Mayhem at Miskatonic: A Burlesque Mystery Game (Pointed Cap Playhouse) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review

Photo of Sebastian Marziali, Maximum Capacity, Aitana Gunaratne (centre row) Daniel S. Bowen (Brad Puddin’), Bianca B. Boom, Amanda McKnight (Ginger Slap) (bottom row) Stella Kulagowski, Sly Pereira by Sly PereiraThe Dean of Miskatonic University has invited you to a dinner party to unveil a newly-acquired artifact: the orb of “Clit​hulu,” only to find that it has gone missing and now it’s up to the audience to help solve the case! Pointed Cap Playhouse presents Mayhem at Miskatonic, a wild, raunchy, Burlesque whodunit, as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival.

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The Resistance Improvised (Kicks and Giggles Entertainment) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review

Promo art for "The Resistance Improvised"

In The Resistance Improvised (playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival), six characters attempt to overthrow a tyrannical government through sabotage. The “resistance” will scheme, share intelligence, and attempt up to five missions, all improvised by a slate of CBC-online-content-famous comedians. But there’s a catch: two members of the resistance are double agents, and will do all they can to wreck the operation from within. Will the resistance succeed, or will this betrayal prove fatal?

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Squeeze My Cans (Cathy Schenkelberg Inc.) 2019 Toronto Fringe Review

Cathy Schenkelberg in Squeeze My Cans at the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival

Scientology. It’s a very hot topic subject these days – science fiction in the form of a religion. Is it a cult? Do they take all your money and work their members to the bone? Do they worship aliens from outer space? Is there a special place for Hollywood A-Listers at the top of their food chain?

Leah Remini has recently become very vocal about this organization’s highly destructive practices and beliefs and now former Scientologist Cathy Schenkelberg is doing the same in her one-woman show. Playing at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, Squeeze My Cans, directed by Shirley Anderson, will make you laugh and reveal further truths that Scientologists don’t want you to know.

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