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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y
1 Third
by W. M. Kennedy
presented by conTent Production
from Toronto
Hi,
How's it going? So, you're looking for some shows to see? Did you guys hear the one about the guy who's days were a seeping balance between a profound sense of disorientation contrasted with layers of seething melancholy?
Sounds like an ominous good time, right? I heard about it from this autobiography called, ‘One Hundred And One Hilarious Pranks To Play On My Soul'.
Oh man, it's a real knee-slapper.
“Has it's moments, but Mediocre at best” – God
“Yet another remake” – God
“Some mistakes are made; Others, afforded” – God
“(insert your own)” – God
Audience: Mature
Warning: moderate potential of displeasure
Venue #7 - Tarragon Mainspace
30 Bridgman Avenue (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst )
60 min
Wed , July 2 @ 7:00 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 1:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 6:30 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 1:15 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 11:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 3:30 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 8:00 PM
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(416) 476-7263
by Adam Crisman
presented by Lime Juice Productions
from Toronto
“I was wearing a sweater vest and ordered a medium latte. You made it with love. I felt the electricity when you handed me that drink. Did you? We're meant to be together. Don't ignore it! Why wont you answer my calls? Don't blame it on the insomnia. It's not a problem. I can quit whenever I want! REALLY! Call me.”
For many people, insomnia is a problem. For Eric, is has become a legal narcotic that has him convinced he is able to overcome some of his greatest inhibitions and to take action against a world that has him sitting on the sidelines. This solo performance explores the lengths traveled by a once quiet man for a touch of human companionship and a little excitement. Despite what his brain might have to say about it.
Director: Victoria Kucher
Audience: General Audience
Warning: language
Venue #4 - Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
16 Ryerson Avenue (East of Bathurst , North of Queen)
60 min
Thu , July 3 @ 7:45 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 4:45 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 1:00 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 2:15 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 6:45 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 4:45 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 1:45 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 9:45 PM
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72 Hour Survival Guide
by John Bryans, Sarah Sherman, Lara Neumann
www.myspace.com/threesheets_productions
presented by Three Sheets
from Toronto
“Are you prepared?
A citywide quarantine is about to begin.
Please ensure you have supplies to last approximately 72 hours.
During this period of isolation remain calm and be cautious of any signs of infection, including:
-scratching
-pecking
-flapping of arms
-cooing
-clucking
-cawing
-trails of loose feathers
Vital information will be provided for your safety.
Attendance advised, it may save your life.”
Three Sheets Productions are proud to present the premiere of their original play “72 Hour Survival Guide” and the launch of their company at the Toronto and Winnipeg Fringe Festivals. Three Sheets is an experimental theatre company based on collective works and original material. Drawing on their talents for design, writing, and performing,
Three Sheets is the brain child of George Brown Theatre School students John Bryans, Sarah Sherman, and Lara Neumann.
Audience: General Audience
Warning: content, language
Venue #3 - Theatre Passe Muraille Main Space
16 Ryerson Avenue (East of Bathurst , North of Queen)
90 min
Thu , July 3 @ 8:15 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 5:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ Noon PM
Mon , July 7 @ 10:30 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 6:15 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 2:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 10:30 PM
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A Brief History of Petty Crime
by Jimmy Hogg
presented by The Roodie Pancake Experiment
from Toronto
After the sell-out success of 2007's Curriculum Vitae, Brit Jimmy Hogg returns to Toronto to discuss his life of petty crime. Physical, fast-paced hilarious storytelling with a car crash and plenty of tangents.
“His characterizations are spot on, and while the piece jumps from story to story-centering on a traumatic night out that ends with the threat of prison looming over the young narrator's head-Hogg juggles them like a trained master with three chainsaws and a flaming baton in the air.” -City Pages, Minnesota .
"Curriculum Vitae, knocks your socks off... Dickens would love this guy." - Orlando Sentinel.
“Managing to fit so many entertaining characters, hilarious anecdotes, and witty pop-culture references into 60 minutes is a difficult test of endurance, a test Hogg passes with flying colours.” ***** (5 out of 5) Eye Magazine, Toronto .
Best of Fringe- Toronto 2007 , Minnesota 2007 & 2006, San Francisco 2006.
Director: Peter J. Morey
Cast: Jimmy Hogg
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language
Venue #23 - Comedy Bar
945B Bloor Street West
60 min
Wed, July 2 @ 8:30 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 7:00 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 8:30 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 7:00 PM
Sun, July 6 @ 8:30 PM
Tue, July 8 @ 8:30 PM
Wed, July 9 @ 7:00 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 8:30 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 7:00 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 8:30 PM
Sun, July 13 @ 7:00 PM
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A Girl named Ralph
by Raffaella Diana
presented by Walking Zelda Productions
from Toronto
A comedy about a first generation Italian Canadian family living in an all-Italian community. It's about passion, love, hate, food, and most of all it's about growing up as an Italian girl in a family run bakery where child labour is a good idea! It's as Italian as basil in you tomato sauce, and table wine at 11:00am.
Walking Zelda Productions is a brand new company created to produce “A Girl Named Ralph” for the 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival. WZP is committed to supporting stand-up comedians and the promotion of comedy in Toronto and Montreal .
Director: Tanisha Taitt
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language
Venue #2 - Robert Gill
214 College Street , 3rd Floor ( St. George Street entrance)
40 min
Thu , July 3 @ 9:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 10:30 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 7:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 2:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 5:15 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 9:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ Noon
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A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer
by Various Authors
presented by Burning Bush Productions
from Toronto
A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer is a collection of groundbreaking monologues by world-renowned figures, commissioned by V-Day for the Until The Violence Stops festival in 2006. Edited by playwright Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, MMRP brings the issue of violence against women and girls to the forefront of our consciousness. These diverse voices rise in a collective roar to expose and examine the insidiousness of brutality, neglect, exploitation or a little “put-down”. MMRP is Edward Albee on S&M, Kathy Najimy on junior high and Maya Angelou on women's work. The writings are inspired, disturbing, funny, empowering, haunting. But above all, they paint a profound portrait of this issue's effect on every one of us. MMRP is a stunning, unabashed look at violence against women and a shout-out to the world to end it. And this time, some of those shouting loudest are men.
Director: Tanisha Taitt
Audience: General Audience
Warning: content
75 min
Venue #16 - Royal St. George's College - Church Basement
120 Howland Avenue (North of Bloor)
60 min
Thu, July 3 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 8:00 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 8:00 PM
Sun, July 6 @ 3:00 PM
Wed, July 9 @ 8:00 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 8:00 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 8:00 PM
Sun, July 13 @ 3:00 PM
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A Mirror up to Nature
by Rodger Barton
shakespeareoutloud.ca/mirror.html
presented by Shakespeare Out Loud INC.
from Toronto
2006 Toronto Fringe: CBC Radio - Five stars; Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star - Highly recommended; Eye Weekly - Barton's dense descriptions of morbidly fascinating Elizabethan London are captivating. Shakespeare wrote plays to become rich! He achieved his goal by holding mirrors up to the lives that his Elizabethan audiences lived. With material gathered over 30 years, this high-octane, one-man show consists of strolls through London, a visit to the Globe, a bear baiting, a public hanging, a minister's rant against the theatre, characters and excesses at court, a squire's life, a prize at sea, smells of the day, a thief's scam, huge, hungry plague graves, and a day in the life of Sir Andrew Aguecheek; plus speeches of Hamlet, Edmund, Shylock and Jacques. “Join this Stratford veteran as he reveals the colorful and dangerous world Shakespeare implored his actors to hold a mirror up to.
