The Star’s theatre critics give us their picks, from musicals about a champion Canadian horse and a Roman emperor to clowns, standup comedy, history and horror.
It’s shaping up to be a great year for musicals at the Fringe. This 75-minute semi-autobiographical tuner reunites theatre artists and sometime-Spice Girl imitators Anika Johnson and Barbara Johnston, co-creators ofwhich was featured in TV’s “Orphan Black.” The musical comedy traces a year in the lives of the fictional Tierce de Picardie Children’s Chorus in the run-up to a major choral competition. The choir is played by over 30 singers between the ages of 11 and 18.
It’s the end of the world as we know it, so why not celebrate with a queer synth-pop musical? This show, set against the announcement of the exact moment the world will end, was created by Dante Green with a majority Indigenous/people of colour and queer/gender nonconforming ensemble. It’s enjoyed well-received runs in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York and Seattle, and was recently a capstone project for the musical theatre program at Sheridan College.
, when he hosted the Junos. But while this show will have laughs, expect a lot more as Kim explores themes like money, love, gender and bullying.Back in January 2020, the all-Filipina company Tita Collective made an impressive debut at the Fringe’s sister festival, Next Stage, witha raucous, high-energy sketch revue about their Filipina elders. Now the company is back with a musical comedy about their own lives as Filipina-Canadian millennials caught between two cultures.
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