Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre Toronto Fringe 2016!
~ROMEO AND JULIET CHAINSAW MASSACRE~ at The Toronto Fringe 2016!
Written & Directed by Matt Bernard/Produced by Rebecca Perry
NOTHING IS MORE TERRIFYING THAN LOVE...when a chainsaw-wielding maniac is added into Shakespeare's classic tragedy, it turns Verona upside-down! Find out who is (literally!) tearing our star-crossed lovers apart in this comedic horror mash-up.
This #FringeTO show features an all-star cast & crew of Toronto's finest from Dora Award winning actors, Soulpepper regulars, Mirvish and Starvox alumni and Indie theatre movers & shakers!
~ Romeo ~ Nicholas Porteous (The Baby - Storefront Theatre)
~ Juliet ~ Brittany Kay (The Lion King - Mirvish)
~ Nurse ~ Sarite Harris (The Wild Party - Acting Up Stage)
~ County Paris ~ Scott Garland (Three Men in a Boat - Pea Green Theatre)
~ Benvolio ~ Victor Pokinko (Three Men in a Boat - Pea Green Theatre)
~ Peter the Illiterate Servant ~ Jeremy LaPalme (Spamalot - Stage West Calgary)
~ Capulet ~ Scott Emerson Moyle (Drunk R&J - Dauntless City Theatre)
~ Lady Capulet ~ Rebecca Perry (Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl)
~ Mercutio ~ Michael Iliadis (Hamlet - CTP)
~ Tybalt ~ Rylan O'Reilly (The Cage - Pandemic Theatre)
~ Friar Lawrence ~ Warren Bain (Twelfth Night - St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival)
~ Chorus/Prince Escalus ~ David Kingsmill (Out Of The Lens - Musical Works/Theatre 20)
~ Writer/Director ~ Matt Bernard (Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl)
~ Producer ~ Rebecca Perry
~ Stage Manager ~ Kayla Brattan (Love's Labours Lost - Dauntless City Theatre)
~ Fight Choreographer ~ Scott Emerson Moyle
~ Costume Design ~ Gwen Barton (Evil Dead: The Musical - Starvox Entertainment)
~ Sound/Lighting ~ Andrew Clemens (Disenchanted - Starvox Entertainment)
~ Production Assistant ~ Justine Cargo (Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl UK Tour)
~Graphic Design ~ by Akiva Romer-Segal (Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl graphics 2016)
"Bain & Bernard's work has become a favourite feature at the [St. Lawrence Shakespeare] Festival.”- Ian Farthing
It is not very often that a show comes along for which the Toronto Fringe has to add a brand new category to their genres - and yet "horror" is now in their portfolio because of "Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre". Long live love, bloodbaths...and chainsaws!
“[Bain & Bernard's] lively, physical and frankly, quite silly comedy is the perfect complement to our main-stage show..." - Ian Farthing
SHOWTIMES (runs 60 minutes):
FRI JULY 1st - 1:45 PM
SUN JULY 3rd - 7:00 PM
TUE JULY 5th - 3:15 PM
THU JULY 7th - 9:15 PM
FRI JULY 8th - 2:15 PM
SAT JULY 9th - 11:30 PM
SUN JULY 10th - 5:15
This is the newest production by Bain & Bernard Comedy, in association with Rebecca Perry Productions Inc. Matt is one half of Bain & Bernard Comedy, alongside Warren Bain. Together, they are the troupe that has produced the Shakespearean parodies for the St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival for the last fi~ROMEO AND JULIET CHAINSAW MASSACRE~ at The Toronto Fringe 2016! Tickets: http://fringetoronto.com/fringe-festival/shows/romeo-and-juliet-chainsaw-massacre/
Written & Directed by Matt Bernard/Produced by Rebecca Perry
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