Cast: Rodger Barton
Audience: General Audience
Venue #8 - Tarragon Extra Space
30 Bridgman Avenue (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst )
56 min
Wed , July 2 @ 7:00 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 5:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 11:00 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 1:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 2:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 5:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 8:45 PM
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About An Hour
presented by Hatzenbaker
from Toronto
For most actors the idea of taking a single audience suggestion and improvising a one act comedy in 60 minutes is a frightening proposition. But for the "fearless performers" ( Toronto Star) of "About an Hour" it's the perfect formula for creating this critically-acclaimed improv comedy.
Every night of the Fringe "four of the city's best comic minds" (NOW Magazine) take all the elements of a good Fringe play, including engaging characters and electric storytelling, and combine them with the spontaneity of improv to "pull a funny but focused real-time story out of their collective ass." (EYE Weekly).
Directed by three-time Canadian Comedy Award winner Lisa Merchant the cast of About An Hour are no strangers to comedy. Featuring Jim Annan ( Second City ), Jan Caruana (Show Stopping Number, best of the Fringe 2007), Rob Baker (Second City Touring Company) and Alex Hatz (Bad Dog Theatre).
Director: Lisa Merchant
Cast: Jim Annan, Rob Baker, Jan Caruana, Alex Hatz
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: comedy
Fringe Club
292 Brunswick Avenue
60 min
Wed, July 2 @ 8:00 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 8:00 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 8:00 PM
Sun, July 6 @ 8:00 PM
Mon, July 7 @ 8:00 PM
Tues, July 8 @ 8:00 PM
Wed, July 9 @ 8:00 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 8:00 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 8:00 PM
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Acis and Galatea
by George Frederic Handel (Libretto by John Gay, Alexander Pope)
presented by Classical Music Consort
from Toronto /New York/London
The Fat Lady of opera has finally arrived at this year's FR!NGE in the form of an ambitious, contemporary production of G.F. Handel's erotic pastoral, Acis and Galatea . Toronto 's Classical Music Consort performs the 1718 tale of love shattered by murderous jealousy on period instruments, along with an international cast of singers, through a web of surreal video projections designed by the director Patrick Young . The exciting step of bringing opera to the FR!NGE is a fitting coda to the CMC's first full season. This enterprising young company, founded and lead by artistic director Ashiq Aziz, is establishing the foundations of an accomplished repertoire while aiming to attract a new generation to the resonance and relevance of classical music. Acis and Galatea is unique at this year's festival, not only for its captivating music, vocal performances, and visual style, but as a daring conceptual hybrid of the baroque with the unsettlingly modern.
Director: Patrick Young
Audience: General Audience
Venue #5 - Factory Theatre Mainspace
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
90 min
Thu , July 3 @ 8:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 4:45 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 10:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ Noon
Sat , July 12 @ 7:30 PM
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Adam Growe's The Mom and Pop Shop
by Adam Growe
presented by Adam Growe Ent.
from Toronto
Adam Growe (Just For Laughs, Comedy Now!) plays a guy who goes to inform a class of expectant parents that their prenatal teacher, his wife, is running late. The class takes place at one of those parenting resource centres where people pretend it's possible to prepare for parenthood. Adam figures he'll have no problem “lecturetaining” for a few minutes. He shares funny quips about the adventures of fatherhood, expecting to soon be relieved of his duties. It becomes apparent, however, that his wife's arrival is not imminent. So, because he's suffering from parental insanity, because he's feeling the pressure and because he has secretly wanted a chance to, Adam decides to teach the class. Eventually he abandons the lesson plan and begins to impart his own unsubstantiated philosophies from the pulpit of parenting pedagogy. Everyone is surprised by what Adam delivers. “Very funny guy” –Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Director: Marjorie Malpass
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language
Venue #3 - Theatre Passe Muraille Main Space
16 Ryerson Avenue (East of Bathurst , North of Queen)
60 min
Wed , July 2 @ 8:45 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 9:45 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 1:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 1:45 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 5:15 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 9:00 PM
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After Hours
by Variety of Choreographers
presented by PushPull Dance
from Toronto
PushPull Dance is a Toronto-based, non-profit dance company that was founded in 2005. Comprised of working professionals who possess a background - and passion - for dance, the company's mission is to provide it's members with an outlet to honour that passion, and encourage it's growth, through performance opportunities
Director: Kelly Slate
Audience: General Audience
Venue #11 - Helen Gardiner Phelan
79A St. George Street (South of Harbord)
50 min
Fri , July 4 @ 8:45 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 1:45 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 10:30 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 6:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 7:30 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 2:15 PM
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American Squatter
by Barry Smith
presented by Aspen Comedy Works
from Aspen , CO
From writer/performer Barry Smith, creator of the award-winning “Jesus in Montana: Adventures in a Doomsday Cult” (“*****” Now, “*****” EYE), comes the true tale of his journey from squeaky clean suburbanite to filthy squatter in late-1980s London, with stop offs at punk rock, a clean-freak father, Tony Hawk and a community college ceramics course. “A scintillating sense of humour…” Montreal Gazette. “What sets this production apart is not only Smith's sharp wit, but his ability to channel laughter's deeper cathartic powers. See this one.” - Montreal Hour. Winner! - Critic's Choice - Vancouver Fringe '07.
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language, drug references
Venue #5 - Factory Theatre Mainspace
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
60 min
Sat , July 5 @ 9:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 1:15 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 8:30 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 3:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 11:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 4:00 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 5:45 PM
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Another Problem with H-Theorem
by Cam Cobb
presented by Molecular Chaos Productions
from Toronto
Time is a funny thing. Some people think it's linear. Others know it isn't. Mackenzie's had a lot of time to think about time. Being trapped in his house for 147 years hasn't been easy. But now he has a visitor. It's his old friend/enemy Rolph. And Rolph's been dead for 138 years. It seems Rolph was sent to Mackenzie. But he can't say why. And then there's the problem of those tour guides putting on a fake radio play about Mackenzie. And Mackenzie wants Rolph to help him stop the play. But Rolph doesn't think that's why he's there. And then there's the matter or getting out of the house. But what if Mackenzie's right and they aren't supposed to be in this universe? And what if there really isn't a world outside Mackenzie's house? And what if these things really are happening?
Director: Cam Cobb, Rupauk Sircar
Cast: Cam Cobb, Rupauk, Sircar
Audience: General Audience
Venue #20 - Bloor Street United Church
300 Bloor St. West
45 min
Wed, July 2 @ 7:00 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 1:30 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 7PM and 9:15PM
Tue, July 8 @ 5:00 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 7PM and 9:15PM
Fri, July 11 @ 1:30 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 7PM and 9:15PM
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At The End: A Good Book Musical
by Marsha Mason
Music and Lyrics by Kevin Nelson
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11166313074
presented by KevMo Productions
from Toronto
It's the end of the world as we know it! But does any apocalypse ever go as planned? The Horsemen are out and the Devil heads to earth to inform the Pope of mankind's imminent demise. But when complications arise, will it be possible to stop the other worldly ball from rolling? Director Larry Westlake comes with a long list of shows to his credit both on and off the stage - too many to put into 30 words. But feel free to ask him. Composer Kevin Nelson is an international award-winning songwriter who won the 2002 SIR TIM RICE AWARD. THE DIVINE HERETIC won Patron's Pick at the 2004 Toronto Fringe and he directed JASSY'S SASSY CABARET in 2006. Writer Marsha Mason is also an actor/singer/mover-shaker who recently appeared in Stories From Our Black Books in Toronto . She thinks she's funny on occasion.
Director: Larry Westlake
Music Direction: Kevin Nelson
Audience: General Audience
Warning: content, fog machine
Venue #3 - Theatre Passe Muraille Main Space
16 Ryerson Avenue (East of Bathurst , North of Queen)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 11:00 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 4:00 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 8:45 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 12:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 7:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 6:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 1:45 PM
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Babies In Danger!
by Players Players
presented by Players Players
from Toronto
From the creators of Science Fair! (***** - EYE; NNNN - Now) and DOGS! The Musical!! (“The best dog-gone musical at the fringe!” - Toronto Star) comes a comedy spectacular with live music, video and babies: BABIES IN DANGER! This is Players Players' fifth fringe show and the culmination of two years of monthly sketch shows in Hamilton and Toronto . They have been described as “talented and beautiful bright lights of the Hamilton indie theatre scene” (VIEW Magazine). Come to the Supermarket to see the funniest show ever created about infants in mortal peril.
