Fringe Festival

A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.

Everyone Wants a T-Shirt! (Prairie Fire, Please) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Brittany Miranda, John Wamsley, Charlin McIsaac and Madeleine Brown in Everyone Wants a T-Shirt

In a world full of product placement and sponsored content, theatre is often considered to be an art form unsullied by capitalist demands.

Prairie Fire Please’s Everyone Wants A T-shirt!, playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace as part of the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival, however, creates a theatrical space saturated with empty slogans and branded merchandise to satirize capitalism’s endless ability to claim, corrupt and commodify even the noblest ideals.

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Police Cops in Space (The Pretend Men) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Nathan Parkinson and Zachary Hunt from Police Cops in Space.So, Toronto. We need to talk about The Pretend Men‘s Police Cops in Space at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Specifically, why you shouldn’t even bother reading this review and just go see it, pronto.  I mean, I’m going to write you a review anyway, but you can just go ahead and buy a ticket to this hysterical, outrageous, madcap hurricane of a show now and rest assured you won’t be disappointed.

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