3,123 stories from The Charlebois Post
More Than Just the Jiggleby Dena Jackson@DeenDawgI was delighted when I found out that I was going to see Strapless during the Toronto Fringe Festival this year. As an ex-West coaster, I was…
Beyond the Puppet Peopleby Jessica YenBaker's Dozen is a fun one-man puppet show that delightfully pokes fun at the justice system. A jury has been assembled to determine whether the Bu…
Circumstance and Emotionsby joel fishbane@joelfishbaneSombre and serious right from the start, Birdy, written and performed by Karie Richards, is a one-woman show that dives headfirst into i…
When Hell Is Heavenby joel fishbane@joelfishbaneAs irreverent as it is entertaining, No Chance in Hell - A New Musical succeeds in being something that's all too rare these days: a musical c…
Walking Through The Mirrorby Jason BookerSmall Wooden Shoe, one of the big daddies of indie theatre in Toronto, has a show in the Fringe. Well, outside the normal Fringe venues. Well, outdoo…
Chris Hunter, Sean Dixon, Amy Rutherford (photo by David Hou)We're all just Playing in the Forestby Spencer MalthouseThere is something decidedly pleasant about watching a play set in …
Food, Fucking, and Forgiveness...at the Fringeby Beat RiceMarried interracial couple Hassan and Epstein, claim to have the most successful marriage in the United States of America. (They are…
Sillinessby Beat RiceYou Detective is an improv sketch comedy starring Evan Arppe, Eric Miinch, and Josh Murray, in which two competing detectives begin to investigate the kidnapping of Toro…
Is Funny, Sweet, Endearing Enough?by Beat RiceThe tandem bicycle. A perfect symbol for marriage. After all, it takes two to make it work. A Bicycle Built for Two is a light-hearted…
Twistedby Jason BookerStaged in and around a synagogue in Kensington Market, A Simple Twist of Faith needs a few more twists. This show, a two person song cycle about a Jewish soldier in WWI…
All Ives, All The Timeby joel fishbone@joelfishbaneA sharply written one-act by one of America's great modern playwrights, Ancient History is eternally unassuming, pretending to be a si…
Fusingby joel fishbaneA performance piece that melds dance, movement, spoken word, and theatre, Return is an intriguing experience even if the last third falls a little flat. The show follow…
Unconventionalby joel fishbone@joelfishbaneI Was Born White is essentially a dance piece, something I may be ill equipped to review. There are theatrical elements to the piece but there…
Not Movement, Movedby Beat RiceGunshot is very much a dance show, and not so much physical theatre as it states in the Fringe program. Amanda Pye and Rhanda Jones have choreographed an inter…
Back To The Future (of Fringe)by Jason BookerA silent film, presented live, with actors in whiteface makeup, exaggerated physical gestures, onstage musical accompaniment, sepia-black-and-whi…
Gotta Catch 'Em All!by Keely Kwok@kwoklesIf you were a kid in the 90s - and by that I mean Babysitters Club Books, the Backstreet Boys, and the wellbeing of your Tamagotchi were a part of yo…
Poke and Prod with Purposeby Keely Kwok@kwoklesThis is a show with something to say. They want you to think. The extremist, radical feminist views expressed aim higher than simply bashing th…
Bursting With Talent, Nowhere to Goby Keely Kwok@kwoklesSocialite Vivienne Moore has a desperate problem: her arch-nemesis Helen Reisberg hosted the literary soiree of the season and had the…
Preaching to the Choir?by Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownThe play recounts the forgotten story of Dr. Vera Peters, a Canadian doctor in the 1970s who fought to radically alter breast cancer treatm…
The Hungerby Jason BookerWhat do you do if your hunger is so insatiable that you can't stop eating? You eat rats, bones, anything available to you. And what if you are a peasant in pre-Revol…
Not For The Faint of Heartby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeown When I walked into the packed theatre I had high hopes for what seemed to be a play that had gotten quite a lot of press, and an a…
Brave New Showby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownWritten and performed by Ardith Irvine, this is a one-woman mini-musical about learning to adapt to life with Multiple Sclerosis. This brave show co…
I Laugh, Therefore I Amby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownThis is Canadian comedian Graham Clark's Toronto Fringe Festival debut. Clark is a natural comedian, or at least he makes it seem that way.…
Dark, Silly, Fast, Relentlessby Jason BookerOne thing this latest play by the prolific and disciplined Kat Sandler does not need is a punch up. Punching up comedy (as the piece informs) is t…
Bigger, Betterby Jason BookerA wonderfully titled comedy about parents who know too much or know too little about their kids and the journey of discovery, or: how to pull your head out of th…
