A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
There’s something truly captivating about The Templeton Philharmonic’s Toronto Fringe Festival offering. Between the solid acting and the beguiling garden setting, An Evening in July is an accomplished piece that will make you laugh as much as it might make you weep.
Continue reading An Evening in July (The Templeton Philharmonic) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review
To truly enjoy No One Needs to Know Shania put on by Lady Grey Productions for the Toronto Fringe Festival, I’d suggest you show up to The Monarch Tavern a little bit early, have a few beers, and then watch the magic of the Shania Twain biopic unfold through one excellent cover-band concert.
Continue reading No One Needs to Know Shania (Lady Grey Productions) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review
Staging a musical about one of the most controversial figures of the last 60 years might seem like a daunting task. But it has happened. Hugh and I (Bad Neighbour Productions), a musical about the formative years of Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner, made its debut tonight as part the Toronto Fringe Festival. And the results were quite entertaining.
Continue reading Hugh and I (Bad Neighbour Productions) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review
Playing at the Annex Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, She’s Black, He’s Jewish, They’re Married, Oy Vey! is more than a 27-year-long interracial love story between Epstein and Hassan.
These stand-up comics are marriage counsellors! They share their wisdom on how to keep relationships alive and well and full of action under the sheets.
Their training package for couples, called “Black/Jew/Love technology,” requires homework. But the audience participation involves much more than that. A few willing, good-humoured members of the crowd ended up revealing marital status, sexual orientation, ethnic background and religion. (If you’re shy, no worries, there’s a don’t-bug-me signal.) Continue reading She’s Black, He’s Jewish, They’re Married, Oy Vey! (EpsteinandHassan) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review
I’m willing to bet that when Borderline Theatre rented the Chapel at Trinity St Paul’s for their Toronto Fringe production of Desperately Seeking Something they didn’t know about the very loud tango class happening tonight in the next room at the same time. UGH! It was definitely a distraction. Kudos to Leah Holder (Artemis) for dealing with it so gracefully.
Nellwyn Lampert has written a lovely play and it deserves to be seen and heard without distractions. Continue reading Desperately Seeking Something (Borderline Theatre) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review