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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'theatrecentre'

September 3, 2008

ART: This month's exhibit at the Steam Whistle Brewing Gallery is called "It Figures" and celebrates the human form through varied and unique artistic interpretations. The artists featured this month are Michael Tenaglia, Aurora Pagano, Jessica Gorlicky, and Jacqueline Okuhara. There is an opening reception tonight for the exhibit, with the artists in attendance. Steam Whistle Brewing Gallery (255 Bremner Boulevard), 6 p.m., FREE. WORDS: This Is Not A Reading Series continues this evening......

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August 14, 2008

FILM: Tonight at the Revue Cinema, join bands The Flatliners, The Wooden Sky, The Sinisters, Maximum RNR, and more for a tribute night to Canadian cult film Hard Core Logo. Following a screening of director Bruce McDonald's cut of the film, McDonald will be doing a Q&A. There will also be appearances from secret special guests and prize giveaways of rare vinyl, t-shirts, and CDs. The event is presented by JUICEBOXdotcom's Sam Sutherland and......

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June 6, 2008

Nominees for the 29th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards were announced yesterday morning at the Sony Centre. Over muffins and coffee, various TAPA members, politicians, and mainstays of the Toronto theatre scene presented three awards and read off a long list of those eligible for taking home the coveted (if heavy) jesters come June 30th. This year’s nominee list, for the most part, is a rich cross-section of the Toronto theatre-going scene over the......

Continue Reading "They Saw 219 Shows. This Is The Result."

February 11, 2008

This week, Musicologist is pleased to share that Wavelength will be hosting a festival celebrating their anniversary. The weekly music series has come a long way since its inception in 1999 and has seen various bookers, venues, and, of course, musicians contribute to the success of the series. Wavelength commits to showcasing great music at an accessible cost (all shows are pay-what-you-can) and most recently, has made a vow to feature diversity in the selected......

Continue Reading "Musicologist: February 11–17"

May 25, 2007

Ever wanted to know what goes on in the kitchens at the Royal York Hotel? Or see if the interior of the Gooderham Flatiron Building is as cool as its exterior? Or finally know what’s in that loft above the Pure Spirits building at the Distillery District? Doors Open Toronto 2007 will allow you to do all that—for free! 150 buildings across the city will allow you free access on May 26 and 27 in......

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May 3, 2007

On your mark, get set, go register for Run The ROM! The 5km run is scheduled for May 12 and it’s the latest in the Run With Art series from The Movement Movement. The main movers of The Movement Movement, dancer/choreographer Jenn Goodwin and artist/curator Jessica Rose, are inviting the public to run laps of the museum for public art’s sake. You could be running through Ancient Peru or perhaps Heaven or Hell. Sounds exotic!......

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September 22, 2006

Torontoist still has mixed feelings about condos. On one hand, they're harbingers of gentrification, and are often built with little or no regard for the surrounding neighbourhoods. On the other hand, it beats paving over another patch of forest or farmland for a subdivision. So just what is the place of the condo in Toronto? That's what Condo Boom!, a group show currently running at the Theatre Centre, looks at. The show features work by......

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August 29, 2006

Artists Jenn Goodwin and Jessica Rose are known around town as the artists behind the Movement Movement, a series of art performances that involve running around art venues like the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, or the Theatre Centre and even non-art venues like City Hall. This time the artists will be running for their homes. It turns out Jessica Rose lives in the condo threatened 48 Abell building. A long time home for artists......

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January 30, 2006

ATSA (Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable), the Montreal art collective, responsible for the burnt-out SUV installation at Dundas Square last summer is coming back to Toronto. They won't be blowing up any SUVs, but drivers of gas guzzlers might want to watch out anyway. Over the last few months the group has been working on a different project that pokes fun at the gas-guzzling giants. They've created and distributed thousands of "tickets" that fine SUV......

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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."

June 9, 2005

The Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations were announced yesterday at the top of First Canadian Place. And for once, there is little to argue with… (Well, there's always something to argue about, so feel free to go at it in the comments here.) The two most-nominated shows were Urinetown and Hairspray, but given that there are separate Dora categories for musicals and a heck of a lot fewer of them than straight theatre productions, they......

Continue Reading "Dora: I Love You Like-a Never Before-a."

April 21, 2005

For the next three weeks, Toronto audiences will have a chance to see the most (in)famous husband and wife puppet duo of all time -- in the flesh. The Confessions of Punch and Judy, arriving from New York and opening in previews tonight at the Theatre Centre on Queen West, is "an all-night showdown that jump-cuts between quarrel and confession, song and dance, and absurd comic violence." Toronto actor/director Ker Wells from Number Eleven Theatre......

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December 7, 2004

Samuel Beckett and Bertolt Brecht: Two playwrights with such different styles, but such similarish-sounding last names. These two theatrical trendsetters opened in preview together at The Theatre Centre last night, thanks to a double-bill imaginatively titled Beckett and Brecht. The Brecht portion of the evening is actually diluted Bertie. BéBé: The Women Behind Brecht is a show about B.B.'s collaborations with women playwrights, conceived, directed and co-written by Jennifer Capraru and presented by Theatre Asylum.......

Continue Reading "Theatre Tuesday : Breakfast, Beckett, Dinner"

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