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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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Continue reading →: The ABCs of cut-throat real estate in the darkly funny, testosterone-fuelled Glengarry Glen RossDerek Perks, Chris Coculuzzi & Frank De Francesco in Glengarry Glen Ross—photo by David Fitzpatrick Amicus Productions wraps its 2016-17 season with its production of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Harvey Levkoe; and opening last night at the Papermill Theatre at Todmorden Mills. Set in Chicago in the…
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Continue reading →: Hamlet as you’ve never seen it in the haunting, beautiful ASL/English adaptation Prince HamletChristine Horne as Hamlet in Prince Hamlet—photo by Bronwen Sharp Why Not Theatre mounts Ravi Jain’s exciting bilingual (ASL and English) adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with its production of Prince Hamlet, directed by Jain; and currently running at the Theatre Centre. This production has already been garnering some well-deserved…
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Continue reading →: Rich tapestry of image, sound & dance tells a powerful story without words in remarkable Century SongNeema Bickersteth in Century Song—photos by John Lauener Nightwood Theatre partners with Volcano, Richard Jordan Productions UK and Moveable Beast Collective to present Century Song, opening last night in the Guloien Theatre at Crow’s Theatre’s home at Streetcar Crowsnest. Created by soprano/performer Neema Bickersteth, choreographer Kate Alton and director Ross…
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Continue reading →: Speaking truth to power in raw, real, fierce & funny Sound of the BeastTamyka Bullen (onscreen) & Donna-Michelle St. Bernard in Sound of the Beast—photo by Michael Cooper Hear ye, hear ye let it be known, No one on my block walks alone. Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) closes its 2016-17 season with Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s (aka Belladonna the Blest) Sound of the Beast,…
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Continue reading →: Family, transition & mental illness in the honest, engaging, moving Little Pretty and The ExceptionalSugith Varughese & Farah Merani in Little Pretty and The Exceptional—photo by Joseph Michael A South Asian Canadian family navigates a career transition, personal milestones and mental illness in Anusree Roy’s Little Pretty and The Exceptional, directed by Brendan Healy, assisted by Ryan G. Hinds—running in the Factory Theatre Mainspace.…
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Continue reading →: Interview: Leanne FergusonGalaxy Photoz is a new photography service that puts clients in touch with professional, vetted photographers. Featuring nine types of photography, Galaxy Photoz wants to make the photographer search safe, easy and on demand. For photographers, it acts like an agency, promoting their work and connecting them with clients. It’s…
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Continue reading →: Crazy LOL love & the power of the perfect joke in the quirky, poignant, hilarious The Clean HouseAnnemieke Wade, Neil Silcox, Andrea Irwin, Lilia Leon & Marina Moreira in The Clean House—photo by Bruce Peters Love isn’t clean… It’s dirty. Like a good joke. Alumnae Theatre Company closes its 2016-17 season with Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House, directed by Ali Joy Richardson, assisted by Nevada Banks;…
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