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NEW SHOW ANNOUNCED! WonderFest Comedy Series

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January 30, 2015

Originally posted on KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3): ? HABITS GASTROPUB 1928 College Street, Toronto Thursday February 6, 2015 Doors 8:30pm $PWYC (Suggested $10) Let’s Make Good Productions presents: Tracy Hamilton Azfar Ali @azfarsays Jhanelle Dennis @JhanelleDennis Kat Leonard & The MP3 (That’s me, eh!) @Katbandoo ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check us out, yo! Hope to see…
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PROGRESS announcement: Cine Monstro talk back with MacIvor & Diaz following Feb 13 performance

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January 27, 2015

The folks at PROGRESS announced today a not to be missed event following the February 13 performance of Cine Monstro, the Portuguese adaptation of Daniel MacIvor’s much lauded play (translated by Barbara Duvivier and Enrique Diaz), Monster: a talk back featuring playwright Daniel MacIvor and director/performer/co-translator Enrique Diaz. A dynamic,…
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PEOPLE PROFILE: Cate McKim!

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January 27, 2015

Originally posted on KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3): Meet Cate McKim: Writer, blogger, singer, hugger! Ah, Cate… the wind beneath wings, the comedienne who sings, the positive encouragement this arts blogger brings! Cate is a tireless supporter of the Toronto arts scene and a generous and detailed recounter. Getting…
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Moments, Theatre

A darkly funny & eerie look into the mind of Lizzie Borden in Blood Relations

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January 24, 2015

So, first, a confession: I’d never read or seen Sharon Pollack’s Blood Relations. Not until last night, that is, at Alumnae Theatre Company’s opening night, directed by Barbara Larose, assisted by Ellen Green. We are in the Borden home in Fall River, Massachusetts, 10 years after Lizzie Borden’s acquittal of…
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Being For the Benefit of Mr. K

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January 20, 2015

Originally posted on TOpoet: A packed, generous house at Glad Day Books made for a night of spirit lifting & reassurance for my friend Kyle Andrews & his dog Duke, after the destruction of their apartment by fire. Everyone was effected by this show of support by strangers for strangers,…
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The power of the quantifiable meets the strength of the immeasurable in HER2

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January 17, 2015

When you see an image of HER2, you’re struck at how remarkably – and surprisingly – beautiful it is, like a Valentine’s heart with a single foot on point. Feminine. Ballerina-like. Maja Ardal’s HER2, directed by Kim Blackwell for Nightwood Theatre, opened its world premiere run at Buddies in Bad…
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Progress is coming! Final, revised lineup announced for international fest of performance & ideas Feb 4-15

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January 16, 2015

SummerWorks announced the updated lineup for the inaugural SummerWorks/Theatre Centre production of Progress: an International Festival of Performance and Ideas, running February 4-15 at The Theatre Centre. Progress is curated by SummerWorks, The Theatre Centre, Why Not Theatre, Volcano Theatre, Videofag, FADO Performance Art Centre, Dancemakers, Buddies in Bad Times…
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Toronto Fringe NSTF: An intense, startling & thought-provoking look at sexual violence in DINK

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January 11, 2015

Theatre-a-go-go explores the themes of sexual violence, society’s response and the celebrity of the villain in Caroline Azar’s DINK, on at the Factory Theatre Mainspace for the Next Stage Theatre Festival. Inspired by the real-life case of former Canadian Forces Colonel Russell Williams, as well as incidents of missing/murdered women…
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Toronto Fringe NSTF: A joyful, entertaining dance party of rhythm & soul in Pulse

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January 11, 2015

The Jasmyn Fyffe Dance company burst onto the stage to perform Pulse to a packed house at the Factory Theatre Mainspace for the Next Stage Theatre Festival last night. With high-energy moves choreographed by company A.D. Jasmyn Fyffe, and grooving to the best of Motown, the company charmed and danced…
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Toronto Fringe NSTF: Deeply moving, interwoven look at the faces of loss & coping in Piece by Piece

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January 10, 2015

The loss of a loved one – to death, cognitive illness or break-up – is hard on everyone, especially on those who are left behind. The McGuffin Company explores loss and coping in Alison Lawrence’s Piece by Piece, directed by David Ferry and running at the Factory Theatre Mainspace as…
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