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Quote of the week: Oct 17, 2016

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October 17, 2016

Strong men — men who are truly role models — don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. —Michelle Obama
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Comedy, Theatre, TV

Funny as hell & sh*t gets real in the socially sharp, outrageously funny Late Night

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October 14, 2016

Moses Znaimer and Kat Sandler have teamed up for Zoomer LIVE Theatre’s inaugural production, the debut of Sandler’s Late Night (winner of Toronto Fringe 24-hour playwriting contest), currently running in ZoomerHall – a new space that will serve as a launch pad for intimate, multi-media indie productions. Located in a…
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Theatre

A world in a tea room in the powerful, sharply funny, deeply moving “Master Harold” …and the Boys

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October 13, 2016

Obsidian Theatre, in association with the Shaw Festival, brought its production of Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold” …and the Boys to Toronto, opening last night at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Studio theatre. Directed by Philip Akin, and inspired by Fugard’s childhood relationships with the black employees of his mother’s…
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Quote of the week: Oct 10, 2016

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October 10, 2016

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. – John Milton
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Theatre

Sympathy for the devil & debate on the nature of humanity in darkly comic, thoughtful Dead End

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October 8, 2016

Theatre Lab opened its production of Jonny Sun’s Dead End, directed by Michael Orlando, on Thursday night in the Factory Theatre Studio, where I caught it last night, along with a post-show talkback with Sun and Orlando. Set in an isolated and claustrophobic fourth floor corridor of an abandoned high…
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Quote of the week: Oct 3, 2016

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October 3, 2016

Nothing can dim the light that shines from within. – Maya Angelou
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Quote of the week: Sept 26, 2016

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September 26, 2016

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi
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Moments, Poetry, Spoken word, Theatre

Preview: June Cleaver goes to hell in hilariously dark, satirical & surreal Hot Kitchen/SECOND SHIFT

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September 23, 2016

Filament Incubator presents Raw Matter’s production of Hot Kitchen/SECOND SHIFT, written, directed, designed and performed by the Raw Matter ensemble, incorporating the writing of Sylvia Plath, Silvia Federici and Jean Genet. Opening tonight, I caught the preview at Kensington Hall (56A Kensington Ave., Toronto) last night. When you arrive in…
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Comedy, Moments, Theatre

Preview: Keeping it real, present & loving when Mimi met Tara in delightfully funny & touching Blind Date

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September 22, 2016

Every person in the room is trying not to get caught staring at your beauty. – A complementary compliment from Blind Date When Blind Date creator/actor Rebecca Northan announced that her famous clown/improv/audience participation piece would be getting its first time ever gay make-over at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre,…
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Theatre

Love & loss, assumptions & perspectives in sharp, touching, painfully funny This

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September 19, 2016

Alumnae Theatre Company opened its 2016-17 season with Melissa James Gibson’s This, directed by Rebecca Ballarin, on the Mainstage on Friday night. I caught the matinée yesterday afternoon. Four college friends, now in their late 30s, share life, love and loss in this poignant, sometimes wacky tale of relationships, and…
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I’m Cate (she/her)

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Thanks for stopping by life with more cowbell. This blog is about living my best life through the arts. I’ll be sharing short fiction & creative non-fiction, art & other stuff. The arts are for everyone & you can choose to share your art or make it just for you – have fun exploring & creating!