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Up for a bit of drama? We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the 10:30pm show of Interrogation playing at Tarragon Extra Space, 30 Bridgman Ave.
To enter the draw, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 7pm Monday to be entered for tickets to the show.
More detailed information about the show:
Continue reading Fringe for Free: Interrogation, Monday at 10:30pm
Donny’s Day got itself 4 stars from EYE, and we’re giving away a pair of tickets to the Monday 2:45 show of Donny’s Day playing at the Robert Gill Theatre (Venue 2).
To enter the draw, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 12:30pm Monday.
More detailed information about the show:
Continue reading Fringe For Free: Donny’s Day, Monday at 2:45pm
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By Crystal Wood
Shadowcasting is cool!
Wait, what is shadowcasting, you say? I didn’t know either before I went to see David Lynch’s Blue Velvet at the Bloor Cinema last night. Wait, cult movies at the Fringe? I know, it just keeps getting better!
Essentially, shadowcasting is when actors stand in front of a movie screen and re-enact what’s being projected behind them, with a healthy dose of improv, silly props and live music. The performers behind The Silver Stage are all young and energetic. At last night’s show, I especially enjoyed Emily Armstrong playing Laura Dern playing Sally and Ryan G. Hinds playing “various roles.” (Hmm, describing actors playing actors playing various characters, is that right?) I also enjoyed Carmen Elle, who doubled as Dean Stockwell’s Ben and accompanying guitar/vocals.
Continue reading Fringe Review: Blue Velvet – The Silver Stage
By Crystal Wood
There’s a line in Pen Pals where one of the main characters tells the story of going to see a play that made time slow down to what he referred to as “church time.”
Pen Pals felt a little like church time to me.
Continue reading Fringe Review: Pen Pals – Atomic Johnson Productions