Cast: Darren Barlow, Dave Barclay, Paul Frank, Krista MacIsaac, Melissa Paraboo
Audience: General Audience
Warning: language, ideas
Venue #24 - The Supermarket
268 Augusta Avenue (Kensington)
60 min
Wed, July 2 @ 5:30 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 5:30 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 5:30 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 2:30 PM
Sun, July 6 @ 2:30 PM
Tue, July 8 @ 5:30PM
Wed, July 9 @ 5:30PM
Thu, July 10 @ 5:30PM
Fri, July 11 @ 5:30PM
Sat, July 12 @ 2:30 PM
Sun, July 13 @ 2:30 PM
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Baggage
by Reese Baguio , Aura Carcueva, Vincent Galvez, Darrel Gamotin and Christine Mangosing
presented by Pulang Maleta Collective
from Toronto
Five playwrights drawing from their distinct backgrounds in film, dance, poetry and music form the Pulang Maleta Collective and share their stories in their debut piece, BAGGAGE.
“Maria”- A woman's struggle between filial obligation and the desire for a new life through a mailorder-bride arrangement.
“not my exotic”- Sunshine encounters a guy who is interested in a lot more than a one-night stand.
“The Edge of Family”- Crime, dinner and an envious mother exacerbate the decision of a young girl and her two men.
“Touch” - A young woman tries to navigate the world as a new lesbian. Her mentor, a Filipino drag queen, helps her try and find love and more importantly learn how to breathe.
“Claim Your Baggage” A humorous look at cultural shame and a reminder that if you don't look back at where you came from, you'll never get to where you're going.
Director: Karen Ancheta & Marie Beath Badian
Cast: Leon Aureus, Reese Baguio , Aura Carcueva, Rose Cortez, Alex Felipe, Vincent Galvez, Darrel Gamotin, Jessica Leibgott, Elizabeth Lofranco, Christine Mangosing, Andrea Mapili, Regina Simon, Michelle Turingan
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: mature language, mature content, food may fall on you
Venue #25 - Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture
167 Augusta Avenue (Kensington)
60 min
Wed, July 2 @ 8:00 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 8:00 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 2:30 PM
Sun, July 6 @ 2:30 PM
Tue, July 8 @ 8:00 PM
Wed, July 9 @ 8:00 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 8:00 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 2:30 PM
Sun, July 13 @ 2:30 PM
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Balls!
by Rob Salerno
presented by Ten Foot Pole Productions
from Toronto
Balls - n. 1. Vulgar slang, testicles. 2. Courage, masculinity. When Bastian's best friend gets testicular cancer, he finds out that sometimes being a man feels a lot like getting kicked in the balls. Winner: Hamilton Fringe New Play Award, London Fringe Best Original Production; "****" - Ottawa Sun; "The Full Package" - Hamilton View; "Must See" - Ottawa Citizen
Director: Rob Salerno with Laurel Green
Cast: Rob Salerno, Adam Goldhamer
Audience: General Audience
Warning: language
Venue #5 - Factory Theatre Mainspace
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
60 min
Thu , July 3 @ 10:30 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 1:45 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 7:00 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 4:45 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 5:45 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 2:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 9:45 PM
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The Barbecue King
by Mark Brownell and Steve Thomas
presented by Pea Green Theatre
from Toronto
The Fringe of Toronto is 20 years old! And Pea Green was there at the beginning in 1989. We marched in the parade! (Yes, there was a parade.) We even got heckled by Harold Kandel! To celebrate this Fringe milestone we present a brand new musical by Steve Thomas and Mark Brownell entitled: THE BARBECUE KING. In this thrilla-by-the-grilla a stressed out cottager battles his nemesis in a winner-take-all cooking competition. The victor will be crowned. The loser will fry up a bitter harvest of despair and regret!
Director: Sue Miner
Cast: Dave Fraser, Stephen Reich, Mark Brownell, and Deann DeGruijter
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language
Venue #18 - Miles Nadal J.C.C (Room 318)
750 Spadina Avenue (at Bloor)
65 min
Wed, July 2 @ 7:00 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 7:00 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 7:00 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 7:00 PM
Sun, July 6 @ 7:00 PM
Tue, July 8 @ 7:00 PM
Wed, July 9 @ 7:00 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 7:00 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 7:00 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 7:00 PM
Sun, July 13 @ 7:00 PM
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‘Beth
by Angela Potvin/Vladimir Cara
presented by Zero-Sum Games
from Andrea Rosenfield
Shakespeare's Macbeth as you have never seen it. Desire and deception rule when Elizabeth discovers that the man she loved led a double life. Spurred on by her son, she plots revenge and seeks out the truth. But as desperation mounts, her fragile world falls apart.
Director: Vladimir Cara
Cast: Angela Potvin, Vladimir Cara
Audience: General Audience
Warning: content
Venue #1 - St. Vladimir's
620 Spadina Avenue (South of Harbord)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 1:15 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 11:00 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 7:30 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 6:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ Noon
Fri , July 11 @ 4:00 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 8:45 PM
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Between Commutes
by David Raitt
presented by David Raitt
from Oakville
Life is the stuff that happens between your commutes." - Anonymous Transit Worker
David Raitt (The Second City, "All the Rage", "Workaholics") premieres at the Fringe in his latest sketch comedy show, about how we battle across the urban landscape. Everyday characters move back and forth from work to home and elsewhere, fighting their daily frustrations even as they fight to just get there. Popcorn-free offices. School exams. Sorting junk mail.
Wrangling kids. The Afterlife (currently on strike). And everywhere, traffic, traffic, traffic.
"Raitt is... energetic and accomplished, driving sketches forward." EYE
Cast: Carly Jones, David Raitt
Audience: General Audience
Warning: language
Venue #1 - St. Vladimir's
620 Spadina Avenue (South of Harbord)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 10:30 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 9:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 3:30 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 12:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 9:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 1:45 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 4:15 PM
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Big Shot
by Jon Lachlan Stewart
presented by SurrealSoReal Theatre
from Edmonton AB
A twelve-year-old boy wishes his mundane life had something more entertaining. His wish comes true, and on a train ride home, he witnesses the most grotesque and exciting tragedy of his time. And he's here to tell it for your benefit, the audience. The boy slides in and out of all the inward, spiteful characters involved: the shut-in mother, a not-so-recovered heroin addict named Killiger, a seventy-year-old Japanese pickpocket named Odosung, and a gravelly police officer by the name of Byron. Each of these people know of the tragedy, but none want to carry the blame. Jump on for the ride as the reality of this one event emerges from the fog of uncertainty, and witness the filmmaker who was inspired by the murder
Director: Georgina Beaty
Cast: Jon Lachlan Stewart
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language, strobe lighting
Venue #1 - St. Vladimir's
620 Spadina Avenue (South of Harbord)
60 min
Thu , July 3 @ 6:30 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 8:45 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 3:15 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 8:00 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 3:30 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 11:30 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 12:45 PM
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Binary
by Gillian Street
presented by White Raven Productions
from Toronto
Welcome to the world of the future: the environment is unlivable, babies are made in tubes, and gender has become illegal. Jesse is growing up in this world and struggling to define herself, when she discovers an underground pro gender organization. Together they fight to change the system despite the dire consequences.
White Raven Productions is a theatre company committed to producing plays that are both engaging and entertaining, thereby attracting new audience members all while helping audiences rediscover and appreciate the art of live theatre. For this to happen, White Raven believes theatre must be relatable to its audience whilst affecting, entertaining and demanding a reaction from them.
