Fringe Festival

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

Two Weird Ladies – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release

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 Two Weird Ladies explode onto the stage in… 
TWO WEIRD LADIES BOMB THE FRINGE 
Awkward sketch comedy that’s all hits by two Misses.

(TORONTO – MAY 25, 2012) Take two neurotic women with rage issues, throw them into a number of socially awkward scenarios then deprive them of sleep. What you get is a heap of unfortunately relatable, highly energetic sketches designed to make you laugh, think – and possibly run for your life.

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Grey Ground – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release

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There are two sides to every story. Molly Jacobs is caught in the Grey Ground in between.

Toronto – (June 7, 2012) Molly (Caitie Graham) has attacked someone. She is a loner, a loser, and now a monster. Pushed to the point where only primal instinct remains, on what side will she find herself in a world where everyone listens, but no one really sees? Continue reading Grey Ground – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release →

ANTIGONE – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release

SOUP CAN THEATRE

Presents

ANTIGONE

By Sophocles (Translation by David Greene)

July 4th-15th, Randolph Theatre, Part of the Toronto Fringe Festival

“… And the cities will stir in hatred …”

Soup Can Theatre is proud to announce its next production: a visceral and physical adaptation of Sophocles’ legendary tragedy Antigone that ties ancient Greece and modern-day Toronto together by drawing inspiration from the searing images of the 2010 G20 Summit protests, as well as the worldwide ‘Occupy’ movement. Continue reading ANTIGONE – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release →

S-27 – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release

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CANADIAN PREMIER OF S-27
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD WINNING DRAMA
 
May earned her job as prison photographer through sacrifice. Now as the regime’s enemies pass in front of her lens, she must choose what more she can sacrifice for someone she loves.

S-27 is a searing drama drawn from testimony of events in the Khmer Rouge’s S-21 prison, now the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia. Photographs of former prisoners now covering the museum’s walls inspired the characters and story of this historic fiction. While the ongoing trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders try to establish responsibility for the events of the 1970s, this play explores personal choice within a society. Continue reading S-27 – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release →

I BECAME MY MOTHER – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release

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FROM ROCK’ER AND ROLL’ER TO SOCCER AND STROLL’ER BY CLEVE JONES 

Triennacom Entertainment is pleased to announce the debut of I BECAME MY MOTHER as part of the 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival. I BECAME MY MOTHER is an intimate account of the transformation from rock n’roll wanna be to daddy of three, all while discovering an undeniable truth in the only place where a man can rant, rave, sing and scream stories from the cradle to beyond… open mic comedy.

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