Fringe Festival

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

Sharnoozle! (Sometimes Y Theatre) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of the cast of Sharnoozle

After your kids see Sharnoozle!, produced by Sometimes Y Theatre and part of Kidsfest at the Fringe Festival of Toronto 2018, they’re going to have a lot of questions. You might want to read up on Cavemen, King Tut, Joan of Arc, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Amelia Earhart, and Sumo wrestlers. You’re going to meet them all. Continue reading Sharnoozle! (Sometimes Y Theatre) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review →

Wounds to the Face (Randolph College) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Abigail Carey in Wounds to the Face.

For their production of Wounds to the Face, Howard Barker’s surreal treatise on identity,  director Matjash Mrozewski and the actors from Randolph College have  bitten off more than they can chew.  Currently playing at the Annex Theatre, this Toronto Fringe offering relies too heavily on its amateur cast to carry a play where strong characters are the main dish.

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How to be FEARLESS! (With Roxy Roberts) (Binocular Theatre) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Ali Joy Richardson in How to be FEARLESS! (With Roxy Roberts).

How to be FEARLESS (With Roxy Roberts) — by Binocular Theatre —  is a play about a firecracker of a motivation speaker and the self-defense course she creates in response to being harassed and threatened with physical violence. Currently showing at Bell Tower Coffee, this sure-fire Toronto Fringe favourite blends consistently sharp comedy, incisive drama, and a performance from Ali Joy Richardson (in the title role) that accepts nothing less than going for the fences.

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