A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
Tomatoes tried to kill me but banjos saved my life (playing at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival) is a former executive’s musical memoir, fusing his life experiences with his love for banjos.
Your enjoyment of this show will vary in proportion to (1) how much you enjoy roots music, and (2) how charming you find Keith Alessi, the man at the centre of this autobiography.
Martin Dockery: The Bike Trip isn’t in the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival printed program because Dockery is replacing someone who withdrew their show. He already had another show in the festival, Inescapable, so he agreed to do this one as well. Continue reading Martin Dockery: The Bike Trip (Martin Dockery) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review
Though it appears a saccharine, nostalgic romp at first glance, Movin’ Melvin Brown‘s self-titled revue is a genuine adventure through memory and music. Perhaps an unorthodox choice when the Toronto Fringe Festival offers shows considered more cutting-edge, but Brown’s performance is more layered and stimulating than it first appears.
Continue reading Movin’ Melvin Brown (Melvin Brown) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review
While Rabbit in a Hat Productions’ Paradise Lost serves as an adaptation of John Milton’s epic poem about the Fall of Man, this is unmistakably a stage show rather than a poetry reading. What I mean by that is yes, the words are all Milton’s (and they are beautiful words), but the production also uses projections, puppetry, and poetry to enhance and interpret them for the stage, bringing a unique and powerful version of the story to the Toronto Fringe Festival.
Continue reading Paradise Lost (Rabbit in a Hat Productions) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review
Katherine Ferns is in Stitches is a raunchy, raw, and rare blend of brutal trauma and gut-busting comedy. Fusing drama and stand-up in a beautifully twisted concoction, it is currently playing at Factory Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival.
Continue reading Katharine Ferns is in Stitches (Katharine Ferns) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review