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Continue reading →: Tea & passion-filled words @ Harvest Noon Café’s PÖtea & Jam
Out again with my lovely friend Lizzie Violet last night, this time for the PÖtea & Jam poetry/spoken word readings at Harvest Noon Café. Upstairs from the GSU pub at UofT (16 Bancroft Ave.), Cassandra Witteman greeted us as we arrived, offering freshly brewed mint tea, among others, and croissants…
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Continue reading →: Around London in 6 colours
Check this out – you’re gonna love it! With thanks to G. for posting. 🙂
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Continue reading →: Beautiful, fun word play with Lizzie Violet
Okay, so right off the top, I have to admit a certain amount of bias – okay, a whole lot of bias – when it comes to Lizzie Violet. She’s super smart, funny and has an incredible way with words – and is brave enough to get up in front…
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Continue reading →: One weekend, four plays – SummerWorks closing weekend
And we’re back. Juggling a busy summer social schedule, with an impromptu trip out-of-town the first weekend of the festival, I managed to do a bit of SummerWorks catch-up this past week, seeing most of the shows I managed to catch this past weekend, including three yesterday. SummerWorks 2012 has…
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Continue reading →: Gay Play Days – Audition Notice
Originally posted on The Alumnae Theatre Company's Blog: Back on June 6, I re-Tweeted a Call For Scripts for a festival called Gay Play Day – the notice came through on Alumnae’s Twitter feed. It’s a newly-minted festival of short plays by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered playwrights, which will…
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Continue reading →: Howling at the moon in Daniel MacIvor’s I, Animal
Finally. Got out to see my first SummerWorks show last night: Daniel MacIvor’s I, Animal – directed by Richie Wilcox and produced by KAZAN CO-OP – at the Factory Theatre mainspace, where I bumped into Alumnae Theatre pals Anne Harper and Brenda Somers, who were there volunteering at the box…
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Continue reading →: Is theatre dead?
Last week, I came across an interesting tweet from Toronto actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (recently featured in Soulpepper Theatre’s production of Ins Choi’s play Kim’s Convenience), who posted the question: “Is Theatre Really Dead?” along with a link to this hysterically funny and thought-provoking YouTube video: And it got me…
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Continue reading →: Words, music & dance collide @ Smash Words
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending Smash Words at the Press Club (http://www.thepressclub.ca/) for an evening of queer poetry and cabaret, with a great group of friends. The evening included poetry, spoken word, music and dance, featuring readings and performances by David Bateman, Philip Cairns (who was also…
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Continue reading →: Christian D & the Hangovers take us to the Church of Rockabilly
Back from cottage country, after a last-minute change of weekend plans so I could help some friends get their cottage ready for some upcoming rental folks. This means I’m a bit tardy on this post. But, as they say: better late than never. Finally got out to see Christian D…
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Continue reading →: Smashwords!
Originally posted on Lizzie Violet: I am very honoured and excited to be performing this Sunday at Toronto Queer Arts and Culture Festival – 2nd Annual Smash Words (at the Press Club) along with Kat Leonard, David Bateman, Philip Cairns, Kirk DeMatas, Brock Hessel, Frank Hull, DM Moore! https://www.facebook.com/events/332449876838124/
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