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Continue reading →: Top 10 theatre 2017Another year, another embarrassment of riches. And, despite the fact that the blog has been operating on a reduced capacity since July, I still managed to see a lot of theatre this year. In alphabetical order, my top 10 of 2017: The Clergy Project: Soulo Theatre for colored girls: Soulpepper…
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Continue reading →: Love in all its complex, messy, glorious forms in Love Between the LinesChelsea Riesz, Lisa Alves, Courtney Lamanna, Joella Crichton, Mercy Cherian & Cathy Huang—rehearsal photo courtesy of Jenna Borsato HERstory Counts opened its second season at Red Sandcastle Theatre last night with Love Between the Lines, written and performed by the ensemble, and directed by Co-Artistic Producer/Co-Artistic Director Jennifer Neales,…
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Continue reading →: Tracing identity through the sacrifices & dreams of matriarchal herstory in the moving, delightful, lyrical traceJeff Ho; set design by Nina Lee Aquino and Michelle Ramsay; lighting design by Michelle Ramsay—photo by Dahlia Katz Factory Theatre, in association with b current performing arts, presents the world premiere of Jeff Ho’s trace, a multidisciplinary journey of family and identity, directed by Factory Theatre AD Nina…
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Continue reading →: The impact of image on memory, identity & social change in the remarkable, moving, visually epic ReflectorAbraham Asto, Louisa Zhu, Michelle Polak & Michael Spence. Lighting & projection design by Laird MacDonald. Set design by Michael Spence & Laird MacDonald. Costume design by Melanie McNeill. Photo by Michael Cooper Theatre Gargantua celebrates its 25th birthday with the world premiere of Reflector, conceived and directed by Jacquie…
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Continue reading →: Fairy tale meets crime procedural meets romantic dramedy as music, hilarity ensue in the magical, imaginative The Adventures of Tom ShadowKevin Vidal, Mark Little, Christian Smith, Lisa Gilroy & Natalie Metcalfe—photo by Samantha Hurley Theatre Lab’s ensemble of top Toronto comedy talent brings a revised version of their hit musical comedy The Adventures of Tom Shadow to the Factory Theatre Studio, directed by Peter Stevens, with music direction and…
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Continue reading →: UpdateNew cowbells courtesy of my aunt Doreen Moore. It’s Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada and I’ve been thinking about what I’m grateful for this year: friends, family, my colleagues at Nightwood Theatre—and you, dear reader. I came out of hiatus in early September to cover INpulse Theatre Co’s production…
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Continue reading →: The secret thoughts of grownups & the stories they tell in the gripping, darkly funny Mockingbird CloseTiana Leonty & David MacInnis—photo by Jackie Brown Photography When truth collides with fiction, who can you trust? INpulse Theatre Co. presents the Toronto premiere of Trevor Schmidt’s Mockingbird Close, directed by Ryan F. Hughes and running at Red Sandcastle Theatre. Iris (Tiana Leonty) and Hank (David MacInnis) live…
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Continue reading →: Hiatus 2.0Okay, so not really gone fishin’ this time. As you may have heard, I started a new job this month, joining Nightwood Theatre as its new Marketing & Outreach Coordinator. I spent the first week of July training with Nightwood’s former Director of Communications and Outreach, Taylor Trowbridge, who will…
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Continue reading →: Still soaring after all these years: Ruminations on war & heroism in the entertaining, poignant Billy Bishop Goes to WarEric Peterson in Billy Bishop Goes to War—photo by Cylla von Tiedemann Still flying high 40 years after its creation, the award-winning Billy Bishop Goes to War returns to the Young Centre. Written and composed by John MacLachlan Gray with Eric Peterson, and directed by Ted Dykstra, Soulpepper brings Billy…
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Continue reading →: Whooping it up like it’s 1926 in the entertaining, intriguing Hogtown: The Immersive ExperienceMark Prince, Dan Willmott & Jerome Bourgault in Hogtown—photo by Sam Gaetz Photography Back by popular demand, The Hogtown Collective returns to Campbell House Museum for a new run of Hogtown: The Immersive Experience—written by Drew Carnwath and Sam Rosenthal, and directed by Rosenthal—with new stories and adventures as the…
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