A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
Kinetic Elements returns to the Toronto Fringe for an exploration of social issues including the protests at last year’s G20 summit. Artistic director and choreographer Kendra Hughes answers some questions.
The thing about shows like Holy Tranity! – shows so new they don’t even have a website – is that they’re a bit of a crapshoot, even more than a usual Fringe production, and especially when the production is a staged reading. I arrived for a mid-afternoon show to see a large table set with the world’s sparkliest tablecloth, three red binders, and three bottles of water. Even by Fringe standards, this show was low on set.
Continue reading Holy Tranity! (Raging Bull) 2011 Fringe Review
This show has received rave reviews from everywhere that it has toured over the last two years and their Fringe opening night was no different. It was a late show so the theatre was less than half full but the deafening laughter made it feel like a full house. Continue reading Peter ‘n Chris Save the World! (Presented by Chris Wilson and Peter Carlone) 2011 Fringe Review
Christel Bartelse has woken up inside a board game. A disembodied voice directs her how to play — choose a card, open a box, wear a costume. You can’t leave ‘til you’re done. The play’s moniker, CHAOTICA, is a perfect description for the chaos that ensues once the stage lights go up. We experience Bartelse’s life in hilarious little snippets — here she’s tap-dancing as she waits tables, there she’s performing a sultry piano ballad about self-mutilation, then she’s imagining her life had she followed her parents’ wishes and become a lawyer instead of a performance artist (I, for one, am thankful she didn’t). Continue reading CHAOTICA (Dutch Girl Productions) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review
Here’s the contest for the Sunday of the opening weekend of the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival! There are seven performances to chose from on Sunday July 10. Or, heck, don’t choose, enter them all! This is you’re chance to go out and see some Fringe shows for free.
The shows are:
reSURGEnce – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1:15pm show on Sunday at Factory Theatre Mainspace (Venue 12) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “reSURGEnce contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
Saved – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1:45pm show on Sunday at Factory Theatre Studio (Venue 13) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Saved contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
The Travelling Salesman & His Magical Suitcase of Desires – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 2:15pm show at the Palmerston Library Theatre (Venue FringeKids!) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Travelling Salesman contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
Suicide(s) in Vegas – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4pm show at the Robert Gill Theatre (Venue 9) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Suicide(s) in Vegas contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
Channel One – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:45pm show at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace (Venue 1) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Channel One contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
Jungle 1 – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 7pm show at Central Technical School (Venue 21 – 725 Bathurst Street) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Jungle 1 contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
Remember Maggy – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:15pm pm at the Bathurst Street Theatre (Venue 3) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Remember Maggy contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
See below for details on each show, how the contest works: