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.
Energetic, enthusiastic and entertaining, Mabel Moon Meets the Milky Way magically transports children to the world of black holes and distant galaxies. As part of Toronto FringeKids, Farm Girl Productions is one of the many theatre companies plunging into the realm of children’s theatre.
Continue reading Mabel Moon Meets the Milky Way (Farm Girl Productions) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
Do you happen to enjoy musical theatre? Do you also happen to enjoy fun? Then Meet My New Boyfriend FAME might be the Fringe show you’re looking for.
Continue reading Meet My New Boyfriend Fame (Poprah Productions) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
I was wary when siting down to see Empire of the Magic Beanstalks (Vampire Frog Productions) playing at the Palmerston Library Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival FringeKids! series. I find there to be a tendency in children’s theatre for the acting to be over-exaggerated and the script to hold far too many lines beginning with “Did you know?” For the most part this was, thankfully, not the case with this show.
Aerial Allusions is another international dance show at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festiva, traveling to us from San Francisco, via Ottawa and New York, with traces of creator Azana Pilar’s many travels around the world.
Continue reading Azana Pilar’s Aerial Allusions: 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival Dance Preview
I enter the scene of The Virginity Lost & Found at this year’s 2012 Toronto Fringe Fest to find elderly gentle-lady Mary Pat Susan Jean (writer/performer S. Bear Bergman) seated at his/her desk, modestly dressed in a long flowered skirt, a light cardigan, and sensible men’s shoes.
Her/his short, grey bob is perfectly coifed, complementing his/her scruffy, brown beard. Continue reading The Virginity Lost & Found (Flamingo Rampant) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review