Theatre of the Beat’s A Bicycle Built for Two is a comedy all about love and- you guessed it-marriage. This Toronto Fringe show is overall sweet and charming, though at times it feels a bit like an after school special on relationships.
The show examines the intra-relationship conflicts of several different couples: the main characters, Will and Sarah, who are getting married and experiencing tensions; Will’s parents who are in the throes of empty nest syndrome; and a few other couples who are also connected to the family. Continue reading A Bicycle Built for Two (Theatre of the Beat) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review→
Fantastic Extravagance (Steady State’s Best New Play shortlistee) plumbs Toronto’s literary scene, skewering the critics, the authors, the readers, and everyone else who has so much as touched a book in the last century. In this Fringe Festival serio-satire, a neurotic novelist kills off her fifth consecutive protagonist, and finally finds the success she craves — but when that protagonist starts to appear in her apartment, following her around and pleading for salvation, can she coax forth the energy to break out of her pattern, or will inertia and her inadequacies lead to her own final chapter?
We Heart Heartbeats Productions presents Salvador, a personal journey of self-discovery and exploration at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival. The story follows a young Hispanic gay man, Rafael Antonio Renderos, as he considers what his life would have been like if his parents hadn’t left his native home in El Salvador for a life in North America. He would have been born in the midst of a civil war, would he even be alive today?
Renderos trekked back to El Salvador to explore what their gay culture and community is like. There he meets a man named Juaquín Caceres, founder of Asociacíon Entre Amigos whose painful story sheds unexpected light on Renderos’ own.
The Arts Engine’s production of Rocketbaby was the second FringeKids! production of the day for Max (my 5 year old grandson). In between shows we were in the Palmerston Library reading stories, making this a brilliant venue for kids shows. Already excited from the first show, Max was all over the place. When we saw someone we knew through the window, I knew it was time to head outside. Continue reading Rocketbaby (The Arts Engine) 2014 FringeKids! Review→
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