Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'artwordtheatre'
December 1, 2005
Seems like it's just bad news piled upon bad news for the city's small theatres this fall... - First, falling closely on the heels of the closings of the Tim Sims Playhouse and the Poor Alex, Artword Theatre is told to vacate the premises of 75 Portland St by March (Hello condos!); - Then, the Great Hall at Dovercourt and Queen went on sale, putting the Theatre Centre's future in doubt (Hello condos?); - Now,......
Continue Reading "Theatres eaten, beaten and bruised."October 13, 2005
Until Sunday, the Anandam Performance Group performs Frida and Herself, a movement-based piece of puppet theatre based on the life and art of Frida Kahlo. Torontoist has only seen bits of the show workshopped, but we were particularly impressed by a sequence where Frida (played by Brandy Leary, also the company's founder and artistic director) dances a tango with a life-size skeleton. Anandam performed the show to great acclaim at the New York Fringe......
Continue Reading "Frida and Herself"May 31, 2005
Dear Theatre Dude, I don't have anything to do tonight and was hoping to catch a play that explored psychoanalysis, nature and capitalism. If possible, I'd like said play to do this through story, question sessions and video projections. Thanks, Hard for Avant-Garde Yo HAG, You should, like, totally check out Revolutions in Therapy, which opens in previews tonight at Artword Theatre. Written and directed by Nadia Ross and Jacob Wren, RiT is totally like......
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