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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Puberty in all its awkward, tragic & baffling glory – Morro and Jasp do Puberty
Getting your first period. Shaving your legs. Hair removal cream/bleach. Growing boobs. Boys. School dances. Kissing. Feeling funny “down there.” All the female pubescent highlights are shouted out in Up your Nose and In your Toes (U.N.I.T.) Productions’ Morro and Jasp do Puberty, by Heather Marie Annis, Amy Lee and…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe opens today!
Hey all – It’s my first day back from my June hiatus and the first day of Toronto Fringe – all happening on Canada Day! Here’s what I’ll be seeing at Toronto Fringe 2015 (July 1-12): Morro & Jasp Do Puberty Perceptions of Love in the Pursuit of Happiness Peter…
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Continue reading →: Cowbell on hiatus until Toronto Fringe
Hey all – Time for me to take a wee break before the summer flurry of Fringe and SummerWorks. The blog and I will be on hiatus for the rest of June – and back to cover Toronto Fringe. In the meantime, I’ll still be out seeing stuff and tweeting.…
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Continue reading →: A pedal to the metal rockin’ good time – L’Rock’s Rock’s Not Dead CD launch @ Hard Rock Cafe
Reports of rock’s death have been greatly exaggerated. It was a pedal to the metal rockin’ good time at Hard Rock Café Toronto Friday night, as L’Rock (aka Laura L’Rock) celebrated the launch of her new CD Rock’s Not Dead. The evening’s festivities were hosted by emcee Emidio Vaz of…
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Continue reading →: #TBT – My fabulous, fun period drag photo shoot with Lisa MacIntosh
I posted this during my pre-Facebook days, so thought some of you would get a kick out of seeing this – or seeing it again if you caught it the first time around. Here’s my post on my fabulous, big fun period drag photo shoot with Lisa MacIntosh (inspired by…
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Continue reading →: Wistful, whimsical, dreamy & mind-bending theatre in InspiraTO Festival blueShow line-up
Part two of my InspiraTO Festival opening night double header at Alumnae Theatre on Thursday night. Here’s what went down during the blueShow line-up: Intersection by Josh Downing, directed by Yehuda Fisher. Why does a heartsick young man want to cross the dangerously busy road? And why is the crossing guard…
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Continue reading →: Interview with singer/songwriter Melanie Peterson
I met Toronto-based singer/songwriter Melanie Peterson about a year ago at Cameron House during She’s Listening II, a music event fundraiser for Ovarian Cancer Canada. Captured by her cheery yet melancholy sounds, I picked up a copy of her Unbreakable CD – she’s been aptly described as “Mary Poppins with…
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Continue reading →: A topsy-turvy look at the bizarre dynamics of the corporate world in entertaining Fever/Dream
Out at the theatre one more time last night – this time, to The Jumblies Ground Floor for Seven Siblings Theatre’s Canadian premiere of Sheila Callaghan’s Fever/Dream, directed by Will King, assisted by Madryn McCabe. I saw Seven Siblings’ dramatic, violent and compelling production of Mercury Fur last year –…
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Continue reading →: Otherworldly, funny, poetic rock & roll fairytale – Trout Stanley
Last night, it was out to the Storefront Theatre for Severely Jazzed Productions’ Trout Stanley, written by Claudia Dey, directed by Daniel Pagett. With the help of the Storyteller (Dan Jeannotte), we learn that Ducharme twins Grace (Tess Degenstein) and Sugar (Hannah Spear) were orphaned as young adults and live…
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