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Shakespeare BASH’d comes out swinging with William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew

Featuring: Andy Cockburn, Sophia Fabiili Jesse Griffiths, Ellen Hurley, Alex Johnson, Milan Malisic, David Mackett, Julia Nish‐Lapidus, Kelly Penner, David Ross and James Wallis
Fight Direction: Jennifer Dzialoszynski
Directed by Eric Double

The Taming of the Shrew runs during the Toronto Fringe from July 5‐15, 2012 at the Victory Café Upstairs, at 581

In The Taming of the Shrew, the mercurial Petruchio, played by James Wallis, marries Kate, the foul tempered “shrew” for which Shakespeare’s play is named, played by Julia Nish‐Lapidus. On September 9th, 2012, less than two months after The Taming of the Shrew closes at Toronto’s Victory Café, James will wed his real‐life lady‐love, Julia, right here in Toronto.

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Hans Christian Andersens’s
T H E   L I T T L E   M E R M A I D
A Full Length Belly Dance Spectacular

For centuries, Belly Dance has classically been an art form designed at entertaining revelers at parties and dinners. The Sisters of Salome have taken Belly Dance to great new heights, lifting the art form from restaurants and parties to a soft seat theatre telling a full length story, a concept usually reserved for the ballet.

The Sisters have chosen a truly enchanting tale to tell in this offering.  Long before Disney came along, Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale The Little Mermaid delighted audiences first in print, then opera, ballet, many animated versions and even a TV version starring Shirley Temple as The Little Mermaid.  The Sisters have gone back to the original story published in 1836.  Continue reading The Little Mermaid – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release →

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“…You neglect the duty, you make ripples in reality that will take a century to heal…
All in all, boy, not a good start to your first job.”

Socratic Theatre Collective is proud to conclude its second season with a sitespecific
production of Terry Pratchett’s Mort, adapted by Stephen Briggs, presented at the 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival.

Terry Pratchett’s Mort is a stage adaptation of the fourth novel in Pratchett’s awardwinning
Discworld series. It tells the story of the anthropomorphic personification of Death and his hapless apprentice Mort, and how both are caught between duty and the appeal of human connection; Death is lured away from his work by the joys of an extended holiday, while Mort threatens the balance of the universe through a misguided (well, hormone‐guided) attempt to save the life of a beautiful princess. Continue reading Terry Pratchett’s Mort – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release →

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NOBODY’S BUSINESS THEATRE RETURNS TO THE TORONTO FRINGE

WITH THE OTHER THREE SISTERS! 

A new comedy from the team behind the Fringe and SummerWorks hits A Maude-Lynne Evening and Redheaded Stepchild! 

The Other Three Sisters is the story of four siblings from Etobicoke who are reunited on the birthday of their youngest sister, Kris, which also happens to be the third anniversary of the death of their father.  But when their mother suddenly vanishes, the siblings are left to clean up their family’s mess: literally and figuratively. Along the way they try to escape their dull suburban lives by any means necessary–whether it’s by getting a job, becoming a performance artist, or booking reality TV gigs.  Continue reading The Other Three Sisters – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release →