining has on the environment and the local residing people. The story line is non-linear with different characters and their stories weaving in and around each other, culminating in an explosive end. Continue reading Lac/Athabasca (Theatre Free Radical) 2015 SummerWorks Review
Seeing a performance of Canadian Stage‘s Shakespeare in High Park is one of the highlights of the summer for me. This year, it just so happen that I chose the hottest day thus far to take in Julius Caesar. Though the heat, mugginess and bugs may be enough to steer people away from sitting outside on the grass for a few hours, the eye-opening performance was enough to keep the audience intrigued and entranced.
Continue reading Review: Shakespeare in High Park – Julius Caesar (Canadian Stage)
The Fringe Club in the parking lot behind Honest Ed’s is the best place to be in between Toronto Fringe shows. There you can discover some amazing affordable eats, mingle with Fringe artists, chat up other theatre goers, see additional shows at the Shed, and on top of all that, browse some fantastic art that’s part of the Visual Fringe. Currently on display are works from members of the Arts Market collective and their wares are also available for purchase as well.
Click the jump for a closer look and if you are so inclined, pick up a fantastic one-of-a-kind piece to take home and support local artisans!
Phew! First week’s over and we here at MoT have been working around the clock seeing shows, Fringe-ing it up and getting all shows reviewed so you can browse at your leisure and find the ones that pique your fancy.
If you need us, we’ll be sleeping…or at the beer tent. Probably at the beer tent.
But, Fringe for Free continues today with another five shows under the cut that we’re giving away a pair of tickets to. We’re doing this every day until Friday July 10 so keep checking back for new shows and keep entering. It’s easy to do! Send an email to us with the show’s title in the subject line and that’s your entry in the contest. Remember, one email per show so if you want to enter for all five shows, you need to send five separate emails.
But without further a do, keep reading for the five shows playing on Tuesday, July 7.
Caitlin McCarthy plays a high school student named Erica in Deepest Darkest playing at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival. Like every high school student in their final year, Erica has secrets. Deep dark secrets that she hasn’t told anyone and she just needs to get them off her chest. This one woman show is energetic, comical, and full of that awkward teenage angst that we all remember so well.
Continue reading Deepest Darkest (Theatre Plexus) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review