Toronto Theatre Reviews

Reviews of productions based in Toronto – theatre includes traditional definitions of theatre, as well as dance, opera, comedy, performance art, spoken word performances, and more. Productions may be in-person, or remote productions streamed online on the Internet.

Summer Spectacular (Small Wooden Shoe) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review

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Small Wooden Shoe’s Summer Spectacular is a site-specific promenade performance taking place in Frankel Lambert Park in Toronto’s Wychwood neighbourhood as part of The Toronto Fringe Festival. The show’s title is perhaps a bit of a misnomer; it’s not particularly summer-themed nor is it a “spectacular” in the traditional sense. In fact it’s quite an intimate experience.

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Silent Party Interlude (Devon More Music) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review

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Devon More Music’s Silent Party Interlude at the Toronto Fringe Festival took me by surprise, and impressed my socks off. When I first read the description of a show about the life changing journey one woman makes on a meditation retreat, I was skeptical. I was expecting an incomprehensible, new age, navel-gazing kind of show. Continue reading Silent Party Interlude (Devon More Music) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review

Parallel Play (Parallel Play Productions) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review

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Parallel Play is a dynamic sketch comedy show starring Elvira Kurt and Megan Fahlenbock playing at Tarragon Extraspace at the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival. The show simulates the cycle of life; it begins with a scene in vitro and ends with the death of ‘Brain’.  Parallel Play is whip smart, achingly neurotic and unequivocally hilarious. Continue reading Parallel Play (Parallel Play Productions) 2014 Toronto Fringe Review