Fringe Festival

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

18 Imaginary Places to Visit Before You Die (We’re Not From Here) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review

Poster of 18 Imaginary Places to Visit Before You Die

Sketch comedy can really be hit or miss. You have to connect with the type of humour and material a company is putting forward. Unfortunately, there was nothing I connected with at 18 Imaginary Places to Visit Before You Die playing at the Helen Gardiner Phelan at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival.

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Feel Good Lost (Pitter Patter Productions) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of David Jackson in Feel Good Lost

 

Feel Good Lost is Pitter Patter Productions’ debut performance at the Toronto Fringe Festival starring David Jackson and featuring Robin Luckwaldt Ross. Originally a two-hander written by Jackson and co-founder/co-writer Erin Burley, it developed into a one man show that gives us a glimpse into the desperation one can feel when a relationship has suddenly ended and the struggle one endures while trying to make sense of it all. I was intrigued to see how this character would cope with his anguish. Continue reading Feel Good Lost (Pitter Patter Productions) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review

The Cruelest Phone Book in the World (Craving Space Productions) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review

RC Weslowski

The cliché goes: I laughed, I cried. For The Cruelest Phone Book in the World by Craving Space Productions: I laughed, I sat with my jaw on the floor, and I tried to hang on for the ride. It is a wild, wacky, and wonderful one-man show at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

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