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Continue reading →: The kids aren’t alright in the Howland Company’s raw, intense, disturbing Punk RockTim Dowler-Coltman. Set and costume design by Nancy Anne Perrin. Lighting design by Jareth Li. Photo by Neil Silcox. The Howland Company gets raw and apocalyptic with the Toronto premiere of Simon Stephens’ Punk Rock, directed by Gregory Prest assisted by Brittany Kay; opening last night in the Scotiabank Community…
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Continue reading →: Teige Reid & Darryl Purvis take us to the Church of the Perpetual LOLs in the Teige & Darryl Do A Show Together ShowLast night, a sizeable crowd gathered up in the Studio at Alumnae Theatre for a one night only evening of laughs and celebration for the Teige and Darryl Do A Show Together Show. Featuring Teige Reid and Darryl Purvis, plus a surprise guest, the celebration part was about Purvis’s…
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Continue reading →: A gothic fairy tale of spiritual connections, mystical protectors & escaping a monster in Brenda Clews’ gripping, magical Fugue in GreenLike a bullet in slow motion, she floated over treetops for as long as it took to blink. A gothic fairy tale of spiritual connections, mystical protectors and escaping the clutches of a monster, this is the opening line of Brenda Clews’ mesmerizing, magical novella Fugue in Green, published by…
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Continue reading →: Shakesbeers Showdown 2018: Meet contestants Kaitlyn Riordan & Chanakya MukherjeeAaand our next intrepid contestants for First Folio supremacy in Shakesbeers Showdown 2018: Jurassic BARD hail from team Shakespeare in the Ruff. Introducing Kaitlyn Riordan (aka Kaitlyn “Frickin” Riordan, or maybe that’s just me) and Chanakya Mukherjee! Contestant: Kaitlyn Riordan Team: Shakespeare in the Ruff Favourite play from the Shakespeare…
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Continue reading →: New Ideas: The chaotic metaphysics of life, love & monsters in the water in the funny, moving, poetic Week 3 programAlumnae Theatre Company continues its 30th annual New Ideas Festival (NIF) of short new works, opening the Week Three program last night. It’s the final week of the festival, running up in the Alumnae Studio. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Natalie Frijia, directed by Kay Brattan. In 1882…
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Continue reading →: Shakesbeers Showdown 2018: Meet contestant James Wallis
Time to meet another word warrior in the battle for Folio supremacy at Shakesbeers Showdown 2018: Jurassic BARD! Introducing James Wallis from team Shakespeare BASH’d! Contestant: James Wallis Team: Shakespeare BASH’d Favourite play from the Shakespeare canon: Romeo and Juliet Favourite character from the canon that you’ve played so far: Richard III…
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Continue reading →: Revolution, reversal, revulsion: Soulpepper’s disturbingly hilarious, brutally satirical, timely Animal FarmRick Roberts, Sarah Wilson & Miriam Fernandes. Set and costume design by Ken MacKenzie. Lighting design by André du Toit. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. Soulpepper brings George Orwell’s chilling and bizarre cautionary tale of revolution, politics and corporate greed to life with its world premiere of Anthony MacMahon’s stage…
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Continue reading →: Shakesbeers Showdown 2018: Meet contestant Donna the puppet (aka Erin Eldershaw)
Time to meet another contestant for First Folio supremacy at Shakesbeers Showdown 2018: Jurassic BARD. Introducing Donna the puppet and her human pal Erin Eldershaw from team Shakey-Shake and Friends Theatre Company! Contestant: Donna the puppet (aka Erin Eldershaw) Team: Shakey-Shake and Friends Theatre Company Favourite play from the Shakespeare canon: Oh! But there…
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Continue reading →: Shakesbeers Showdown 2018: Meet contestants Breanna Maloney & Tristian Claxton
Meet two more Shakesbeers Showdown 2018: Jurassic BARD contestants today: Introducing Breanna Maloney and Tristan Claxton from team Skipping Stones Theatre. Contestant: Breanna Maloney Team: Skipping Stones Theatre Favourite play from the Shakespeare canon: King Lear Favourite character from the canon that you’ve played so far: Juliet Dream role…
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