Ensemble. Set & costume design by Brandon Kleiman. Lighting design by Siobhan Sleath. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. The George Brown Theatre School (GBTS) graduating class opened its 2019-20 season at the Young Centre this week with a hilariously delightful take on Molière’s The Learned Ladies, translated by Richard Wilbur, directed by Sue Miner andContinue reading “The Real Housewives meets Molière in GBTS’s hilariously delightful The Learned Ladies”
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The implications of a kiss: When Raymond met Mimi in a hilarious, moving, cerebral Blind Date
Back by popular demand from its 2015-16 season, Tarragon Theatre wraps its 2016-17 season with Spontaneous Theatre’s production of Blind Date, created by Rebecca Northan. This run of the improv date night hit features Northan, Christy Bruce and Tess Degenstein as rotating Mimis, and Bruce Horak as various other characters. For those of you notContinue reading “The implications of a kiss: When Raymond met Mimi in a hilarious, moving, cerebral Blind Date”
Toronto Fringe: Privacy and identity in the digital age in sharply funny, edgy Cam Baby
Jessica Moss and Theatre Mischief get into the guilty pleasures and discomfiting side of social media consumption and interaction in Moss’s new play Cam Baby, running now on the Factory Theatre Mainspace for Toronto Fringe. Directed by Charlotte Gowdy, assisted by Taylor Trowbridge, Cam Baby is the 2016 Toronto Fringe New Play Contest winner. JosephContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Privacy and identity in the digital age in sharply funny, edgy Cam Baby”
When Richard met Mimi – all the nerves, humour & excitement of a first date in magical, sassy Blind Date
After recently seeing Rebecca Northan perform her solo show Troublemaker at this year’s Soulo Theatre Festival, at long last, I got to see the full-length version of her play Blind Date at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace last night. I’d fallen in love with Northan’s character Mimi and the show when I saw its 10-minute premiereContinue reading “When Richard met Mimi – all the nerves, humour & excitement of a first date in magical, sassy Blind Date”
An erotic, moving & sharply funny piece of storytelling in Aromas
It was back to Alumnae Theatre last night, in the Studio this time for the world premiere of the Junes Company’s production of Aromas, written/directed by Andrew Faiz, and starring Andy Fraser. I saw this compelling one-person show when an earlier draft of the play was produced at Red Sandcastle Theatre in September 2014. AromasContinue reading “An erotic, moving & sharply funny piece of storytelling in Aromas”
Chaotically insightful and darkly funny ride in Alumnae Theatre’s Escape From Happiness
“Please don’t do anything you can’t live with later.” “I can live with a lot.” Alumnae Theatre Company opened its 2014-15 all-Canadian season with George F. Walker’s Escape From Happiness on Friday night and I dropped by the theatre for the Sunday matinée. Directed by Andrea Wasserman, Escape From Happiness is one of three playsContinue reading “Chaotically insightful and darkly funny ride in Alumnae Theatre’s Escape From Happiness”
A heartbreaking, erotic & darkly funny journey of identity & intimacy in Aromas
“Sex is never just about sex, it’s about so much more.” The Junes Company* production of Aromas, written and directed by Andrew Faiz, and starring Andy Fraser, opened at Red Sandcastle Theatre last night. Shifting between time, space and – possibly – reality, Aromas is a one-woman show, featuring two main characters (ice dancer KatalinContinue reading “A heartbreaking, erotic & darkly funny journey of identity & intimacy in Aromas”
A Woman of No Importance time travels to 1985 @ Alumnae Theatre
The tagline reads: “It’s not your great-aunt’s Oscar Wilde!” Make no mistake, Alumnae Theatre Company’s production of Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance, directed by Paul Hardy, is most definitely not a traditional staging of the play. Brandon Kleiman’s minimalist and stunning set design (he does double duty as costume designer) provides the audienceContinue reading “A Woman of No Importance time travels to 1985 @ Alumnae Theatre”
life with more cowbell 