This Is Not Porn by Face to Face is a short, comedic performance depicting a chance encounter between two young women – Simone (played by Matisse ApSimon-Negens) and Ally (Madeleine Anderson). This Shed show, playing at Toronto Fringe 2015, begins as a drunk Simone emerges from a party to throw up and winds up meeting Ally who is determined to make a strong feminist statement by putting up a ‘boob poster’ (as it’s called on the play’s Facebook page) on the street. Continue reading This Is Not Porn (Face To Face) 2015 Toronto Fringe Shed Show Review →

True to the blurb on the Toronto Fringe 2015 website, Hansel & Gretel by Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre is a completely modern twist on a classic fairy tale. In this version of the tale, Hansel and Gretel (as well as their parents) spend too much time with their gadgets and too little time with each other. They, like most of us, have forgotten to appreciate the small things in life, immersed as they are in the world of technology and social media. Continue reading Hansel & Gretel (Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review →

Hilarious is the word that best describes That’s Just 5 Kids in a Trench Coat! by Dame Judy Dench, playing at the Toronto Fringe 2015. As a sketch comedy revue, the performance fits the bill perfectly. It is a string of sketches that entail significant comments on almost everything under the sun, communicated in a refreshingly comical way. Continue reading That’s Just 5 Kids in a Trench Coat! (Dame Judy Dench) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review →

You Know I Know by Fourth Gorgon Theatre, playing at the Toronto Fringe, is not just a performance — it is an experience. It started as unexpectedly as it ended and made me feel like I was an integral part of it from beginning to end.  Continue reading You Know I Know (Fourth Gorgon Theatre) 2015 Toronto Fringe Review →