From Press Release

Horseface by Alex Dallas

Annex Theatre

Wed July 3^rd 6pm

Friday July 5^th 10.15pm

Saturday July 6^th 3.30pm

Monday July 8^th 8.15pm

Tuesday July 9^th 4.00pm

Thursday July 11^th 8.45pm

Sunday July 14^th 12.15pm

Alex Dallas is back with her brand new show, Horseface. As a stalwart of the Fringe she has earned the name, “Queen of the Fringe” as she has performed in more than 150 Fringes worldwide, starting in Edinburgh in 1982.

She performed with her comedy troupe, Sensible Footwear, originally from the UK, in the Toronto Fringe since 1990 and at Fringes across Canada, the USA and Australia. She has also brought her solo shows, Goddess, Nymphomania and Drama Queen to Toronto, Los Angeles and Adelaide. Goddess and Drama Queen have been aired on CBC Radio and Bravo TV to much acclaim.

But now she’s back with Horseface!

A show written in response to the #Me Too Movement, Horseface is a journey in comedy and storytelling of a woman’s innocuous encounter with a manspreader on a train and what ensues.

Does she assault him ? Is she pushed over the edge? And what does Jane Fonda have to do with it?

A comedic and poignant story of a woman’s life from the 70’s to the present and all her #Me Too moments along the way, some hilarious and some less so.

The show pemiered in May 2019 at the Orlando Fringe to rave reviews and won Best Show in the Red Venue from the Sponsors!

“veteran international Fringe performer Alex Dallas returns with Horseface, a topical solo dramedy for the #MeToo era that manages to wring big laughs”

“This is the kind of wellconstructed, intimate monologue that used to be the lifeblood of the Fringe Festival” Orlando Weekly 2019

“Dallas is an engaging, polished storyteller” Orlando Sentinel 2019

Alex is the voice of Queen Victoria in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, the voice of a new Audio book coming out this year and appears in TV thriller, Departure, later to be seen on NBC. A versatile actress and voice actor, her one woman shows always entertain and provoke.

Alex was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by My Entertainment World in 2019 for her role as Mrs. Dilber in A Christmas Carol, produced by Soupcan Theatre.

You can follow Horseface on Facebook @ Horseface by Alex Dallas Twitter @AlexDallas58

Instagram @ thealexdallas

Kerploding Theatre is jazzed to invite you to

GREMLIN HOUR

In the Toronto Fringe Kidsfest

Directed by Molison Farmer

Written by Alex Kolanko

July 3-14 2019

The George Ignatieff Theatre: 15 Devonshire Pl

“We are spooky spooky Gremlins and we really need your help!”

Award Winning Kerploding Theatre is back and wilder than ever with a brand new play GREMLIN HOUR. Gremlin Hour tackles childhood depression, anxiety, and mental health by talking openly to kids about those not-so-fun feelings while serving up a hilariously fun show with silly sketch comedy, improv, original music, cartoon illustrations, and more!

12 year old Hazel is convinced she is broken. She can’t get along with the other kids at school, can’t seem to enjoy “normal” kid activities, and feels numb inside. Her mother and teachers are confounded by her strange behaviour… and apparently so are the gremlins who live under her bed. The story follows Grom and Grox – two Gremlins who are determined to get Hazel back on track so they can spook her and escape the wrath of the Gremlin Council.

Kerploding Theatre presents the World Premiere of

GREMLIN HOUR

July 3-14 2019

Starring: Bryce Hodgson, Hana Holubec & Liz Johnston

Illustrations by Mirka Loiselle

Costume Design by Victoria Banjavcic

Set Design by Simone Ferkul

Lighting Design by Imogen Wilson

Sound Design by Francis Melling & Riley Hunt

More Info: https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/kidsfest/show/gremlin-hour

Association Silver Lining Productions in association with The Toronto Fringe Festival presents:

Every Silver Lining

Andrew Alexander Stevens Has Cancer but this isn’t about him.

Every Silver Lining is an original, dramedic, coming-of-age musical about death and the perseverance of life; juxtaposing the joyful naiveté of youth, and the crushing discovery of mortality.

Allison Wither and Laura Piccinin developed this show inspired by the experience of losing their close friends to cancer, and in a car accident respectively, in their youth. They sat together at a wrap party at Frankie’s Diner in Toronto, and decided to create a touching, comical show that highlights the various ways in which young people experience life, loss and grief. After nearly two years of collaborative writing efforts, Laura and Allison have finally put their show onto its feet; spending evenings in rehearsals at a local squash court downtown, like the professionals do.

Every Silver Lining was composed by Allison Wither (Fables from Far Away Lands, Awarded Patron’s Pick), with a book by Laura Piccinin (Coming Clean & If, Alumnae Theatre’s Gay Play Day), directed by *Jennifer Stewart, (Assistant Director of Othello, Stratford Festival, 2019), with musical direction by Aaron Eyre (recipient of the NUMUS Award for Composition for New Art Quartet’s The Poison Tree).

