From Press Release

Nefarious Projects & the Toronto Fringe Festival present

A solo musical comedy stand-up tour-de-force about how Chelsea overcame her supportive middle-class upbringing to become the disturbed woman she is today.

Having perfected her razor sharp wit, biting banter and twisted musical musings on profound issues like Existential Babies, Slutty Facebook Cousins, and Cannibalism, comedic folk singer Chelsea Manders is ready to bring the house down – again – at Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace July 2-13 as part of the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival –  just Don’t Tell [her] Dad! Tickets are available beginning June 12 via www.fringetoronto.com, by telephone at 416-966-1062 (ext.1), or at the door.

Effortlessly combining comedy and folk music, the naughty songbird has a hilarious new show mixing old favourites like Commonwealth Bordello and Talk Dirty En Français with new classics such as Anne of Green Gables (who Dances on Tables), and The Plaguey Princess Song; gems about how her stockbroker father saved her from drowning when she was two, and the trauma of being a teenager in headgear who plays the oboe to make DON’T TELL MY DAD equal parts “Brand New”, “Best Of” and definitely “Must See!”

Already a Canadian Fringe circuit favourite (Producers Pick, Critic’s Pick, Outstanding Performance, Best Solo Show) with a long list of impressive comedy credits (CBC’s legendary radio series As It Happens, CTV/Comedy Network’s Cream of Comedy Special, Toronto International Sketch Comedy Festival, National Lampoon, and Canadian Comedy Awards ‘Best of Fest’ Gala) Chelsea Manders is gearing up to go International. After hitting the Ottawa and Toronto Fringe Festivals this summer, Chelsea joins the illustrious list of Canada’s export of amazing comedy heading to the Edinburgh Fringe where she will perform at one of the top venues, The Assembly George Square.

Hayley Gilgan, Chelsea’s long-time partner in comedic crime – together these two ladies made up the critically acclaimed Black Roses – collaborates on and directs DON’T TELL MY DAD.

Venue: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto.

Dates & Times:
Thu. July 3 @ 10:30pm
Fri. July 4 @ 9:15pm
Sat. July 5 @ 12:30pm
Mon. July 7 @ 6:30pm
Wed. July 9 @ 2:00pm
Fri. July 11 @ 12:30pm
Sat. July 12 @ 4:00pm

Tickets:
$10 at the door (cash only) or $12 in advance (Visa or MasterCard, service charge included)
Beginning June 12 via www.fringetoronto.com, by telephone at 416-966-1062 (ext.1), or at the door.
Show running time is 60 minutes.    **Please note that there is absolutely no latecomer seating**

 

 

From Press Release

Sketch troupe Highbräu proves you’re ONLY HUMAN – until you die laughing

Highbräu presents a high energy and hilarious look at the truths behind what makes us “Only Human”. Love, success, death and omelets all feature in an hour of sketch comedy reserved for the most discerning and attractive of audiences.

Comprised of graduates of Second City’s improvisation program, Highbräu brings together five performers from different backgrounds and combines their individual strengths to create sketches from the patently bizarre to the almost uncomfortably real. Developing sketches and characters through improv and beginning most rehearsals with a home-cooked meal and a bottle of wine, Highbräu have been performing together since 2013, when they beat out 43 other teams to win the Candy Box Crunch improv competition at Second City.

Highbräu has since entertained audiences with sets at Consensual Snacks, Stage Time with Wayne Jones, Dynamo, and Home Sketch.

Audiences may recognize Annamay Pierse from the 2008 Canadian Olympic Team and Mark Shyzer from the past Fringe hit Fishbowl and his new solo show Great Battles in History, also running in this year’s Fringe.

As the first full offering from a group of five talented comedians, Only Human aims to make its audiences leave laughing and ready to carpe the hell out of the diem.

 

Highbräu
in association with The Toronto Fringe Festival presents

ONLY HUMAN
Written by Highbräu
Starring Annamay Pierse, Mark Shyzer, Mary Lougheed, Peter DeCourcy and Rakhee Morzaria.
Lighting design by Oz Weaver
Stage managed by Lynda Yearwood
Opens JULY 3rd runs to JULY 12th, 2014
THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE BACKSPACE, 16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2P3
Performances:
July 3, 6:00pm
July 5, 1:30pm
July 6, 6:15pm
July 8, 6:45pm
July 9, 8:15pm
July 10, 9:45pm
July 11, 3:30pm
July 12, 1:00pm

Please note that there is absolutely no latecomer seating.

Tickets:
Purchase online: fringetoronto.com.
By Phone: 416-966-1062
In Person: During the Festival: Box Office in the parking lot behind Honest Ed’s (581 Bloor St W) or at the door 30 minutes prior to
showtime at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (16 Ryerson Ave).

From Press Release

PAPER PLAID PRODUCTIONS and Toronto Fringe Festival presents…

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

 

“Our eyes and ears are locked into Perry’s performance” ­ NYC Stage Buddy

“Perry’s got a yummy voice – gravelly, smoky, distinct – I loved every minute of her singing and storytelling…” –

Edmonton Journal

“A ★★★★ performer” ­ CBC Canada

 

After performing to critical acclaim in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver and New York City, Rebecca Perry brings her hit one­woman ‘showsical’ home to the Toronto Fringe Festival before embarking on her 2014 CAFF tour. Joanie Little, an “adorkable” graduate stuck paying off debt decides to make the most out her barista job by reporting about the humans of her coffee shop as though she were Jane Goodall herself, bushwhacking through the African jungle to observe the chimps. A tour­-de-­force that makes you laugh one minute and cry the next. Complete with live music, zombies, earthquakes, co­-worker showdowns and a talking coffee mug for a boss.

 

CONFESSIONS OF A REDHEADED COFFEESHOP GIRL at the TORONTO FRINGE

Written and performed by Rebecca Perry

Accompanied by Jeff Jones and Quinton Naughton

Lighting & Set Design By: Chin Palipane

Wednesday, July 9th, 7:30pm

Directed by Matt Bernard

Stage Managed By: Lacey Juk

Produced by Jennifer Walls

The Annex Theatre

Thursday, July 3rd, 7pm

Saturday, July 5th, 11pm

Monday, July 7th, 1:30pm

Friday, July 11th, 5:45pm

Saturday, July 12th 12:30pm

Sunday, July 13th, 4:00pm