A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
Ergo Arts Theatre’s 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival production Buckle My Shoe is an interweaving tale of self-reflection spanning 30 years in the life of a conflicted writer. Walking into the show, I was somewhat expecting a play within a play, with two actors playing the same character, albeit with 30 years between them. What I experienced was three plays intermixed, with great results.
Continue reading Buckle My Shoe (Ergo Arts Theatre) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review
Heartbeat and Other Ways to Say I Love You ranks as one of this year’s finer Toronto Fringe Festival offerings. Equal parts comedy, myth, and commentary on a hyper-connected, heavily commercial way of life, the play highlights the exceptional acting and writing talents of Tanya Elchuk and Natalie Semotiuk. Continue reading Heartbeat and Other Ways to Say I Love You (Dynamic Triumph) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review
A Lesson in Gabby is playwright Labe Kagan’s semi-autobiographical comedy about love, an artist’s angst, the Toronto real estate market and new age medicine. It also parodies (for reasons the play does not disclose) the relentless fundraising efforts of 91.1 Jazz FM. Performed to a packed house on opening night, this comedy may not be for everyone, but it delivers on its promise of laughs, and may be a fan favourite at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading A Lesson in Gabby (Mark MyWords-Ink) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review
Where to even begin in describing Passing Through Theatre’s show Beginagame, part of the 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival? I just returned from seeing this strange, funny, glittery show and I’m still feeling a bit confused. Continue reading Beginagame (Passing Through Theatre) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review
What inspires us about various historical figures? Yeats: A Ceremony of Innocence playing at the Robert Gill Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival is a one-man show about the life of William Butler Yeats. Unfortunately, its passionate attempt to offer an insight into Yeats delivered what I found to be an exhausting and unfocused presentation.
Continue reading Yeats: A Ceremony of Innocence (The Rag and Bone Shop) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review