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Continue reading →: No redemption in Saved
Edward Bond’s 1965 play Saved, a controversial play for its time, remains so today in its modernized Fringe production. Director Jack Grinhaus sets the play in 1997-99, a period of social and media transition that parallels the period in which the play was written. Television – and now digital media –…
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Continue reading →: As memory fades, family secrets emerge
The Fringe production of Remember, Maggy? uses the tagline “Like Golden Girls with addiction and Alzheimer’s” on its promotional material and program. The show is hilariously funny – and also incredibly poignant and even a bit haunting. Co-written by mother/son team Carol Anne Murray and Matt Murray (Matt also directed),…
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Continue reading →: Lovin’ the Depp, desperate gal pals & Kim’s Convenience
Here’s how much Kat Leonard loves Johnny Depp: I’m also so very happy to have finally figured out how to insert an actual vid image into this post – much prettier than a link for sure. Leonard’s one-woman music/movement/dance/multimedia extravaganza A Depper Kind of Love was the first of three shows I…
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Continue reading →: Big campy fun @ Operation Impervious
So I broke my Toronto Fringe 2011 cherry last night by getting my 5-way – I mean, 5-play – card punched for the very first time this festival at Operation Impervious, which opened last night and runs until July 16 at the Robert Gill Theatre. As gay roommates Martin and…
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Continue reading →: Fabulous outdoor classics
Hey kids! In addition to the Toronto Fringe, there’s also some amazing outdoor theatre happening in and around the big smoke/GTA: Driftwood Theatre Group’s production of MacBeth opens today and tours all over southwestern Ontario. Check out their website for the schedule: http://driftwoodtheatre.com/index.htm The Guild Festival Theatre is launching its…
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Continue reading →: Fringe is here, Fringe is here!
The Toronto Fringe Festival opens today, chickens. Shouts to some pals in Fringe this year: Rosemary Doyle (actor) – Remember, Maggy? Steve Flett (actor) – Wishes Are Horses John Illingworth & Brenda Somers (actors) – Saved Kat Leonard (creator/singer/actor) – A Depper Kind of Love Derek Perks (actor) – Finally:…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Pride/Canada Day weekend
Holy moly – lots to keep me busy and out of trouble (relatively speaking) this past weekend: Thursday, June 30: the annual CHIC Productions’ women’s Pride dance at the Palais Royale. Amazing live band on the patio, hot music from the DJ on the dance floor and hundreds of lovely…
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Continue reading →: What’s up with the ice cream truck music?
Okay, so call me old-fashioned, old school, a dinosaur even. But what the heck is up with the music you hear coming from the ice cream trucks lately? When I was a kid – and this is going back a while – the ice cream truck in my neighbourhood in…
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Continue reading →: Thumbs up, thumbs down…
Strange things happening in our strange world lately, chickens. And some of it’s even been good… Thumbs up: The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) for their ginormous Pride flag (see the Bloor Street side of the building) The State of New York for legalizing same-sex marriage. Thumbs down: Toronto Mayor Rob…
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Continue reading →: Bridesmaids kicks @$$!
OMFG and LOL – I thought I laughed a lot at Midnight in Paris, but Bridesmaids – whole other ballgame, chickens. I went yesterday with my pal Kira (who treated me for my b’day) and we laughed so hard that Kira got dangerously close to doing a spit take/nose spew with…
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