You Will Remember Me Tarragon Theatre (30 Bridgman Avenue) Runs to April 10 Tickets: $28 – $60 (rush: $15) Pyaasa Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Avenue) Runs to March 27 Tickets: $17 – $33 We are all suffering from Alzheimer’s. That’s the provocative assertion of Edouard Beauchemin, the Quebec intellectual in François Archambault’s You Will […]
In today’s weird and wonderful Urban Planner: visit a brothel with Anusree Roy, play some sexy bingo with Good For Her, catch a special performance of Tom Waits’ music with the multi-instrumental Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres, and hear a space expert discuss his book about life beyond our solar system—aliens!
Off the top of Little Pretty and The Exceptional, in its premiere run at Factory Theatre, Toronto theatre audiences could be forgiven for drawing early comparisons to Kim’s Convenience. Both plays feature a larger-than-life (and just this side of racist) first generation immigrant father (Sugith Varughese, who imbues his character Dilpret with charisma, humour, and […]
A taut revenge thriller; a queer historical drama double bill; radical re-imaginings of a Quebecois folk tale and a classic Maritimer play. Professional critics representing the Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Now Magazine, and Torontoist found plenty of theatre to celebrate from the past year, with the annual Toronto Theatre Critics Awards (or […]
Bombay Black Factory Theatre Mainspace (125 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario) Runs to Dec. 6 $25 – $35 Although actor Kawa Ada was intrigued by the idea of an all-male cast for Bombay Black, a play by Vancouver based author Anosh Irani, he was initially a little concerned about auditioning for the part of Apsara. “I […]
Beautiful Man Groundwater Productions VENUE: The Theatre Centre Mainspace (1115 Queen Street West) Erin Shields has a twisted and dark sense of humour, and Beautiful Man has this as its biggest trophy, even bigger than the well-dressed (and increasingly less-dressed) man standing alone on a pedestal at the back of the stage. While actor Brett […]
Much Ado About Nothing Tarragon Theatre Mainspace (30 Bridgman Ave) Runs to May 31 $29–$55 What’s common between Shakespearean comedies and Bollywood movies? Both, more often than not, are about people suffering love. Or, so says veteran director Richard Rose. His newest adaptation of the bard’s rom-com Much Ado About Nothing takes place in Brampton’s […]
At first, the rise of social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram seemed to herald nothing more than a new kind of annoying exercise in narcissism and a devastating black hole for productivity. But, as we all know by now, they had a far darker side: although those of us who were young and vulnerable […]
Ronnie Burkett has solidified his reputation as Canada’s premiere solo puppeteer with complex full-length plays, like the Memory Dress Trilogy, or last year’s “apocalyptic comedy” Penny Plain. So it’s a rare treat to see him cut loose and perform The Daisy Theatre. It’s a free-wheeling show that’s different each night, with audience participation, special guests, […]
For its 2013 edition, the Luminato Festival has brought in several world-renowned artists and companies to present tentpole performing-arts events, each with some associated programming. It’s a bit of a shift from previous years, when there were more stand-alone events, but we think it’s a clever way of hooking more attendees into seeing additional shows […]
The Vagabond Trust, an infrequently recurring reading series showcasing local writers’ new work, returns to the Ossington. The line-up for this edition, curated by playwright Jason Maghanoy and hosted by Alex Derry, is stacked with great writers, including Claudia Day, Anusree Roy, and Julia Lederer. Also on the bill: music from Paula Perry, and art […]
2012 was Jorn Weisbrodt’s coming out as a major player in Canada’s artistic community. It was his inaugural year as the artistic director of Luminato, the annual “festival of ideas and creativity.” He was the face of the event, but most of the programming decisions had been made well before he took over. The 2013 […]
Penny Plain Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street) January 20 to February 26 PWYC to $55 Canadian theatre magician Ronnie Burkett has spent the last 25 years creating stunningly lifelike marionettes with his company, Theatre of Marionettes, while honing techniques that transform the puppets from inanimate objects to emotive beings right before our eyes. But beware […]
The Golden Dragon Tarragon Theatre (30 Bridgman Avenue) January 18 to February 19 Tuesday to Saturday at 8 p.m., weekend matinee at 2:30 p.m. $23 to $43 The Golden Dragon is a mouthful, and we’re not only talking about its playwright, Germany’s Roland Schimmelpfennig. Centred around a Thai/Chinese/Vietnamese fast-food restaurant in an unnamed city (it […]
Artists aren’t ones to shy away from a controversy, and being one of the biggest congregations of theatre-makers and supporters in Toronto, controversy is never far from the Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Last year was rife with it, as critics and nominees debated over the value of the awards themselves. This year, however, there wasn’t a trace of antagonism towards the annual awards show (besides the fact that it stood in the way of the attendees and the street after-party). This year, the theatre community had bigger threats to worry about.
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