Fringe News
Fringe News
Toronto, Ontario – We’ve still got three full days of Fringe left but tonight we raised a glass to the triumphs thus far at our annual Awards Ceremony. Starting at 9pm in the Fringe Club (in the parking lot behind Honest Ed’s), Executive Director Kelly Straughan announced several awards, including the much anticipated Patrons’ Pick, the 24 Hour Playwriting Contest winner, the Tosho Cutting-Edge Award and the Best of Fringe.
The 2014 Fringe Festival Patrons’ Picks
The Patrons’ Picks are calculated based on sales from each company’s first four performances. There is one winner selected from each of our twelve main venues, and they all receive an additional performance slot on the final day of the festival. Tickets go on sale Friday July 11th at 10am. Purchase tickets online at fringetoronto.com or by phone at 416.966.1062.
All Patrons’ Pick performances take place on the final day of the Toronto Fringe Festival, July 13th, 2014.
The 2014 Patrons’ Picks are:
Tarragon Main
Sunday July 13, 9:15pm
Elvis and Dick
Tarragon Extraspace
Sunday July 13, 9:15pm
Parallel Play
Tarragon Solo Room
Sunday July 13, 7:30pm
I Think Therefore I’m Graham
Randolph Theatre
Sunday July 13, 9:15pm
Hugh and I
Annex Theatre
Sunday July 13, 9:45pm
Slut
George Ignatieff Theatre
Sunday July 13, 9:15pm
Punch Up
St. Vladimir’s Theatre
Sunday July 13, 6:45pm
Hey 90′s Kids You’re Old
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
Sunday July 13, 9:15pm
No Chance in Hell – A New Musical
Robert Gill Theatre
Sunday July 13, 6:45pm
I Was Born White
TPM Mainspace
Sunday July 13, 6:15pm
Time Stands Still
TPM Backspace
Sunday July 13, 7:30pm
Sean and Steven Run for Mayor
Al Green Theatre
Sunday July 13, 7:30pm
#WeddingMusical
24 Hour Playwriting Contest
The winner of the 24 Hour Playwriting Contest is Midnight on a Monday by Katie Housley. Housley has been awarded the grand prize of $500, as well as a staged reading of Midnight on a Monday, which will be directed by Michael Wheeler, Artistic Director of Praxis Theatre. The free public reading will take place at the Tarragon Theatre’s Solo Room at on July 13th at 9:30pm.
This year, 45 playwrights completed plays for the 24 Hour Playwriting Contest, working with four mandatory themes: a “No Loitering” sign, a moment of song, a smashed laptop and NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement).
The Year After Jeremy Died, by Michael Ross Albert was awarded second place and $250, and Coconut Ghetto, by Jennifer Krukowski was awarded third place and $150.
The Tosho Cutting-Edge Award supported by Tosho Knife Arts
The winner of the 2014 audience choice award, the Tosho Cutting-Edge Award, is Little Miss Understood by Sandcastle Theatre. The artists will receive a premium knife donated by Tosho Knife Arts, as well as an unlimited pass to the 2015 Next Stage Theatre Festival and a pass to Second City.
One lucky audience member who cast a vote for this award won a knife from Tosho Knife Arts, as well as an unlimited pass to the 2015 Next Stage Theatre Festival.
The Best of Fringe Festival at the Toronto Centre for the Arts
The line-up for this year’s Best of Fringe Festival is:
Punch Up
52 Pick-Up
The Assassination of Robert Ford: Dirty Little Coward
Cirqular
The Emergency Monologues
Lost and Found
No Chance in Hell: A New Musical
Three Men in a Boat
Presented and selected by Toronto Centre for the Arts
Venue: The Studio Theatre, at the Toronto Centre for the Arts
Runs from July 16, 2014 – July 30, 2014
CLOSING WEEKEND! The 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival: July 2 – 13, 2014
Show venues: Various locations around the Annex neighbourhood and the downtown core.
The Fringe Club is located in the parking lot behind Honest Ed’s (581 Bloor St. W., southwest corner of Bloor and Bathurst). The Fringe Club is the festival headquarters, with a box office, beer tent, great food, and free programming.
Performance schedule: Daily between 11:00am and midnight
Ticket Prices: $12 in advance, $10 at the door.
(FringeKids! performances for children 12 and under: $5 in advance and at the door)
NEW THIS YEAR: 100% of tickets will be available online, over the phone, or at the Festival Box Office up to three hours before show time. Any unsold tickets will be available for purchase at individual venues. In the past, 50% of tickets to all show have been held for at-the-door sales. This is no longer the case.
Purchase tickets the following four ways:
1. Over the phone at 416.966.1062
2. Online at www.fringetoronto.com
3. In-person at the play’s venue, starting one hour before show-time during the festival
4. At the main box office in the Fringe Club, from noon-9pm during the festival
All shows start on time. Latecomers will not be admitted. No exceptions.
The Toronto Fringe
Now celebrating its 26th year, the Toronto Fringe provides creative opportunities for artists and audiences by producing two important festivals – the Toronto Fringe Festival and the Next Stage Theatre Festival – and by running outreach activities that benefit youth, artists and the theatre community at large. In 2014, the Toronto Fringe launched a national crowdfunding platform for indie artists, called Fund What You Can (FWYC). Our home, the Fringe Creation Lab, welcomes independent artists year round, encouraging their creative work by offering them affordable space to make art, congregate and innovate. For more information, visit www.fringetoronto.com
2014-07-10
Patrons' Picks and Best of Fringe announced