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The same problems – SARS and the economy – hit the little guys as well as the big ones in T.O.’s entertainment world. Organizers hoped this year’s Fringe Festival would draw record crowds, but numbers were down from last year. Another reason? Several days of bad weather toward the end of the fest.
Here’s NOW’s annual list of Fringe highlights. OUTSTANDING NEW PLAYS : That Boy Job II: The Demon Of The Eternal Recurrence Sugar
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS : Billy Nothin’ Job II nowHere The Ugly Duchess
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES : T.J Dawe (A Canadian Bartender At Butlin’s) Stephanie Baptist (Bangkok) Michelle Polak (Mothers) Susan Jeremy (P.S. 69) Nicola Gunn (Tyrannous Rex)
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLES : Billy Nothin’ By The Bog Of Cats En-ger-land! Nharcolepsy Shakespeare’s Gladiator Games Stuck Rodeo Star nowHere Sugar
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION : Rebecca Brown (Sheroes) Ian Carpenter (Sugar) Shane Anderson (The Three B’s)
BEST USE OF AN UNUSUAL PERFORMING SPACE : Billy Nothin’ (Honest Ed’s loading dock)
MOST CREATIVE SET : La Vita Grande
BEST RESUSCITATION OF A CANADIAN SCRIPT : Eros At Breakfast
