A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
F*cking Perfect (produced by Chocolatekiss Collective) is a stunning physical theatre piece that explores the female spirit. The cast dives deep into their greatest insecurities and lays them all out for the audience, without a second of hesitation.
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Boy Wonders by Planet 12 Productions takes place in a swanky 1950’s hotel room above a superhero convention where the sidekicks of said superheroes are gathering for a meeting of their own. The show is playing at the Tarragon Extra Space at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival.
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As the Canadian population ages, the question of the sort of end we each might local becomes more pressing. Modern medical care may be able to ensure an extended lifespan, while not being able to guarantee a high quality of life in this extra time so given. Living Will, a show put on by The Living Will Company at the Factory Theatre Mainspace as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, is a sensitive and always watchable dramatization of an issue relevant to us all.
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When reading the website blurb for Thought Experiment Production‘s 4’33” in Baghdad, playing as part of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival, I wasn’t sure what this show actually was. Having seen it, I’m still not quite sure? Something about an “immersive and interactive academic striptease” which is certainly clickbaity enough if you ask me. Intrigued, I went. And then I left slightly baffled.
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A KidsFest must-see for all ages, Daniel Wishes and Seri Yanai’s Shadow Kingdom is produced by Mochinosha Puppet Company playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival.
While I was in awe of the performance, I noticed the entire audience seemed equally captivated by Shadow Kingdom. The story revolves around Minerva, who is glued to her phone. She doesn’t want to sleep and impatiently checks her phone again and again for messages. This leads to her phone being taken by Hypnos, the God of Sleep. Minerva decides to get her phone back and thus ensues a zany, colourful adventure.
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