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Continue reading →: The art of sexy parody – Toronto Burlesque Festival Press Party/Meet & Greet Teaser
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT Poetry in pasties at the Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar last night, my friends, at the Toronto Burlesque Festival Press Party/Meet & Greet Teaser. This is the 5th annual TBF, with performances taking place at the Gladstone and the Mod Club, running until July 22.…
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Continue reading →: The Beautiful & the Damned and Toronto Burlesque Festival
Lots more going on this week, my friends. Tonight, the July edition of The Beautiful and the Damned will take place at Glad Day Bookshop (598 Yonge St., Toronto – just north of Wellesley on the west side of Yonge). Here’s the scoop from my pal, the lovely and talented…
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Continue reading →: Best of Toronto Fringe opens tonight!
Hey kids! Missed a really great show at Toronto Fringe? Well, you’ll have another chance to see these at the Best of the Toronto Fringe (July 18 – Aug 3) at the Toronto Centre for the Arts: HELP YOURSELF MAHMOUD POMME IS FRENCH FOR APPLE RARE THE SHAPE OF THINGS…
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Continue reading →: July Issue of Lipstik Indie
Originally posted on Lipstik Indie Reviews: Reviewed by Carolina Smart By pure serendipity I came across this CD. It was mixed in with another package sent to me for review. Another reviewer was supposed to review this CD but once I started listening to it, I claimed it for my…
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Continue reading →: Rowdy rollicking good times & a pint – The Taming of the Shrew
There’s nothing like having a pint with your Shakespeare – and the Victory Café was a great venue for the Shakespeare BASH’d production of The Taming of the Shrew. I caught the closing night of their Fringe run last night – and it was some big loud raucous fun. Director…
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Continue reading →: A magical, joyful celebration of souls – Soulo
Back at Toronto Fringe early last night to catch the closing performance of Soulo at the Robert Gill Theatre. Conceived and directed by Tracey Erin Smith (doing double duty this Fringe with her own show Snug Harbor), and inspired by Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” campaign, Soulo features three solo…
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Continue reading →: Visceral beauty & spectacle @ Shinsedai Cinema Festival
Took a break from Toronto Fringe yesterday afternoon to stop by the Revue Cinema to see the Shinsedai Cinema Festival screening of The Naked Summer, directed by Kenji Okabe, with cinematography by Yutaka Yamazaki. First up was film short Tsuki-Yomi, directed by Team Gatera, a 16mm visual feast of nature…
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Continue reading →: It’s not easy being a smart comedy fan – Fake News Fangirl
When I went to see the late-show performance of Fake News Fangirl at the Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) Backspace last night, I was expecting to see a dark comedy about a fictitious crazed fan. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Well, not about the comedy part at least. Sharilyn Johnson’s…
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Continue reading →: Not your childhood princess story – The Princess of Porn
So I don’t normally need to do these here at life with more cowbell, but… WARNING: This post contains adult language and content. Okay, so now that you’ve been warned, here goes. Vikki Velenosi’s play The Princess of Porn: The Musical, directed by Chelsea Ferrando, with “bow-chicka-wow-wow” (music?) by Adam…
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Continue reading →: Dark comic hilarity as sibs plot to kill granny – Ways to Kill Ethyl
First trip out to Factory Theatre this Fringe for my visit to the mainspace last night for Grayson Moore’s Ways to Kill Ethyl. And what a trip it was! Moore’s play (he also directed) is a both dark and hilarious evening at a family potluck, introduced in camp fire horror…
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