Broadleaf Theatre to Bring BITE-SIZED to Toronto Fringe Festival
Full of surprises, humour, and heart, Broadleaf Theatre presents its award-winning show Bite-Sized as part of the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival! Featuring a whirlwind collection of over 15 plays, all 3 minutes or less, Bite-Sized is a theatrical experience tackling local, national, and global environmental issues. From an aerobics dance work-out through time to an exploration on Sarnia's Chemical Valley, and even a hip hop dance sequence about an invasive frog species, you can enjoy all of the content with none of the guilt. Go on, take a bite.
Bite-Sized will take place at the Factory Theatre Mainspace June 30 - July 10, 2016. Tickets are $12 at http://fringetoronto.com/ and at the door.
After seeing a workshop production of Bite-Sized, Matt White (green light arts / Necessary Angel) celebrated that Broadleaf Theatre made environmental issues "so fun, accessible, and cool." Bite-Sized charms audiences with its whimsical theatrical mixed bag: techniques as varied as clown, puppetry, live music, dance and drama are used to delve into pressing Canadian environmental issues such as Sarnia's Chemical Valley, Pickering's nuclear plant, and the 20-year boil water crisis on First Nations reserves. The show establishes new dialogues on crucial environmental issues by imbuing audience members with feelings of immediacy, excitement, optimism, and, above all, fun. The initial workshop of Bite- Sized won the President's Award for Best Production and Viewer's Choice at the 2014 U of T Drama Festival.
Created and directed by Kevin Matthew Wong (Half Full, Mixed Company Theatre; paper SERIES, U of T Drama Centre). Performed by: Steven Pereira (The Stranger, Dopolavoro Theatrale/ Summerworks 2015), Parmida Kakavand (A Little Princess, Wavestage Theatre), Angela Sun (4.48 Psychosis, U of T Drama Centre), Alex Treude (Theatre of the Film Noir, U of T Drama Centre), and Emma Tse (Rules of Love, Poculi Ludique Societas), Mimi Warshaw (Plays of Our Lives, Second City Toronto Training Centre) and Jordan Angrove (The Broadleaf Plays, Broadleaf Theatre).
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