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The Super Secret Subway Society premieres at FringeKids!

(TORONTO, ON – MAY 28, 2012) The Super Secret Subway Society is the inaugural production of NachoMama Theatre for Young Audiences, a new children’s theatre group headed by Katherine Sanders. This fantastical play set on the Toronto subway system is appropriate for ages five and up. The play is inspired by the FringeKids! venue, the
Palmerston Library Theatre, which is located directly above the Bloor subway line. Trains can be heard running underneath the audience’s feet several times a show. This site-specific soundscape, when combined with the political backdrop of the raging Toronto transportation debate, makes The Super Secret Subway Society the most topical piece of kids theatre you’re likely to see at the Fringe this year.

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What are your thoughts on abortion?
What if you were aborted but lived to think about it?

A dark and absurd comedy drawing influence from Sarah Kane and Eugene Ionesco,Botched explores the polarized debate on abortion. The play follows the parallel journeys of two women: One who had an abortion eighteen years ago; another, a surviving ‘botched’ fetus all grown up who searches for her mother.

Though abortion is one of the most common medical procedures among women today, there is an awkward compassion that surrounds this procedure in our society: we are concerned for the general female population en masse and how abortion affects them, but on an individual level the topic remains taboo.

Recently, there has been a resurgence of bills and legal debates over women’s rights to abortion and reproductive health in Canada and the United States. Yet amongst the policy and the protests, the debate and the discourse, the human voice of the women truly affected is lost. Presented by an all female cast and crew, Botched brings this conflicted voice to stage.

Colleen Osborn was raised in a very Pro-Life household. Her mother was the president of Alliance for Life in 1978/79. Exposed to a barrage of information through public debate, images, and protests throughout her childhood, Botched in many ways was inspired by the playwright’s reluctance to see the controversial issue of abortion in black and white terms.

Warning: This play contains adult subject matter, graphic content, one anthropomorphized egg, and dolls.
You don’t want to miss it!

CLEEN in association with The Toronto Fringe present…

“BOTCHED” at The Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (16 Ryerson Ave. – Now Air-Conditioned)

Written & Directed by Colleen Osborn

Stage managed/Assistant directed by Cassandra Silver | Dramaturged by Nikki Cesare-Schotzko

Starring: Hannah Drew | Caroline Millen | Lesley Robertson | Danielle I. Szlawieniec-Haw | Alex Vincent
Lighting design by Jennifer Fraser | Costume design by Liz Daicos

Opens July 5^th

Performances:

Thursday, July 5, 7.45pm – 8.45pm
Friday, July 6, 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Saturday July 7, 10.15pm – 11.15pm
Sunday July 8, 6.15pm – 7.15pm
Tuesday July 10, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Wednesday July 11, 10.00pm – 11.00pm
Friday July 13, 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Sunday July 15, 2.15pm – 3.15pm

TICKETS: $10 cash at door or online at www.fringetoronto.com   •  No latecomers admitted

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“If you’re too tired to skate, I always say, then you can still crawl.
And crawling back is better than not coming back at all.”~Charlie Sands

Hockey meets Shakespeare for a rock ’em, sock ’em theatrical experience! Jim Sands solo show CHARLIE: A Hockey Story is coming to the Toronto Fringe this summer. Using music and storytelling, Jim weaves a tale about his love of Shakespeare, his father’s love of hockey, and the important lesson in forgiveness he learned while exploring the hockey career of an uncle he never met – Charlie Sands, a smooth skating right-winger who played in the NHL during the ’30s and ’40s.
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KIDS WIN BIG AT THIS YEAR’S TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL

The Little Mermaid and Rapunzel join forces in an epic and hilarious tale to bring down the corrupt Empire of the Magic Beanstalks, controlled by Jack and his mother, before its pollution destroys the world for good.

“It’s a fairytale…fun, light-hearted and comedic. But it has a strong environmental message,” said the show’s writer and co-producer Daniel J. Karpenchuk.
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THE PRINCESS OF PORN: THE MUSICAL Magical, Mystical and a Little bit Testicle… 

The Princess of Porn has something for everyone!

When the fairy-tale princesses demand a new story from their old worn-out Fairy Godmother, they get a lot more than they bargained for. The Princesses (and audiences) are transported to the Kingdom of Porn, where they are forced to become supporting characters in the Princess of Porn’s quest for love and happiness. Audiences will be wowed with musical numbers including the gospel song: “The Kingdom of Porn”, and the beautiful ballad: “Fill My Hole.” The Princess of porn will shock you, thrill you, have you peeing yourself with laughter. Featuring Cabaret star Christian Jeffries, (star of the Fringe Festival and Next-Stage hit: Love is a Poverty You Can Sell with Soup Can Theatre) and the lovely and talented Andrea Brown*, (from the hit show, Evil Dead: The Musical.)  Continue reading The Princess of Porn: The Musical – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release →