A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
Damn Tank, an entry in the Toronto Fringe Festival currently playing at the Factory Theatre Mainspace, provides an interesting glimpse into a future where death can be as much a blessing as continued life. This show by Another Creature Productions gives its audience a tantalizing taste of the lives of these future people, and leaves us wanting more.
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The history of student productions making the leap from schools to Fringe stages is…checkered, let us say. EXIT, which is playing Tarragon Theatre Mainspace at the Toronto Fringe Festival 2016 is an example of one that should perhaps have stayed put. Though the concept is interesting, I did not find the show fully realized at this point in its development.
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Mood Swings, performed by the Unspoken Theatre Company, a Shed Show currently playing as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, does a lot with very little.
Every woman I know has a public transit creeper story. Some of them want to talk about their experiences. Some of them don’t. Either way, it happens on a daily basis, which is maybe something that people don’t always remember.
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How is it possible that I haven’t seen Graham Clark before this? I saw his show Instagraham at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace as part of the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival and he is so funny. My stomach muscles are still sore from laughing. I bet that the man who sat next to me also has sore stomach muscles too. And probably the woman who sat next to him. Probably everyone in the audience does. Continue reading Instagraham (Laugh Gallery) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review
Theatre Arcturus’ show Weird: The Witches of Macbeth , presented as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, combines two things I love: Macbeth, one of my favourite Shakespeare plays because of its dark, occult elements, and Cirque du Soleil-style aerial performances. The result is unexpected, original and thrilling.
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