Did you miss us, Toronto? We’ve certainly missed you! Fringe is our favourite time of the year, and we love nothing more than sharing it with you — so every summer, by the kindness of dozens of Fringe Festival companies, we get to literally give it away.
Starting today, we’ll be posting a daily list of 5 shows. Shoot us an email and you might win a pair of tickets to one of the hottest productions in town.
Of course, we’re posting other stuff as well: comprehensive coverage of the festival, with a review of every single production by the end of opening weekend; features, interviews, photographs and summaries; news, analysis, whimsies and warnings, we’ll have it all.
But while this is all fine and well, Fringe is about seeing theatre! So click “Read More” for the contest rules and a little something about the 5 shows we’ve got lined up for July 1st, opening day.
Contest Rules
To enter, send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com. Please put the show’s title in the subject line, and ensure we have your full name in the body. (We promise that your email address will not be used for any other purpose: it will not be added to any mailing lists, sold to third parties, or anything like that.)
- Each email counts as a single entry. If you want to enter all 5 contests, you must send 5 emails.
- Tickets are non-transferable and are only for the date and time indicated below. Tickets may not be exchanged. Please ensure you can attend the performance listed.
- All entries must be received by 7 PM on the day before the performance. The drawing will be held shortly after closing, and winners will be informed immediately. Winners are required to confirm their attendance by 10 AM on the morning of the performance.
- Tickets will be held in your name at the venue box office, available 1 hour before the performance. Tickets will only be held until 15 minutes before curtain: any comps left unclaimed at that juncture may be sold.
Duotang Chesterfield’s Mystery Theatre LIVE
10:45 PM on July 1st / Randolph Theatre (736 Bathurst St.)
Join us at Duotang Chesterfield’s Radio Station for true case files from history’s forgotten detectives! Featuring mysteries from Cambridge’s upper class at the turn of the century to the rough streets of 1970s LA! A rotation of four hilarious and hair-raising evenings performed for you and the listeners at home! Two twenty-minute stories each night!
Show times:
July 01 at 10:30 PM
July 04 at 08:45 PM
July 06 at 04:45 PM
July 08 at 08:45 PM
July 09 at 01:45 PM
July 10 at 07:30 PM
July 12 at 12:00 PM
Show length: 60min.
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 10:45 PM show on Wednesday, July 1st please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Duotang Chesterfield” by 7pm on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015.
Rounding the Bend
8:45 PM on July 1st / Robert Gill Theatre (214 College Ave.)
Drinking, Dancing, Ladies Kissing: But Surprisingly Wholesome! “Rounding the Bend” is a one act musical, exploring female relationships and the blurred lines between love and friendship. A truthful look into being a young, “20 something” woman full of questions: Who am I? What do I want? Where am I going? And how the hell do I get there?
Show times:
July 01 at 08:45 PM
July 04 at 04:00 PM
July 05 at 12:00 PM
July 07 at 05:00 PM
July 09 at 07:30 PM
July 10 at 11:30 PM
July 11 at 05:15 PM
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:45 PM show on Wednesday, July 1st please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Round the Bend” by 7pm on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015.
Interrogation: Lives and Trials of the Kamloops Kid
6:30 PM on July 1st / Factory Theatre Mainspace (125 Bathurst St.)
A brother and sister divided by war: he on trial for treason in Japan; she classified “enemy alien” in Canada. Told through letters and images from opposite sides of WWII, this intimate look at how loyalty and national identity are shaped, chosen, or forced upon us is inspired by the true story of “Canada’s war criminal” Kanao Inouye.
Show times:
July 01 at 06:30 PM
July 04 at 11:00 PM
July 06 at 01:00 PM
July 08 at 07:30 PM
July 10 at 09:15 PM
July 11 at 12:30 PM
July 12 at 12:00 PM
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 6:30 PM show on Wednesday, July 1st please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Interrogation” by 7pm on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015.
Hamlet… A Puppet Epic!
4:30 PM on July 1st / George Ignatieff Theatre (15 Devonshire Place, near the FringeKids Club.)
Plots! Schemes! Puppets! There’s something awesome in the state of Denmark! FringeKids favourite Shakey-Shake and Friends return with their most ambitious play yet: Hamlet! Comic hijinks abound as Shakes and the gang tell the tale of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy in the lighthearted tradition of the Muppets.
Show times:
July 01 at 04:30 PM
July 05 at 10:00 AM
July 07 at 10:00 AM
July 08 at 03:15 PM
July 09 at 10:00 AM
July 10 at 10:00 AM
July 12 at 11:00 AM
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:30 PM show on Wednesday, July 1st please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Hamlet” by 7pm on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015.
Rukmini’s Gold
8:15 PM on July 1st / Factory Theatre Mainspace (125 Bathurst St.)
Winner of the Toronto Fringe’s 2015 New Play Contest, Rukmini’s Gold is about journeys, connections and moments of departure. A little old lady clutching a battered old suitcase hobbles onto a deserted platform distraught at missing her train. Set in stations around the world, surpassing a century, it tracks the passage of family and diaspora as the dawn of industry determines the global movement of labour.
Show times:
July 01 at 08:15 PM
July 04 at 05:15 PM
July 06 at 10:15 PM
July 07 at 06:30 PM
July 08 at 05:15 PM
July 10 at 12:00 PM
July 12 at 07:00 PM
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:15 PM show on Wednesday, July 1st please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Rukmini’s Gold” by 7pm on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015.