Director: Gillian Street
Cast: Lorna Wright, Freya Ravensbergen, Cory Bertrand, Ben Noble, Amy Connolly, Farah Merani
Audience: General Audience
Venue #8 - Tarragon Extra Space
30 Bridgman Avenue (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst )
50 min
Fri , July 4 @ 9:15 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 12:30 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 6:45 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 4:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 9:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 3:30 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 1:00 PM
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Blastback Babyzap
by Uncalled For
presented by Uncalled For
from Montreal , QC
From the minds of Uncalled For Improv ("****... these rascals are tight, clever and charismatic" - Eye) and the performers of Real Time ("NNNN" - Now) comes an all-new tonguetwisting, brainbending ultracomedy creation: Blastback Babyzap. Familiar to Toronto Fringe audiences mainly for their long-form improvised plays, the members of Uncalled For have thrown chance and suggestion-taking to the wind, and instead present a scripted and rehearsed distillation of hilarity. Moving seamlessly from scene to scene in a raucous ride down a stream of consciousness, tearing down walls and folding them into comedy-origami, Blastback Babyzap brings you fresh, salty-sweet original excitement. Believe.
Praise for Uncalled For's sketch comedy masterpiece, THUNDERSPANK!:
WINNER, Best Text, 2007 Montreal Fringe
"****... delightful... a wacky, inspired celebration of off-kilter comic wit. The time/space continuum better watch its ass." (Dave Jaffer, Hour)
Uncalled For is a Montreal comedy troupe that has been peforming together for 9 years.
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: strobe lighting, minors not admitted
Venue #23 - Comedy Bar
945B Bloor Street West
60 min
Wed, July 2 @ 7:00 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 8:30 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 7:00 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 8:30 PM
Sun, July 6 @ 7:00 PM
Mon, July 7 @ 8:30 PM
Tue, July 8 @ 7:00 PM
Wed, July 9 @ 8:30 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 7:00 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 8:30 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 7:00 PM
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Bluebeard
by Pericles Snowdon
www.myspace.com/bluebeardtoronto
presented by GromKat Productions
from Toronto
Savage. Exhilarating. Haunting.
Raised inside an abandoned church since they were babies, four women have been taught to fear the outside world. Locked in to keep them safe from an ice storm, they exist in a makeshift society controlled by their tortured matriarch, Blue. Rooster, Monkey and Piglet all live under Blue's house rules instilled in them by their older sibling Miss. King. Dissension erupts when a mysterious outsider, Mignon, breaches the church gates, revealing the evocative truth behind the locks and keys. Mignon tries to convince the women that there is a beautiful safe world outside. But can Mignon be trusted? Bluebeard is a dark comic exploration of isolation, betrayal, apocalypse... and parenthood.
This uniquely written tour de force highlights one of London 's finest upcoming playwrights. In its Canadian debut, Bluebeard is a stunning piece of new work, brought to life by a fierce force of female actors.
Director: David Matheson
Cast: Christine Horne, Kat Lanteigne, Catherine McGregor, Andrea Runge, Rae Ellen Bodie, Melee Hutton
Audience: General Audience
Venue #7 - Tarragon Mainspace
30 Bridgman Avenue (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst )
80 min
Wed, July 2 @ 10:30 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 5:15 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 8:00 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 3:00 PM
Thu , July 10 @ Noon
Fri , July 11 @ 8:45 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 5:15 PM
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Bondage
by Patricia Rockman and Elaine Smookler
presented by Lumino
from Toronto
“Bondage” is a comedic take on the ties that bind. These five stories remind us that we are not alone in dealing with fear, loathing, vanity, power and control.
Pox and Vendetta have worked extensively with Mike Kennard (Mump) and Bouffon teacher, Adam Lazarus. Their work incorporates elements from Pochinko, Buddhism, Western Medicine and Psychotherapy. Central tenets include the awareness that human beings are fragile creatures and life is impermanent. The challenge is to stay awake for the ride.
Many people are terrified of clowns, but throughout history, clowning has been a way to criticize and comment on the culture of the time in a playful way. Clowning is a practice that reduces self-importance and attachment throwing one full frontal, into the present moment.
Pox and Vendetta have created “Lumino” an educational and performance-based company that uses tools derived from clown, Buddhism and psychotherapy to humorously assist people in awakening to limiting habits.
Director: Scott Norman
Cast: Patricia Rockman and Elaine Smookler
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: fog machine (probably)
Venue #10 - George Ignatieff
15 Devonshire Place (East of Spadina, South of Bloor)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 5:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 10:30 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 1:30 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 7:15 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 11:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 3:30 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 9:15 PM
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Cage Without a Key
by Jean Hodgkinson
hodgepodgeproductions.bravehost.com
presented by hodgepodge productions
from Toronto
Cage Without a Key is the story of a housewife who has chosen the street life to keep from losing everything and now she wants out. But in a twist of fate she must confront the one obstacle preventing her departure: the husband who unwittingly drove her to it in the first place.
Eliot Spitzer's resignation as the governor of NY this past spring and Robert Pickton's conviction in BC last autumn lend credence to the timeliness of the subject matter. But it's prostitution's timelessness that is informing this play. Confining public discussion to the sphere of morality excludes economics, which renders entirely irrelevant the motivation for most women who enter the sex trade industry.
This is the first Fringe Festival for Toronto 's hodgepodge productions, but the third for director Tien Providence. He has also written several plays, wrote and directed a film, and published a novel.
Director: Tien Providence
Cast: Michael Irving, Alison Goodwin, Mark Ramalho, Craig Scott, Julia Viscomi, Nicole Wilson
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language
Venue #1 - St. Vladimir's
620 Spadina Avenue (South of Harbord)
80 min
Thu , July 3 @ 8:15 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 1:45 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 10:45 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 5:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 2:15 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 5:45 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 8:15 PM
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Casa De Los Fantasmas
by The Canadian Space Opera Company
presented by Canadian Space Opera Company
from Toronto
During the 1920s and 30s, radio airwaves crackled with the spooky creakings and moanings of horror and suspense radio shows like “Lights Out” and “The Inner Sanctum”. The Canadian Space Opera Company, creators of “Peril From Beyond Space!”, has uncovered long-lost episodes of the spookiest show of them all - “Out Of The Closet”. Join your host, The Closet Case, as we present a live recreation of a typical radio broadcast of this hilariously eerie program. In this episode, “Casa De Los Fantasmas” (House of Ghosts), newlyweds Duke and Emily Dane are honeymooning at the luxurious Hacienda De La Hoya in remote Argentina . Their wedded bliss is rudely interrupted when the hotel guests start dying off one by one...
Cast: Nike Abbott, Sam Agro, Paul Koster, Jorge Moreira, Rhonda Riche, Tracy Shea-Porter, Dave Till, Scott Watkins, Cary West and music by Jeff B. Santos.
Audience: General Audience
Venue #21 - CIUT
91 St. George Street
55 min
Wed, July 2 @ 8:00 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 8:00 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 3PM and 8PM
Sun, July 6 @ 3PM and 8PM
Wed, July 9 @ 8:00 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 8:00 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 8:00 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 3PM and 8PM
Sun, July 13 @ 3PM and 8PM
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The Christian Republican Fundraiser in Dayton Tennessee
by Grant Tilly
www.christianrepublicanfundraiser.com
www.myspace.com/godscountrymusic
presented by Bloomfield Productions
from Toronto
In this country/rock musical, Liberal protesters crash the Republican fundraiser in Dayton Tennessee as the band "God's Country" and all hell breaks loose! Armed only with “three chords and the truth” can they change the course of the 2008 presidential elections through the power of song?
Cold Beer! Live Band! Performed at one of Toronto’s premiere music venues.
