Fringe Festival 2009

Fringe listings and reviews

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  Title Rating
  The Accident   
  Address To The Jury NN  
  After Life   
  After The Crash: A Play About Brain Injury   
  Amygdala   
  Ancient Woods NN  
  And The Rabbit Runs…   
  The Art Of Being A Bastard   
  The Art Of Listening   
  Artifacts NNN  
As You Puppet NNNN  
  The Ascension/The Chronicles Of Descent   
  Bad Skater, Good Hands   
  Baggage – A Non-Musical Romp Through One Catholic Gay Man's Dating History (With Breasts for the Straight Men)   
  BAGS: Obsessions Of A Hoardaholic   
  Bear & Fox's Big Adventure In Married!   
  Because I Can NNN  
  Bert And I   
  Big Sexy   
  Bingo: The Show   
  Blind To Happinesss…   
  Brazil Nuts   
  Brigitte’s Bardo   
  Build A Bridge And Get Over It   
  Burlesque Unzipped   
  Canary   
  Candida   
  Charles Manson & Timothy Leary At Folsom Prison: Based On A True Story   
  Charlie's Having A Baby   
  Chicken Licken   
  Chooch, Bummy Bum And Inguele: From Child To Man-Child NNN  
  Church Street, Walk The Talk   
  Circus   
  Cocktails   
  Code Blue   
  A Crack In The Ceiling   
  Crazy Pussy   
  Crown Hill Cemetery   
  Dancing In My Unbirthday Suit   
  Dante   
  Derrick, Supreme Ruler Of The World, And Mister Sock   
  Dirty Girls   
  The Discovery Of Scatterpopia   
  Donny’s Day   
  Down To The Underwire   
  Dracula In A Time Of Climate Change   
  Earth-Bound Angel   
  The Emergency Monologues   
  Ever   
  The Fecal Monologues   
The Fever NNNN  
Fish Face NNNNN  
  A Freckle, A Flicker   
  Fucking Stephen Harper: How I Sexually Assaulted The 22nd Prime Minister Of Canada And Where It Got Me NNN  
  Good Place For A Factory!   
  The Good Thief   
  Goodbye Rounds   
  Grandpa Sol And Grandma Rosie   
  Harper Girl Does Canada   
  Head First   
  Heart Times: A Musical   
  HeartSurge   
  Hipcheck – The Musical   
  The Hollow Show   
  How To Become A Diva   
  How To Make A Mix Tape   
  I Am Not Neil Young, The Musical   
  I Will Not Hatch!   
  Icarus Redux   
  The Importance Of Being Earnest   
  In A Magic Kingdom   
  The Indian Wants The Bronx   
  Interrogation   
  The Intrepid Project   
  It's Just A Phase NN  
  Jem Rolls’ Leastest Flops   
  Joe: The Perfect Man NNN  
Just East Of Broadway NNNN  
  The Keeper's Secret   
  Killing Kevin Spacey NNN  
  The King’s Conscience   
  Kipling’s Just So Stories   
  The Laramie Project   
  Late Night At The Fringe Club   
  L'Enfant Et L'Homme   
  Like A Virgin   
  Like Father, Like Son? Sorry.   
  The List   
  Lockdown   
  Love And Human Extinction NNN  
Lysistrata NNNN  
  Mamma Manilow: One Story Behind The Mani-Lows And The Mani-Highs N  
  Maybe   
  MC Jabber & Friends: A Solo Show   
  Michael In Primetime   
  Morro And Jasp Do Puberty   
  Moving Along   
My Mother's Lesbian Jewish-Wiccan Wedding NNNN  
  Nana   
  Naughty Little Children   
  NEBRASKA   
  Our Asylum   
  Out Of Character   
  The Parker And Seville Show   
  The Particulars   
  Peeler   
  Pen Pals   
  Politically Correct Bedtime Stories NNN  
  Puck Bunny   
  Quarter Life Calamity   
  QuarterLife The Musical   
  Red Bastard   
  Red Machine – Part One   
  Red Wine Teeth   
  Reflections On Giving Birth To A Squid   
  Returning To Lillith   
Rock Time 2009 NNNN  
  Romantic/Fanatic   
  Sara Hennessey Town   
  Saucy Wenches In The Trenches   
  Scaredy Kat   
  Scratch   
  Shadows In Bloom   
  The Sicilian   
  The Silver Stage NN  
  A Singularity Of Being   
  The Sleuth Sisters   
  Some Kind Of Hero   
  Spiral Dive, Episode One   
  Straight. From That Side of Town   
  Take You With Me NNN  
  Things Base And Weill... Love Can Transpose!   
  36 Little Plays About Hopeless Girls   
  This Is The Thing   
  Tim Buck 2   
  Toys   
  A Tranny Tale   
  TransCanada '69   
  Twentysomethings   
  2-Man No-Show   
Uncalled For Presents: Today Is All Your Birthdays NNNN  
  The Universal Wolf   
  The Venus Way   
  Waiting For Dad   
  Wanderlust   
  Weaverville Waltz   
  What Is The Mango Project?   
  When I Grow Up: A Personal Narrative Comedy Show   
  The Williamson Playboys In: Brother Can You Spare Some Pants?   
  Worlds End   
  Zdenka Now!   

