A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
Green, playing at St. Vladimir’s, is a clown show minus the noses. Marie-Claire Marcotte and Rebecca Davey bring their clown personas Vran and Gertie to the stage Vran is a gamer with an obsession for bacon, Gertie is a professional blogger who won’t admit that her pet bird is actually made of cardboard. The two techie-geeks bring their terrible business acumen to The Go Green Festival in Oshawa.
Continue reading Green (Beaver Theatre Co.) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review
A series of three conversations take place during a Christian church service: The first between a husband and wife with a strained relationship, the second a mother and daughter, and the third, a pair of friends. Each conversation is entirely silly and inappropriate for church. This is Sacrelicious, and it’s playing at the Annex Theatre for the duration of the festival.
Continue reading Sacrelicious (Desk Rabbit Productions) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review
A Gentleman’s Club Fringe Show offers some fun and “genteel” improv to a sweaty Factory Studio Theatre audience. The show begins with a song – which cutely mocks the temperature in the room – and from the song, suggestions are created. There were two suggestions last night that came from the song – the first was hard to hear but I am pretty sure it was the Leafs winning the Stanley Cup. The second was author Ayn Rand.
Other than a mention to a Fountainhead pen, I didn’t really see the connection to suggestions here. Usually this would bug me, but it didn’t. Perhaps because it was the amount of fun the four performers were having on stage. Continue reading A Gentleman’s Club Fringe Show (The Gentleman’s Club) 2011 Fringe Review
Just walked out of Headscarf and the Angry Bitch and oh boy, what a show! This one woman piece is a fantastic combination of stand-up meets musical meets social commentary, while being 100% roll-on-the-floor funny.
I got to the venue early and sat in the theatre listening to old Bollywood songs which instantly put a smile on my face. I have to say I was surprised to see so many people there for a 1pm show on a Monday. Continue reading Headscarf and the Angry Bitch (Zehra Fazal) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review
At this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, Mooney on Theatre has 17 writers covering all 145 shows. Instead of posting our regular “Caught Our Eye” playlistings, we’ve asked a few of our Fringe writers to talk about their favourite show so far and why they enjoyed it. Hopefully their picks can help you navigate the festival better.
Continue reading Caught Our Eye Playlistings: Favourites so far from our Fringe Writers