Fringe Festival

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

`’3 Artists Search for a Festival (Code White Theatre) 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival

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Code White Theatre‘s Toronto Fringe Festival entry 3 Artists Search for a Festival is a delightful short play, taking its audience to see just what sort of desperation can besets performers in the fifteen minutes before showtime.

The play opens in a rush, as actors Leah Holder and Mandy E. MacLean rush to join their director (Matthew James Hines) at a table in a tent in the alley at Honest Ed’s. Only fifteen minutes remain before the curtain will rise on the next performance of the three’s Fringe show, barely enough time for them to go over the director’s notes scene by scene.

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Kid +1: A Midsummer Night’s Dream…A Puppet Epic! 2013 Toronto Fringe Review

A Midsummer Night's Dream...A Puppet Epic. Shakey and ZipWhen I told my four and a half year old son, Max, we were going to a play at FringeKids! he was ecstatic. This is actually his third Fringe Festival. When I told him we were going to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream…A Puppet Epic! he was over the moon. Likely more about the puppet aspect than the Shakespeare part, but hey, you never know, right!?! Okay, well, maybe you know.

Now, in the regular Fringe reviewing time for MoT this show already got a great review by a grown up, so this is going to focus mostly on what the kids thought.

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Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Saturday, July 13th

fringe-for-free-contest31The final Saturday of Fringe is one of those days that you know something amazing is going to happen. It’s also one of your last opportunities to catch a show. The downside to this is that some of the best shows will probably already be sold out. It’s As you know from previous years we like to spread the love during Fringe and invite our readers to participate in contests for a pair of FREE Fringe tickets to different shows every day of the festival. So enter a contest and Fringe for Free!  Here are the FIVE shows that are we are giving away tickets for on Saturday, July 13th, 2013.

The shows are: 

MSM – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 2:15pm show at Randolph Theatre (Venue 4) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “MSM Contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 12th, 2013.

Everything I Need – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:00pm show at Annex Theatre (Venue 5) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Everything I Need Contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 12th, 2013.

KIN – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:00pm show at Tarragon Mainspace (Venue 1) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “KIN Contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 12th, 2013.

Follow Your Fear – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:00pm show at Solo Room (Venue 3) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Follow Your Fear Contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 12th, 2013.

Jesus Jello – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:00pm show at College Street United Church (Venue 21) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Jesus Jello Contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 12th, 2013.

See below for details on each show, how the contest works:

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Megan Loves: Assassinating Thomson (Monster Theatre) 2013 Toronto Fringe

bruce_horak_assassinating_thomson4Okay, so, that title of this article sounds a little strange, since this is the first in what I imagine will be a series of pieces in a “Megan Loves” series.

Obviously what I’m saying is I loved Monster Theatre’s piece currently at Toronto Fringe, written and performed by Bruce Horak, which happens to be called Assassinating Thomson. While there is much speculation around the iconic Canadian artist’s death, I can confirm absolutely and without a doubt that *I* did not kill the man.

I loved this show. Which is good, because I’ve been dying to see it since I first heard of it, and sometimes being that excited about a piece can set me up for disappointment.

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Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Friday, July 12th

Now, me? Me, personally? I don’t really like closing weekend. The NNNNN shows will be packed to the rafters, while the other companies are often struggling just to pull an audience! But you know what makes everything better? Free tickets–and this Friday, we’ve got some great shows up for grabs. So enter a contest and Fringe for Free! Here are the SIX (!!!) shows that are we are giving away tickets for on Friday June 12th, 2013.

Today’s shows are:

God is a Scottish Drag Queen – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:00 PM show at the Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst St.), please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Scottish Drag Queen contest” by 7pm on Thursday, July 9th, 2013.

Honest Aesop’s Fables – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1:00 PM show at the Palmerston Library Theatre (560 Palmerston Ave.), please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Aesop contest” by 7pm on Thursday, July 9th, 2013.

Saint Francis Talks to the Birds – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 3:30 PM show at the Helen Gardner Phelan Playhouse (79 St. George St.), please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Saint Francis contest” by 7pm on Thursday, July 9th, 2013.

2 for Tea – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the noon show at the Randolph Theatre (736 Bathurst St.), please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “2 for Tea contest” by 7pm on Thursday, July 9th, 2013.

One Side of an Ampersand – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 7:30 PM show at the Randolph Theatre (736 Bathurst St.), please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Ampersand contest” by 7pm on Thursday, July 9th, 2013.

The Late Night Tonight Show LIVE in the Morning with CHICKA BOOM! – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 10:30 PM show at the Free Times Café (320 College St.), please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “CHICKA BOOM contest” by 7pm on Thursday, July 9th, 2013.

Below the jump: more more information on all of these shows, and our full contest rules.

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