A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
Open Rescue: The Play presented by 3D Theatre at the Toronto Fringe Festival opens up an important dialogue about the torture of animal testing through a series of three separate interviews. The play is written from real life interviews, also known as Research – Informed Theatre, making each piece super visceral as a script.
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Even almost a half-century after the killings committed by the infamous Manson Family in the summer of 1969, these murders and their perpetrators continue to haunt the popular mind. How could seemingly ordinary people be convinced to commit such horrible acts? You Are Perfect, a show put on by the White Horse Theater Company currently running in the Toronto Fringe Festival at the Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, aims to provide at least some answers to this vexing question.
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Heather Eli and Company’s show titled “Home Again” explores the concept of “creating home wherever you are” through quirky movement and playful scenes.
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In Recall (playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival), the government has developed a series of tests which it believes can identify “pre-violent” people. This is well-trodden sci-fi territory, as old as Asimov.
Recall pushes the technology to the periphery, focusing instead on a cluster of characters: a subject, an accessory, an investigator, a bystander, and a wildcard. These characters are thrown together in various configurations, and as information flows between them, the story sneaks up behind us.
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Universal Horrors is a contemporary dance performance inspired by classic horror films and their famous monsters, playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Produced by Broken Rhythms Victoria Society, the performance is an intense, spooky delight (or should I say fright!).
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