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.

Fringe for Free – The Fecal Monologues, Wednesday July 8 11pm

contest-web-graphic I know a lot of people are trepidations about this one, but from what I’ve heard it’s actually pretty funny.  As Crystal said in the Mooney on Theatre review of this show: “Any play called The Fecal Monologues is going to be 60 minutes of scatological humour. Know that, accept that, and then you can just sit back and enjoy the jokes.  And I did.”

So, in the sprit of Fringe, where part of the point is that it’s all short enough and cheap enough that you can take a risk on something, I think you should check this one out.  Especially if you can do it for free, with, say, a pair of free tickets from Mooney on Theatre.

To win your pair of free tickets to The Fecal Monologues at The Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse (Venue 11 – 79A St. George St) on Wednesday July 8 at 11:00pm. 

To enter the draw, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 8:30pm Wednesday.

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Fringe for Free – Moving Along, Wednesday July 8, 9:15

contest-web-graphic Apparently we’re featuring contests of shows that have performed well in the (sometimes questioned – but hopefully not in this case) EYE star rating system.

Moving Along received 4 stars from EYE for keeping “the laughs coming almost to the end, creating a comic character both vividly realized and suitably mysterious.”

To win your pair of free tickets to Moving Along at Tarragon Mainspace (Venue 7 – 30 Bridgman Ave) on Wednesday July 8 at 6:00pm.  Head on over and have some fun!

To enter the draw, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 7:15pm Wednesday.

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Fringe for Free – The Sicilian Wednesday 7:30pm

contest-web-graphic Another show that got 5 stars from EYE!  Nice!  Not a lot of comments on the review of The Sicilian, but the only one that’s there is positive.  And the show has received 9 recommendations on the ‘recommendometer’ (as I have spontaneously decided to dub the little thumbs up in the corner of the EYE reviews).

As you have no doubt guessed by now, we have a pair of free tickets to The Sicilian at Factory Theatre (Venue 5 – 125 Bathurst Street) on Wednesday July 8 at 7:30pm.  Head on over and have some fun!

To enter the draw, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 5:30pm Wednesday.

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Fringe for Free: Saucy Wenches in the Trenches, Wednesday July 8, 6pm

contest-web-graphic Wanna check out “considerable talents of the divas, who sing extremely well and with obvious joy.” for free on Wednesday?  Well, you’re in luck!

We have a pair of free tickets to Saucy Wenches in the Trenches playing at Free Times Cafe (Venue 22 – 320 College Street) on Wednesday July 8 at 6:00pm.  Head on over and have some fun!

To enter the draw, all you need to do is leave a comment* sometime before 4:00pm Wednesday.

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