Fringe Archives 1993
Faith in Cassandra Theatre
Toronto, ON
presented
21 Scratches (Will Leave a One Inch Scar)
by Scott Treleaven
A gang of authors indulge in a young writer, and then in his strange request - a mock funeral for a dead Muse. Suicide, bondage, crucifixion, poetry, a bit of skin, and a waiter who wants nothing to do with any of it. Dark, lurid wit. Warning: May Offend.
45 Minutes
The Glen Morris Studio
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Enviro-Wise Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
And the Night Continues
by Jeffrey Caulfield
Two people. Two birthdays. One gun. A cautionary tale on what it takes to survive in the city. Mature content.
50 Minutes
The Bathurst Street Theatre
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AP Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Berenice
by Alexis Bernier
A psychiatrist's grasp of reality is altered through her treatment of an all knowing, apparently schizophrenic patient.
50 Minutes
The Poor Alex Theatre
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Mad Savages
Toronto, ON
presented
Birdgirl
by Naomi Savage
Wonder what kind of play got banned this year from a high school? Try one about a girl, suffering from bulimia, who tries to escape her bug infested apartment inside her own imagination. Throw in her obsessive father, lesbian neighbour, guitar crazy boyfriend and find out why! Language Warning.
60 Minutes
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
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Heiros Gamos
Toronto, ON
presented
Brain Sexed
by Leah Perlmutter
Two female artists inhabit the right side of a woman artist's brain. Two male scientists, one clinical one quantum, the left. The evolutionary alarm clock sounds, the hemispheres cross, gender breaks down and through, DNA gets transformed, and the body becomes a play-ground of genetic delight. (Herman's Head it's not).
50 Minutes
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
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Bald Ego Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Café Naked
by Lisa Ryder and Adam Nashman
To be seen being seen in THE SCENE. Six characters peel off the pretension and get naked at the coolest café in town - not a word is spoken.
50 Minutes
The Poor Alex Theatre
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Moon in June Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Dining With Friends
by Dorothy Lichtblau
A funny, music-filled one woman show about a struggling flute-player who tells about navigating the murky waters of turning forty, tepid relationships and a lack of funds. A celebration of living outside the status quo.
55 Minutes
The Glen Morris Studio
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Do Jump Movement Theatre
Portland, Oregon
presented
Do Jump
by Robin Lane
Under the direction of Robin Lane, Do Jump Movement Theatre has been pioneering a new form of theatre in motion since 1977. Their performances are a provocative blend of dance, acrobatics, aerial work, humour and original music. Do Jump dancers can be found on the walls, ceilings and on the floor, actors spend as much time upside down as right side up.
60 Minutes
The Glen Morris Studio
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Joe News Theatre Co.
New York City, NY
presented
Dolores
by Edward Allan Baker
Dolores: "Let me stay for a little while till..."
Sandra: "No. Whenever I help you, it turns into a horror show."
Two very different sisters are drawn together in a crisis of domestic violence. Their confrontation reveals they share a common bond - fear. A black comedy about love and empowerment.
55 Minutes
The Poor Alex Theatre
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Alan Lovett
Melbourne, Australia
presented
Down Under Up Top
by Alan Lovett
Australia explained...by comedian, diseur, poetaster and rhetorician, ALAN LOVETT. This show, specially written for Canadian audiences, explores all the really important questions: Are there kangaroos in Main Street? Should Charles be queen of Australia? How do you say 'G'day'? A quirky blend of stand up comedy, songs and poems.
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Meta-Physical Theatre
Toronto, ON
presented
Earthlings
by David Langlois, Mark Johnson and Noam Markus
EARTHLINGS is a fast paced physical comedy that brings together three doctors, all speaking different languages, in an eleventh hour attempt to save the planet as it lies ailing and sickly on the operating table. "...This amusing satire adds up to a stinging indictment of mankind's blind faith in science" Edmonton Journal.
45 Minutes
The Glen Morris Studio
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The Gormless Herbert Players & The Smirking Eunuchs
Toronto, ON
presented
Envy the Dead
by Paul Wernick
A girl encounters the devil in a video store. A courtship ensues. Will she stay? Will she return to her loved ones? A harrowing odyssey into the nether regions of "the family" - your family, my family, the seven deadly families. Funny, Faustian and quite unforgivable.
60 Minutes
The Annex Theatre
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Too Thin Theatre
Toronto, ON
presented
F and M (The Death of Simon Bellyitch Part VII)
by Park Bench
The Letters F and M gain consciousness.
60 Minutes
The Glen Morris Studio
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Tim Rykert and Eric Tunney
Toronto, ON
presented
First and Last
by Tim Rykert and Eric Tunney
Paul is a 28 year old children's book writer. He is timid, meek and trusting. Paul seldom leaves his apartment and he loves chinese food! Jack is Paul's new roommate (acquired through a newspaper ad). Jack is rude, obnoxious, overbearing and he loves chinese food! Perfect!
55 Minutes
The Poor Alex Theatre
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Best Boys Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Five Easy Pieces
by The Company
Birds do it, bees do it, even sentimental fleas do it. But they don't get to talk about it all that much. Five Dicks and a couple of Janes sitting around talking...About the root of all evil. Sex-ed was never like this. Uncut, uncensored and definitely live.
