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Find out who is (literally!) tearing our star-crossed lovers apart in this comedic horror mash-up.
Everyone thinks they know the story of Romeo and Juliet, but you don't know this one. When a chainsaw- wielding maniac is thrown into Shakespeare's classic tragedy, amidst the romance, blood flies, as members of high-society Verona are taken down one by one...
Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre is the newest show written and directed by Matt Bernard, who is one half of Bain & Bernard Comedy. Warren Bain and Matt Bernard's shows have been featured at the St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival for six years, and creating comedic overhauls of Shakespearean plays is their mandate. Their works include A Midsummer Night'smare or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Desdemona Anyway and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Hamlet. - “Bain & Bernard have become a favourite feature at the [St. Lawrence Shakespeare] Festival.”- Ian Farthing
Already, Toronto theatre producer Derrick Chua has chosen Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre as one of his top 12 shows to see this Fringe in his recent article in Intermission Magazine.
Rebecca Perry Productions Inc. has produced and toured the award-winning Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl shows for over three years (most recently Confessions... to the UK), and From Judy To Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood at the 2016 Next Stage Theatre Festival. Perry has co-produced at The Storefront Theatre, as well as with Red One Theatre Collective, Soup Can Theatre, and WatersEdge Theatre Collective.
This is a new chapter for Toronto Fringe regulars Bernard & Perry. Previously, Matt directed both of Perry's Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl shows, but this time he is both writer and director, with Perry as actor-producer.
The 12-strong company of Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre features an array of notable performers in the Toronto theatre community. These include Brittany Kay (2010 Dora-nominated 9 Parts of Desire - Seventh Stage, The Lion King - Mirvish), Victor Pokinko and Scott Garland (2016 Dora-nominated Three Men In A Boat - Pea Green Theatre), Jeremy Lapalme (Young Frankenstein – Stage West, Calgary), Sarite Harris (2015 Dora- winning musical The Wild Party – Acting Up Stage), Scott Emerson Moyle (Drunk Romeo & Juliet - Dauntless City Theatre), Nicholas Porteous (The Baby – Storefront Theatre), Rebecca Perry (the Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl shows), and more.
This year being the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, a Shakespeare show including the untimely death of almost all its characters, while blending gore elements of cult-horror movies seems very appropriate.
Performance times are as follows:
Fri July 1st: 1:45 PM
Sun July 3rd: 7:00 PM
Tues July 5th: 3:15 PM
Thurs July 7th: 9:15 PM
Fri July 8th: 2:15 PM
Sat July 9th: 11:30 PM
Sun July 10th: 5:15 PM
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rjmassacre
Twitter: @rjmassacre and @rebeccaperry21
http://fringetoronto.com/fringe-festival/shows/romeo-and-juliet-chainsaw-massacre/
All Fringe shows start on time. Latecomers are never admitted.
Tickets: $12 Advance Sales at http://fringetoronto.com/ and at the door.
Photo: Nicholas Porteous and Brittany Kay. ©2016 David Kingsmill.
2016-06-29
Fringe: Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre