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Posts Filed Under: arts

Hurt So Good

The Canadian premiere of New York playwright Rajiv Joseph's romcom with a twist. Or, should we say, a sprain.

By Carly Maga

Janet Porter and Peter Mooney love and hurt in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries. Photo by Guntar Kravis.

A Real Full House

Eric Peterson becomes the grandpa we all wish we had in Soulpepper's You Can't Take It With You.

By Carly Maga

Patricia Fagan, Derek Boyes, Gregory Prest, Nancy Palk, Mike Ross and Eric Peterson make for a twisted family tree. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

These Foolish Games

A brash 17th century farce seems a fitting end to Canadian Stage's 2011/2012 season—which shows just how far Matthew Jocelyn has taken the company.

By Carly Maga

Gemma James-Smith and Gil Garratt are clowns without class in The Game of Love and Chance. Photo by lucetg.com.

A Memoir Too Far

A staged adaptation of Marina Nemat's acclaimed memoir Prisoner of Tehran just can't do justice to the story.

By Carly Maga

Razi Shawadeh and Bahareh Yaraghi resurrect Marina Nemat's loveless marriage in Prisoner of Tehran. Photo by Victoria Scholes.

My Granny the Goldfish Keeps Its Head Above Water

This family comedy straddles morality and cultures, but gets lost in the journey.

By Carly Maga

Don't point your finger at your grandmother-she's sassy and drunk! Kawa Ada as Nico and Yolande Bavan as Granny in My Granny the Goldfish. Photo by Nicola Betts.

Free Fallin’ at the Theatre

On now at The Theatre Centre, Free Fall '12 is a festival that celebrates theatre "without a net."

By Carly Maga

Image by Jonathan Goldsbie.

Dying Hard is Hard to Watch but Worth the Effort

Mikaela Dyke's acclaimed verbatim play Dying Hard brings touching stories from rural Newfoundland to the big city of Toronto. And it's about time.

By Carly Maga

Mikaela Dyke has made a mainland success out of her coastal Fringe show.
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Luminato 2012 Program Announced

The sixth annual "festival of creativity" announces its plans.

By Carly Maga

Luminato will present the Canadian premiere of the avant-garde opera Einstein on the Beach by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass. Photo by Lucie Jansch.
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Moving Toronto to Tennessee

The Tennessee Williams Project is pairing independent theatre companies with a familiar name, but in unfamiliar territory.

By Carly Maga

Tour Toronto's neighbourhoods as your tour the canon of Tennessee Williams. Image courtesy of The Tennessee WIlliams Project.

Big Questions Inside Small Room

Tarragon Theatre's latest production turns the 15th century Perrault folktale, Bluebeard, into a comment on modern day morality.

By Carly Maga

Sarah Dodd, Nicole Underhay, and Claire Calnan in The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

Seeds Shows the Growth of Documentary Theatre

An all-star cast and inventive storytelling combine art and journalism in Crows Theatre's Seeds.

By Carly Maga

Liisa Repo-Martell and Eric Peterson find controversy in canola in Seeds. Photo by Guntar Kravis.

Don’t Fecking miss it

A mash-up of Irish absurdist Samuel Beckett's plays and classical music inspired by his works is pleasantly unpleasant.

By Carly Maga

Laura Condlln, Shannon Mercer and Sofia Tomic in Come and Go. Photo by John Lauener.

pomme is french for awesome

Liza Paul and Bahia Watson's two-woman show combines wordplay and another kind of play in a West Indian girl's world.

By Carly Maga

Liza Paul and Bahia Watson's pomme is french for apple is on now at The Tranzac.

Jeff and Dan and the 70-Minute Harry Potter Experience

For Potter fans, non-Potter fans, kids, adults, witches, wizards, muggles, squibs, even Parselmouths—Potted Potter is worth your hour.

By Carly Maga

Jeff Turner reads from the fourth novel and Daniel Clarkson as a frizzy-haired Ron (in front of the "Forbidden Forest") in Potted Potter. Photo courtesy of Seabright Productions.

Hughie is Brief, but Intense

Eugene O'Neill's rarely produced one-act Hughie is a bite-size piece of a longer, darker story

By Carly Maga

Michael Kash as Erie Smith. Photo courtesy of Alley Theatre Workshop.
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A Speed Round with Dan and Jeff from Potted Potter

Daniel Clarkson and Jeff Turner can tell the entire story of Harry Potter in 70 minutes, but can they keep all the details straight? We put them to the test.

By Carly Maga

What to Catch at the 33rd Annual Rhubarb Festival

The Rhubarb Festival, which opens tomorrow, continues its reign as Canada's oldest celebration of new and experimental theatre, spanning two weeks, with more than 40 performances and over 100 artists.

By Carly Maga

Toronto gets to join the Party Safari with Tom & Gary's Decentralized Dance Party.

Pain, Art, and Other People

The Canadian premiere of Christopher Shinn's Other People is another story about unhappy young people in the 90s that operates on the notion that the better it is, the worse you feel.

By Carly Maga

Petra (Tatiana Maslany) argues about love, art, and pain with an unnamed character (Mike McPhaden). Photo by Mercedes Grundy.
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Thank You, Come Again

Ins Choi's Kim's Convenience makes a graceful move from Fringe favourite to Soulpepper headliner. Now, all the world's a stage.

By Carly Maga

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is funny, scary, and heartbreaking as Appa in Kim's Convenience. Just look at that face. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

A Few Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

Toronto gets another serving of playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig in Tarragon Theatre's The Golden Dragon, a story of miscommunication between generations and cultures that's more sour than sweet.

By Carly Maga

David Fox inspects the incisor of Anusree Roy, while David Yee, Tony Nappo, and Lili Francks look on. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.