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Continue reading →: Creatures of myth & memory in the playful, pointed, evocative Cryptids: Prose-Poetry from Creatures of MemoryCover art from Cryptids: Prose-Poetry from Creatures of Memory by Dee Sparling Dee Sparling is a local Toronto poet/spoken word artist and singer. We’ve been friends for about 16 years, and folks who frequented Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir, either at Q Space or The Central, will recognize Sparling, who performed…
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Continue reading →: Family legacy, identity & repressed anger released in the sharply funny, biting Bad JewsRebecca Applebaum, Kristopher Turner & Daniel Krantz in Bad Jews—photo by Dahlia Katz We’re all invited to crash at Jonah and Liam’s as we pay our last respects to their grandfather in the Koffler Centre of the Arts’ production of Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews, directed by Michèle Lonsdale-Smith. Bad Jews…
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Continue reading →: Grit, determination & a love affair with the speed bag in the funny, moving, inspiring NewsgirlSavoy Howe in Newsgirl—photo by Dahlia Katz Tracey Erin Smith and Soulo Theatre celebrated the 5th anniversary of the Soulo Theatre Festival, opening this year’s fest with an Opening Night Gala presentation of Savoy Howe’s Newsgirl. With direction and dramatury by Soulo Theatre A.D. Smith, Newsgirl ran for one night…
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Continue reading →: Identity, community & calling shenanigans on BS in the raw, real, nostalgic Situational AnarchyGraham Isador in Situational Anarchy Pressgang Theatre joins forces with Pandemic Theatre to present Graham Isador’s one-man work of creative non-fiction Situational Anarchy, direction/dramaturgy by Tom Arthur Davis and Jivesh Parasram, and opening last night at Stop Drop N Roll. Autobiographical, with an altered timeline and an amalgamation of…
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Continue reading →: Power, plots & passion in the compelling, intimate & deftly performed CaesarKevin Kashani as Marc Antony and Melanie Leon as Julius Caesar in Caesar—photo art by Joseph Hammond Wolf Manor Theatre Collective continues its 2016-17 season of startling, up close and personal theatre with its production of William Shakespeare’s Caesar, directed by Dylan Brenton and opening last night to a…
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Continue reading →: The struggle for normalcy in the wake of a horrific past in the haunting, disturbing Strangers, BabiesJeff Lillico & Niki Landau in Strangers, Babies—photo by Neil Silcox Theatre PANIK presents its immersive production of Linda McLean’s Strangers, Babies, directed by Paul Lampert, assisted by Sadie Epstein-Fine, this past week. A Canadian premiere, the show opened this past week at Artscape Sandbox. As we enter the space,…
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Continue reading →: The “wangled teb” of perception in the darkly funny, thoughtful, poignant The Play About the BabyJudith Cockman, Will King, Nora Smith & Scott McCulloch in The Play About the Baby If you have no wounds, how can you know you’re alive? Seven Siblings Theatre opened their production of Edward Albee’s The Play About the Baby, directed by company co-founder Erika Downie, upstairs at The Rhino…
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Continue reading →: Reclamation & salvation—stories of Black women’s lives told with candor, sass & humour in powerful, theatrical for colored girlsKaren Glave, d’bi.young anitafrika, Ordena Stephens-Thompson, Akosua Amo-Adem, Evangelia Kambites, Tamara Brown & SATE in for colored girls—photo by Cylla von Tiedemann Soulpepper opened its production of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have committed suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, directed by Djanet Sears with assistance from…
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Continue reading →: Memory, loss & insight—true stories of living with mental illness in the funny, poignant Stories Like Crazy double billAfter launching Stories Like Crazy with their inaugural podcast at the beginning of Mental Health Week, Adrianna Prosser and Lori Lane Murphy finished off the week with two real-life solo shows that “stomp on stigma and set fire to adult colouring books”: Lane Murphy’s Upside Down Dad and Prosser’s Everything…
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Continue reading →: Big surprise romantic gestures, coming together & falling apart in the endearing, fragile, funny I’m Doing This For YouHaley McGee in I’m Doing This For You—photo by Matthew Peberdy She’s gone to great lengths to set up a surprise birthday party for the man she loves, an aspiring standup comic. We’re all invited to the festivities—and we’re going to be his audience. Soulpepper closes its Solo Series with…
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