Elizabeth Rodenburg, Carson Somanlall, Luke Kimball, Mia Hay, Ben Yoganathan, and Marianne McIsaac from from “86 Me: The Restaurant Play”, Photo by Ally Mackenzie

Presented by Dead Racoon

Dead Racoon’s RETROGRADE: The Concert Experience, a vivid portrait of chosen family, was a highlight of my 2023 Toronto Fringe experience. Writer/director Jackson Doner is back this summer with a vibe-y, immersive, continuous action event set in a popular Kensington locale. For 86 Me: The Restaurant Play,  Supermarket Bar and Variety stands in for Our Lady Kensington, a floundering and endearingly squalid pub recently bought by some corporate entity. There we meet five watering hole staffers, their one elderly, faithful patron and a handful of peripheral oddballs—including us, the audience. Continue Reading