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Playing at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, SUM: A Shadow Puppet Reading of David Egleman’s Tales from the Afterlives is a shadow puppet performance at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival. Put on by Sticks and Strings Theatre, SUM is a reflection that touches upon God, heaven, reincarnation, self-awareness and other heavy themes.
The Ties That Bind and Gag, created by Poor Life Choices Productions, cast itself in the model of a typical drawing room play. The show, running at the Factory Theatre as part of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival, features minimal set and staging, focusing instead on dialogue.
Three generations of a family pile into a car on their way to a funeral. From the moment the engine starts, it’s clear that none of them can stand each other, and that they have a long drive ahead of them.
We’ve wrapped up Day 2 of the Toronto Fringe Festival and have another 50 shows reviewed and under our belt! That means many more rave reviews that we can’t wait to tell you about! Check out our list of shows reviewed and keep reading for a few more Daily Rave highlights.
Continue reading Daily Picks from our Raves at the 2018 Toronto Fringe (July 6th)
Harvey & the Extraordinary takes place in Mimi’s garage and is produced by tilt/shift theatre playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival as an off-site performance.
As a must-see, I really don’t want to give too much away. Eliza Martin’s portrayal of Mimi, also known as The Extraordinary, is enchanting and whimsical. Yet, Martin captures Mimi’s vulnerable childhood with integrity and depth of feeling. Continue reading Harvey & the Extraordinary (tilt/shift theatre) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review
And then…she did!, where “no dreams are too big”, is produced by With Whit and Whimsy and is playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival as part of KidsFest.
A very upbeat and energetic show, And then…she did! focuses on something most children can relate to but often don’t have the most positive feelings about — what do they want to be when they grow up?
Continue reading And then…she did! (With Whit and Whimsy) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review