We’ve at the first weekend of the Toronto Fringe Festival and at this point we’ve just about finished reviewing every show at the Fringe! We encourage you to take a look through our index of reviews and share your thoughts on the shows you’ve seen or the shows you plan on seeing. Maybe we’ve managed to inspire you to check out something you hadn’t considered, and that’s just plain awesome!
We’re rolling right along with our Fringe for Free contest, so if you’ve considered seeing any of the shows listed below, now’s your chance! Once again, we’re giving away a pair of tickets to five more Fringe shows for their performances on Monday, July 10. Check below the cut for details on how to enter.
Brain Storm is a production devised by Lucid Ludic in partnership with BIST (Brain Injury Society of Toronto) in this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival. Brain Storm explores the notion of a conscious mind that can survive the physical brain. It’s kind of the ultimate question, isn’t it? Brain Storm is such a visually arresting and intellectually compelling creation that even the less spiritually-inclined may be moved to entertain the idea of a soul.
The Toronto Fringe Festival provides a venue for writers and directors to tell stories that are often unheard; ones that push boundaries and thrive with the lack of constraints. Unfortunately, Pencil Kit Productions’ Perfect Couples didn’t feel like an example of one of those stories.
Iran Saye Theatre‘s The Door had its premiere at the Toronto Fringe Festival. The Door is definitely an interesting endeavour, and I appreciate the story it was trying to tell. However, I found that its execution didn’t necessarily work.
On The Inside is a fictional dramatization of a young woman’s recent experience in the Canadian prison system. It was the hardest and most emotionally devastating piece of theatre I’ve ever witnessed. Theatre is a forum which can be used to raise awareness of important issues–this show is so impressively executed and the reality it presents so absurd, I have hope it may even mobilize civil action, not just awareness. But for this to happen- -you’ll need to go see it.
We’ve at the first weekend of the Toronto Fringe Festival and at this point we’ve just about finished reviewing every show at the Fringe! We encourage you to take a look through our index of reviews and share your thoughts on the shows you’ve seen or the shows you plan on seeing. Maybe we’ve managed to inspire you to check out something you hadn’t considered, and that’s just plain awesome!
