Surplus-Value Theatre presents Vectors of Their Interest at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, a bizarre and twisted dark comedy about the struggles of the unpaid intern. It’s a struggle many of us fresh-paint recent graduates endure — the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed ‘I’ll do anything to make an impression’ attitude regardless of how utterly off-the-wall the boss’ request may be. And in this story, it’s weirder than most.

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“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” is the underlying base line for Rarely Pure Theatre‘s Valkyrie debuting at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival. This is a powerhouse of a story that speaks to any woman, or anyone really, who has ever been cheated on by a lover, undermined by a member of the opposite (or same) sex, or has ever received one of these texts.

Erin (Tara Koehler) and Bradley (Monique Renaud) are two girlfriends on a mission — exacting bloody revenge on cheating men, particularly those with a knack for treating women like property.

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For this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, the Randolph Academy has chosen Euripides’ The Trojan Women. Featuring students in their final year at the Academy, this rendition of the classic play is set in an apocalyptic near future to illustrate a point — history repeats itself.

The Trojan Women was written by Greek playwright Euripides produced in 415 BC detailing the lives of the women of Troy after the fall of their city. With their husbands dead, the women are about to be taken away as slaves. In their final moments together, they search for meaning in their lives. Continue reading Euripedes’ The Trojan Women (Randolph Academy) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review →