All posts by Megan Mooney

Megan loves being in the thick of all things theatre, but her ultimate goal is to promote theatre to the world of non-theatre people. It was the same when she was the theatre writer for blogTO, or the Fringe Correspondent for CBC Radio One‘s Here and Now, as it is as the founder of Mooney on Theatre. Her basic belief is that there is theatre/performance out there for everyone to love, they just need to find it. This is not to be confused with the idea that everyone should love theatre for theatre’s sake, in fact, as obsessed as she is with theatre, even *she* doesn’t love all types of theatre.

Dracula in a Time of Climate Change – Press Release

Okay folks, this is coming in a bit late for a variety of reasons, but it shouldn’t be overlooked, so here’s the press release.  Plus I’m going to post a contest for free tickets to it for tomorrow’s show at noon…

From the press release:

SEX ° BLOOD ° EXISTENTIAL TORMENT ° VAMPIRE CRUNK

DRACULA IN A TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE

An original play by Matt Jones: July 1-12 at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Click here to watch the trailer

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Fringe Review: Red Wine Teeth – Girl has Gall Productions

By Megan Mooney

Bridget Gall has a one-woman show in this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival.  The name alone made me want to see it.  I mean, how can you resist something called Red Wine Teeth

I made the mistake of kind of expecting it to be mostly a comedy.  Although there were funny bits, I think it’s sometime I’d more likely class as a drama.  It’s possible that it felt that way because for the most part, I think the ‘serious’ bits worked better than the ‘funny’ bits.

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Fringe for Free – The Particulars, Thursday July 8, 11:30pm

contest-web-graphic 4 Stars from EYE, accolades from two previous Fringe Festivals, The Particulars seems like a show to check out.

Interested in a pair of free tickets to the 11:30pm showing tonight at Tarragon Mainspace (Venue 7 – 30 Bridgman St)?

Well then, you’re in luck!  To enter the draw for free tickets, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 8:30pm Today (Thursday).

More information about the show:

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Fringe for Free – The Emergency Monologues 9:15pm

contest-web-graphic EYE gives this one 4 stars, but warns it is “not for the squeamish.”  I know that I couldn’t handle this one, I can’t deal with when someone tells me about how they cut themselves while chopping onions, so, I’ll be honest, this one would probably have me squirming in my seat.  That said, if you are okay with that kind of thing, apparently The Emergency Monologues is a hilarious show.

Win yourself this pair of tickets, and then let us know what you thought.  Did the funny outstrip the squeamish?  To enter the draw for the pair of free tickets, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 7:00pm Today (Thursday) at the George Ignatieff Theatre (Venue 10, 15 Devonshire Place).

More information about the show:

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Fringe For Free – Dante, Thursday July 9, 7:45

contest-web-graphic I’ve heard really good things about Dante, and I spoke to someone involved with the production on the patio at the Fringe club and it sounds like a really interesting show.  In case this kind of thing influences you, it got 4 stars from EYE.  It really does sound like something to check out.

As is our way with the ‘Fringe for Free’ section of Mooney on Theatre, we have a pair of tickets available for tonight’s 7:45 showing of Dante, playing at the Factory Studio Theatre (Venue 6 – 125 Bathurst St).

As always, to enter the draw, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 5:30pm Today (Thursday).

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