The Toronto Fringe is back in full swing after the holiday! July 2 marked the final FIFA game taking place in Toronto, so the Distillery District was humming with both Fringe goers and soccer fans alike! I took in two shows as well as attended a fantastic event at Old Flame Brewery as part of…
Oof, it was certainly a hot one for Canada Day this year! And though the Fringe offerings were a little less because of the holiday, I was still able to get out and see a show while also enjoying a nice mid-week unwind with my fiance! Photo by Barry McCluskey featuring Elise Bauman (L) and…
Seeing take rimbaud at Buddies in Bad Times this season opened my mind to the wild and wondrous world of Susanna Fournier’s writing. Her latest work, Ghosts of My House, is coming to Here For Now Theatre in Stratford this summer, promising more unique and intriguing takes on Greek mythology. I got to ask Susanna…
A very Merry Fringe-mas to you all! I’m so excited to be reviewing the Toronto Fringe Festival once again this year, and sharing all of my thoughts with you! I started off my Fringe with an easy two-show day, but they were both shows which, to me, epitomize the Fringe experience. My Own Private Shakespeare…
When was the last time you really let your rage motivate you? When you used that anger you’ve been bottling up to change your life for the better? Maybe a rage session at “The Gorgon’s Cave” will help you harness that pent up energy into something more...constructive. Erin Shield’s Medusa, directed by Mitchell Cushman, is…
Do you believe in faeries? Michael didn’t either, until dark and mysterious things began to happen in his once happy home. Spindle Collective’s latest haunting work sìofra, is the second installment in their Dark Mother Trilogy. Co-written by Natalia Bushnik and Kathleen Welch, who also directs and has composed original music for the piece, this…
What interests you? Not just your hobbies or what you watch on TV, what genuinely sparks your excitement and imagination? According to Richard Foreman’s notebooks, he wasn’t interested in much by the end of his life, and he wasn’t afraid to talk about it either. You Must Change Your Life, created and directed by Ilana…
Fortune Frenzy Fanaa In his seminal work “Masnavi”, Rumi’s didactic stories follow a similar path: problem, complication, and resolution. So too do the stories we hear in The Caged Bird Sings by Rouvan Silogix, Rafeh Mahmud, and Ahad Lakhani. Directed by Mahmud, The Caged Bird Sings remains a transcendent and thought-provoking experience, with certain elements…
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On a dark and stormy night, six strangers arrive to a majestic mansion. But will they survive the night? Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, Sandy Rustin’s Clue is a hilarious murder mystery caper which brings the “classic detective game” to the stage. Directed by Wren Theatre’s artistic director Tatum Lee, Clue brings everything…
A View from the Box 