Toronto Fringe newcomer Colin Hollett brings his standup show From Newfoundland with Asthma to St. Vladimir’s Institute.

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Trapped in a basement after a global catastrophe, two best friends navigate space and time with the help of music and drugs. This is Life in a Box, a post-apocalyptic bro-mantic comedy presented by Offended Millennial Creations for the Toronto Fringe Festival.  Continue reading Life in a Box (Offended Millennial Creations) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review →

In Ashley with a “Y (at the Toronto Fringe Festival), Second City vet Ashley Botting invents around 10 songs on the spot, drawing topics from a punchbowl and then improvising with a live pianist (Scott White).

It’s an ambitious exercise, and the thing about Botting is that she’s so damned charming and #Relatable that I would forgive her almost any sin. Luckily, I don’t have to.

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Seeing a show like BikeFace at the Toronto Fringe Festival 2018  is rare. A show where the audience is engaged and excited, the performer is enthusiastic and charming, and the crowd walks out ready to take on the world. A show like Trailblazing Ladies‘ BikeFace is very rare, indeed.

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A commentary on workplace sexual politics, Hamburger started its life as a first draft created by Ciaran Myers at the Stratford Festival’s Playwrights Retreat. Now it is being produced by Informal Upright Theatre Collective and playing at The Hideout as part of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival.

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