[MoT] 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival reviews

[rfmcdonald]

This year again, I've been reviewing plays in the Toronto Fringe Festival for Mooney on Theatre. This year, I did seven.

• Silk Bath, currently playing at the Tarragon, is an intense dystopia looking at how difficult it can be for Chinese newcomers to fit in.


• A Minor Mid-Career Retrospective, at the Factory, is a delightful hour of comedic monologues by NPR star James Judd.


• War Tapes, playing at the Factory, is a thoughtful slice-of-life examination of what intimacy is in our high-tech networked world.


• Damn Tank, playing at the Factory, is a futuristic dystopia examining the life of a pair of euthanasia technicians in a dying world.
Mr. Nep?, playing at St. Vladimir's Theatre, is a delightful science fiction comedy looking at the complications around mind uploading.
Mr. Nep? (KiS Productions)
My favourite of the Fringe, Kneel! Diamond Dogs is a fantastic solo show by Michael Posthumus at the Tarragon, looking at how one man used his love for Neil Diamond and David Bowie to break into the world.

• Evolution / Mr. Truth is a two-part show playing at the Randolph, Evolution being a quietly compelling dance engaging with evolutionary change, Mr. Truth aiming for provocative dark comedy.