Cast: Jason Chesworth, Jackie English, Jason O'Brien, Kate Unrau, Scott Maudsley
Audience: General Audience
Warning: content
Venue #27 - The Cameron House
408 Queen Street West
90 min
Wed, July 2 @ 7:00
Fri, July 4 @ 7:30
Sat, July 5 @ 4:30
Sun, July 6 @ 5:15
Mon, July 7 @ 7:30
Tue, July 8 @ 5:00
Wed, July 9 @ 7:30
Fri, July 11 @ 5:15
Sat, July 12 @ 7:00
Sun, July 13 @ 3:00
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Community Centre
by Renna Reddie
presented by The 11 North Company
Atlas Stage Productions Canada exists to develop and produce new Canadian theatre, as well as all socially relevant theatrical work with universal themes. Our theatre will be presented to both national and international audiences through an artistic collective that promotes Canadian multiculturalism and bridging theatrical gaps between all cultures and countries. The collaboration with The 11 North Company is a great step in uniting Toronto and Northern Toronto .
Director: Taylor Graham
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language, content, nudity
Venue #9 - Royal St. George
120 Howland Avenue (North of Bloor)
50 min
Thu , July 3 @ 8:45 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 3:30 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 9:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 5:45 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 11:00 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 5:15 PM
Sun , July 13 @ Noon
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Crude Love
by Gillian Bennett and Russell Bennett
presented by Big Smoke Productions
from Vancouver , BC
A woman dump truck driver from Newfoundland falls in love with a cynical eco-warrior in the harsh Tar Sands of Northern Alberta. The play is set sometime in the near future when peak oil and peak love seem to collide. Big Smoke Productions has created funny and poignant, politically-tinged theatre for Fringe audiences since 2004. Russell and Gillian Bennett created the award-winning “Reefer Man”, “Self-Storage” and “Rocket Man” – Pick of the Fringe: Saskatoon , Edmonton , Vancouver and Best Fringe Production in Victoria . “Hilarious, Romantic”- Edmonton Sun “Simply outstanding”-Westender Magazine “Raw, Passionate, Irresistible”-Times Colonist “Intelligent Comedy”-CBC Winnipeg. Crude Love is Big Smoke Productions' first two-person show, after three successful solo shows. Really, what happened was Russell and Gillian got married last year and wanted to act together. This is their first time on stage together since the altar
Director: Emelia Symington Fedy
Cast: Gillian Bennett and Russell Bennett
Audience: General Audience
Warning: language
Venue #12 - Glen Morris Theatre
4 Glen Morris Street
60 min
Thu , July 3 @ 10:30 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 2:00 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 8:00 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 12:30 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 5:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 8:30 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 2:00 PM
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DAM Madness
by Darby Gibbs/Amelia Josephson-Laidlaw/Ming Hon
www.geocities.com/madamdanceproductions
presented by .maDAM.
from Toronto
Freud called it sexual tension. Patsy Cline was just feeling lonely. Others blamed demons, evil spirits and ill humours. Shakespeare found a method to it all. People try to shock, talk, drink, restrain, and dance us out of it. But we've all got a little crazy in us.
Darby Gibbs, Amelia Laidlaw, and Ming Hon are maDAM, a brand new-new fangled contemporary dance company consisting of three young fresh, cheeky dancers. Through the professional program at the School of Contemporary Dancers , the trio has worked, and received training under Canada 's most distinguished dance artists from across Canada and abroad.
Their world premiere debut show, DAM madness, is unexpected and exciting. Combining dance, theatre, comedy and a musical score with selections from their vintage record collections, DAM madness is a quirky, insightful cabaret not to be missed.
Cast: Darby Gibbs, Amelia Laidlaw, Ming Hon
Audience: General Audience
Venue #11 - Helen Gardiner Phelan
79A St. George Street (South of Harbord)
60 min
Sat , July 5 @ 11:00 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 4:45 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 9:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 1:45 PM
Fri , July 11 @ Noon
Sat , July 12 @ 7:30 PM
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Damages
by Michael Posner
presented by aperian stage co.
from Toronto
Jacob, a rabbi and teacher, and Ezra, a retired haberdasher, managed to survive the Holocaust together. But they haven't seen or spoken to each other in America for 30 years, estranged for the most personal and basic of reasons. Now, one cold autumn afternoon, Ezra comes to visit to the school where Jacob teaches, determined to collect what Jewish law says is justifiably his—damages for the injuries he has suffered. A searing drama that will keep you guessing.
Director: Kayla Gordon
Cast: Harvey Atkin, Howard Jerome, Menachem Sifen
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language
Venue #10 - George Ignatieff
15 Devonshire Place (East of Spadina, South of Bloor)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 8:45 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 9:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 5:15 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 3:15 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 12:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 9:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 3:30 PM
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David
by Bryn Symonds and Joseph Bembridge
presented by Stewart Productions
from Montreal , QC
“David” is a one-man show about sex. But not just sex in terms of who's having it and with whom. But sex as in: what is sex? What does it mean? Why do we have sex? Sex as lust. Sex as love. Sex as power. Sex as self-worth. Sex as self-destruction. Sex as status. Sex as failure. Nick, the one man of this one-man-show, doesn't know it, but on this Friday night he's working his way through all these positions. His past and future are coming together in the present: David, a random shag in a back-alley in Montreal 's Gay Village .
Winner: Most notable promotion campaign; Most notable direction of a production.
Nominated: Most notable original script; Most notable solo performance; Most notable production of the season, Harvest Festival, 2006
Director: Bryn Symonds
Cast: Joseph Bembridge
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: content, language
Venue #1 - St. Vladimir's
620 Spadina Avenue (South of Harbord)
60 min
Thu , July 3 @ 10:30 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 7:00 PM
Sat , July 5 @ Noon
Mon , July 7 @ 5:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 11:30 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 9:45 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 2:30 PM
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Death To Dating
by R.J. Downes and Kathryn Malek
presented by Blue Fire Productions
from Toronto
How do you find your soul mate? Just where do you meet that special someone? A) Speed Dating? B) Lava Life? C) Or just at a funeral? Death to Dating: How far will woman go to find true love - Or if nothing else at least a date or two. When Lorene, a lonely and desperate woman, accompanies her friend Julie to a funeral, she meets one of Julie's gorgeous male relatives, Luke. Lorene immediately knows that Luke is-- the one. So who does she have to kill to get a date with Luke?
Blue Fire Productions is an emerging production company committed to producing innovative film and theatre. The original works are presented to challenge, educate and breathe life into the soul.
Director: Victor Correia
Music Director: Deva Neely
Lyrics and Music: David Hein
Choreography: Jen Johnson
Cast: Noella Choi, Jamieson Eakin, Julia De Sotto, Kesta Graham, Brad Hampton, Kathryn Malek, Kevin Morris, Deva Neely, Adrian Proszowski.
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: content
Venue #5 - Factory Theatre Mainspace
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 1:15 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 7:30 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 5:00 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 1:15 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 9:15 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 5:45 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 11:30 PM
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Desiraeda
by Choreographers: Niki Wozniak, Jeremy Nasmith, Kate Hilliard, Laura Bolton
presented by Desiraeda Dance Theatre
from Toronto
Desiraeda Dance Theatre presents: “Desiraeda”. Featuring "The Tower" (Choreography by: Niki Wozniak), the untold story of Rapunzel. This exploration of the fairytale integrates ballet, jazz and contemporary dance to uncover the psychology and relationships of Rapunzel, the Prince, and the enchantress Dame Gothel. Also featuring works by Jeremy Nasmith (The National Ballet of Canada), Laura Bolton (Independant), and Kate Hilliard (Dancemakers). See www.desiraeda.com for more details. Desiraeda Dance Theatre was founded to create thought-provoking performances; works that resonate emotionally and spiritually. We believe that dance is a vehicle for exploration and reflection, capable of translating profound knowledge of the human condition. We endeavor to present accessible and entertaining performances, while maintaining integrity, depth and substance.
