Fringe in the Winter: The Next Stage Theatre Festival

The Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival is kicking off it's 20th Anniversary with Next Stage.

The Next Stage will provide eight companies with the opportunity to nourish their creative appetite, showcase their work and ultimately invigorate Toronto's art community with energy and new ideas. This curated event will feature some of the most exciting indie theatre artists who have previously produced an artistically and critically successful production in the Fringe and will feature several past Fringe hits as well as new works.

The Next Stage lineup includes

A Quiet Place By Brendan Gall Directed by Geoffrey Pounsett

BASH'd! Written and performed by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow Directed by Ron Jenkins Music by Aaron Macri

Conservatives In Love By Dave Carley Directed by Sue Miner

DON'T WAKE ME By Brendan Gall, Chris Hanratty, Kate Hewlett, Mike McPhaden, and Christopher Stanton Directed by Chris Hanratty

JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years By Ryan Gladstone, Katherine Sanders and Bruce Horak Directed by Bruce Horak

Moving Day By Cathy Elliott Directed by Jeannette Lambermont-Morey Musical direction by Konrad Pluta

Random Acts of Love By Bruce Gooch Directed by Janet Laine Green

and

The Corner Written and directed by Jason Maghanoy

For more information visit the Next Stage event on Facebook or NextStageFestival.com.

A program for Next Stage (PDF) is also available here.