TOYS Extends Two Additional Performances at Shepard Studio

Three-time 2017 Fringe Festival Award winner and seven-time nominee TOYS, created and performed by Christina Evans, will play two Producer's Encore performances at the Complex Theatre on Saturday July 22 and Saturday, July 29 at 7pm.

TOYS won the Spirit of the Fringe 'Never In A Box' Award (sponsored by Motor City Fringe Festival), The Duende Distinction (sponsored by The Vagrancy) and the Encore Producers Award. TOYS was also nominated for Hollywood Fringe Best Dance/Physical Theatre, Hollywood Fringe Best International, The 2Cents Distinctive Voices Award (sponsored by 2Cents Theatre Group) and the Short and Sweet Award (sponsored by The Short and Sweet Festival).

"Tricked, sold, used and broken. Toys delves into the dark shadows of sex trafficking where children are products stripped to the core. Mixing dance, theatre and film, capturing the chilling cycles of abuse, exchange and sexual corruption in which playthings worldwide are entrapped. Wind them up until they break down..."

Toys is also being developed into a fully immersive VR experience to assist in global awareness. Christina Evans is co-directing and co-producing Toys VR with Google Jumpstart winner Angela Cohen.

Tickets for the two Producer's Encore performances of TOYS are $12 and may be obtained online at http://hff17.com/4627. Running time is 18 minutes. The Complex Theatre is located at 6472 Santa Monica Boulevard, in Hollywood, 90038.

BIO

Christina Evans Creator/Director/Producer/Performer
Christina Evans is a LA-based Australian performing artist and actress who creates and performs multi-faceted creative works, primarily focussed on issues of our time. 'Toys' was previously performed across Australia, including a sell-out season at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. In 2010 she was selected by the Australian Government to receive an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship, spending time with scientists in Antarctica researching Antarctic ice and climate change. From this spectacular experience she developed dance works 'Polarity' and 'Body of Ice', presented at the Australian National University's 'Antarctica' Festival, the Melbourne Fringe Festival, and the 'Art and Antarctica' Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Christina collaborated with Oxfam Australia to present 'Made In Australia', a dance work on sweatshop labor, which developed into a film that was a Best Dance Film finalist at the Australian Dance Awards. She performed internationally with Melbourne-based Tony Yap Company for two years, immersed in Butoh and site specific dance. Her screen credits include 'That Sugar Film', a smash-hit documentary that explores the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body. Christina spent most of her childhood performing and is a graduate of the renowned Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Website: www.christina-evans.com
Instagram: @christina__evans
Twitter: @_christinaevans

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