45 Minutes
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
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The Now and When Theatre Company
King City, Ontario
presented
Fred's Father
by Bob LeRoy
Have you ever wished upon a star only to find out it's a car with only one headlight coming over the hill and as it comes closer your dog attacks it, barking his fool head off, and it runs over him?
55 Minutes
The Poor Alex Theatre
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Del ARtie Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Get Stuffed! The Musical
by Del ARtie
A heartwarming tale about a lady taxidermist who stuffs and then accidentally revives a dead man who, on waking, believes he's the second coming of Christ. (Mature Content). "Utter, delightful unrestraint...one of the funniest, smartest pieces this year." - Stephen Smith, Globe and Mail (Go To Hell, Faust, Fringe '91).
60 Minutes
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
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Spend Your Rent Theatre
Montreal/Toronto
presented
Going
by Steph Poch and Alex Poch-Goldin
Theatre is the essential ritual; the jaws of life that pull us from the wreckage of our dealing. This piece explores the skeleton of predatory order in all its human bones; charting the ongoing movement of the human animal.
55 Minutes
The Annex Theatre
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Wild Pig Theatre
Toronto, ON
presented
Greek
by Steven Berkoff
Eddy's a lad making good in Maggot Scratcher's England, until one day he learns his wife is actually his mum. Steven Berkoff's scathing comic retelling of the Oedipus myth set in East End London is for mature audiences only. Contains obscenity, violence and matriphilia.
60 Minutes
The Annex Theatre
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The Traveling Monkey Theatre Company
London, England
presented
Guardian
by John-Christian Jacques
Why did David, a successful psychiatrist, commit domestic violence? His wife has finally left him. A Stranger arrives. Who is she and why has she come? Traveling Monkey's world premiere tour of this new play provokes thought and emotion about Domestic Violence. Strong language. Adults only.
60 Minutes
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
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It's Not My Theatre Company
Toronto, ON
presented
Help Wanted
by The Company
3 servants needed immediately. Must be clean, obedient, efficient, responsible and ready to follow command without question. On call 24hrs. Quiet, relaxed mature environment. Live in, beautiful old home in Richmond Hill area. Holidays and benefits negotiable. Experience an asset but not necessary. Call 466-2831, ask for Pantalone.
60 Minutes
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
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Sycorax Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Her Aching Heart
by Bryony Lavery
An outrageous parody of "the historical romance in all its Gothic glory." A play exploring sexuality and gender - a cornucopia of romantic gush, at least five non-adjacent historical periods, and five words in latin.
55 Minutes
The Bathurst Street Theatre
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Parnassas Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Home Free
by Lanford Wilson
Lawrence and Joanna retreat from a hostile world and create an intimate world they can enjoy with their imaginary friends. They struggle to preserve the fantasy, but reality intrudes and ultimately destroys a life of perfect innocence. A story of illusion and experience, incest and love.
45 Minutes
The Annex Theatre
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Toby Rodin
Toronto, ON
presented
Horse-Radish for Robert
by Toby Rodin
Horse-Radish for Robert is a comic love story about a gardener who suddenly finds she has lost her roots when her steady but conservative lover asks her to move out of the garden flat they have shared for five years. The story that unfolds is a humorous portrayal of secret desire and missed opportunities told by a dreamer looking for solutions at a time of small triumphs and sizeable losses.
50 Minutes
The Annex Theatre
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Spontaneous Stupidity Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
I Wish I Were An Android?
by Dana Petric
Stop eating pasta, chocolate ice-cream AND drinking red wine? Could you make the sacrifice? Will it mean eternal peace of mind for Finola Flackenflicker or just a dull diet? Find out as Finola discovers what it would feel like to be an...
40 Minutes
The Annex Theatre
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Theatre Wum & Theatre Cognito
Toronto, ON
presented
Into
by Dave Carley
You are escaping to the city. Traffic stops. You notice the people around you. You begin talking. Rumours start. Sex happens. Time and truth begin to warp. And then something remarkable appears on the horizon and everything changes again. A play inspired by a Julio Cortazar story; adult content.
60 Minutes
The Bathurst Street Theatre
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Muse Media Inc.
Toronto, ON
presented
Late Night with Mike Weatherbee
by Meita Winkler
"LATE NIGHT" is Mike Weatherbee's chance to prove that he's as funny as David Letterman. Mike is 11 years old, profane at times, and obsessed with getting a penis (he doesn't have one). Special guest appearances by Michelle Pfeiffer, Charlie Sheen, Demi Moore, and sketch-comedy group, Comedy on Wry.
50 Minutes
The Glen Morris Studio
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BRANgst Ink
Toronto, ON
presented
Leftovers
by Liza Balkan
A FRIDGE. KEYS. RED STILETTOS. TONY BENNETT. STAINLESS STEEL Cookware. Lovers. The learning Annex. Number 7: "The GROPE & GROVEL." POPTARTS, HELEN REDDY. CASCADING CRUDITES. FAMILY. Almost a one woman show. A comedy about leaving - and what's left. For Mature audiences (or those slouching toward it).
55 Minutes
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
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Sechs in the Oven
Toronto, ON
presented
Macbeth
by Wm. Shakespeare & the Company
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing. Mature Content.
60 Minutes
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
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Theatre Keen
Toronto, ON
presented
Man with Trunk
by Mark Hondroyanis
Martin Loney's afraid of just about everything, including himself. Maybe a dose of terror will snap him out of it. A comedy abou