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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: Beautifully layered exploration of relationships, class, the struggle for order & mental illness in Complex
Bumped into actor Tim Walker at the Lower Ossington Theatre on the weekend and found out about Complex, written by Rebecca Applebaum and directed for SummerWorks by Christopher Stanton in partnership with the Koffler Centre of the Arts – and I’m really glad I did. Set in modern-day Toronto, the title makes multiple…
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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: New blood performs original piece in Transfusions
Was back at the Scotiabank Studio Theatre at Pia Bouman to see the AMY Project’s production Transfusions in the SummerWorks fest, co-directed by Maya Rabinovich (who also directed Unintentionally Depressing Children’s Tales for SummerWorks) and Lisa Codrington, with assistant director Chiamaka Gloria Ugwu. Transfusions is an original piece, the result…
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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: From the mouths of babes – wisdom on love & relationships from children in Child Psychologist
The expression “from the mouths of babes” is an especially apt description of a SummerWorks Live Art Series piece I saw yesterday afternoon: Child Psychologist. Created by Philip McKee, Rose Plotek and Amy Chartrand, the piece is a performance experiment that explores the possibility of gaining insight from children as…
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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: A powerful, unforgettable & unique theatrical experience in The Container
Before we are led into the metal shipping container, some of us wonder out loud about the heat, the dark, the air. The closeness of others. And we’re just the audience for Clare Bayley’s play The Container, directed by Zachary Florence and running at the Theatre Centre back lot during…
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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: Kick-ass rock & ongoing disruptive shenanigans @ Army Girls/Cara Spooner Failure Fest
Music and intentional performance disruption at Army Girls/Cara Spooner Failure Fest, with opening act Omhouse, at a one-night only SummerWorks performance at the Scotiabank Studio Theatre at the Pia Bouman last night. Omhouse brought a kick-ass set of trippy rock, playing in front of a large projected illustration of the…
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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: Erotic, poetic & mytholgical journey in The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars
Sexual tension unfolds between two museum co-workers, as a strange, frightening and powerful presence stalks the museum halls. This is how the SummerWorks production of Van Badham’s The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars, directed by Vikki Anderson, begins. Marion (Daniela Vlaskalic) is drawn to attractive men who…
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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: Brave & sharp memoir in Women Who Shout at the Stars
A straight-talking, no-nonsense cockney woman, a former scullery maid turned nanny. A vivacious, suicidal socialite mother who loves gin and the works of Dorothy Parker. A sensitive and creative young woman, raised, influenced and loved by both of these women. Women Who Shout at the Stars, written and performed by…
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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: Spellbinding, trippy good times in Against Gravity
One of the things I love about SummerWorks is the unique multi-media and multi-disciplinary work it features. I had the great pleasure of seeing Mind of a Snail’s Against Gravity last night – on at the Theatre Passe Muraille back space. Mind of a Snail is a duet of fun…
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Continue reading →: SummerWorks: Vibrant & edgy graphic design for performing arts in PROMO exhibit
In between plays, I stopped by Artscape Youngplace last night for a SummerWorks Special Presentation Series exhibit: PROMO, an exhibit of graphic design work for the performing arts. Co-curated by Michael Rubenstein and Natasha Mytnowych, PROMO features the work of: Doublenaut Roxanne Ignatius Jonathan Kitchen (Light Up The Sky) Tad…
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