The cast includes: Taha Arshad (Urinetown, We Are Here Productions), *Joel Cumber (Rumspringa Break!, Next Stage Festival), Daniel Karp (Next To Normal, Blue Canoe Theatrical Productions), *Dale Miller (Fallstaff, Canadian Opera Company), *Alison J Palmer (Mama Mia!, Neptune Theatre), Laura Piccinin (Footloose, Just For Laughs Festival), Jada Rifkin (Quarter Life Crisis the Musical, Toronto Fringe festival), Ben Skipper (The House of Martin Guerre, Sheridan College), *Sara Stahmer (I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Follows Latimer Productions) and Allison Wither (Mary Poppins, Lower Ossington Theatre).

*These individuals appear courtesy of the Canadian Actors Equity

Association Silver Lining Productions in association with The Toronto Fringe Festival presents: Every Silver Lining

Created by: Allison Wither & Laura Piccinin
Directed by: Jennifer Stewart
Music Direction by: Aaron Eyre
Featuring: Allison Wither & Laura Piccinin
Stage Managed by: Adriane VanSeggelen

Performances: July 4th-13th at the AL GREEN THEATRE, 750 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

July 4th, 8:15pm
July 6th, 9:15pm
July 7th, 1:00pm
July 9th, 6:15pm
July 10th, 2:45pm
July 11th, 5:15pm
July 13th, 1:45pm

Please note that there is absolutely no latecomer seating.
Tickets: ($11) go on sale June 6th, 2019
Online: fringetoronto.com
In person: During the festival at POSTSCRIPT, the patio at the Toronto Fringe. Located in the Hockey Rink
at 275 Bathurst Street.

From Press Release

“Escape from Shady Acres” Dares to Laugh in the Face of Aging

Morgan Productions is proud to present “Escape from Shady Acres” for the Toronto Fringe Festival. It is a comedic play that involves three elderly women trying to escape an evil retirement home. It will be performed at the Tarragon Theatre from July 3^rd to July 14^th.

“Escape from Shady Acres” had a very simple beginning, a phone from a Grandson to his Grandmother. The Writer, Tyler Morgan, was sad to hear that his Nana was not enjoying life. “Sometimes it feels like I’m just waiting to die,” she told him. Tyler wrote this play to raise her spirits. It has!

The play revolves around Shirley (Martha Breen) and her arrival at the notorious Shady Acres. She has previously escaped two retirement homes and wants to escape as soon as possible. Shirley soon realizes that the only way to escape is to work with her two roommates, the over acting diva Bernice (Colleen Simm) and her loveable but intolerable sidekick Dolores (Corinne Sutton-Smith) to overcome the scheming manager, Alastair (Tyler Morgan).

“Escape from Shady Acres” is the show that makes it okay to laugh at aging.  We are all going to go through it so we might as well start laughing now. If this show can make Tyler’s Nana laugh, it is sure to delight audiences of all ages.

We hope to see you at the Tarragon Mainspace on these dates:

Comedian Jess Beaulieu and actor Luis Fernandes tell a socially relevant

tale shedding light on the EMOTIONAL LABOUR women bear in

today’s patriarchal society

Women far too often have to carry the emotional load in their relationships with men. And it’s a load of exhausting, rage-inducing bullshit. So we wrote a play to talk about it. A play that focuses on the lives of Dan and Mel; a couple who are struggling to keep their crumbling relationship alive. The main problem? Dan is taking more than he is giving and Mel is very close to ending it. The show is funny, educational, and provides solutions for some ongoing issues related to toxic masculinity.

Jess Beaulieu, co-host of Crimson Wave Comedy, who is known for her timely feminist humour joins forces with Luis Fernandes of indie production house The Assembly to create this hilarious and political new work. Directed by Gwynne Phillips of The Templeton Philharmonic and produced by Natalie Norman, producer of Crimson Wave Comedy. With sound design by Tim Lindsay and lighting by Andra Legault.

If you are a modern woman who lives, works and plays in Toronto, you will connect with the struggles of the female characters in this observational comedy; if you are a man, you might just learn something about how to be a better ally, partner, coworker, and friend.

Crimson Wave Productions

in association with The Toronto Fringe Festival presents

EMOTIONAL LABOUR

written by Jess Beaulieu & Luis Fernandes

directed by Gwynne Phillips

starring Jess Beaulieu & Luis Fernandes

produced by Natalie Norman

stage managed by/lighting design by Andra Legault

sound design by Tim Lindsay

Opens JULY 3rd and runs to JULY 14th

FACTORY THEATRE STUDIO

125 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON

Performances:

Wednesday, July 3rd at 10:00 pm

Friday, July 5th at 3:45 pm

Saturday, July 6th at 5:00 pm

Monday, July 8th at 8:00 pm

Thursday, July 11th at 9:15 pm

Saturday, July 13th at 1:00 pm

Sunday, July 14th at 7:45 pm

Please note that there is absolutely no latecomer seating.

Tickets:

Purchase online: fringetoronto.com

By Phone: 416-966-1062

In Person: During the festival at POSTSCRIPT, the patio at the Toronto Fringe. Located in the Hockey Rink at 275 Bathurst Street (Dundas + Bathurst)

Tickets go on sale June 9, 2019