Sex, Religion & Other Hang-ups – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

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SEX, RELIGION & OTHER HANG-UPS: A SHOW OF FIRST TIMES FEATURES JAMES GANGL AS THE PATRON SAINT OF GETTING LAID!

Gangl pops his solo-show cherry as he lays with the omnipotent forces of Sex & Religion with solo-show veteran and first time director Chris Gibbs.  At The Toronto Fringe see Sex, Religion & Other Hang-ups, Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace.

[Toronto, ON] –  In Sex, Religion & Other Hang-ups, Gangl tackles the first time he recognized patterns surrounding his sexuality, his staunch Catholic belief system, and the obstacles that come in the pursuit of a f*!k-able best friend.  Fringe sensation and one-person show veteran, Chris Gibbs, takes on the role of director for the very first time, mining the universal truths in Gangl’s twisted and touching true story.  Continue reading Sex, Religion & Other Hang-ups – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

Horse – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

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Toronto Fringe show HORSE takes over

Kensington Market alleyway

Long before Dora Award-winning playwright Ned Dickens was known for his ambitiousseven-play cycle, City of Wine, he wrote HORSE. After 10 years on the shelf, emergingdirector Leora Morris has pulled it down, dusted it off, and is giving it a new life – in aKensington Market alleyway. And this world premiere of HORSE is not for the faint of heart. Continue reading Horse – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

Excuse me, Would You Like To Buy A Bar? – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

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EXCUSE ME, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY A BAR?Tarragon Theatre’s contest winner selected for Toronto Fringe Youth Outreach Program

June 9, 2011. Toronto ON… It’s better than llama cats. Don’t Panic Productions is thrilled to present the winner of Tarragon Theatre’s Under 20 by Under 20’s Playwriting Competition as part of this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, Excuse Me, Would You Like to Buy a Bar?

Outside of time, six people are trapped in an absurd cycle of broken dreams and regret. Their only hope: One boy on a mission to sell the most chocolate bars and be the best. This “dark chocolate comedy” by up-and-coming playwright Wesley J. Colford explores the theme of perfectionism in art, education, families, and relationships in ways that are both comically surreal and intimately familiar. Continue reading Excuse me, Would You Like To Buy A Bar? – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

Bursting Into Flames – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

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The Toronto Fringe Festival

PRESENTS

A terrifying journey through paradise…

Bursting

Into

Flames

Created & performed by Martin Dockery

The Robert Gill  Theatre, 214 College St., 3rd Fl., $10

July 7 Thu @ 6:30pm

July 9 Sat @ 2:15pm

July 10 Sun @ 7:30pm

July 11 Mon @ 5:15pm

July 13 Wed @ 9:30pm

July 14 Thu @ noon

July 15 Fri @ 11:30pm

Brooklyn’s Martin Dockery returns to the Toronto International Fringe Festival with a brand new monologue about one man’s frighteningly funny journey through Heaven. As with his 2009 hit WANDERLUST (“5 stars Very close to perfect.” —Eye Weekly), Bursting Into Flames is an energetic, theatrical monologue performed in Dockery’s unique style – storytelling that is at once an intimate experience and a full-on theatrical performance. Continue reading Bursting Into Flames – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

LIMBO – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

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“What is the meaning of life? Andrew Bailey knows. In fact, he tells youthe answer within the first minute of Limbo.” -The Times Colonist (Victoria)

Andrew Bailey is proud to present his latest award winning solo show—Limbo—a play that solves themeaning of life in the first minute, then unsolves it for the next forty-nine.

“[Limbo] is laugh-out-loud, intelligent, manic, sweet, quirky and, yes, profound, theatre and I loved every minute of it.” –The Vancouver Courier

How do you live on after you were supposed to have died? In Limbo, Andrew Bailey wakes up themorning after an aborted suicide attempt determined that from now on he will experience everymoment to the fullest. He reads the major religious works. The major philosophers. Takes up exerciseand meditation. The whole routine. And it works. He starts to become himself again. Have fun. Feel happy. Continue reading LIMBO – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release