Stephen Flett, Jonas Trottier & Kris Langille. Photo by Steven Nederveen. Theatre@Eastminster closed its sensitive, intimate and heartbreaking production of Colleen Murphy’s The December Man (L’homme de Décembre), directed by Jennifer C.D. Thomson, yesterday afternoon at Eastminster United Church. As the narrative turns back time, we witness the devastating impact of the Montreal massacre onContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: The devastating ripples of the Montreal massacre in the sensitive, intimate, heartbreaking The December Man (L’homme de Décembre)”
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Toronto Fringe: The trajectory of a life & its impact on others in the socially astute, moving Tears of a Bullet
Hobby Horse Theatre Co. explores the right and wrong sides of a social justice argument in its affecting Toronto Fringe production of Josh Downing’s Tears of a Bullet;* directed by Jeff Kennes and running in the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace. Writer Jim Abernathy (Stephen Flett), who lives with mobility issues and recently lost his partner Martin,Continue reading “Toronto Fringe: The trajectory of a life & its impact on others in the socially astute, moving Tears of a Bullet”
Toronto Fringe: Bawdy, silly good times with Macbeth in the wacky fun Weirder Thou Art
Bouffon meets Shakespeare in Physically Speaking’s production of Weirder Thou Art, written and directed by Ardyth Johnson, and running at St. Vladimir Theatre for Toronto Fringe. The three witches from Macbeth—The Virgin (played with a fierce feminist energy by Ronak Singh), The Matron (Stephen Flett in the delightfully bombastic and know-it-all role) and The CroneContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Bawdy, silly good times with Macbeth in the wacky fun Weirder Thou Art”
Toronto Fringe: The savagery of civilized society in sharply insightful, brutally funny God of Carnage
Halo Productions brings biting social commentary to Toronto Fringe venue the Helen Gardiner Playhouse with Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Katherine Bignell. When their 11-year-old son Henry is badly injured by stick-wielding playmate Benjamin, Veronica (Françoise Balthazar) and Michael (Mike Lummis) invite Benjamin’s parents Annette (Angela Froese) andContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: The savagery of civilized society in sharply insightful, brutally funny God of Carnage”
Insight & delight in a satirical battle of the sexes in highly entertaining You Never Can Tell
I don’t often make the trip out to Fairview Library Theatre, but for Stage Centre Productions, I was willing to make an exception, to see their production of George Bernard Shaw’s You Never Can Tell, directed by Scott Griffin, which opened to an enthusiastic audience last night. Inspired by commedia dell’arte and with the hallmarkContinue reading “Insight & delight in a satirical battle of the sexes in highly entertaining You Never Can Tell”
Toronto Fringe: A quirky fun two-hander hashes out life, love & show business in A Lesson in Gabby
Last night, I was back at Tarragon Theatre, to the Extra Space this time, for Mark My Words-Ink’s Toronto Fringe production of A Lesson in Gabby, written by Labe Kagan and directed by Jacqui Burke. Playwright Jerry Kessler aka Groucho (James Robert Woods) is famous – or, rather, infamous – for his offensive, but radicallyContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: A quirky fun two-hander hashes out life, love & show business in A Lesson in Gabby”
Amicus Productions’ Cyrano De Bergerac a highly entertaining & moving adventure in wit, swordplay & love
Spent a highly entertaining afternoon at The Papermill Theatre (Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Rd.) yesterday, with Amicus Productions’ performance of Cyrano De Bergerac, written by Edmond Rostand, adapted by Chris Coculuzzi and Roxanne Deans, and directed by Mary Dwyer (Toronto Fringe fans may have seen their marvelous 80-minute memory play version of Cyrano, performed outdoorsContinue reading “Amicus Productions’ Cyrano De Bergerac a highly entertaining & moving adventure in wit, swordplay & love”
Some sympathy for the devils in StageWorks Toronto’s Assassins
“Attention must be paid!” This line from The Death of a Salesman is used as a major talking point by John Wilkes Booth in Assassins. Not able to achieve recognition by regular means, there are some people who will go to extreme measures to be noticed, undertaking the death of another. StageWorks Toronto’s production ofContinue reading “Some sympathy for the devils in StageWorks Toronto’s Assassins”
Liberty at any cost – hardened life choices in Toronto Irish Players’ Big Maggie
Saw another marvelous Toronto Irish Players (TIP) production yesterday afternoon – this time, John B. Keane’s Big Maggie, directed by Harvey Levkoe, on now at Alumnae Theatre. Big Maggie is set in 1960s rural Ireland, where recently widowed Maggie Polpin (Janice Hansen) is delighted at her newfound freedom from a philandering lout of a husbandContinue reading “Liberty at any cost – hardened life choices in Toronto Irish Players’ Big Maggie”
A moving, infuriating inspiration – StageWorks Toronto’s Parade
I saw Parade for the very first time when I went to see StageWorks Toronto’s production last night at the George Ignatieff Theatre. With music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, and book by Alfred Uhry, StageWorks’ production of Parade was directed/choreographed by Lorraine Green-Kimsa, assisted by Michael Yaneff, with music direction by Tom Kerr.Continue reading “A moving, infuriating inspiration – StageWorks Toronto’s Parade”
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