This was going to be a longer post, but I'm running a bit late. Yesterday was my last day of the Fringe. I ended up seeing Emilio's A Million Chameleon's at the last minute, at least partly because of a quick chat I had with the creators on the Fringe Patio (still way, way too small, and hopefully they can figure out something better next year). It was a kid's show but genuinely entertaining for slightly older crowds and adults. I tried something similar one or two Fringes ago and it was pitched just a little too young for me. That was their last show, however.
Same thing with Milk Milk Lemonade. This was a clown show, mostly focusing on children's experiences at school, but towards the end, they had a gym coach giving a sex ed pep talk and then the parent teacher conferences. I remember being on the parent side of a large number of these with my kids, but oddly I cannot remember if I actually had parents come check in with me when I was teaching in Newark. I wonder if we even had a structured night or not. That seems a weird thing not to do, but also I think I would have remembered if we did them. Anyway, this show was side-splittingly funny.
In general, it looks like I picked reasonably well. 5 of the shows I went to ended up as Patron Pick's: Jimmy Hogg, Iris (Says Goodbye), A Sexy Pigeon Show, Adam Bailey: My Three Deaths and Hoody. No idea if any of them still have tickets left at this point. I had briefly debated going to see Galen's Grocer, but by the time I went to look, the tickets were gone. I had hoped that A Cigarette That's Good for You would somehow add another show today, but that didn't happen, presumably at least in part because they already had an evening show on Sunday, which has been sold out for ages.
So between the originally scheduled Sunday programming and then a few Patron picks, there is still a lot to see, though I personally am Fringed out.
It is also the Toronto Outdoor Arts Fair, and it looks like the rain that came through will cool things down. (It was absurdly hot yesterday!) I'll circle back with some photos of TOAF tonight. It was a pretty good year, though I am going to try not to buy anything, as tempting as it is sometimes...
Anyway, as I said, while the Fringe is winding down, this year they have brought back Best of the Fringe where 5 shows get two encore performances up in North York at Meridian. (Tickets available here.) Of the five, I had seen two: Iris (Says Goodbye), which I enjoyed but not quite to the same extent as the judges, and Things My Dad Kept, which was quite good. One of the ones I had hoped to see was David Lynch's Seinfeld, so I grabbed a ticket to that for next Sat., so that will be interesting. There is a small chance I will go ahead and see My Pet Lizard, Liz right after, but then I need to get back because I have a concert that evening. My wife might have come along to the Seinfeld show, but she is actually off in Chicago that weekend.
I hope that the Fringe was rewarding for you, and do take advantage of this last day (and then bonus time shows next weekend)!
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