A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
WILD/WALLED is a daring contemporary dance piece exploring the barriers put on us by society and the “wildness” within us that fights against them. It is produced by Half Second Echo in association with Alison Daley and Tracy Norman.
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Clear Glass Productions’s performance of 32 Short Sketches About Bees is a fast-paced mash-up of ridiculous scenes all tied together through the incredibly simple (but surprisingly diverse) theme of “bees” (or “Bea”, “B”, “be”… you get the idea). Playing now at the Toronto Fringe Festival.
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Shadowpath‘s production of Plays in Cafes in the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival is a site-specific immersive piece that is light, smart, and hilarious, with a few heartwarming moments to boot. Come to the Free Times Cafe on College Street for a mood of general good cheer that carries the show through. It’s a well-crafted entertaining experience that will leave you with a few hearty belly laughs to go along with your meal. Continue reading Plays in Cafes (Shadowpath) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review
Life’s a Betch is a sketch comedy show performed by Sketch Betch at the Toronto Fringe Festival. The troupe is made up of four performers who met while studying at the Second City – Miguel Gauthier, Katharine O’Brien, Nora Saliken, and Eitan Shalmon. They were joined on stage by musical director and keyboardist Carmen Braund, who provided the perfect background music for each scene.
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What could be a heart-wrenching and agonizing story is anything but. Singing to My Left Kidney, on stage during this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, is Ada Balon’s story, a tale about her kidney cancer diagnosis and how she learned to live on. Instead of being full of remorse and anguish, Balon approaches her story with often times raunchy comedy and song.
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