Punkture Wounds Productions’ play Quantum Taxis is one of the Toronto Fringe Festival’s site-specific productions and takes place in the parking garage under Honest Ed’s. The set consists of a big ol’ yellow taxi.

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Judith Thompson wrote and directed Rare, the documentary-drama about Down syndrome that opened Thursday as part of the Fringe Festival.

The audience loved the show. We literally rose to our feet all together for a standing ovation as if it had been choreographed.  There was a loud curtain call and there would have been more but the house lights came up – the universal signal for “show’s over folks”. Continue reading Rare (Diverse Creations) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review →

Before I begin, I should probably mention that I hate hockey. Despite my obvious failing as a Canadian, Jim Sands Presents’ production of Charlie: A Hockey Story at the Toronto Fringe Festival almost made me change my mind. Almost. Continue reading Charlie: A Hockey Story (Jim Sands Presents) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review →

Nobody’s Business Theatre and playwright/director Johnnie Walker have a remarkably high pedigree in this city’s independent theatre circles. The company took the summer theatre festival circuit by storm in 2010 with their plays A Maude-Lynne Evening at the Toronto Fringe Festival and Redheaded Stepchild at SummerWorks that year. Continue reading The Other Three Sisters (Nobody’s Business Theatre) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review →

Irishmen may not be stupid, but they certainly are sneaky! Do you think you are observant? Do you think you’ve got all the answers figured out? Because if you go to R U Smarter Than An Irishman?, you’ll likely find out just how wrong you can be!

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