Sketch comedy can really be hit or miss. You have to connect with the type of humour and material a company is putting forward. Unfortunately, there was nothing I connected with at 18 Imaginary Places to Visit Before You Die playing at the Helen Gardiner Phelan at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival.
Feel Good Lost is Pitter Patter Productions’ debut performance at the Toronto Fringe Festival starring David Jackson and featuring Robin Luckwaldt Ross. Originally a two-hander written by Jackson and co-founder/co-writer Erin Burley, it developed into a one man show that gives us a glimpse into the desperation one can feel when a relationship has suddenly ended and the struggle one endures while trying to make sense of it all. I was intrigued to see how this character would cope with his anguish. Continue reading Feel Good Lost (Pitter Patter Productions) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review
Georama (written by Jackie Torrens) is about two lifelong friends whose relationship is threatened by a recent discovery of their past. The show is presented by the Toronto Fringe Festival, produced by Invincible Emu and Empty Sea Company, and directed by Arne MacPherson.
Continue reading Georama (Empty Sea Company & Invincible Emu Productions) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review
Plays in Cafés, playing the RedFish BlueFish Creative Café as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival , features two short plays by playwright Alex Karolyi which offer glimpses into the relationship of a couple, Frank and Shelley. Continue reading Plays in Cafés (Shadowpath) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review
The cliché goes: I laughed, I cried. For The Cruelest Phone Book in the World by Craving Space Productions: I laughed, I sat with my jaw on the floor, and I tried to hang on for the ride. It is a wild, wacky, and wonderful one-man show at the Toronto Fringe Festival.