Summerland, a new musical by Anika Johnson, Barbara Johnston and Suzy Wilde presented by Wexford Performing Arts, shattered my expectations of what to expect from a high school student production and what to expect from a Fringe musical. This site-specific show is playing in the auditorium of Harbord Collegiate Institute and it’s quite possibly the best musical I’ve ever seen at the Toronto Fringe Festival.
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Isabel (Nicole Fairbairn) has exactly ninety minutes to convince her ex-husband William (William Macdonald) not to remarry in the Toronto Fringe premiere of Joanna Murray Smith’s Ninety (Naked Goddess Productions). Continue reading Ninety (Naked Goddess Productions) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review
Shakespeare BASH’d returns to the Toronto Fringe Festival with their latest salute to the Bard, The Merry Wives of Windsor, playing in the upper decks of the Victory Cafe. Complete with secret identities, misdirection, a randy rotund knight, trickster wives, young love, fake fairies and, of course, a wedding, this spirited rendition of one of Shakespeare’s comedies deserved its sold out audience for the first evening’s performance.
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High Tea is guaranteed to be the best tea party you’ll ever attend, as James & Jamesy deliver a performance full of laughs, imagination, and audience participation. Winner of multiple awards at Fringe Festivals across Canada, it is now playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival.
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There is only so much a person can take when they are forced to listen to unending misinformation under the guise of education. In Carrie’s Little Lambs by Blotter Productions playing at the Factory Theatre Studio as part of the 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival, the audience is primed for a religious showdown. Too bad the play never quite delivers on its promise.
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