Director: Founding Director: Laura Lawson; Artistic Director: Niki Wozniak
Cast: Laura Lawson, Niki Wozniak, Heather Leslie, Skye Nicolson, Marvin Vergara, Sean Dubs, Zihao (Michael) Li
Audience: General Audience
Warning: strobe
Venue #5 - Factory Theatre Mainspace
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 8:45 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 3:30 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 10:30 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 3:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 1:45 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 7:30 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 5:15 PM
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Die Roten Punkte – SUPER MUSIKANT (SUPER MUSICIAN)
by Otto & Astrid Rot
www.myspace.com/dierotenpunkte
presented by Tobias & Bartholomew
from Berlin , Germany
“ Berlin 's Prince & Princess of Punk” Otto & Astrid Rot, return with their new absurd and sweaty rock'n'roll odyssey – ‘Super Musikant' (Super Musician).
The minimalist brother/sister pop-punk band are here to perform a series of shows for The Toronto Fringe Festival.
“A sonic collision between Plastic Bertrand, Kraftwerk and early Ramones…inspired, brilliantly executed lunacy” The Gazette, Montreal
“The performances are exuberant and flawless… fist pumping fun of the highest order” Eye Weekly, Toronto
“narcissism, sibling rivalry…The Rot's Rule!” Toronto Star
***** “Die Roten Punkte will have you laughing your ass off”
Vue Weekly, Edmonton
***** “…the funniest show at the festival”
Planet S Magazine , Canada
***** “If expletives were fit for print, I'd use one to illustrate how bleeping incredible this show is” The Star Phoenix, Canada
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language
Venue #7 - Tarragon Mainspace
30 Bridgman Avenue (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst )
60 min
Sat , July 5 @ 7:30 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 8:15 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 1:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 2:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 11:30 PM
Fri , July 11 @ Noon
Sat , July 12 @ 6:15 PM
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Dogs Barking
by Richard Zajdlic
presented by Easy Tiger Productions
from London , England
"What do you want for you? A totally selfish wish." Neil is laying claim to the home he abandoned. Alex is determined to stop him. Over the course of a single weekend they scratch in the rubble that remains of their relationship, exhuming stale rows, fresh resentments and some of the tenderness they lost, culminating toward an inevitable shocking climax. After phenominal success in Ottawa 2005 with Trainspotting and Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2005 with Streets. This London based company returns to Canada with a stunning, uncompromising study of jealousy, passion and emotional violence from BBC's most successful writers. Easy Tiger Productions is a highly innovative theatre and film production company focusing on the development of edgy and challenging plays and is thrilled to be making its Toronto Fringe debut. Dogs Barking stars Fanos Xenofos fresh from London West End's Swimming with Sharks.
Director: Michael Moxham
Cast: Fanos Xenofos, Lisa Sheerin, Mark Philip Compton, Maddy Lewis
Audience: General Audience
Warning: language, some nudity
Venue #8 - Tarragon Extra Space
30 Bridgman Avenue (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst )
80 min
Wed, July 2 - SHOW CANCELLED
Fri , July 4 @ 1:15 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 5:45 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 8:15 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 4:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 7:00 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 4:30 PM
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Domestic
by Joel Babcock
presented by Pug In A Tux Productions
from Toronto
Jim loves Betty! Betty loves Jim! The Smith household should be perfect except… why does God keep calling with talk about Hell? And why is there a pool of blood forming under Jim's body? Whoops! Looks like Betty might have to go shopping again!
Pug In A Tux Productions Presents - Domestic: Winner of the JCW Saxton Playwriting Prize, “Domestic” is “a cogent, utterly unique piece of dark comedy” – The Journal
Director: Michael Murphy
Cast: Carly Heffernan, Luke Marty, Danny Pagett, Evan Smith and Joel Babcock
Audience: General Audience
Warning: mature language, gunshots, blasphemy
Venue #4 - Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
16 Ryerson Avenue (East of Bathurst , North of Queen)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 10:00 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 4:30 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 9:15 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 3:15 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 1:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 8:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 3:30 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 2:45 PM
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Einstein's Wife
by Julia Course & Nicolina Lanni
presented by Einstein's Wife Productions
from Toronto
Einstein's Wife: a very funny tragedy in one act. Chocolate bars falling from the sky. Radioactive cocktails. Donkeys in the outfield. Historically accurate or hysterically absurd? The remarkable, hilarious and tragic tale of three rebellious women, inspired by Virginia Woolf's famous question: "What would have happened had Shakespeare had a wonderfully gifted sister?" Written and Produced by Julia Course and Nicolina Lanni, this clever three hander dives into a whimsical world of outlandish absurdities, and features a cast of quirky and captivating characters. Running all week at Hub 14 - 14 Markham St.
Director: Julia Course & Nicolina Lanni
Cast: Nicolina Lanni, Julia Course & Brooke Erica Isaacs
Audience: General Audience
Venue #29 - Hub 14
14 Markham Street
45 min
Wed, July 2 @ 7:00 PM
Thu, July 3 @ 7:00 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 7:00 PM
Sat, July 5 @ Noon and 7PM
Sun, July 6 @ Noon and 7PM
Tue, July 8 @ 7:00 PM
Wed, July 9 @ 7:00 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 7:00 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 7:00 PM
Sat, July 12 @ Noon and 7PM
Sun, July 13 @ Noon and 7PM
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Epic
by MaryAnneCampbell
presented by MACdance initiative
from Toronto
Cast: Mary Anne Campbell, Erin McCurdy, Samantha Hargrove, Kristina Obelienius
Audience: General Audience
Venue #7 - Tarragon Mainspace
30 Bridgman Avenue (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst )
60 min
Thu , July 3 @ 10:30 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 5:15 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 3:30 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 6:15 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 8:45 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 11:00 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 2:15 PM
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Even Burning
by Melissa Major
presented by Razz Interactions
from Toronto
“Oh Remmie, you still have me captured here. I see you twirling right there behind my focus, with your purple-speckled dress, brown boots and silent eyes.”
Nina, now in her thirties is haunted by the memory of her childhood friend, Remmie, a strange young creature who held a certain power over Nina for a long time. When their relationship ended suddenly, the power seemed to become stronger and now, visited frequently by Remmie, Nina can't be sure whether or not she is real.
How strong of a grip can a memory have? Can it hold you as its prisoner?
Under the powerful direction of Yevgeniya Falkovich, physical theatre brings Major's poetic text alive, exploring the haunting connection between a woman and a memory through movement and the power of words.
Director: Yevgeniya Falkovich
Cast: Renee Hackett and Miranda Calderon
Audience: General Audience
Venue #4 - Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
16 Ryerson Avenue (East of Bathurst , North of Queen)
40 min
Thu , July 3 @ 9:30 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 10:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 2:45 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 6:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 4:30 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 10:30 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 8:00 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 12:30 PM
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Every Girl Wants A Skirt Like Frida's
by Paula Rivera
presented by Arriba Las MaNos
from Toronto
What's with this obsession with Frida Kahlo? That's the question than boggles the mind of Honoria Delgado, a “chilanga” from Mexico City . It's Halloween in Vancouver , where Honoria's been living for six years. Dressed as her nemesis Frida Kahlo she is on the way to a costume party. While waiting for her friend to pick her up she drinks tequila, dances, reminisces about her family in Mexico City , her failed marriage in Vancouver , her need to be accepted as an artist, and mostly rants against the “gringa's” obsession with Frida Kahlo. Honoria's story is, in the end, a story about taking responsibility for one's life, finding the love and compassion in ourselves that are necessary to pursue our dreams.
Arriba Las Manos is a new theatre company that's made up of Latin American immigrants who don't want to tell Latin American immigration stories.
