A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
If you’ve ever thought you might enjoy seeing someone “trip balls” onstage (or if you partake in such shenanigans yourself), then Frolick Theatre’s production of Cowboy Mouth is everything you could want. This is a rather strange production being put on in the Passe Muraille Mainspace (16 Ryerson Avenue) at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading Cowboy Mouth (Frolick) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review
Tuck & Daisy, by T&D Productions, is playing at Toronto Fringe Festival as part of FringeKids. Daisy (Adriana Crivici) is a rose, immobilized in her flower pot but strong in voice. Tuck (Greg Rola) is a clown who does not talk at all but dances almost constantly. They are visited by their neighbours, Pam the Pig (Karleena Kelly) who suffers from amnesia, and Hemingway the Spider (Jordi O’Dael) who quotes philosophy.
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Shed Talks, performed by Anto Chan as part of PunFu Productions at the Toronto Fringe Festival, is a delightful piece of comedic storytelling where hangs on getting lucky.
No two performances of Shed Talks will be the same. The audience is treated to a variety of spoken word performances determined by a Wheel-of-Fortune-style spinner. So sure, I can review this play. But keep in mind I saw only a fraction of this show’s potential options.
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History and memory meld in Oh, Sarah by Pacun Peras Theatro playing at the Factory Studio Theatre as part of the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival. Unfortunately, story and staging combine to make a compelling story deteriorate into confusion.
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I was intrigued by the philosophical undertones in the description of the Tales To Boot production of Fractals. My intrigue was met with a lively, and poetic revue by the versatile and talented Krista White. Fractals was a mix of stories, songs, laughter, and contemplation, and it was a great start to my second night at the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival.
Krista starts the show with a song about dreams and freedom, which I felt set a great tone for the deeper questions that lay after this prelude.
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