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.
I’ve had some pretty good luck in the past picking sketch comedy shows to see at the Toronto Fringe, and it’s nice to have kept that lucky streak going with the bubbly humour of Highbrau’s Only Human.
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Martin Dockery returns with his latest show, very aptly named The Dark Fantastic. In a macabre twist, he has steered away from his usual one man autobiography, and has served up a unique and mysterious tale of the unexpected.
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Hungry, presented by JJ Money Productions, is playing now as part of this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival FringeKids! lineup. The audience was fairly sparse for the opening show on Thursday, but the people who were there seemed to thoroughly enjoy it and the performers still gave it their all. The puppets are impressive even in their simplicity, and the bright colours and different personalities that the puppeteers bring out in each of them really make the show worth seeing.
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“Beat them. Arrest them. Cure them. Whip them. Burn their hearts. Kill them.”
It is a turbulent time in Moscow. It is the age of Putin, the days of the Sochi Olympics, against the backdrop of growing LGBT visibility worldwide. And for sixty minutes during the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse becomes a window into the heart of a faraway place that is nevertheless very much like home, as it is transformed into a communal apartment in Moscow populated by seven disparate, dangerous, and delightful people, brought to life by Hooligans Theatre: a Komunka.
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There is only one question that needs to be answered in the premiere of Monster Theatre’s Who Killed Gertrude Crump? at the Toronto Fringe Festival, and I’m sure we can all guess what that is. Speaking from beyond the grave, puppet master Agatha Christie, played with delightful madness by Tara Travis, unravels an unpublished murder mystery from her early days.
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