I wouldn’t exactly call myself a “gamer”. I like video games and spend a decent amount of time playing them, but with things like Gamergate and the often toxic environment of online gaming I generally try to distance myself from the culture outside of my own little bubble. When I sat down to watch Searching for Party I was a little nervous I was going to have to brave my way through that uncomfortable world.
Thankfully the Arcturus Players have chosen a much different direction, focusing instead on the humour and joy intrinsic to playing games and the possibilities that can arise from partaking in them.
Many people find improv — particularly in front of an audience — to be terrifying. An equally large number find singing in public to be just as daunting. To promise what Songbuster Musical does in their Toronto Fringe Festival show, Songbuster – An Improvised Musical, therefore, takes an enormous leap of faith: an hour-long musical, created and performed in real time at the Randolph Theatre, on the spot.
Well, in tonight’s improvised musical, a priest may have lost his faith, but I didn’t: an extremely talented cast of comedians and musicians largely delivered on their promise on opening (and closing) night.
To procreate, or not to procreate? In All KIDding Aside (Christel Bartelse/DutchGirl Productions), currently running at the Toronto Fringe Festival, Christel Bartelse (creator of previous Fringe shows Chaotica and ONEymoon) takes to the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace stage to make the biggest decision of her life.
I wouldn’t exactly call myself a “gamer”. I like video games and spend a decent amount of time playing them, but with things like Gamergate and the often toxic environment of online gaming I generally try to distance myself from the culture outside of my own little bubble. When I sat down to watch Searching for Party I was a little nervous I was going to have to brave my way through that uncomfortable world.
