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Art, Theatre

Picasso & Einstein walk into a bar; art, science, women & philosophy ensue in hilarious, surreal Picasso at the Lapin Agile

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February 20, 2016

Picasso and Einstein walk into a bar. This is the set-up for Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Seven Siblings Theatre’s current production, directed by Seven Siblings co-founder Erika Downie, which opened at Kensington Market bar venue Round last night. It was my first time at Round, a…
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Music

High Heels Lo Fi rawks it good & hard in All Sass No Class Kick Ass EP

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February 19, 2016

Garage glitz raunch rock band High Heels Lo Fi is revving up to launch their new EP All Sass No Class Kick Ass on February 23 at Cherry Cola’s – and my ears got a sneak preview of the record. High Heels Lo Fi is: Cynthia Gould (vocals), Doug Lea…
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Moments, Movies, Theatre, TV

Star Trek according to Polly Esther in sassy, poignant, personal Dammit, Jim! I’m a Comedienne, Not a Doctor!

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February 18, 2016

To boldly go where no Polly Esther has gone before… During a one-night performance at the Social Capital Theatre last night, actor/playwright/comedienne Polly Esther took us along on a multi-media tour of her two-year voyage of exploration of the strange new world of the Star Trek series and movies in…
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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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