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Paula Rivera
Audience: General Audience
Warning: language
Venue #6 - Factory Studio
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
45 min
Wed , July 2 @ 7:00 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 2:00 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 11:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 9:45 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 12:15 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 8:45 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 1:00 PM
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The Exploding Breakfast
by Ingle Knight
presented by Perth Theatre Co.
from Perth , Australia
Welcome to Africa 's Big Apple - The poets, artists, live chicken sellers and small arms dealers are all brought to life on stage by Anglo-Australian writer and actor Ingle Knight in his South African survival tale...
When he agreed to go to Johannesburg to write his next play… Ingle hadn't a clue what he was in for.
The Exploding Breakfast tells the hilarious and occasionally terrifying story of how he survived his three months in Johannesburg . As he tries to write his next play some of his distractions include an assassination, William Burroughs, a Zimbabwean drug scam, a beautiful woman called Crystal Cleer and a washing machine called Aretha.
Applying his unique prize-winning skills as both writer and performer Ingle takes his audience with him on this fascinating and sometimes excruciating journey of survival and discovery.
“…a kaleidoscope of disturbing and fascinating characters. …very funny…” (The West Australian)
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: language, drug references
Venue #6 - Factory Studio
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
60 min
Thu , July 3 @ 7:00 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 4:00 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 5:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 11:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 2:30 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 9:30 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 12:00 PM
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The Faith Show!
by Madeleine Donohue / Ben Clost
presented by Down n' Out Productions
from Toronto
Faith is defined as “believing without knowing”, but these days, who truly believes in anything anymore? Using a variety of storytelling techniques, two of Toronto 's most flame-retardant comedic performers examine the role of faith in modern society. Hilarious! Irreverent! Inadequately-researched! This is not a show about finding God. It's a show about finding God funny.
Cast: Madeleine Donohue/Ben Clost
Audience: General Audience
Warning: content, language
Venue #6 - Factory Studio
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
60 min
Wed , July 2 @ 10:30 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 9:30 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 7:30 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 1:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 11:15 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 3:45 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 2:45 PM
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The Fever
by Wallace Shawn
presented by Entertainment By Demand
from Toronto
Wallace Shawn, best known for his role as the squeaky-voiced villain in The Princess Bride, is also a noted playwright. The Fever takes place in an unspecified "poor country where my language isn't spoken." The narrator ruminates on the distinction between his own privileged upbringing and the unbearable poverty he sees all around him. He gradually comes to see himself as part of a brutal system in which a seemingly liberal, upper-class society can only exist on the backs of the world's billions of nameless, faceless poor. The Fever was not written to lightly entertain, but rather to provoke and enlighten. Directed by EBD's own Katherine Bethell and performed by newcomer Thom Chapman at the intimate space of the Cameron House (408 Queen Street West) this monumental production will force you to drop your venti latte and confront the question; what, if anything, is a morally consistent way to live in the world as it is?
Audience: General Audience
Venue #27 - The Cameron House
408 Queen Street West
90 min
Thu, July 3 @ 7:00
Fri, July 4 @ 5:15
Sat, July 5 @ 2:15
Sun, July 6 @ 3:00
Mon, July 7 @ 5:15
Tue, July 8 @ 7:00
Wed, July 9 @ 5:15
Fri, July 11 @ 7:15
Sat, July 12 @ 3:00
Sun, July 13 @ 6:00
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Floozy: The Musical
by Melissa Major & Reza Jacobs
www.cheshireunicorn.com/Floozy
presented by Mellow Brown
from Toronto
Born ordinary, Margaret Grimthorpe is nothing special. Her parents, her clothes, her thoughts, her life… nothing special.
6 months into a loving but sexually unsatisfying marriage, her husband dies during his first successful erection. She turns to alcohol, songwriting and sex to quell her pain.
And so begins a comedic sexual odyssey in which the Floozy travels the world, propelled by a hefty sexual appetite and the ability to tap dance from country to country.
During the course of her unruly adventures, she discovers that she is not aging! Has she sexed herself young? It is not until she arrives in Bombay , India , that a tantra guru explains to her the reason for her mysterious agelessness.
Two storytellers sing, dance and argue their way through this epic adventure. They play all the characters, from a misunderstood gay pirate to the dead husband's singing ghost.
Cast: Reza Jacobs, Melissa Major and percussion by Jamie Drake
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: handle with caution
Venue #11 - Helen Gardiner Phelan
79A St. George Street (South of Harbord)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 5:15 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 7:30 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 9:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ Noon
Thu , July 10 @ 11:00 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 5:45 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 1:45 PM
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Follow Your Bliss
by Sophia Le Fevre
presented by The Queen Of Hearts
from Toronto
When their best friend gets engaged, three bridesmaids are given the sensational new self-help book, “Follow Your Bliss” by Toronto sage, Guru Hector. But can they actually achieve self-actualization? Will planning her dream wedding fit into their ultimate vision? In this cheeky comedy, the bridesmaids learn that it's a bumpy road to spiritual enlightenment.
Cast: Sophia Le Fevre, Alison Westlake, Meredith Cheesbrough
Audience: General Audience
Venue #11 - Helen Gardiner Phelan
79A St. George Street (South of Harbord)
55 min
Wed , July 2 @ 8:45 PM
Sat , July 5 @ Noon
Sun , July 6 @ 7:00 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 3:00 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 11:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 1:45 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 9:15 PM
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Four Ways ‘Til Rain
by T. Berto
presented by Pencil-Neck Theatre
from Guelph
Love and hope and sex and dreams. Four Ways ‘Til Rain explores the lives of six men as they glance at, and off of each other. Negotiating a sometimes hostile, sometimes accepting world, their lives entangle across a decade and a continent. These characters come from the hinterlands, the interior, away from the metrosexual hum of the city. Theirs are stories of men forced to live in the spaces they've found and have been able to make -- integrating with the circumstances of where and who they are surrounded by. And they seek out desire and belonging across vague margins and unclear boundaries: meeting violently, passionately, in humility, in love, in family, in service and ultimately in redemption. All queer content all the time. From Pencil-Neck Theatre, the company that brought you BASH (best new play prize, Toronto Fringe 2000), SERVICED and DUE PROCESS.
Director: Andrea Wasserman
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: queer language sexuality
Venue #5 - Factory Theatre Mainspace
125 Bathurst Street (South of Queen, at Adelaide )
80 min
Wed , July 2 @ 8:15 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 5:15 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 10:15 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 6:30 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 5:15 PM
Fri , July 11 @ Noon
Sun , July 13 @ 7:00 PM
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free range
by Emily Pearlman
www.criticaldistanceproductions.com
presented by critical distance
from Vancouver , BC
“I worry I'm falling in love with him. With Warren . My tapeworm Warren ." A whimsical tale about parasites and promises. Winner - Outstanding Concept ( Ottawa Fringe). "Top 5 Not to Miss: Not only endearingly eccentric, but a repository for our common dreams and anxieties... rings with conviction, lyricism and quirky humour." (Ottawa Citizen) Created collaboratively by writer-performer Emily Pearlman, director Lisa Oppenheim and composer Eric Powell, Free Range features an eerie live soundscape that appears to emit from the bones of the protagonist, a history of longing hung from a giant metallic mobile and flashlight shooting stars. Critical Distance is a company that creates collaborative and interdisciplinary works, focusing on aural landscape and theatrical poetry. With a creative team consisting of Simon Fraser MFA students and a Studio 58 graduate, Free Range blends theatre, sound and visual art to create an eccentric and noisy magic-reality.
Director: Lisa Oppenheim
Cast: Emily Pearlman, Eric Powell
Audience: General Audience
Warning: mature content
Venue #4 - Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
16 Ryerson Avenue (East of Bathurst , North of Queen)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 6:30 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 3:15 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 6:15 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 11:00 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 1:30 PM
Wed , July 9 @ 10:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 7:00 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 2:15 PM
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Freedom 85!
by Debra Hale
presented by Hi-D Theatre
from Toronto
We nurture our young and shut away our elderly. And 85 year old Sybil won't have it. “Do I have an expiry date?”
