On Sunday, I joined a sold-out house for the production of Kim’s Convenience. Mr. Kim, played by actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, is a convenience store owner in Regent Park who is trying to decide whether or not to sell his business so that he can retire. Lee, who is often recognized from Train 48, is very funny and puts on a great fatherly Korean accent. The show revolves around him and his family.
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No Time For Dreams is inspired by the writings of family, friends and strangers exploring characters on their pursuit of happiness. It begins with a strange salesman coming into town who tries to help four individuals with fulfilling their desires.
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William Shakespeare’s Beauty and the Beast sounds like a children’s show, but it’s not. A parody of Shakespeare’s body of work, “tales as old as time” – hence the Beauty and the Beast title reference – Matty McCready’s witty script comes alive thanks to its talented and very funny cast.
This was the first Fringe show I’ve seen with a larger cast. I enjoyed the dialogues that all these characters were able to have with one another; a nice change from the one-man-shows I had been watching all week.
Limbo is a confessional monologue by a British Columbian man named Andrew Bailey. At the very beginning, he tells us what the meaning of life is. Then, as he experiences more in his life, he quickly realizes he is wrong.
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I caught the opening show of Chameleon: The Experience of Global Citizens on Friday night. This New York-based dance company, directed by Alaine Handa, explored the ideas of home and identity for individuals who have been exposed to several different cultures while growing up.
There are three dancers in the production, including Handa herself. The dancers take turns beautifully dancing to various genres of music – including Southeast Asian gamelan sounds, French accordian music, and Latin American rhythms.
Continue reading Chameleon (A.H. Dance Company) – 2011 Toronto Fringe Review