Toronto Fringe 2026 Dispatch #4: Last Looks and Final Picks
I know: sometimes, watching a Fringe show can leave you discombobulated. But hey, it’s part of the game! Think of...
Toronto Fringe 2026 Dispatch #3: Mid-Festival Finds
If you spot me around the festival, exhausted and bewildered, like a famished Harlequin chasing a fly for dinner, don’t...
Toronto Fringe 2026 Dispatch #2: The Weekend
The first week of Fringe is over. We’ve officially entered the festival’s Middle Ages. By now, ‘Everyman’ has probably settled...
Toronto Fringe 2026 Dispatch #1: First Encounters and Early Picks
Roll up, roll up: Thespis’ wagon is in town! The Fringe couldn’t be further from a temple of slick entertainment....
PUNCH: the viral baby macaque stars in a sugary musical
Some may remember Conrad, the raccoon whose death in the Yorkville neighbourhood in 2015 prompted Torontonians to organize a public...
‘Tiger Bride’ trusts the evocative power of music and the undeniable talent of its creators.
Before anything else, dear reader, start with the image. Pause over the proshot I’ve selected for this review. Notice the...
The Happiness Mandate in Bowtie Productions’ “Next to Normal”
Why shouldn’t we want to be happy? Why shouldn’t we do everything possible to feel that way? There go hundreds...
Crow’s and The Grand’s ‘Primary Trust’ gives a nimble production to a script that never tightens the screws
Mouldy walls, graffiti tags, and electrical wiring. Tufts of grass sprouting through cracks in the concrete. There is even a...
Dog Man and children’s right to silliness. Clean comic timing
Who reads a review of Dog Man: The Musical? That was the first question I found myself asking while writing this....
What remains of revolution? Inside The Howland Company and Buddies’ take rimbaud
Susanna Fournier and ted witzel on youthful rage, artistic risk and the decade-long process behind the world premiere Revolution is...
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