This year’s Toronto Fringe Festival will introduce audiences to a fresh and experimental take on modern live performance with the world premiere of Picaza . Curated by the Inamorata Dance Collective, Picaza has a seven show run from July 7-16 at the Randolph Theatre (736 Bathurst St). Supported by the Culturally Diverse Project at the Fringe, Picaza see’s its artists come together as one in a multidisciplinary telling of the journey to self awareness.
Twelve Torontonian artists from different cultural and professional backgrounds gather together to perform the best of contemporary and flamenco dance, physical theatre and original text and music to produce a fully original tale of the coming of age of a young woman.
“Picaza uses theatre as an accessible storytelling platform to delve into difficult and often polarized themes that often affect our sense of identity, like our birthplace, perceived familial duty, culture and romantic expression.”- Sofí Gudiño
Directed and choreographed by Sofi Gudino, Picaza features an eclectic and diverse cast of performers, including long time members Sam Yang and Kahvontay Willis, and newcomers Nazanin Meshkat, Hailey Gardiner, Nicole Haber, and True Skalde. The dancers perform to a range of traditional and experimental music, including live performances of traditional songs from Mexico and Venezuela, with original compositions by musicians Andrew Wiseman, Benjamin Barrile, and Mark Marji. The dance and music are brought full circle by original text in Spanish and English written by Eryka Gudino-Barthold.
Tickets can be purchased online, by telephone (416-966-1062), from the Fringe Club at Scadding Court, and — if any remain — from the venue’s box office starting one hour before curtain.
Be aware that Fringe performances always start exactly on time, and that latecomers are never admitted.
Content Warnings: Sexual Content, Mature Language.
This venue is wheelchair-accessible through a secondary route. We recommend checking in with the venue box office at least 20 minutes before showtime.
Photo of Sofi Gudiño, Nazanin Meshkat by Andrea Perez Leon
After a sold-out run at the 2015 Toronto Fringe, storyteller/comedian Rhiannon Archer is back with the sequel to her critically acclaimed solo show – Life Records2: Side B! Originally written and performed while pregnant with her first child, Archer is energized with more stories, laughs, and hopefully less baby, making this truly a “solo” show!
Life Records is a comical, heartwarming and honest solo show about the songs that make their way into our lives and become the “soundtrack” to our memories. This eclectic show is filled with true stories and the songs that bring them to life. From poetic revenge for a bully to accidental fraud- laugh, cry, and reminisce with more classic hits from a silly life.
Tickets can be purchased online, by telephone (416-966-1062), from the Fringe Club at Scadding Court, and — if any remain — from the venue’s box office starting one hour before curtain.
Be aware that Fringe performances always start exactly on time, and that latecomers are never admitted.
Condo development in High Park will leave its furry inhabitants homeless. If he can get sober, raccoon Detective Dick will expose corruption and save High Park. Will Dick’s dark past and Officer Pussy’s tail get in his way? A trust-fund puppy and burlesque bat complicate matters in this waggish tale for adults only!
Simply Twisted Productions was created by three old friends who graduated from Dawson College’s DOME Theatre Program in Montreal. This will be their first time working all together since they graduated from theatre school 15 years ago! Simply Twisted Productions is a diverse company with female, gay and indigenous representation.
“We’ll always have High Park”…or will we? Find out in this film noir inspired comedy for mature audiences.
Tickets can be purchased online, by telephone (416-966-1062), from the Fringe Club at Scadding Court, and — if any remain — from the venue’s box office starting one hour before curtain.
Be aware that Fringe performances always start exactly on time, and that latecomers are never admitted.
Content Warning: Sexual Content.
This venue is wheelchair-accessible. Accessible seating is in the very front row.
Photo of Jim Armstrong and Freya Ravensbergen by Stephen Kew
Bold, spiteful, and hilarious—Prairie Fire, Please is proud to present Madeleine Says Sorry. Failed actor, Madeleine, loses her big break to a wiener dog—so she attempts to drown it. Now she must apologize not only to the dog, but to all of society.
Madeleine Says Sorry is a dark comedy about the monsters created by performative activism and political correctness.
This world premiere satirizes our apologetic Canadian culture. It invites audiences to question how our morals are constructed. Audiences need to see this show to consider the harm we can cause by blindly adopting opinions. We must examine the inequities within our own activism and allyship. In a time that screams for revolution, we need to force less, and listen more.
Tickets can be purchased online, by telephone (416-966-1062), from the Fringe Club at Scadding Court, and — if any remain — from the venue’s box office starting one hour before curtain.
Be aware that Fringe performances always start exactly on time, and that latecomers are never admitted.
Content Warning: Mature Language.
This venue is wheelchair-accessible, with some tight cornering. Accessible seating is in the front row.
Photo of Anthony Perpuse and Madeleine Brown by Jordan Laffrenier
Ever wondered what happens after we figure out time travel? Hollywood would have us think it’ll all be evil-doers and paradoxes. But what if it’s crass exploitation for cheap thrills? What if it becomes as lowbrow as reality television? Bugger The Butterfly! ponders a world where time-travel, like so many other miracles of technology, has become banal. Celebrity–filled, boozy, irreverent, and just a little bit gay, Bugger the Butterfly! answers Cher’s question for the ages – what would you do ‘if you could turn back time’?
Pencil-Neck Theatre is proud to present Bugger the Butterfly!, their new production by the author of past Fringe hits: Gypsies, Four Ways ‘Til rain, SERVICED, BASH, and 2009’s multiple award winning A Singularity of Being. Bugger the Butterfly! is a smart, speculative comedy about our futurein time-travel. Written by award-winning author T. Berto, Bugger the Butterfly! features Kenny Grenier as Diego, our hero from the future, and Gordon Harper as an early Peter O’Toole. Bugger the Butterfly! is the seventh Fringe production of playwright T. Berto, FIRST PLACE WINNER of both the 2000 and the 2009 Toronto Fringe Playwriting contest.
Tickets can be purchased online, by telephone (416-966-1062), from the Fringe Club at Scadding Court, and — if any remain — from the venue’s box office starting one hour before curtain.
Be aware that Fringe performances always start exactly on time, and that latecomers are never admitted.
This venue is accessible.
Photo of Gordon Harper and Kenny Grenier by Anto Zerducci.
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