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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-CA><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival is entering its 17<SUP>th</SUP> year of providing emerging and established artists with an affordable opportunity to produce a play for an enthusiastic audience.</FONT></SPAN></H4>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The 2005 Toronto Fringe will feature the work of more than 120 independent theatre companies from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State>, across <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> and around the world in ten theatres in downtown <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Applications are now available for our 60-minute, 90-minute, KidsVenue and Bring Your Own Venue performance slots. All artists and theatre companies are welcome to apply to the festival and for the application fee of $600 plus GST ($550.00 plus GST for KidsVenue applications) each company will receive:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ontario, national, international and KidsVenue participants are selected by lottery.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">In 2004, the festival achieved a ticketed attendance of 40,397 and returned $257,682 in box office revenue to the 128 performing companies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By the end of the 2005, the Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival will have hosted over 1,470 independent theatre productions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many of these productions have gone on to future successes including several Dora and Chalmers award nominees and winners.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some recent productions that have received critical accolades for their post festival productions include TOP GUN! THE MUSICAL, JOB: THE HIP HOP MUSICAL, RADIO:30, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, ROMEO & JULIET: REMIXED, FISH/WIFE and DA KINK IN M<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Y H</st1:PersonName>AIR which is the second Fringe
production to be included in Mirvish Productions’ season and will be presented from January 11 to February 27 at the Princess of Wales Theatre.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-CA><FONT face="Times New Roman">For more information on the 2005 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place> Fringe Theatre Festival or the application process </FONT></SPAN></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-CA><FONT face="Times New Roman">please call (416) 966-1062 or email us at </FONT><A href="mailto:fringe@fringetoronto.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman">fringe@fringetoronto.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></H4>
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