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Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of February 13, 2012
Five For Twenty (or Less)
Looking for something to do this Valentine’s week? Catch a play for less than $20 per person. We’ve handpicked five great shows for you that are easy on the pursestrings. We’ve got a skating troupe, an un-Valentine’s Day show, an Aboriginal story, a winter arts festival, and a play about friends and lovers. Check it out!
Eye-Catching Toronto Theatre for the Week of February 13, 2012
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of February 6, 2012: ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Wayne, our Managing Editor, wish he could exist in multiple parallel universes so he could check them all out.
Live Theatre Shows for Black History Month 2012
February is Black History Month and the Toronto theatre community has a number of shows to help celebrate and educate. There is something for everyone – from an all-black Comedy Revue at Yuk Yuk’s to a Caribbean storytelling festival for all ages. Check out these live theatre shows you’ll be sure to love!
Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of January 30, 2012
Five For Twenty (or Less)
This week’s cheap theatre post lists five live theatre shows in Toronto that are only $20 or lower per ticket. Our picks include productions by Why Not Theatre, FroMast Productions, U of T’s Centre for Drama, Stages, and Acting Up Stage Dark Night Cabaret Series. Have a fun night out!
Announcement: Theatre Passe Muraille Announces Fall 2012 Season
The season’s theme, Theatre Beyond Walls, focuses on Toronto stories and community interactivity
From Press Release
In 2011, Theatre Passe Muraille received a 50th anniversary grant from the Metcalf Foundation. The result of which is the 2012 Theatre Passe Muraille Fall Season: Theatre Beyond Walls. Thanks in large part to the vision and financial support of the Metcalf Foundation, TPM has dreamed big and gone beyond the range of traditional theatrical activity to launch this program.
Eye-Catching Toronto Theatre for the Week of January 30, 2012
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of January 30th, 2012: ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Wayne, our Managing Editor, wish he could exist in multiple parallel universes so he could check them all out.
Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of January 16, 2012
Five For Twenty (or Less)
There’s some great cheap live theatre this week for under $20 a ticket. Our picks include a famous musical, a satirical comedy, a play about Christmas in New York, an opera based on mayor Rob Ford, and a play by Euripedes. Now there are no excuses to stay home on a Friday night. Check it out!
Eye-Catching Toronto Theatre for the Week of January 16, 2012
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of January 16, 2012: ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Wayne, our Managing Editor, wish he could exist in multiple parallel universes so he could check them all out.
Review: The Blue Dragon (Mirvish)
Lepage entrances audiences with Mirvish’s The Blue Dragon, playing at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto until February 19, 2012
Robert Lepage is an internationally-acclaimed theatre director from Quebec known for his unusual and spellbinding use of technology. Written by Lepage and Marie Michaud, this play is a sequel to their Dragon’s Trilogy.
There are only three actors in the production, all with unique personalities. It follows the story of a Quebecoise man named Pierre who lives in China and faces conflict with two women – “one from his Western past and one from his Asian present,” as described by the Mirvish press release. Read the rest of this entry »
Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of January 2, 2012
This week of January 2nd there is a theatre festival called the Next Stage Theatre Festival that will be running some of its most popular shows from last summer’s Toronto Fringe Festival. The 2012 Next Stage Theatre Festival runs January 4-15 at Factory Theatre. Tickets are only $12 to $15 each, so make sure you kick off the new year with some cheap but amazing theatre!