Fringe Festival

A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.

Eraser (Homeland Collective) 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival

Photo of Michael Pintucci, Moe Baloch, Nathan Redburn

I admittedly was a bit scared when I walked into the Westside Montessori School for the site-specific Toronto Fringe Festival show, Eraser.  What is more daunting (or exciting) than going back to visit your childhood?!

I still had mixed feelings when one of the actors, Michael Pintucci, approached me and a few others for a tour of the school before the show started. The unknown of what to expect had my heart racing. With that being said, Michael kept the others and I at ease and soon enough, I felt like I had become one of the students going through this incredible childhood journey with the cast.

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The Fence (Edge of the Sky Theatre) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review

Cast of The Fence - Toronto Fringe

Before you finish reading this, stop. Go online and buy tickets to see The Fence playing at Randolph Theatre as part of this year’s Fringe Festival . It’s fabulous and it’s going to sell out. It’s from the same people who wrote last year’s sold out Fringe hit, Summerland; Anika Johnson, Barbara Johnston and Suzy Wilde. Continue reading The Fence (Edge of the Sky Theatre) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review →

The Harvester (Rabbit in a Hat Productions) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review

 Eric Davis and Melissa Carter in The HarvesterWhen you walk into the Factory Theatre to see The Harvester (Rabbit in a Hat Productions) at the Toronto Fringe Festival, you’re greeted by glowing blue bottles set against a dark stage. These pretty little things are harbingers of humanity’s end, as it turns out–once humanity figured out how to liquify time, it was pretty much all downhill from there. Now, only one man appears to remain on Earth to harvest it.

Think Bioshock meets  Fallout meets E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops.  Continue reading The Harvester (Rabbit in a Hat Productions) 2016 Toronto Fringe Review →