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</b><b>by the company, directed by Nicole Passmore
Bad Dog Theatre and Bad Dog Youth Academy, Toronto Fringe Festival, George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place
July 6-15, 2017
</b>Want to see a live improvised Pixar movie? That’s what members of Bad Dog Theatre and its Youth Academy present in <i>Animated! </i>aimed at children 8 and up.
A child in the audience names a favourite everyday object and the Bad Dog team immediately builds an adventure story around it. At the opening performance Bat (Alastair Forbes) knocked the chosen object, Baseball (Kirsten Rasmussen), and its friend Teddy Weddy (Liz Johnston) out the window. The two buddies then had to find their way home while overcoming dangers and making new friends.
The talented company is amazingly clever at how it steers an impromptu story to a satisfying conclusion. Yet much of the humour comes from seeing how the group confronts, and so inventively overcomes, misread signals, along with plot detours and blind alleys.
You could happily see every performance of this show since the exact cast lineup as well as the story will differ each time.
Show length: 50 min.
©Christopher Hoile
Note: This review appeared in <i>NOW Magazine</i> on July 7, 2017.
Photo: Kirsten Rasmussen. ©2017 Connor Law.
For tickets, visit <a href="https://fringetoronto.com">https://fringetoronto.com</a>.
<b>2017-07-07</b>
<b>Bad Dog Theatre Presents: Animated!</b>