Welcome to Freedom 85!
A clumsy waitress breaks a feisty senior out of her retirement home causing past and present to collide. This two-woman multi-character comedy has it all: colourful townies, euchre, war stories, a Jamaican diner and loves lost and found.
Come 15 minutes early and enjoy Happy P's Diner.
Cool off with a refreshing drink and snack.
Written by Debra Hale whose plays include the New Ideas/ Fringe Nord hit, HEADS WILL ROLL, and the comedy-thriller, I WON'T TELL A SOUL, which has been performed at several theatres. FREEDOM 85! was workshopped by Kathryn Mackay and 1000 Islands Playhouse.
Director: Kim Blackwell
Cast: Andrea Risk, Debra Hale
Audience: General Audience
Venue #19 - Bloor Street United Church
300 Bloor St. West ( Basement Club Room)
60 min
Thu, July 3 @ 7:30 PM
Fri, July 4 @ 3:30 PM
Sat, July 5 @ 7:30 PM
Mon, July 7 @ 7:30 PM
Tue, July 8 @ 3:30 PM
Thu, July 10 @ 7:30 PM
Fri, July 11 @ 3:30 PM
Sat, July 12 @ 7:30 PM
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The Further Adventures of Antoine Feval
by Chris Gibbs
presented by Chris Gibbs
from Toronto
The new show from Chris Gibbs (Gibberish, The Power of Ignorance)
It is 1897 and Barnaby Gibbs has never been happier. He's found the only way for a man of his ample limitations to do some good in the world, as sidekick to the brilliant detective Antoine Feval, whose keen intellect and uncanny knowledge of the inner workings of the criminal mind are nothing short of incredible.
But Feval has a secret; until recently he was none other than the notorious cat-burglar known as The Rhyming Bandit, and has only just taken his first faltering steps on the road to redemption.
The mystery of a missing workman leads the pair into a dark conspiracy, featuring the most evil man in London and his sinister Canadian henchman, and a plot that threatens our heroes' lives, their friendship, and the safety of the entire world.
Audience: General
Venue #11 - Helen Gardiner Phelan
79A St. George Street (South of Harbord)
60 min
Thu , July 3 @ 7:00 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 1:45 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 5:15 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 10:45 PM
Thu , July 10 @ Noon
Fri , July 11 @ 9:15 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 3:30 PM
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Gameshow: The Musical
by Kathy Anderson
presented by J. Biel Productions
from Toronto
Place: Glenbrookeridge. Time: Of the essence.
When a big deal game show hits a small town, best friends Bobby and Ray take on their nemeses the Spikers in a battle to escape the lamest municipality in Northern Ontario. Much scheming ensues- complete with tap dancing nerds, a detail-oriented janitor, and a skip-it connoisseur.
Director: Kevin Shea
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: content, language
Venue #9 - Royal St. George
120 Howland Avenue (North of Bloor)
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 7:00 PM
Sat , July 5 @ Noon
Sun , July 6 @ 10:45 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 2:45 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 10:30 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 3:30 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 7:30 PM
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Giants Without Footprints
by Stephen Kunc
presented by Infinite Furnace Productions
from Toronto
Insane Uncle Leroy, Notorious Sister Sophie, Wicked Cousin Eustace. Pull up a chair, sit by the fire, resist temptation and defy evil. Join us and find out how just a few of these members of this eccentric family can be a little crazy, a little infamous, a little sinful, yet still… Giants Without Footprints.
Director: Stephen Kunc
Audience: General Audience
Venue #10 - George Ignatieff
15 Devonshire Place (East of Spadina, South of Bloor)
90 min
Wed , July 2 @ 6:30 PM
Thu , July 3 @ 8:15 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 1:15 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 10:45 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 1:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 4:00 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 8:30 PM
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Greed
by Weeping Spoon Productions
presented by Weeping Spoon
from Perth , Australia
1987. Love Ballads. Big Shoes. Bad Morals. Dirty Business. Four lives influenced by GREED, and it's about to come crashing down...Three days before his birthday, Hubert just wants to respected and have people remember his name, to do this he's going to need a new pair of shoes. Tag Danson explores the limits of how far someone is willing to go to achieve success and thwart their rivals in the business world. Wendy tracks down a past lover after a life changing one-night stand. Manuel just wants to be a man. "Weeping Spoon is one of the most dynamic and innovative groups currently producing theatre in Perth ( Australia )." Luke Milton – ARTRAGE. Greed is good. Greed is Right, and a tragic-comedy so consuming that you'll want it all for yourself.
Audience: General Audience
Venue #12 - Glen Morris Theatre
4 Glen Morris Street
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 6:30 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 5:00 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 9:30 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 4:00 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 8:30 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 9:30 PM
Sat , July 12 @ 12:30 PM
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Guests Who Harangue: Two Plays by Durang
by Christopher Durang
presented by Svengali Productions
from Toronto
Guests Who Harangue: Two Plays by Durang features the arrival of comically oblivious and socially backward guests who inadvertently rock the worlds of their unsuspecting hosts.
Wanda's Visit catapults outspoken, tactless and tacky guest Wanda into the lives of Jim and Marcia, a quietly bored married couple of 13 years. Still pining for old "Jimbo," her ex-boyfriend from high school, Wanda may be suffering from a serious personality disorder, or she may be just plain nuts. You decide.
In Funeral Parlor, newly widowed and grieving wife Susan is visited by Marcus, friend of her deceased husband … well, at least they used to sometimes sit beside each other on the train on the way into work. Marcus feels Susan's pain and offers her alternative ways of dealing with it.
Director: Barbara Larose
Assistant Director: Ellen Green
Cast: John Healy, Tricia Brioux, Andy Fraser, Jame s Doria, Tina McCulloch and Derek Perks.
Stage Management: Margot Devlin
Audience: General Audience
Venue #7 - Tarragon Mainspace
30 Bridgman Avenue (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst )
60 min
Fri , July 4 @ 7:00 PM
Sat , July 5 @ 11:00 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 2:45 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 5:15 PM
Thu , July 10 @ 9:45 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 1:45 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 3:30 PM
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Hockey: The Musical!
Book by Rick Wilson and Justin DeMarco
Music and lyrics by Rick Wilson
presented by Off Sides Entertainment
from Baldwin , New York
The Minnesota Turtles are one of the best teams in the United Hockey League, and their All Stars Pavel Riccardino and Ravi Patel are rapidly propelling their team toward the playoffs. However, on the heels of Riccardino's celebratory scoring of his first career hat trick, scandal hits him, challenging his very identity. Relationships with his teammates become strained, testing the team's loyalty to him, to one another, and to the game they all love. In the age of the Internet, information travels faster than a puck at its highest speeds. How can athletes maintain their lives, relationships, and dignity when the media spins “truths” which shape and alter who they are and who they are perceived to be? What is the price of an athlete's fame and the cost of keeping his truths secret?
Director: Rick Wilson
Cast: Mike Bean, Stephen Flett, Alexandria Galante, Zahir Gilani, Michael Gill, Jen Hope, Michael Johnson, Jeremy Lapalme, Christopher Leidenfrost, Kyle Mac, Arnon Melo, Ted Neal, Adam Pellerine, David Straus and Kenn Taylor
Audience: General Audience
Warning: language, strobe lighting, fog machine
Venue #11 - Helen Gardiner Phelan
79A St. George Street (South of Harbord)
90 min
Wed , July 2 @ 6:30 PM
Fri , July 4 @ 10:30 PM
Sun , July 6 @ 1:15 PM
Mon , July 7 @ 8:15 PM
Tues , July 8 @ 1:00 PM
Fri , July 11 @ 5:15 PM
Sun , July 13 @ 7:00 PM
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