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Hi again FringeKids!


Sorry about the silence around here, but we've been so crazy busy at the Palmerston Library Theatre that we've hardly had time to sit down and check our email. 

On to the reviews!  First off, two from a Fringe kid!

"Hi my name is Nora, I  went to see the Happiest place on earth and Honest Aesop fables at Fringe kids festival at Palmerston library. I loved the Happiest place on earth because it was funny , creative and amazing. The detective and his dog Rinehold were really funny and .so was the Mayor, Mr. Seymor and Josephine . In fact all of the characters were funny.

Honest Aesop fables was so funny and one of my favourite scenes was the one where the sun and the wind were fighting and the little girl wants a birthday cake but she can't have one because of their fighting and she goes all the way up the CN tower to stop them. It's really funny. I loved both of them .10 out of 10 for happiest place on earth and 10 out of 10 for Honest Aesop fables . Both Plays were excellent , hilarious , creative and completely different stories."

 And one from a Fringe kid at heart!



"I saw Handle With Care last night (Wednesday) with my 8-year-old son and my 5-year-old daughter. It was wonderful. Captivating, hilarious, and enchanting, even for this non-kid.

One child asking repeatedly if the play is over yet (because he's worried it will end soon and wants it to go on longer) and the other asking to keep her ticket after the show so she can see it again and again is the sign of a really, really great FringeKids show, don't you think?

8-year old: "My favourite part of the play was when Tyler did a funny thing... actually he did so many funny things. I think he was the silliest one in the play. The play was very interesting and it's cool that the box was filled with all those things."

5-year-old (insisted on typing her own review, but gave up on asking how to spell things by the end): "I liked The Play. It was Really Funny. It made me laugh. Yuo Shood Wosh It."

Whether you "wosh" Handle With Care or watch it is entirely up to you, but if you ask all of us, it was the best play we've seen all year!

Big thanks to the cast and crew for giving my children (and I) a perfect FringeKids experience."


Only two days left of the Fringe Festival for this year!  Make sure to get out to see your favourite shows before they're gone.  And come early to make sure you get in!

Soaking wet but still kickin' -- another day at FringeKids!

It's a sad, sad day for FringeKids! reviews, guys.  We had a crazy busy day yesterday -- three sold-out shows in pouring rain!! -- but when we checked our email this morning, no kids had sent us any reviews to put up today!  :( 

Luckily, we've got some cool grown-ups who wanted to tell us about the shows they saw, so we're going to post those reviews for you on here.


"My husband and I took our grandson to see Bremen Rock City today and we were delighted with the entire production. The cast was great. We thought the writing was fantastic. Loved the flyers posted on the wall for the other groups and singers. We were delighted with the humour and how it taught the kids a lesson without talking down to them. Most kids plays are extremely juvenile, but our 6 year old grandson said he loved the play because it was funny, had music and "it wasn't babyish". The only thing he didn't like were some of the costumes because he wasn't sure what some of them were supposed to be."


"Yesterday, Sunday, we saw Honest Aesop's Fables by Tarradiddle Productions. Six very good actors delivered a wacky scenario with fun twists, whimsical costumes and props, and lots of cartoon-like physical humour and double meaning greatly enjoyed by the adults. (Hey! Parents are people too!)."



Thanks, grown-ups!  Now, Fringe kids, it's YOUR turn!  Send us an email at fringekidsreviews@gmail.com and tell us all about the shows you're seeing -- we can't let the grown-ups have all the fun!


Speaking of grown-ups having fun, here's a picture of me doing my Tip The Fringe speech on my chair, compliments of the gang from Honest Aesop's Fables:

FringeKids! has great shows -- HONEST!

Hi everybody!


We've got another review for you today, from Josh:

"I am 9 and once I saw Honest Aesop fables I though it was the best show ever I encourage  you to wach it!"

Thanks Josh -- we're so glad you enjoyed the show.


Keep those reviews coming in, guys!

The first reviews are in!

Our first reviewer is Charlotte, who is 10 (almost 11!).  She saw Stay With Me.

"I thought it was very impressive how the actress could play two roles that were so different.

I liked that it was a good lesson, but funny at the same time.

I think what could have been better is the little girl talking at the beginning: she could talk a bit louder so I could hear her more. I was in the third row and I couldn't hear her that well.

It was a little bit short: only 20 minutes. I thought there was another part coming up.

Good for kids 5 years old to 10 or 11.

I would recommend it."

Thanks Charlotte, great review!

Next we have a review of The Secret Life of Walter Manny from Soshi, who is 6 years old and has her very own blog!  Please visit and read her review.

http://soshislife.blogspot.ca/

That's it for the first batch!  Please keep those reviews rolling in -- all of the actors are so excited to hear what you think!

Happy Fringing!

Hey look -- it's a blog!

Hey Fringe Kids!

Kelly here, your trusty FringeKids! house manager.  I've been hanging around the Palmerston Library with you guys every summer for years, listening to you talk about all of our amazing shows.  This year I thought to myself, I shouldn't be the only one who gets to hear what you have to say -- and the FringeKids! review blog was born!

This is your chance to let other kids know about all the great shows you've seen this year.  Tell us all about it!  You can do it in 5 words, or 25 words, or 2,365,129 words --- OK, maybe not quite that many!  And if you can't find the right words, why not draw your review?

There are a couple of ways you can get your reviews out there to the world:

If you're at the Palmerston Library right after a show and you're bursting with stuff to say, ask one of the FringeKids! team for a review sheet.  Write (or draw!) your review on the paper along with your FIRST NAME ONLY, get your grown-up to SIGN on the line at the bottom, and hand it right back to us!

If you don't start bursting with brilliant ideas until you get home, that's cool too.  Just type your review into your computer and ask your grown-up to email it to fringekidsreviews@gmail.com! (Grown-ups, please note that permission to post emailed reviews is implied because you emailed them to us).

If you don't see your review right away, don't panic!  We're busy bees at FringeKids!, and sometimes we can't check our email right away.  We promise you'll see your work as soon as possible.

OK, let's start the countdown...ONLY 8 MORE DAYS UNTIL FRINGEKIDS!

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

OK, I think I'm a little too excited.



(One more note for the grown-ups:  Please rest assured that your child's privacy will be respected -- we will post first names only, no photos or other identifying details.  If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to send us an email at fringekidsreviews@gmail.com.  And please note that this blog is being run by the FringeKids! house managers, just for the love of it, and is independent of the Toronto Fringe Festival).