Evil Dead: The Musical has returned to Toronto. Again. It was actually all the way back in 2003 that it made its debut in the Tranzac Club. Back then, it was known as Evil Dead 1 & 2: The Musical, on account of the fact that it took the plot of both of the first two movies in the cult schlock-horror franchise. It was a quirky concept and the budget little-show-that-could found itself an......

Actor Darryl Pring is a big guy (you might recognize him as the farmer on the bouncing tractor from the "Milk Rap" ads). Pring is also a funny guy who has written and produced a play called Fatty, which will be touring Fringe Festivals (including the Toronto Fringe ) across Canada this summer. Dubbed a "fictional true story" Fatty is adapted from the novel I, Fatty by Jerry Stahl. The play tells the story of......

Yes, the malls are packed, people are getting antsy about finishing all of their Christmas shopping, and sometimes it seems to be simply the season of consumerism gone amok, but the holidays are also about remembering and helping those who are less fortunate. In that spirit, here’s a great event on Thursday featuring many of the city’s best singers, songwriters and musicians. On December 21st, head on over to the Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick) for......

This huge mother snowglobe (and the cheery young Santa standing alongside it) also deserves the award for Most Eyecatching Way to Advertise a Craft Fair. The ingenius advertising at Bloor and Brunswick worked well in directing traffic to the little Christmas Market at the Tranzac Club down the street, which had some lovely necklaces and delicious-smelling handmade body butter (it's open today and Friday from 1pm - 7pm for anyone who is still behind......

Although alcohol is most certainly the linchpin of a Queen's Players stage production, there's always a certain intrigue as to which direction the performance could take: There's the expletive heavy, smutastic performance where everyone onstage has a that warm liquored-up glow, or there's the embarrassing, you-should-go-home drunkies on stage. Either way, it's always been entertaining. Starting this weekend, the production of The Apprentice Bride looks to impress the less forgiving yet still adoring Toronto audience.......