There’s sketch comedy and there’s sketch comedy! Regicide, playing at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse as part of the Toronto Fringe, is sketch comedy of the best kind. Continue reading Regicide (Regicide) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review →

All Our Yesterdays is an intense drama by Chloe Hung that draws from the infamous April 2014 mass abduction of schoolgirls in Nigeria. Currently being staged at the Factory Theatre Studio as part of the Toronto Fringe, All Our Yesterdays gives its audience every reason to care about these victims and their hell on Earth.

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When the lights come up on a simple wooden bench in the Factory Theatre, Red Betty’s production of Rukmini’s Gold, as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, promised to show us a story about “where we come from and where we are going”. In the hour and a half after that, the story was told with a delicacy and charm that kept me leaning forward in my seat.

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If you’ve ever flipped through the channels before, ceaselessly searching for something new and exciting, you’ll love The McComedy Show by Twitchin Productions at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

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Johnny Legdick, A Rock Opera by Playwright Hero is currently playing at the Randolph Theatre for this year’s Fringe festival. As you can guess from the title Johnny Legdick, A Rock Opera, Playwright Hero’s musical is the perfect mixture of mature and immature. The show has strong language and adult themes, but it treats them with the seriousness of a middle-schooler. To some, this could be unfortunate. For me, it was the cherry on top of the Fringe cake.

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