Written by Erika Morey The Toronto Fringe Festival is easily one of Toronto’s most exciting cultural events of the year, particularly for theatre lovers who are also full-time moms struggling to manage both time and money. For just ten dollars and an hour of my time, I was able to catch … [Read more...]
How Did You Become a Critic: Part 3
I know I said I asked 5 of our country's top critics, but 2 of them didn't make the deadline!! (Kelly and Robert, I'm looking at you...) So we'll finish the series with one of the most beloved Fringe reviewers, Glenn Sumi. Aside from being NOW Magazine's Associate Entertainment … [Read more...]
How Did You Become A Critic: Part 2
With over 100 Fringe shows in, Part 2 of our series continues with Sun Media's John Coulbourn. How did you become a reviewer? I just sort of fell into it. In a way, it all seems sort of pre-ordained in that I had the good fortune to have a father who was highly opinionated and a mother … [Read more...]
A Little Theatre Etiquette, Please
Nowadays we're used to being at the movies with the crunch of popcorn everywhere, the kid kicking the back of your seat and the ever present anticipation of someone's cell phone going off. I'm not sure when that became the acceptable norm, but it's starting to spill over into live theatre as … [Read more...]