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…
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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…
U.S. Girls, ‘Bless This Mess’ — 3/5 Stars
Multi-disciplinary artist and U.S. Girls mastermind Meg Remy never stays in the same place creatively for too long. The Illinois-born, Toronto-based songwriter started the project…
Reclaiming what it means to be ‘French Enough’
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) kicked off Francophonie Month on March 1 by streaming Fransaskois singer-songwriter and filmmaker Alexis Normand’s 18-minute film French…
Andy Shauf, ‘Norm’ — 4/5 Stars
Saskatchewan-born singer-songwriter Andy Shauf is a consummate storyteller. This reputation has followed him around for his entire career, and he seems quite happy to perpetuate…
’Toban tracks — Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?
Romantic comedies are often considered the quintessential Valentine’s Day films. Stories about couples meeting, falling in love, engaging in some shenanigans and finding their way…