Debris, playing at the Toronto Fringe, tells the story of a basketball, a fish, and a motorcycle stranded in the middle of the ocean after the 2011 tsunami disaster in Japan. Inspired by true events, Daniel Wishes and Seri Yanai  of Mochinosha, the Wishes Mystical Puppet Company use their shadow puppets to chart the journey of these assorted objects from the tragedy-stricken shores of Japan to Canadian beaches. It’s sort of like Life of Pi meets The Brave Little Toaster, which translates to a likeable show with lots of inventive puppetry and visuals. Continue reading Debris (Mochinosha, The Wishes Mystical Puppet Company) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review →

The one-person show At Home at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival is a promising concept for exploring a piece of Toronto’s history. Unfortunately, it doesn’t live up to that promise. Continue reading At Home (jigtheatrecompany) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review →

Busting a move at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Urban Legends brings the best of the best in Waacking, Breaking, Krump, Popping, Locking and House to the Toronto Fringe Festival. Framed more as a showcase or variety show than a narrative dance performance, Breakin’ Ground seeks to deliver both an incredibly talented cast of dancers (all of which are prime fixtures in the Toronto urban dance community), as well some insight on what these dance styles are about and where they came from.

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The Doctor Will See you Now is a site-specific show set in the waiting room of the Royal Care Medical Centre, and perfectly captures and caricatures the awkwardness uniform to every clinic waiting room in Canada.  Karen Parker steals the show as Dijon, the clinic’s receptionist and wannabe rap star, who is more preoccupied with selling her latest CD than keeping the clinic functional.   Continue reading The Doctor Will See You Now (Sorry Goat Productions) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review →