Punchy, authentic, and beautifully orchestrated, Please Stand Clear (presented by House of Rebels Theatre) is a tastefully contemplative exploration of grief, suicide, and regret. It is currently playing at Theatre Passe-Muraille Backspace as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival.

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Ouvrez la Porte, Fermez la Bouche is a touching melody on the struggles of new beginnings and the slow dance of striking it out on your own, now playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading Ouvrez La Porte, Fermez La Bouche (FMV Theatre Co) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review →

No doubt we’ve all been in that situation where someone sitting at a table near us is talking so loudly that we can’t help but listen to what they are saying. Table 7 – A Plays in Cafes Creation by Shadowpath takes that experience a step further with audiences in this site-specific piece playing at Paintbox Bistro at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

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The Weight Of It All, a show about weight and diet culture at this year’s Toronto Fringe, attempts to combine a critique of diet culture, a body-positive message, modern dance, original music, sensitive discussion of infertility, and much more to the stage. So much more, in fact, that I felt it didn’t quite stand up under the weight. Continue reading The Weight Of It All (Haggard B) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review →

I am going to get all Marshal McLuhan for a moment and say right now that the medium is the message. I say that because this is playwright Lana Lovell’s debut theatre production after having so much experience writing for television. The best thing I can say about the script of Elbow Room playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival was that it was educational.

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