If you’re overwhelmed about what to see at the 150+-show Toronto Fringe, don’t worry. NOW’s team of reliable reviewers has got you covered.
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A >>> denotes a Critics’ Pick. And an * indicates a production has chosen not to be reviewed.
Above & Beyond (see NN review)
>>> The ADHD Project (see NNNN review)
>>> After The Beep (see NNNNN review)
>>> Allegra & Serena Present: Twinsations (see NNNN review)
American Christian (all performances cancelled)
Anesti Danelis: Six Frets Under (see NNN review)
The Art Of Kneading (see NNN review)
The Ashes Of Forgotten Rain (see NNN review)
The Astrology Play
>>> An Atlas, A Necktie & Other Concerns (see NNNN review)
>>> Audience Of One (see NNNN review)
The Autobiography Of I.B.M. Intelligent Black Men
The Ballad Of Frank Allen
>>> Be Kind, Rewind (see NNNN review)
Becoming Magic Mike: An Action Adventure Comedy (see NNN review)
Beneath The Bed
BFFs (see NNN review)
*Box
>>> Boy Falls From The Sky: Jake Epstein Live At Supermarket (see cover story) (see NNNNN review)
BOY VS FLY (see NNN review)
BOYS DON’T CRY (see NN review)
>>> The Break-Up Diet (see NNNNN review)
Carpe Into My DMs (see NNN review)
Checkpoint 300
Clitoria: A Sex-Positive Superhero! (see NNN review)
Closet Confessions: The Secrets Of A Hot Mess (see NNN review)
Clotheswap (see NNN review)
Comedy Records Presents: Jay & Eytan (see NNN review)
The Commandment (see NNN review)
>>> Congratulations! (see NNNN review)
>>> Cyrano De Bergerac (see NNNN review)
Dandelion (see NNN review)
>>> Death Ray Cabaret (see NNNNN review)
Decaying Tongue (see NNN review)
>>> The December Man (see NNNN review)
DEEP END (see NN review)
>>> Destiny, USA (see NNNN review)
>>> Didn’t Hurt (see NNNN review)
Dinner With Goebbels (see NN review)
Dom Mackie’s Poor Life Choices (see NN review)
>>> Drama 101, A New Musical (see NNNNN review)
Drink Of Choice (see NNN review)
>>> Dungee The Dragon & The Just-Okay Juggler (see NNNN review)
Elbow Room
>>> Emotional Labour (see NNNN review)
Escape From Shady Acres
Ether
Eusha (see NNN review)
Every Silver Lining (see NNN review)
>>> Everything Is Fine (see NNNN review)
Failed
Friendly Fire: The Art And Execution Of Friendship (see NNN review)
Fuckboys The Musical (see NNN review)
>>> Get Better (see NNNN review)
Ghosted: The Musical
GLIMPSE
Great Lakes 5 (see NN review)
>>> Gremlin Hour (see NNNN review)
Heart Of Matter
Herbeaver (see NN review)
High School High (see NNN review)
>>> Horseface (see NNNN review and preview article)
>>> The Huns (see NNNNN review)
>>> I Christopher (see NNNN review)
i feel you
>>> I, Malvolio (see NNNN review)
ICARUS (see NNN review)
Improvised Therapy
In Ireland We Rented A Car From Criminals
In Waking Life
>>> Interrupted (see NNNN review)
>>> Into The Tango (see NNNN review)
It Girls (see NNN review)
It’s Getting Hot In Here!
King Stag
The Knitting Pilgrim (see NNN review)
>>> The Laundry List (see NNNN review)
Let’s Talk
Lexi And The Flying B’s
>>> LIGHTS! CAMERA! ODD JOBS? (see NNNN review)
>>> Love Notes (see NNNN review)
>>> Mayhem At Miskatonic: A Burlesque Mystery Game (see NNNN review)
Mice At Centre Ice (see NNN review)
Middle Raged (see NNN review)
>>> Molly Bloom (see NNNN review)
Monica Vs. The Internet: Tales Of A Social Justice Warrior (see NNN review)
Mourning After The Night Before (see NN review)
Moving On (see NNN review)
*Murmurs
>>> My Dad’s Deaths (A Comedy) (see NNNN review)
Nerves
News Play (see NN review)
Night Cows
>>> Night Feed (see NNNNN review)
Off The Island (see NN review)
Old Fart (see NNN review)
>>> Old-ish (see NNNN review)
Omen: The Musical (see NN review)
An Orchid And Other Such Lilies And Lies
Outside Ethel: Inside
Ouvrez La Porte, Fermez La Bouche (see NNN review)
>>> Pack Animals (see NNNN review)
Palabra Flamenco: Fox Woman (see NNN review)
Peaches On A Cherry Tree (see NN review)
The Peers (see N review)
Personal Demon Hunter (see NNN review)
Petroleum: A Triptych
Philip & Lucinda Dino-Show
A Plague Upon The Doctor’s House (see NNN review)
Please Stand Clear
Plum Crazy (see NN review)
PUMP (see NNN review)
>>> RADIOACTIVE SPYDER (see NNNN review)
Red Knows: A Play On Words
Reefer Madness: Origins (see NNN review)
The Resistance Improvised (See NNN review)
The Road To Damascus
Sarah And Lucy
Scadding (see NNN review)
Scotch Tape (see NNN review)
>>> Searching For Marceau (see NNNNN review)
Sidney Needs A Kidney (see NN review)
>>> Sincerely, The Rebels Club (see NNNN review)
Sketchy Adventures In The Enchanted Forest (see NN review)
>>> Some People To Think About (see NNNN review)
Spend Your Kids’ Inheritance (see NNN review)
>>> Squeeze My Cans (see NNNN review)
Swallowed Whole (see NNN review)
Sweet Kisses Tender Limbs
Table 7 A Plays In Cafes Creation
Tales Of A Cocktail (see NNN review)
The Taming Of The Shrew (see NNN review)
>>> THE BIG HOUSE (see NNNN review)
THE HEALING SHOW: Cosmic Cures For Catastrophic Cases (see NN review)
the princess is the pauper (see NNN review)
Things The Trees Taught Them
>>> Three Men On A Bike (see NNNN review)
>>> Through The Bamboo (see NNNN review)
>>> TIL DEATH: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (see NNNN review)
>>> Tita Jokes (see NNNN review)
The Trophy Hunt
>>> Unbridled Futurism (see NNNN review)
UNRAVELLED A New Musical (see NNN review)
>>> Untitled No. 7 (see NNNN review)
>>> An Utterly Stupid Indefensible Thing (see NNNN review)
>>> The Weight Of It All (see NNNN review)
Wha’ha’happened Was… (see NNN review)
Who You Callin Black Eh?
>>> Woke ‘N Broke (See NNNN review)
>>> A Woman’s Guide To Peeing Outside (see NNNN review)
The Worst: A DoFo Inspired Musical (see N review)
Young And The Limbless (see NN review)
