~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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