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Books, Moments

Compelling, poetic, unflinchingly honest snapshots of working class people in Of Being Underground & Moving Backwards

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February 11, 2016

Where do the words Interrupted Of the working class people go? Lost somewhere within their time Interrupted. This is the prologue to Heather Babcock’s chapbook Of Being Underground and Moving Backwards, a collection of short stories published by DevilHousePress. A compelling and vividly detailed collection of works, Of Being Underground…
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Music, Theatre

Moving, magical journey of love, memory & art told through songs in the brilliant, entertaining Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen.

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February 6, 2016

It’s written on the walls of this hotel. You go to heaven once you’ve been to hell. The tatty brownish wallpaper, scrawled over with snatches of poems, lyrics and notes, peels from the top of the walls. Piles and rows of discarded, crumpled white paper litter the space – the…
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Theatre

Alice through the looking glass into Brazil in darkly funny, absurdly mind-bending The Trial of Judith K.

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February 4, 2016

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you. – Director’s Note Thought For Food opened its production of Sally Clark’s The Trial of Judith K. in the Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) Backspace last week, directed by Tyler Seguin, assisted by Tamara Vuckovic. I caught the show…
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Comedy, Music, Poetry, Spoken word

Interview with Project HOTS organizer Kayla Forrest

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February 1, 2016

Founded in December 2014, Project HOTS (Helping on the Streets) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those living on the streets or in shelters have the basic necessities of life. Organizer Kayla Forrest, who works a full-time job as she prepares to head back to school to study Emergency…
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Dance, Theatre

Happy feet & hopeful hearts in Alumnae Theatre’s delightful, poignant Stepping Out

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January 23, 2016

Alumnae Theatre Company’s got its dancing shoes on as it mounts its retrospective production for the 2015-16 season: Richard Harris’s Stepping Out (originally produced by Alumnae in 1989), which opened on the main stage to a packed house last night. Directed by Executive Producer Brenda Darling, assisted by Liz Best,…
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Moments, Theatre

NSTF: Joke packs a powerful, thought-provoking punch in A Man Walks into a Bar

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January 10, 2016

Saw another remarkable Toronto Fringe remount last night: Circle Circle’s production of Rachel Blair’s meta theatre social commentary A Man Walks into a Bar, directed by David Matheson, now playing at the Factory Theatre for the Next Stage Theatre Festival (NSTF). A Man (Blue Bigwood-Mallin) helps a Woman (Blair) tell…
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Theatre, Travels

NSTF: A jaunty, jolly & jarring good time on the Thames in hilarious, entertaining Three Men in a Boat

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January 10, 2016

I rarely resort to alliteration in my headlines, but in the case of Pea Green Theatre’s production of Three Men in a Boat, I was inspired to break with convention. Based on an 1889 travelogue by Jerome K. Jerome, adapted for the stage by Mark Brownell and directed by Sue…
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Theatre

Secrets, schemes & stamps in sharp & darkly funny Mauritius

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January 9, 2016

Sometimes a stamp isn’t just a stamp. A pair of rare postage stamps becomes a catalyst for hopes, dreams and desires in The Village Players’ production of Theresa Rebeck’s Mauritius, directed by Michael Hiller, which opened at the Village Playhouse last night. Estranged step-sisters Jackie (Rebecca De La Cour) and…
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Music, Theatre

NSTF: Sisters are takin’ names and kickin’ butt in From Judy to Bette

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January 7, 2016

The Toronto Fringe’s annual Next Stage Theatre Festival (NSTF) opened at the Factory Theatre last night and I kicked off this year’s festivities with Rebecca Perry Productions’ From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood. Written and performed by Rebecca Perry, and directed by Michael Rubinstein, From Judy to…
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In Conversation with Rebecca Perry – Creator & Performer of “From Judy to Bette: The Old Stars of Hollywood” at the NSTF

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January 6, 2016

Source: In Conversation with Rebecca Perry – Creator & Performer of “From Judy to Bette: The Old Stars of Hollywood” at the NSTF
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