All posts by Sonia Borkar

Cendrillon (LastName FirstName Productions & Common Descent) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review

My last show of this year’s Fringe was Cendrillon; a modern re-telling of Perrault’s popular fairy tale.

This piece caught me completely by surprise in the best way possible. There is very little dialogue; in fact, Cendrillon only says two words through the entire show. However, there are a lot of booming sound effects and purely acoustic musical pieces that are a mix of punchy pop and classical opera.  All of these sounds create the perfect mood for the show. Continue reading Cendrillon (LastName FirstName Productions & Common Descent) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review

Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Sunday July 17th

Wow.  We’re here already.  The last contests post for the last day of the  2011 Toronto Fringe Festival!

This is your last chance to win a pair of free tickets to a Fringe show.

You can enter to win a pair of tickets to one of 5 final show (or enter all 5, who knows, maybe you’ll win an entire day of free Fringing.  The shows up for grabs for Sunday are:

 

Through the Tulips, To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1pm show at the Factory Studio Theatre (Venue 13) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Through the Tulips contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 16, 2011.

MonaRita, To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1:45pm show at Bathurst Street Theatre (Venue 3)  please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “MonaRita contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 16, 2011.

Bloom, To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 3:30pm show at Bathurst Street Theatre (Venue 3) please send an email to  contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Bloom contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 16, 2011.

Radioactive Drag Queens from the Year 3000, To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 5:15PM show at Factory Theatre Mainspace (Venue 12) please send an email to  contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Radioactive Drag Queens contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 16, 2011.

We Few They Many, To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 7pm show at Factory Theatre Mainspace (Venue 12) please send an email to  contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “We Few They Many contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 16, 2011.

See below for details on each show, how the contest works: Continue reading Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Sunday July 17th

Don Quixote (make.art.theatre.) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review

I was really looking forward to seeing this play based on the adventures Don Quixote, but sadly it left me unimpressed. If there’s one word I can use to describe this production, it would have to be “loud”.

I felt like the acting for the most part was overexaggerated and the voices – I know that this is usually a good thing in theatre – were deafening.  Continue reading Don Quixote (make.art.theatre.) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review

Little Red Riding Hood (Resonance Theatre) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review

I love fairy tales and was quite excited to watch this show about Little Red Riding Hood; it was one of my favourite stories as a kid. I’m happy to say it did not disappoint.

Fringe’s kid shows are a great way to get your children interested in theatre really young, so hopefully it’s something they appreciate as they grow.  Continue reading Little Red Riding Hood (Resonance Theatre) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review