A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
Things Drugs Taught Me is a collection of monologues produced by Four Face Production at the Toronto Fringe Festival. It follows Nisha Coleman and Jeff Gandell’s experiences with various drugs ranging from amphetamines to marijuana. Continue reading Things Drugs Taught Me (Four Face Production) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review
This evening I visited the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace to see 13 Ways The World Ends, a sketch comedy show by Good Morning Apocalypse company currently running in the Toronto Fringe Festival. I was curious about what I would find, since 2017 has been a stressful year for a lot of people, including me, between frightening political trends and reports of war from around the world and the fear of some kind of imminent environmental catastrophe. Could these sorts of fears, these insecurities about the very future of life, really be the raw material for humour? It can: 13 Ways The World Ends demonstrates this quite well.
Continue reading 13 Ways The World Ends (Flash Dazzle Productions) 2017 Fringe Review
Want to catch a show that completely encompasses the spirit of Fringe? Don’t let the prospect of a one-man show with audience participation scare you off; Fastcar: Man of Action (produced by blind fool productions) is a delightful trip through the absurd, playing now at the Toronto Fringe Festival .
Continue reading Fastcar: Man of Action (blindfool productions) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review
I was expecting the tragedy of a long lost love unfold. But Letters to Annabelle by Panfish Productions, now playing at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, has exceeded all expectations. What has unfolded instead is an immersive story of longings, desires, and uncovered truths. Continue reading Letters to Annabelle (Panfish Productions) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review
Life Records 2: Side B, currently playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival, is a one-woman show featuring Rhiannon Archer and produced by Beefman Jones Productions. Archer is an award-winning comedian, writer, and storyteller. Life Records 2: Side B is a personal glimpse at key moments in her life with each memory triggered by a song.
Continue reading Life Records 2: Side B (Beefman Jones Productions) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review