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Continue reading →: Portents & prophecy as science meets spirit (or does it?) in compelling The Queen’s Conjuror
Circlesnake Productions opened its production of Joshua Browne and Alec Toller’s The Queen’s Conjuror in The Attic Arts Hub (1402 Queen St. E., Toronto) on Thursday, directed by Toller. I caught the show last night. A new star has recently appeared in the sky and Queen Elizabeth I (Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah)…
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Continue reading →: Former high school pals reunite to solve an old, gruesome mystery in the dark, macabre, thoughtful Swan
Finish what you start. Little Black Afro Theatre joins forces with Filament Incubator for a production of Aaron Jan’s Swan, directed by Jan and dramaturged by Lucy Powis; and opening last night to a packed house in the Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) Backspace. As we enter the theatre and settle…
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Continue reading →: Sacred, profane & magical – blood variations & intimate, powerful storytelling in BloodClaat
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of BloodClaat: The Sankofa Trilogy Part 1, The Watah Theatre is remounting d’bi.young anitafrika’s award-winning Sankofa Trilogy, starting with a run of BloodClaat to open its 2016-17 Blk Bx Season [calendar link] at its home in Toronto’s Distillery District at 9 Trinity Street, Studio…
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Continue reading →: Quote of the week: Oct 31, 2016
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.—Oscar Wilde
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Continue reading →: Magic, puppets, shenanigans & horror in spellbinding, diabolically funny The Harrowing of Brimstone McReedy
There are stranger things done in the midnight sun other than cremating Sam McGee. And there are more ways to moil for gold – some with even darker consequences. Eldritch Theatre takes us on a strange, dark and magical adventure with their production of The Harrowing of Brimstone McReedy. Created…
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Continue reading →: Courage, poetry & resilience. Final words & accounts of the 16 executed rebels in the moving A Terrible Beauty: Voices from 1916
Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? That is heaven’s part, our part To murmur name upon name, As a mother names her child When sleep at last has come On limbs that had run wild. What is it but nightfall?…
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Continue reading →: The search for a woman’s lost voice in the vocal, physical, emotional tour de force Mouthpiece
Nightwood Theatre opened its 2016-17 season at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre last week, with a unique double bill of Quote Unquote Collective’s Mouthpiece and Anna Chatterton’s Quiver. Mouthpiece was the second show I saw last night. Mouthpiece is a Dora award-winning Quote Unquote Collective production; created and performed by…
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Continue reading →: Love shots & family in the entertaining, quixotic, poignant Quiver
Nightwood Theatre opened its 2016-17 season at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre last week, with a unique double bill of Quote Unquote Collective’s Mouthpiece and Anna Chatterton’s Quiver. I saw both shows last night, starting with Quiver. Written and performed by Anna Chatterton, and directed by Andrea Donaldson, Quiver incorporates…
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Continue reading →: Quote of the week: October 24, 2016
The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like him – as we find out about ourselves, about all of us – but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, “Canada.” —Gord Downie, on the Secret Path project
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Continue reading →: Sex, death & religion: Pondering life experiences & relationships in thoughtful, sassy, intense FAITH
“It was the United Church so it was all like sing these songs, hold hands and get the fuck outta here.” Theatre By Committee opened its production of Ben Hayward’s FAITH in the Chapel at St. Luke’s United Church (353 Sherbourne St., corner of Sherbourne/Carlton, Toronto – Carlton St. entrance).…
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