By Sam Mooney
Everything You Ever Needed To Know About Women: For Dummies was written by the three performers, Dwayne Morgan, Tomy Bewick and Leviathan Grant. It’s billed as a Spoken Word-Comedy. I’d classify it as dub poetry, not that I’m any great expert.
The show is presented a a series of classes designed to teach men about women and what they really want. It’s quite raunchy early on and then gets a bit sentimental and preachy. Definitely a lot of funny moments.
By Sam Mooney
The heat has finally cooked my brain. I forgot to take my notebook to Fruitcake today so I used the back of a google map for my notes and then lost it, and the book I was reading, somewhere during the day.
Doesn’t matter that much, I was so focused on the show that I really didn’t take a lot of notes.
There are only two more shows. Do whatever it takes to go see Fruitcake. Rob Gee was a psychiatric nurse in England and in Australia and the show is based on his experience.
By Sam Mooney
Teaching Shakespeare is playing to sold out houses for a good reason. It’s a very funny, witty, well-acted show. I loved it.
Keir Cutler – who also wrote the show – is brilliant as a an example of how not to teach Shakespeare – in fact, how not to teach anything! I wish I could write this review in iambic pentameter as an homage to his performance.
Cutler uses the stage, striding back and forth, illustrating his points with broad hand and arm movements. The audience plays the part of the students – I got two correct answers – and learned a new word. Deracination.
Continue reading Teaching Shakespeare (Doctor Keir Co.) Toronto Fringe 2010 Review
By Sam Mooney
Bosco and Jones is a show within a show musical about a ventriloquist and his dummy written by Brett McCaig & Racheal McCaig and composed by Scott White. It’s a lot of fun. I can see it working well in a broader venue than Fringe. (Mirvish, anyone?) I read on their site that this is an abridged version of the show, condensed to fit in a 60 minute timeslot.
I picked my fringe shows weeks ago and haven’t looked at the program since then so I had no idea what to expect.
Continue reading Bosco and Jones (Fence Post Productions) 2010 Toronto Fringe Review
By Sam Mooney
Dead Cat Bounce is a love story – boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. And does it with the help of ‘The Mayor’ the homeless man who owns the corner. Boy is a stock trader and girl is a blues singer.
The corner in question is Bellevue and Nassau in Kensington Market. Outside Kos Restaurant – which is the venue. The audience sits on the patio at Kos and eats and drinks while the play takes place on the patio and on the sidewalk.
It’s a great venue. Life goes on and people do their thing Nassau. There was a vigorous frisbee game going on for most of the show and a few times one of the players came to the rail to add his two cents to the action.
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