Fringe Festival

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

Behind The Scenes of Temple of Khaos 2012 Toronto Fringe Feature


It was the first Saturday afternoon of Toronto Fringe 2012, when we spot one of the cast members of Temple of Khaos (Daniel Nimmo), Amy J. Lester, at the Fringe club we waved her down and told her how much we loved her show.

Lester is bubbly and energetic, and very excited to speak to us about the show. She immediately phones her castmate Daniel Nimmo to come down for an interview. Nimmo is more somber, but not without a striking intensity, which  makes for an interesting dynamic.  Continue reading Behind The Scenes of Temple of Khaos 2012 Toronto Fringe Feature →

Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Sunday, July 15th

As the 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival is quickly coming to a close, there are only a few more chances left to join in the fun.  And what better way to end the festival with a good friend and Fringe for Free!  Here’s your chance to win two free tickets to one of the following FOUR shows.  Enter to win for any or all the shows you’d like to see!  Here are the three shows that are we are giving away tickets for on Sunday, July 15th, 2012.

The shows are: 

Numbers – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1:45pm show at Factory Mainspace (Venue 12) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Numbers contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 14th, 2012.

ZACK ADAMS: A Complete History of Zack Adams – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 2:15pm show at the  Solo Room at the Tarragon Theatre (Venue 3) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Zack Adams contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 14th, 2012.

Do You Remember Me? – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:00pm show at the B.A.N.D. Gallery please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Do You Remember Me contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 14th, 2012.

So We Thought We Could Act – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 5:15pm show at the Tarragon Extra Space (Venue 2) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “So We Thought We Could Act contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 14th, 2012.

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Mooney on Theatre Recommends (Part 2) – 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival

It’s the last weekend of Fringe! So, you’ve procrastinated and waited ‘til now to catch a show? Are you still deciding what you want to see? Well you’re in luck; our super-keen staff went out and reviewed all 141 shows* in the Toronto Fringe Festival by the end of the first weekend!

We already released one list of recommendations after our big push of reviews but now that we’ve had some time to pause, reflect and possibly recover from spending too many late nights at the Fringe Club beer tent, we’ve come up with a second set of staff picks. I mean, with so many shows in the festival who can pick just one favourite, right?

The second weekend of the festival is always the busier weekend, many shows are already regularly selling out so plan ahead, pre-book your tickets or get there early and line up. And, if the show you wanna see happens to be sold out, just go ahead and take a chance on something else. That’s the spirit of Fringe; taking a chance on something new.

Happy Fringing!

More Mooney on Theatre Staff Picks – 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival

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Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Saturday, July 14th

As the 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival is quickly coming to a close, there are only a few more chances left to join in the fun.  And what better way to end the festival with a good friend and Fringe for Free!  Here’s your chance to win two free tickets to one of the following FIVE shows.  Enter to win for any or all the shows you’d like to see!  Here are the five shows that are we are giving away tickets for on Saturday, July 14th, 2012.

The shows are: 

Charlie’s Having a Baby – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 12:30pm show at The Annex Theatre (Venue 5) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Charlie’s Having a Baby contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 13th, 2012.

The No Bull$#!% History of Canada – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1:00pm show at the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (Venue 11) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “The No Bull$#!% History of Canada contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 13th, 2012.

Camp Shecky – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 2:00pm show at the Honest Ed’s Parking Lot (Venue 18) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Camp Shecky contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 13th, 2012.

Linda & Jason – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 2:45pm show at the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (Venue 11) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Linda & Jason contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 13th, 2012.

Honour Killings – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:45pm show at the The Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse (Venue 8) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Honour Killings contest” by 7pm on Friday, July 13th, 2012.

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

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Don’t forget about FringeKids! at the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival

It likely doesn’t come as a surprise to you that I like to take my kids to plays when I can. Well, the nine month old doesn’t get much from it, but the three and a half year old LOVES it.

It’s one of the reasons I love FringeKids! at the Toronto Fringe Festival. It’s only $6 for a kids ticket to a show at FringeKids! I am feeling compelled now to indicate that the exclamation point is part of the branding of FringeKids!, not just me being very excited, although, it is exciting. There are eight shows that play during the day at the Palmerston Library in the very kid-friendly theatre downstairs.

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