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Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Monday, July 9th

We’re rounding out the first week here at the Toronto Fringe Festival. If you’re still one of those unfortunate few who haven’t seen anything yet, here is your shot at getting two free tickets to one of the FIVE following shows! You can enter a contest for any or all the shows you like, grab a friend and Fringe for Free. Here are the five shows that are we are giving away tickets for on Monday July 9th, 2012.

The shows are:

TICK –  To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 2:00pm show at George Ignatieff Theatre (Venue 6) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “TICK contest” by 7pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012.

The Super Secret Subway Society – To be entered into the draw for *4 tickets* to the 2:30pm show at Palmerston Theatre (Venue FK) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “The Super Secret Subway Society contest” by 7pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012.

The Princess of Porn – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:45pm show at Randolph Theatre (Venue 4) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “The Princess of Porn” by 7pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012.

pomme is french for apple – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:45pm show at Theatre Passe Muraille (Venue 10) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “pomme is french for apple contest” by 7pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012.

All the World’s a Stage of Grief – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 10:30pm show at Randolph Theatre (Venue 4) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “All the World’s a Stage of Grief contest” by 7pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012.

See below for details on each show, how the contest works:  Continue reading Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Monday, July 9th →

Medicine (Big Sandwich Productions) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review

TJ Dawe in Medicine at the Toronto Fringe 2012

TJ Dawe is a favourite with Fringe audiences. Dawe is an autobiographical storyteller and Medicine is the latest installment in the stories of his life. This is the first time that I’ve seen Dawe so I didn’t know if the show was a typical format for him. The woman sitting next to me said that it was but that Medicine was much more personal than his other shows.

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Do You Remember Me? (G.I.A. Productions) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review

Do You Remember Me? It is a poignant question that we hear echo through the history books. Sometimes the answers that we seek in the present may be discovered if we listen to the voices of the past. After all, they are our ancestors. They know where we’re coming from.

G.I.A. Productions has given their ancestors a voice. The audience is welcomed to a museum exhibit, where generational representatives of African American history have been placed on display. The four exhibition couples represent God’s creation of man, the African homeland, the period of enslavement, and the modern age. Continue reading Do You Remember Me? (G.I.A. Productions) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review →

[republic] of rhetoric (point-blank) Review 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival

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(repbublic) of rhetoric is a fiercely politcal play by point-blank at the Toronto Fringe Festival. It shows the connections between unrelated events in an increasingly dangerous and confusing world. The story is told through monologues, news clips (real and fake), dialogue and underscoring music.

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