Fringe Festival

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

The Hystericon – Toronto Fringe 2013 Press Release

From press release:

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Everything you will hear is true: in late 19th century Paris, Augustine, Blanche, and Geneviève are the most famous patients of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière insane asylum for women. They are his personal lab rats and performance artists, models and test subjects, as he conducts his experiments in “hysteria,” that dark recess of psychiatric medicine. Through the nascent technologies of photography, and the black arts of hypnotism and psychopharmacology, Charcot turns them from troubled women into Hysterics, celebrities of the Belle Epoque:  Augustine the Photogenic, whose pictures adorn Charcot’s publications; Blanche, “The Queen of Hysterics,” star performer in his public lectures; and Geneviève la Pucelle, who talks to God and believes she is possessed by demons – tonight they perform for their audience an hysterical revue, a cabaret, en Comédie en vaudeville, demonstrating the history and pathology of hysteria – but something seems to be going wrong. As lines are dropped and cues missed, the show starts to crumble, and the odyssey takes  turn for the strange… Continue reading The Hystericon – Toronto Fringe 2013 Press Release →

Surviving Speares – Toronto Fringe 2013 Press Release

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From press release:
SHOW INFO
TITLE: 
Surviving Speares
 
VENUE:
Magpie Taproom
831 Dundas St West
PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES:
July 3-7 and 9-14 @ 8pm
 
EVENT DETAILS:
Charlatan Remedies is thrilled to present their original production Surviving Speares in the 2013 Fringe Festival. This interactive show is sure to surprise both the audience and the artists involved! Surviving Speares takes place in a bar (which means you can drink!), and features some of Shakespeare’s most infamous character whom have strayed far from their original tragedies, and have wound up here, in the Magpie. Whether the play is a tragedy or comedy is up to us all.
 

TICKET DETAILS:

PRICE: $10.00

ONLINE:  fringetoronto.com

TELEPHONE:  (416) 966-1062 CASH/CREDIT ONLY

IN PERSON: TICKETS CAN BE PURCASED AT THE FRINGE TENT LOCATED IN THE

PARKING LOT BEHIND HONEST EDS, (581 BLOOR ST W) OR 1 HOUR BEFORE SHOW @ THE MAGPIE TAPROOM, (831 DUNDAS ST WEST)

WEBSITE:
TWITTER:
@CharlatanRems

Or Be Eaten: An Urban Fairy Tale – Toronto Fringe 2013 Press Release

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From press release:

Based on an original story by Graeme Black Robinson

Directed by Alexander Offord
Starring & Devised by Amy Marie Wallace. Scott Garland
& Graeme Black Robinson
Masks and costumes designed by Amy Marie Wallace
Puppets designed by Graeme Black Robinson

When street youth Ash hears the legend of a lost neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, he sets off on a quest
to find a new home. His journey leads him beneath the city, through an abandoned TIC tunnel and into an unchecked
urban wilderness deep underground. It isn’t long before he’s fighting for his life against a pack of riotous
rats, a conniving crow, and a malnourished troll. In these subterranean tunnels where everyone’s hungry,
will Ash eat or be eaten? 

This summer, Silent Protagonist brings Graeme Black Robinson’s 2012 fairy tale to life with handmade masks and puppets. Rather than adapt the story into a script, director Alexander Offord and the cast (all of whom graduated from the acclaimed George Brown Theatre School this spring) have devised original staging and music from the ground-up. This multi-disciplinary work of theatre promises to be unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Join us at the 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival to experience the adventure yourself.

For more information, including production photos and our trailer, please visit www.silentprotagonist.ca

Silent Protagonist
In association with the Toronto Fringe Festival presents
Or Be Eaten
Based on an original story by Graeme Black Robinson
Directed by Alexander Offord
Starring and devised by Amy Marie Wallace.
Scott Garland and Graeme Black Robinson

July 4- 13. 2013
St. Vladimir’s Theatre. 620 Spadina Ave
Tickets can be purchased online at: www.fringetix.ca
or via phone at: (416)-966-1062 xl
or in person at the Festival Box Office: 581 Bloor Street W

PERFORMANCES
Thursday July 4 at 6:30pm
Friday July 5 at 3:30pm
Sunday July 7 at 5:45pm
Tuesday July 9 at 2:45pm
Thursday July 11 at 5:15pm
Friday July 12 at 9:45pm
Saturday July 13 at 7:00pm

TICKETS
$11 in advance
$10 at the door (1 hour before performance)

Piece of Mind – Toronto Fringe 2013 Press Release

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From press release:
skindivers dance company performs three original choreographies presenting life through the eyes of women on the edge. Erratic, eccentric, emotional; a physically intense experience unlike anything else at this year’s Fringe!
Three works:
Treibsand premiered at the International Solo Dance Festival in Stuttgart; Piece of Mind was the opening performance for Cylla von Tiedemann’s dance photography exhibit Tanzbilder and Push will be performed for the very first time at the 2013 Fringe.
Company:
skindivers is a project-based dance company performing choreographies by Hanna Kent. Born in Germany, Hanna trained at London Studio Centre, UK and then performed as a dancer in Heidelberg, London and Paris. skindivers recently performed at Fashion Art Toronto and will present a new work at Dance: made in Canada/fait au Canada in August 2013.
skindivers dance company in association with The Toronto Fringe Festival presents
Piece of Mind
Choreography: Hanna Kent
Dancers: Amanda Davis, Catherine Larocque, Daniella Marotta, Marisa Ricci, Victoria Seguin,
Cristina Tucciarone
Performances:
July 3, 2013 at 7:00 pm
July 5, 2013 at 1:45pm
July 8, 2013 at 7:00 pm
July 9, 2013 at 4:30 pm
July 10, 2013 at 4:15pm
July 12, 2013 at 6:15pm
July 13, 2013 at 8:45pm
Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College Street, 3rd Floor (St. George St. Entrance)

Tickets:
At-the-door tickets: $10
At-the-door tickets are available at the Robert Gill Theatre starting one hour prior to show time – cash sales only.
Advance tickets: $11
Advance tickets go on sale June 15, 2013
Purchase online: fringetoronto.com
In Person: During the Festival Box Office in the parking lot behind Honest Ed’s (581 Bloor St W)