Thick and Thin Theatre Productions presents Life in the Raw
All families have a history – ours has laughter, tears, and original music
At family gatherings over the years, theatre director Barbara Larose was entertained by her aunts’ and mother’s tales of life during the Great Depression. Filled with drama and the excitement of growing up in challenging times, the stories provided natural material for Larose’s first play, Life in the Raw, which premieres at the George Ignatieff Theatre as part of the 2012 Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival.
Henry’s life is absurd. He wakes, he waits, he works. Felix is here to change that.
Every day the same dream. On a day like every other Henry shows up for his bus so he can get to work on time. On this day waits the mysterious Felix, standing perfectly still, anticipating Henry’s arrival. Little does Henry know that Felix is here to change his life. At least that’s what Felix wants. With the arrival of other absurd
characters including Henry’s schoolyard crush and his scolding, anecdotal father, Felix finds himself racing to break Henry out of his monotonous cycle and get him to live his life, before he wakes up and has to do the whole thing over again.
FAKE NEWS FANGIRL BRINGS LOVE OF STEWART & COLBERT TO TORONTO FRINGE
“Pure and harsh interrogation of the world of fandom” – Theatre In London
Sharilyn thinks comedy is pretty great. Beautiful, in fact.
But the mid-90s haze of Gen-X angst doesn’t encourage such warm-and-fuzzy admissions, so she channels her love of laughter into something much more socially acceptable: an out-of-control infatuation with a young, hot comedian named Jon Stewart.
“…You neglect the duty, you make ripples in reality that will take a century to heal…
All in all, boy, not a good start to your first job.”
Socratic Theatre Collective is proud to conclude its second season with a sitespecific
production of Terry Pratchett’s Mort, adapted by Stephen Briggs, presented at the 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival.
Terry Pratchett’s Mort is a stage adaptation of the fourth novel in Pratchett’s awardwinning
Discworld series. It tells the story of the anthropomorphic personification of Death and his hapless apprentice Mort, and how both are caught between duty and the appeal of human connection; Death is lured away from his work by the joys of an extended holiday, while Mort threatens the balance of the universe through a misguided (well, hormone‐guided) attempt to save the life of a beautiful princess. Continue reading Terry Pratchett’s Mort – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release→
NOBODY’S BUSINESS THEATRE RETURNS TO THE TORONTO FRINGE
WITH THE OTHER THREE SISTERS!
A new comedy from the team behind the Fringe and SummerWorks hits A Maude-Lynne Evening and Redheaded Stepchild!
The Other Three Sistersis the story of four siblings from Etobicoke who are reunited on the birthday of their youngest sister, Kris, which also happens to be the third anniversary of the death of their father. But when their mother suddenly vanishes, the siblings are left to clean up their family’s mess: literally and figuratively. Along the way they try to escape their dull suburban lives by any means necessary–whether it’s by getting a job, becoming a performance artist, or booking reality TV gigs. Continue reading The Other Three Sisters – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release→
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