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Continue reading →: A yin & yang of fluidity, strength, beauty & connection – Kaeja d’Dance’s 25th Anniversary Concert
“25 years feels like a masterpiece. One that has flaws, failures, good fortune and gratitude, colour splattered in unrecognizable textures that weave together an incredible human experience!” – Karen Kaeja “25 years is encompassing growth, struggle, intimacy and it’s terrifying. It’s tenderness, and support – with passion and imagination!” –…
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Continue reading →: The power of words, destiny management & three rawkin’ witches in stage adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
An iron tea pot sits atop a small wooden stool, placed in the centre of an upside down wooden table. Jolly Elizabethan music fills the space as the audience assembles. This is the stage set at Red Sandcastle Theatre, a minimalist design about to contain a world of magic, plots…
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Continue reading →: Life, death, sacrifice & information (& sandworms!) in NIF Week 2 program
Alumnae Theatre Company opened the Week 2 program of its annual New Ideas Festival (NIF) up in its studio space on Wednesday. I caught it last night – here’s the scoop: (En)Lightning (by Catherine Frid, directed by Sandra Burley). Greek mythology meets modern-day whistle-blowing in this re-imagining of the Prometheus…
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Continue reading →: New Show Announced-A Night Of Laughs!
Originally posted on KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3): A night of laughs?! Yes please!!! Black Swan 154 Danforth Avenue, Toronto March 28, 2015 at 10pm $5 Please join us for a laugh- a whole nightful! :)?
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Continue reading →: Finding stillness & connection in the chaos – Time Stands Still
The TSS Collective reunites the cast and team from Eclectic Theatre’s Toronto Fringe 2014 production of Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still, directed by Jordan Merkur and getting a run of the full version of the script (the Fringe production was abridged for running time) at the Theatre Passe Muraille mainspace.…
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Continue reading →: Alternate realities, masks, mysteries & secrets in NIF Week One program
Alumnae Theatre Company kicked off its 27th annual New Ideas Festival (NIF) – three weeks of short new plays – last night, with four engaging, intriguing and enjoyable plays about connections: Inheritance (by Tabitha Keast, directed by Matthew Hines). Two sniping siblings preparing a surprise 25th wedding anniversary party for…
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Continue reading →: ‘the language of creation’
Originally posted on TOpoet: Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir marked it’s second year as one of TO’s most eclectic evenings out with a diverse set of dynamic features playing to a packed house. The show started with a flurry of open stagers: Brenda Clews flashed us; Cate McKim let us feel…
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Continue reading →: Magic, heart, comedy & truth in and out of love (again) in 52 Pick-up remount
Tell me a story. Real or made-up? Both. Happy or sad? Both. These are the opening lines of TJ Dawe and Rita Bozi’s 52 Pick-up – produced by the Howland Company, and directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster and Paolo Santalucia – setting the stage for a random, non-linear piece of…
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Continue reading →: New Show Announced!
Originally posted on KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3): Amsterdam Bicycle Club, Toronto! Thursday March 12! Doors 8:30 Show 9:15. Hope to see you thurrrrr! 🙂 xo
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