A collection of everything to do with the Toronto Fringe Festival, including reviews, features, press releases etc.
By Dana Lacey
Picture two beds, split into separate cells by masking tape and imagination. In one, Timothy Leary, the self-proclaimed philosopher and LSD messiah, is spending his first day in jail. In the other: Charles Manson, the notorious jailbird that conspired several LSD-inspired murders. They talk, they laugh, they scream obscenities. This is (based on a) true story. Continue reading Toronto Fringe Review: Charles Manson and Timothy Leary at Folsom Prison – Tarragon
I enjoyed The Intrepid Project, which is playing at the BYOV Intrepid Travel. Certainly not high-brow, and not perfect, but pretty darn funny.
To give you an idea of the type of show it is, my favourite part was a man clad in silver spandex shorts compulsively dancing whenever music was played. The others dancing were fun too, but mr. silverpants, he was my favourite. Time travel and silver spandex pants, what’s not to like?
Continue reading Fringe Review: The Intrepid Project – Shoeless Productions
Word of mouth is the key to Fringe. So, we’re gonna let you know what we’ve heard, not just tell you about what we’ve seen.
Be sure to let us know what buzz you’ve heard in the comments section below.
I’ll be posting throughout the day on twitter from my blackberry, so feel free to follow me @mooneyontheatre for information ranging from what show’s I’ve heard are good, to what you should get if you’re dying to buy me a drink.
If you’re tweeting Fringe updates, use the hashtag #FringeTO so that other folks can follow along, and I can include you in the buzz posts.
Now, for the sum-up of buzz from the last few days. It’ll be a bit longer than usual, but is a good way to get an idea of what you might want to see over the course of the weekend:
Continue reading Fringe Buzz – What we’re hearing about Toronto Fringe Festival 2009
Love and Human Extinction, because, what could be more romantic than human extinction?
We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the 11pm show of Love and Human Extinction playing at 11pm at Royal St. George’s Auditorium.
To enter the draw, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 8pm today (Saturday) to be entered for tickets to tonight’s show.
More detailed information about the show:
Continue reading Fringe for Free – Love and Human Extinction, Saturday at 11pm
Time for another contest…
This time you have a chance to win two tickets to a pair of tickets to Jem Rolls’ Leastest Flops.
I’m pretty sure if you look up “Fringe Veteran” in the dictionary (you know, if Oxford Canada still printed such a thing…) you’d see a picture of jem rolls. In case you don’t know what he looks like, this seems a perfect opportunity to find out.
These two tickets are for the Saturday July 4nd performance, at 8:45pm.
To enter the contest, just leave a comment* sometime before 6pm today (Saturday) to be entered for tickets to tonight’s show.
More information on Jem Rolls’ Leastest Flops
Continue reading Fringe for Free – Jem Rolls’ Leastest Flops, Saturday at 8:45pm