Fringe Festival Venues

FK FRINGEKIDS! Palmerston Library Theatre
560 Palmerston Avenue (North of Bloor)
Seats: 100 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 1: ST. VLADIMIR’S THEATRE
620 Spadina Avenue (South of Harbord)
Seats: 110 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 2: ROBERT GILL THEATRE
214 College St., 3rd Fl. (enter off St. George St.)
Seats: 170 Air Conditioned

Venue 3: THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE MAINSPACE
16 Ryerson Avenue (N of Queen / E of Bathurst)
Seats: 185 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 4: THEATRE PASSE BACKSPACE
16 Ryerson Avenue (N of Queen / E of Bathurst)
Seats: 58

Venue 5: FACTORY THEATRE MAINSPACE
With McAuslan Beer Patio
125 Bathurst Street (at Adelaide)
Seats: 200 Air Conditioned

Venue 6: FACTORY STUDIOTHEATRE
125 Bathurst Street (at Adelaide)
Seats: 100 Air Conditioned

Venue 7: TARRAGONTHEATRE MAINSPACE
With McAuslan Beer Patio
30 Bridgman Avenue (N of Dupont, E of Bathurst)
Seats: 200 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 8: TARRAGONTHEATRE EXTRASPACE
30 Bridgman Avenue (N of Dupont, E of Bathurst)
Seats: 100 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 9: ROYAL ST. GEORGE’S AUDITORIUM
120 Howland Avenue (North of Bloor)
Seats: 120 Air Conditioned

Venue 10: GEORGE IGNATIEFF THEATRE
15 Devonshire Place (South of Bloor)
Seats: 180 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 11: HELENGARDINER PHELANPLAYHOUSE
79A St George Street (South of Harbord)
Seats: 112 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 12: GLENMORRIS THEATRE
4 Glen Morris Street (S. of Bloor, E. of Spadina)
Seats: 90

FC - FRINGE CLUB
Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Avenue (South of Bloor)
Seats: 150 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 14: HONEST ED’S LOADINGDOCK
581 Bloor St. W
Seats: 40 Outdoor Venue Wheelchair Access

Venue 15: HONEST ED’S GROCERY AREA
581 Bloor St. W
Seats: 100 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 16: BLOOR CINEMA
506 Bloor St. W
Seats: 385 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 17: INTREPID TRAVEL
523 Bloor St. W
Seats: 45 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 18: 18 WALMER CENTRE
188 Lowther Ave.
Seats: 150 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 19: MILES NADAL JCC, 3rd Floor Bathroom)
750 Spadina Ave.
Seats: 12 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 20: INNIS TOWNHALL
2 Sussex Ave.
Seats: 200 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 21: CAT'S EYE LOUNGE (U of T)
150 Charles St. W
Seats: 35 Wheelchair Access

Venue 22: FREE TIMES CAFE
320 College St.
Seats: 60 Air Conditioned Wheelchair Access

Venue 23: BREAD AND CIRCUS
299 Augusta Ave.
Seats: 85 Air Conditioned

Venue 24: HOLY JOE'S
651 Queen St. W.
Seats: 80 Air Conditioned

Venue 25: SHEVCHENKOMUSICAL ENSEMBLE
626 Bathurst St.
Seats: 30

Venue 26: LOWER OSSINGTONTHEATRE
100 Ossington Ave.
Seats: 100 Air Conditioned

Venue 27: COMEDY BAR
945 Bloor St. W.
Seats: 100 Air Conditioned

SATURDAY | JUL | 04 | 2009