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Continue reading →: Secrets, schemes & stamps in sharp & darkly funny Mauritius
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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Continue reading →: In Conversation with Rebecca Perry – Creator & Performer of “From Judy to Bette: The Old Stars of Hollywood” at the NSTF
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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Continue reading →: Top 10 theatre 2015
Seeing the top 10 theatre lists coming out this week reminded me that I had yet to do my own. So I’m briefly coming out of holiday hibernation to post my top 10 theatre for 2015 (in alphabetical order): Blind Date (Tarragon Theatre) Cabaret (StageWorks) Creditors (Coal Mine Theatre) Divine…
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Continue reading →: Fabulous time as Panto Players milk the big panto fun in Jacques & the Bean Stock Market
Red Sandcastle Theatre’s Panto Players opened their 5th annual holiday panto last week with a three-day pre-holiday run of Jacques and the Bean Stock Market, returning to the stage on Dec 26. Written by Jane A. Shields and Rosemary Doyle, and directed by Jackie English, The Panto Players take us…
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Continue reading →: The Fairest & Best keep us movin’ & groovin’ with When I Feel Like This EP
The Fairest and Best released their new EP When I Feel Like This back on October 23. Due to my scaled-back blogging schedule for the duration of my copywriting class, I missed the party, but I’ve been listening to the record and finally have some time to shout it out…
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Continue reading →: Two women’s memoirs of wartime resilience & survival in powerful, poetic Double Bill: Licking Knives & Man to Man
Headstrong Collective opened its Double Bill of one-person plays – Licking Knives and Man to Man – at Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) Backspace this week. Using minimalist sets and eye-catching, at times startling, images projected on the upstage wall, these two well-matched plays are portraits of women forced into life-changing,…
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Continue reading →: Luminous images of birds in Clara Blackwood’s Aviary exhibit
Finally made it out to The Hermit’s Lamp this afternoon to see Clara Blackwood’s Aviary exhibit of paintings – and I’m so glad I did. Largely executed in acrylic on canvas, the pieces presented in Aviary are images of birds, mostly owls. The paintings are at times haunting, playful and…
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