Every person in the room is trying not to get caught staring at your beauty. – A complementary compliment from Blind Date When Blind Date creator/actor Rebecca Northan announced that her famous clown/improv/audience participation piece would be getting its first time ever gay make-over at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, I was one excited gayContinue reading “Preview: Keeping it real, present & loving when Mimi met Tara in delightfully funny & touching Blind Date”
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SummerWorks: The beginnings of a beautiful ode to the North in To Live in the Age of Melting: The Idea of North 2.0
For my final SummerWorks production, I returned to Studio C of the Pia Bouman School for Creative Movement to see the closing night performance of Evalyn Parry’s To Live in the Age of Melting: The Idea of North 2.0. You can read the post about my visit to the installation here. The table of objects andContinue reading “SummerWorks: The beginnings of a beautiful ode to the North in To Live in the Age of Melting: The Idea of North 2.0”
SummerWorks: Installation & audience contribution leading up to performance of To Live in the Age of Melting: The Idea of North 2.0
It was a chillier than usual August night in Toronto last night – and I found myself purchasing hot chocolate and wishing I’d brought a jacket, which felt odd – but it was what it was. To be honest, I’ve really been enjoying this cooler summer. I had some time before my next show, soContinue reading “SummerWorks: Installation & audience contribution leading up to performance of To Live in the Age of Melting: The Idea of North 2.0”
SummerWorks: Engaging, poignant & funny storytelling in Graceful Rebellions
Saw another engaging and entertaining solo show at SummerWorks last night: Shaista Latif’s Graceful Rebellions, directed by Evalyn Parry (who also has a show in the fest: To Live in the Age of Melting: The Idea of North 2.0). Playing across time, space and culture, Latif plays three Afghan women with interwoven lives: a 14-year-oldContinue reading “SummerWorks: Engaging, poignant & funny storytelling in Graceful Rebellions”
Fierce ambition & passion in Elizabeth Ruth’s third novel Matadora – book launch
First off, I need to admit some personal bias: I’m a big fan of Elizabeth Ruth’s writing, so I was thrilled to receive word about the launch of her third novel Matadora, hosted by This Is Not A Reading Series (TINARS) and Cormorant Books at the Gladstone Hotel ballroom last night. The ballroom was packedContinue reading “Fierce ambition & passion in Elizabeth Ruth’s third novel Matadora – book launch”
life with more cowbell 