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Continue reading →: Passion & play @ Zelda’s The Beautiful & the Damned
What an incredible evening of poetry, spoken word, readings, music and friends at Zelda’s The Beautiful and the Damned last night! The evening’s festivities were hosted by the very cool (and fellow recovering Irish Catholic) poet and radio personality Nik Beat (http://www.myspace.com/nikbeatpoet), who introduced the feature and open mic performers,…
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Continue reading →: Women of steel: The Hunger Games & The Iron Lady
With all the live music and theatre I’ve been seeing lately, I recently realized I’d gotten woefully behind in movie-going. Here are two I saw during my staycation recently: The Hunger Games. Really good adaptation (first book of a trilogy by Suzanne Collins, who also worked on the screenplay) of…
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Continue reading →: The power of words & music
A few things to tell ya today – all to do with the impact of words and music. First, coming up this Thursday, April 12 is the next edition of The Beautiful and the Damned. This spoken word/poetry/music cabaret event features host Lizzie Violet, and guests Kat Leonard and Helen…
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Continue reading →: Ethereal intensity – Was Spring @ Tarragon Theatre
Daniel MacIvor’s Was Spring (which he also directed), playing now at the Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, is set outside of time and space – although both time and space are referenced in the script and in Verne Good’s sound design. The soundtrack of popular songs takes us back in time and…
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Continue reading →: Director Interviews for Alumnae’s 2012/13 season
Originally posted on The Alumnae Theatre Company's Blog: It must be Spring at Alumnae Theatre because it’s time for the… DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS for Alumnae’s 2012/2013 season. THE SHOWS: February by Lisa Moore. Performance dates: September 21 – October 6, 2012. This play will be a Toronto premiere (possibly a…
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Continue reading →: Season finales – Lost Girl & Republic of Doyle
Playing catch-up in this post, as the week has been busy with music and theatre goings-on. This comes with the usual SPOILER ALERT if you’re not up-to-date on Lost Girl season two or Republic of Doyle season three. So – Lost Girl season two finale (Sunday, April 1). I’ve re-watched…
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Continue reading →: Angela Saini brings it kicky & soulful @ Drake Underground “Cakes & Callouses” EP release
When I got home from the Drake last night to post a quick tweet before I shuffled off to bed, I have to admit, I was at a loss for words (and those of y’all who know me know that this happens only very rarely). In the end, I came…
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Continue reading →: The burnt umber is up, so I guess we’re done – finishing touches on Cosi set
Busy times this week on my staycation. Met up with set designer Ed Rosing early yesterday afternoon to put some finishing touches – and draw a peace sign – on the Così set. Mostly, it was about applying burnt umber to the graffiti and the chair to take down the…
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Continue reading →: Jessica Speziale’s sultry blues sounds @ Horseshoe Tavern gig
An evening in the company of some amazing singer/songwriter women last night, as I met up with Arlene Paculan and Kat Leonard to hear Jessica Speziale at the Horseshoe Tavern (and I met Jessica at Meghan Morrison’s CMW gig at Velvet Underground). Speziale and band played a tight set of…
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Continue reading →: Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival – Week three program
Week three was the strongest program of the festival – with sold-out houses for the end of the week and weekend. My pal Kerri MacDonald (one of the NIF co-founders) and I went to the Saturday matinée and had a blast. Worms for Sale (by Stacy Gardner, dir. by Janina…
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