If someone asked you to go with them to see a musical about plastic surgery, you’d be forgiven for thinking “Huh?! Sounds pretty weird but what the heck, it’s Fringe, I’ll go.” And that would be the right decision! “Am I Pretty Now?”: A musical romp through plastic surgery (Stephanie Herrera), playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival , is wonderful. At the end of the show the man sitting next to me turned to the woman he was with and said “Wow! That was great.” which pretty much summed up what I was thinking. Continue reading “Am I Pretty Now?”: A musical romp through plastic surgery (Stephanie Herrera) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review →
Don’t let the ‘Audience Participation’ warning keep you away from Butt Kapinski , (Kapinski Enterprises ), playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival . I hate audience participation but I loved it here. It goes way beyond participation; the entire audience is part of the show. Tonight we were terrific. Of course we had Deanna Fleysher to direct us. She’s amazing. Continue reading Butt Kapinski (Kapinski Enterprises) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review →
Graham Clark’s Not Here (Laugh Gallery), playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival , who was wondering the same thing. And who still didn’t have an answer when the show ended. Maybe he was there. Maybe he wasn’t. Continue reading Graham Clark’s Not Here (Laugh Gallery) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review →
At the end of the two-hander Madeleine Says Sorry (Prairie Fire, Please ), playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival , Madeleine Brown, the playwright and one of the actors, said to the audience, “If you liked it or didn’t like it, tweet about it. That’s all that matters.”
Oh that I could just tweet 140 characters, go ahead and write my next review, and go to bed, but my editor expects an actual review. Continue reading Madeleine Says Sorry (Prairie Fire, Please) 2017 Toronto Fringe Review →
My grandsons were supposed to come with me today to see Bad Dog Theatre Presents: Animated (Bad Dog Youth Academy ), playing at Toronto Fringe Festival Kidsfest 2017, but they got a better offer and are going to see it on Monday with their Mum. Luckily I was able to talk to three young people after the show to get their reactions. They all loved it and said they would recommend it to their friends. Judging from the reactions of the kids in the sold out audience, they all loved it too. So did I. Continue reading Bad Dog Theatre Presents: Animated! (Bad Dog Youth Academy) 2017 Kidfest Review →
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Was he or wasn’t he? Was that a surrogate or was it Clark with a bucket and a tiny monitor on his head? I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only person in the audience watching 
