SEEDS Corner Gas star Eric Peterson delivers this true tale of a small-time farmer accused of planting patented seeds from a major agriculture corporation. A true David and Goliath story, this play revisits the standoff using actual court transcripts. Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street, To Oct 1 FIVE BY FIVE If the end of the […]
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I Love Rock ’N’ Roll Saved My Life
Rock ‘N’ Roll Saved My Life Thu Sep 7-Sat Sep 9, 9pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street PWYC Sam Horak is mid-run of Rock ‘N’ Roll Saved My Life, a scrappy, fearless slice of Fringe that mashes up her two artistic loves, music and theatre. This afternoon, holding an iced tea in a north end […]
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Stop Kiss‘ love and tragedy
Stop Kiss Sat Sep 9, 1pm & 7:10pm The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $7/$10 Stop Kiss is Whale Song Theatre’s second show, after a successful sold-out run of Heathers: The Musical last February. “I brought the script to Laura [Thornton], the artistic producer of Whale Song Theatre,” says Emily Jewer, who plays Sara in […]
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Nicky’s Solo Improvised Musical is off the cuff
Nicky’s Solo Improvised Musical Thu Sep 7, 10:50pm; Fri Sep 8 7pm; Sat Sep 9 3:50pm; Sun Sep 10 1:20pm, 9:50pm Old Pool Hall Theatre, 6050-6070 Almon Street $12/$15 Toronto musician and comedian Nicky Nasrallah has set himself the task of creating a new improvised musical for each performance of his Fringe show. “Having studied […]
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Honestly, you Canadian Heritage Minutes Live!
Heritage Minutes Live! Thu Sep 7, 10:15pm & 11:45pm; Fri Sep 8 7:10pm; Sat Sep 9, 6pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $10/$7 This may be a particularly patriotic year, but Conor Purdy’s been thinking about Heritage Minutes Live for years—and anyway, nostalgia is hot. People have been lining up at the Bus […]
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Flirt with First Date Last Date
First Date Last Date Thu Sep 7, 8pm; Fri Sep 8, 6pm; Sat Sep 9, 2pm; Sun Sep 10, 2pm Good Robot Brewing Company, 2736 Robie Street $10/$15 The Fringe Festival is an opportunity to showcase the unconventional, so who says you can’t have a play in a bar? “Theatre is a kind of ritual […]
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Touched by Too Many Angels will have you dying
Touched by Too Many Angels Fri Sep 8, 10:35pm; Sat Sep 9, 8:55pm; Sun Sep 10, 3:20pm & 5:45pm The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $5/$8 Adam Myatt has died and come back as an angel, ready to impart some wisdom onto the people. Recently featured as part of the Queer Acts Theatre Festival, Myatt […]
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cartography’s tiny map making
cartography Thu Sep 7, 10pm; Fri Sep 8 7:10pm; Sat Sep 9 3:50pm; Sun Sep 10 9:30pm The Living Room, 2353 Agricola Street $8/$5 “I really love tiny things,” says Colleen MacIsaac. She means physically small things—she works in many art forms including illustration and with multiple theatre companies including 2b, The Villain’s Theatre and […]