Chris Berube has written extensively about the arts for different publications at the University of Toronto, and is a cultural commentator for various programs on the community radio station CIUT, 89.5FM. As an actor, Chris won a Hart House Drama Festival award for dramatic performance in 2007.

Chris Bilton is a staff writer at EYE WEEKLY, where he mans the Municipal Affairs Desk and regularly writes about music, film and theatre. Bilton studied English literature at UofT and acted in a number of student productions (most notable playing Vladimir in Stage Blue's production of Waiting for Godot). This will be his third year as a Fringe reviewer.

Ashley Botting is a Toronto-based writer and performer. Under her writer hat, she has been published in the Toronto Star, NOW, EYE WEEKLY, and others. Under her performer hat she is an avid improviser, and an alumnus of Toronto's Second City.

Claire Caldwell writes about the arts for EYE WEEKLY. Since 2006, she has covered arts and culture for The McGill Daily, where she has also held positions as the Culture and Features editor.

Kate Carraway has been an art and culture writer and critic for EYE WEEKLY, LA Weekly, OC Weekly, SF Weekly, Dallas Observer, Houston Press and Phoenix New Times since 2004.

Sean Davidson has been mooching free drinks from the city's comedians, directors and other stage types since the ’90s. Sometimes, he even writes about them for his EYE WEEKLY comedy column.

Paul Gallant is a regular theatre columnist for EYE WEEKLY. He also writes for The Toronto Star, Out magazine and other publications.

Alex Nino Gheciu is a freelance journalist who writes about music and theatre for EYE WEEKLY.

Carl Hiehn loves theatre. He also loves to write. Since his first review of a Bad Dog Theatre spoof of Lost in 2006, he single-handedly reviewed every production of York's 2009 Playground festival for Ruckus Magazine. He has done numerous critiques for Excalibur Publications, including a featured review of Buddies in Bad Times’ Arthouse Cabaret. Last summer he covered the Fringe for EYE WEEKLY.

Kevin Hill is a journalist and documentary filmmaker who has recently returned from West Africa. He has worked previously with Toronto’s Ruckus Ensemble and is currently producing a film on the making of an HIV drama set in Sierra Leone.

Christopher Hoile taught in the Drama Department of the University of California at Berkeley and has spent the past 10 years as a theatre and opera critic for media in Canada, the US and Britain. To date he has seen theatrical productions in 23 countries. 

Paul Isaacs has been a theatre critic for EYE WEEKLY since 2003. He currently works as Digital Media Director for The Walrus magazine.

As a child, EYE WEEKLY Senior Editor Edward Keenan studied as an actor with the Toronto Studio Players. As a journalist, he has written more than 300 articles for EYE WEEKLY and other publications about theatre, books, politics, sports, environmentalism and culture. He has reviewed Toronto Fringe Festival plays every year since 2003.

This is National Magazine Award–winning writer Rebecca Keenan's fourth year reviewing the Fringe for EYE WEEKLY and her third at the children's venue. As a mom to two young kids, she is thrilled by the opportunity to combine her love for good local theatre with her never-ending quest for children's entertainment. Rebecca blogs daily at playgroundconfidential.com.

While not quite a grizzled veteran of the Fringe scene yet, Sean Kelly Keenan enters his third year of reviewing with numerous plays under his critic’s belt. As with his work in the field of edible culture (he is one of EYE WEEKLY’s Food columnists), Keenan brings to his commentary a firm sense of what is good and worthy in the creative realm, as well as a solid grasp of the urban-bohemian hipster aesthetic. He may not be a bona fide expert in art, but you can be sure he knows what you're gonna like.

Byron Laviolette is a frequent theatre reviewer with EYE WEEKLY, is a member of the International Association of Theatre Critics and is currently working on a PhD in Canadian Theatre Criticism at York University.

Karon Liu is a graduate of Ryerson's journalism program and has written for the National Post, Toronto Star, Toronto Life, Sun Media and EYE WEEKLY. He is currently a dance critic for EYE WEEKLY and a fashion and food writer for Toronto Life.

Chandler Levack is a staff writer for EYE WEEKLY. She has written about theatre, film and music for The Village Voice, SPIN, PLANET magazine, THIS magazine and RollingStone.com. In 2007, she participated in the Paprika Festival playwright's unit under Hannah Moscovitch, and has performed works at Hart House, Trampoline Hall and Jamie's Area.

Caroline Lock spent a semester abroad in London studying theatre. She writes about arts and culture for EYE WEEKLY, where she has been the Listings Editor for over four years.

Rea McNamara is a freelance writer based in Toronto. She regularly contributes to EYE WEEKLY, for which she writes about theatre and fashion, including the “Inspiration Point” column. She is actively involved in community arts with organizations such as the Dub Poets Collective and Art Starts. In 2007, she and dub poet/playwright d'bi.young collaborated on a dub theatre mentorship that is now an integral part of her anitAFRIKA! dub theatre.

Dave Morris is the music editor of EYE WEEKLY. He was EYE WEEKLY's chief comedy critic from 2004 to 2006, and has been reviewing both theatre and comedy semi-regularly ever since.

Chris Randle writes about music, comics and other culture for various publications. He covered the last two Fringes for EYE WEEKLY and is probably going to write the libretto for a secret musical project that may or may not happen.

Damian Rogers is a Toronto-based poet, performer, and journalist. She was the Arts and Style editor at EYE WEEKLY from 2003-2008.

Will Sloan is a contributor to Exclaim!, chief film critic for Echo Weekly and Pulse Niagara, and Associate Arts Editor at The Varsity. In his spare time, he enjoys writing about himself in the third person.

Lynda Spark is a freelance writer, proofreader and editor who covers technology, theatre, dance, music and current events for various Toronto-based and national publications. This is Lynda’s fifth year as part of the EYE WEEKLY team of Fringe critics.

Shoshana Wasser reviews theatre for EYE WEEKLY and The Varsity, where she serves as Arts & Entertainment Editor. At this year’s Luminato festival, she facilitated daily panel discussions with local playwrights and directors.