Little One
2026 Toronto Fringe Festival
July 12, 2026, 2:49 a.m.

I thought it was overall quite good.

Unfortunately, I got lost as to what actually happened. It's been happening a lot to me this fringe. What the tape recording meant, the degree to which Claire was involved with the neighbours....

Overall though, I enjoyed the performance. The shadows in the beginning, the middle in which the dynamic of the siblings and their contrasts and IMO similarities come out. The older child being saddled with a whopping amount of responsibility and the parallel story of the neighbours. I even liked the spattering of occasional humor.

But I just didn't understand the resolution and so ultimately this will be forgettable as there isn't any gut punch to remember.

It also didn't help that as the performance occurred, a lot of revving occurred outside near the venue from motorcycles/supped up cars. They unfortunately had a hand in 'stealing the show'. Of course, not the play's fault so take my rating with a grain of salt. Still glad I saw it but am missing something that the 5 star raters got.