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.
Two Weird Ladies are comedic duo Laura Salvas and Mandy Sellers, two BFFs who found each other studying comedy at The Second City. In their attack of the Toronto Fringe Festival this year, they have prepared a show that is irreverent, hilarious, unafraid to pull punches…and drop bombs.
Continue reading Two Weird Ladies Bomb the Fringe (Two Weird Ladies) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
The subject of bullying has recently come to a head in the cultural zeitgeist. Beasts of the Theatre’s production Grey Ground for the Toronto Fringe Festival is a look into the anatomy of a bullying incident and challenges its audience to look deeper than the surface. Continue reading Grey Ground (Beasts of the Theatre) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
Before I say anything I should tell you that I have a definite bias when it comes to Bollywood, I grew up on it and I love it! I even auditioned to be in a Bollywood movie once. Needless to say I jumped at the chance to watch Sex, Bollywood and Other Lies at the Toronto Fringe. Continue reading Sex, Bollywood & Other Lies (Limitless Productions) – 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
I’m a sucker for magic realism. I love a story steeped in a world I recognize, breached by elements of fantasy. There is something very appealing about this hybrid of the real and the impossible. Continue reading Then He Wakes Up (Twisted Chaos Productions) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
Charlie’s Having a Baby! is currently onstage at Annex Theatre as part of Toronto Fringe Festival. A building connected to a former church is the perfect venue for this play.
Charlie’s Having a Baby! is the story of two struggling roommates. Charlie (Patricia McPherson) is hard working. Toula (Ruth Goodwin) dreams of fame and fortune but has questionable work ethics.
When word is received from Nana (Deon Denton) that she has cancer, Charlie and Toula enter a world of deceit and theft. They scheme to convince Nana that Charlie is married and pregnant.
Continue reading Charlie’s Having a Baby! (Promise Productions) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review