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.
One of my favourite things about the Toronto Fringe Festival is that you never know what you’re going to get. In/side the Box created and performed by Sinéad Cormack at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Theatre was a show that fit the bill for unexpected.
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OMG, mom. I’m still reeling from that incredible Sassy Roo Productions ride to Camp Schecky!
Hope they hang a really huge Toronto Fringe Festival sign on the side of the bus as it moves through the streets of the city. Because this 60-minute travelling performance is the ultimate ambassador of good theatre, good times and the joys of summer. Continue reading Camp Schecky. A Play on a Bus (Sassy Roo Productions) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
What better way to start off this year’s Fringe Festival than on the edge of Fringe. In a site-specific location, namely the galleries of 401 Richmond Street, lives England: A Play for Art Galleries by Tom Crouch. The location is one I’ve walked past numerous times, but never had the chance to explore what lay beyond their doors. This is the perfect opportunity to check out a jewel of a Toronto landmark. Continue reading England: A Play for Art Galleries (SoCo Theatre) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
You’ll find one of the most deliciously awkward double dates in U.S. Drag at the 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival playing at the Randolph Theatre. It’s also just one of the many wonderfully uncomfortable social situations in the play. The story follows Angela, played by Zoe Gamache, and Allison, played by Samara Stern, as they navigate modern urban life in the context of a support group trying to survive the attacker “Ed.”
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Tinfoil Dinosaur, a one-man show performed by Sam S Mullins as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival at the Solo Room, is both funny and confusing. It’s a show about a young, struggling actor’s journey to the Toronto Fringe Festival. And even though I laughed, I was unsure of what exactly I was watching.
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