Basement Mixtapes for Bisons: Back to school
Back to school season, particularly the first week back, has always felt like a time of renewal to me. Summer has technically passed but you’re…
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Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life
3.5/5 stars Attending Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life did not change my life. However, it did provide comedic relief via songs that…
For Science!
4.25/5 stars Small Matters Productions conducts 21 experiments on the human psyche in ways that are incredibly simple yet brilliant. Jam-packed with audience interaction, Lego…
Generic Male
4/5 stars Generic Male is shaping up to be a favourite at this year’s Fringe Fest with audiences discussing it long after they have left…
Flourish
4/5 stars With gardens, grasses, mushrooms and mystical creatures, Yours Queerly Arts Collective’s Flourish portrays cottagecore at its finest. The Fringe newcomers explore queerness in…
Midnight
2.75/5 stars Meraki Theatre Productions’ Midnight combines the classic fairy-tale formula with the tunes of Taylor Swift. Featuring a twist ending and a lively cast…
Why Not Murder Mother
3.5/5 stars Why Not Murder Mother begins the moment the theatre doors open, with a character lying comatose on a bed flanked by her oddly…
The Ultimate Actor’s Nightmare
4.5/5 stars Club Soda Improv returns to Fringe Fest with its resoundingly successful formula. Because the show is improvised and is therefore different every day,…
Bodywash, ‘I Held the Shape While I Could’ — 3.5/5 Stars
Shoegaze and dream pop, the perennial buzz genres of the indie world, are by this point a little stale. Breaking through the noise is a…
Nicholas Krgovich, ‘Ducks’ — 4/5 Stars
”For years and years, I guess I was lonely” is the first line on Ducks, and it’s the first of many profound shifts in perspective…