“You think building giant machines to shake and spin people, give them the illusion of cheating death, is rational?” – Inspector Ed Fitzgerald in Theme Park.
After the worst ride accident ever, a veteran amusement park detective and his young protégé probe the bizarre nether realms of Super-Duper Mega-Marine Coaster World – where mascots and killer whales have axes to grind, the head of public relations is holed up in Rapunzel’s tower with a rifle and secrets refuse to stay buried.
My second show of the day was Forbidden Fruit: Evolution; a musical piece filled with interpretive dance that fuses Classical Indian music and movements with Western Ballet and Modern dance. There’s even a dance sequence set to Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”.
What is infinity? I don’t think anyone truly knows. But what is Infinitum? A visual spectacle that dares to ask the question anyway.
Infinitum is a selection of pieces choreographed by Faye Rauw and directed by Melissa Major. In it, five women (I almost want to call them “corporeal beings”) question the idea of infinity through dance, aerial silks, multimedia and monologue. A sixth woman, clad in black, lurks in the shadows ready to impose her influence on them. Continue reading Infinitum (Cheshire Unicorn) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review→
Wanda T. Grimsby is Toronto’s top detective-slash-adventurer. Wanda works for the mysterious Franco-Russian, Big Bittions who finds companionship in the giant eyeball she carries around with her (the “private eye”) and has a fondness for prattling on in a comically exaggerated French accent.
