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Continue reading →: ‘a swarm of humming birds’
Originally posted on TOpoet: A packed house on a hot July night! Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir is doing something very right. The Central’s bartenders were happy to be rushed of their feet keeping up with the thirsty crowd (which is always good for the cash register.) Sadly Marcy Rogers, noted…
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Continue reading →: Beautifully candid & vulnerable – Angela Saini’s “Something Like I’m Beautiful” music vid
Just released today, Angela Saini’s new music video “Something Like I’m Beautiful” is a lovely visual realization of the song, from her latest CD Leap. It’s one of my favourite songs; beautifully candid and vulnerable, it speaks to a feeling that every woman has had at some point – and,…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Twisted good times with Chelsea Manders in Don’t Tell My Dad
Chelsea Manders will sure have a whole lotta s’plainin’ to do if her Dad ever sees this show. Don’t Tell My Dad, directed by Hayley Gilgan, is Manders’ one-woman explosion of songs and stories, taking the audience on a wacky trip through time, from her supportive middle-class upbringing in Victoria,…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Sharp-witted lovelorn shenanigans in Shakespeare Bash’d production of Love’s Labour’s Lost
Shakespeare Bash’d does it again at Toronto Fringe with its Victory Café location production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, directed by James Wallis. The young King of Navarre and his three friends swear an oath of devotion to their studies, eschewing all forms of pleasure and recreation, including women. Enter the…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: Taking a ride with downtown EMS folks in The Emergency Monologues
I never realized that the Toronto EMS folks had to deal with so much poo. Morgan Jones Phillips’ one-man show The Emergency Monologues is a series of anecdotes based on his real-life experiences as a downtown paramedic, now playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille main space as part of the…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: A complex relationship plays out randomly in Howland Company’s brilliant 52 Pick-up
The Howland Company’s production of TJ Dawe and Rita Bozi’s 52 Pick-up, directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster and Paolo Santalucia, is a truly unique, moving and entertaining theatrical experience that audiences are loving at this year’s Toronto Fringe. Part sharply written theatre and part improv, 52 Pick-up tells the story…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: A moving, entertaining & eye-opening look at LGBT life in Salvador
Living in Canada, it can be easy to take our rights and freedoms for granted, and sometimes we need to be reminded that people in other countries are still struggling and fighting – and this is especially true for the LGBT community. Salvador, written by Rafael Antonio Renderos and directed…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe: A rootin’ tootin’ wild west good time in Peter n’ Chris & the Kinda OK Corral
Peter n’ Chris (aka Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson) are back at Toronto Fringe, this time with their own brand of sketch comedy in Peter n’ Chris and the Kinda OK Corral – on now at the Randolph Theatre. Peter Earp and Texas Chris become unwitting allies in the fight…
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