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Continue reading →: A gripping contemporary take on a classic in the powerful, chilling, resonant Julius CaesarDion Johnstone & Moya O’Connell. Set & lighting design by Lorenzo Savoini. Costume design by Ming Wong. Photo by Dahlia Katz. Groundling Theatre Company joins forces with Crow’s Theatre to present a chilling modern-day take on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, directed by Chris Abraham, assisted by Rouvan Silogix, with additional…
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Continue reading →: #MeToo from the other side in the sharply funny, provocative Sexual Misconduct of the Middle ClassesAlice Snaden & Matthew Edison. Set & costume design by Michael Gianfrancesco. Lighting design by Bonnie Beecher. Photo by Joy von Tiedemann. Tarragon Theatre kicks off the New Year with the premiere of Hannah Moscovitch’s sharply funny, provocative #MeToo look at a student/professor affair in Sexual Misconduct of the…
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Continue reading →: A journey to medieval Russia in the delightfully charming, playful Tea at the PalaceAnn Powell and David Powell. Designed & created by Ann Powell and David Powell. Lighting design by Kevin Hutson. Photo by Dahlia Katz. Puppetmongers Theatre takes us to medieval Russia with a combination of old Russian tales in the delightfully charming, playful Tea at the Palace. Co-created, designed and performed…
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Continue reading →: Top 10 Theatre 2019It’s that time of the year again. Here are my top 10 theatre productions for 2019, in alphabetical order (based on Toronto productions I reviewed this calendar year): Athabasca. Convergence Theatre Between Riverside and Crazy. Coal Mine Theatre The Black Drum. Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf and Deaf Cultural…
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Continue reading →: Remembering Carlin BelofCarlin was in her mid-teens and I was in my early 20s when we first met, both students at Theatre Aquarius Summer Theatre School in Hamilton, Ontario during the mid-80s—and I remember being struck by her focus, maturity and talent. An old, creative soul, she was already writing songs that…
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Continue reading →: Good silly panto fun in Jack and the BeansTalk—A Merry Magical PantomimeTorrent Productions presents its annual Coxwell/Gerrard neighbourhood holiday panto with Jack and the BeansTalk—A Merry Magical Pantomime, written and directed by Rob Torr, with music direction by Paul Moody and choreography by Stephanie Graham; running at Royal Canadian Legion Branch #001 (243 Coxwell Ave, Toronto, just south of Gerrard St.…
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Continue reading →: Happy holidays!And all good things for 2020! Stay tuned for a few year-end holiday show reviews and my annual Top 10 Theatre list.
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Continue reading →: December (pseudo) hiatusHey all—I can’t believe it’s December already! That means it’s time for the cowbell blog’s annual December (pseudo) hiatus. I say “pseudo” because, as usual, I’ll be seeing and reviewing a few holiday shows this month. In the spirit of holiday surprises, I won’t say what shows—but I will say…
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Continue reading →: Melanie Peterson’s “Christmas Breaks My Heart” a gentle, melodic nod to holiday heartacheMelanie Peterson, live at Free Times Cafe for last night’s “Christmas Breaks My Heart” launch. It was standing room only at Free Times Café last night, as Melanie Peterson celebrated the launch of her new holiday single “Christmas Breaks My Heart”, featuring the talents of fellow Toronto-based singer/songwriter guests…
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Continue reading →: Shades of gray in the intimate, entertaining, deeply poignant Between Riverside and CrazyAllegra Fulton & Alexander Thomas. Set design by Anna Treusch. Costume design by Michelle Bohn. Lighting design by Steve Lucas. Photo by Dahlia Katz. Coal Mine Theatre opened its Toronto premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Between Riverside and Crazy to a packed house at its home on Toronto’s Danforth Avenue…
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