Announcements
Announcement: Little Pea’s Revolution to Premiere in Toronto in November Before Heading to NYC
Little Pea’s Revolution set to premiere in Toronto on November 4th and 5th at The Hub
From Press Release
See it before its run at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City!
Little Pea has just turned twelve and is terrified of what she is to become - who she is. So terrified, in fact, that she locks herself in Gramma’s in-law suite during her birthday party, and imagines an escape route where she doesn’t have to face the next chapter of her life: facing the death of her grandmother, and becoming a woman.
Press Release: Soulpepper Announces 15th Anniversary Season
By Sonia Borkar
From Press Release
Toronto, ON – October 25, 2011: Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced the 12 plays comprising Soulpepper’s 15th anniversary season, including ten new productions, two remounts, and a revisit, to run in repertory from January to December, 2012. The season includes plays from Canada, Ireland, England, the United States and Russia, and brings Soulpepper to 107 original productions over 15 seasons. The season opens with Soulpepper’s very first original full-length play, continuing the company’s commitment to new works about the city of Toronto as seen in this year’s Window on Toronto and 2009′s Civil Elegies.
“When we initiated the Soulpepper Academy in 2008, the goal was two-fold. Of course we were aiming to equip a new generation of artists with the skill and rigour to approach the world’s great plays, but at the same time we were looking for a younger generation to tell us how we could, should and would define our company’s future. One of the great discoveries of these last few years is the fascination our young artists have had with the city in which they live. It is this energy and passion that we celebrate with our 15th anniversary season opener, Ins Choi’s Kim’s Convenience, directed and designed by three of Ins’ fellow Soulpepper Academy alumni. This very funny, insightful and touching play was written during Ins’ time here at the Academy and marks an astonishing debut for this multi-talented Canadian artist,” said Albert Schultz, Artistic Director. Read the rest of this entry »
Roundtable Discussion on Oct 27 1-3pm at U of T – Theatre Criticism and the Internet
By Megan Mooney
On Thursday I will join Kelly Nestruck, Aislinn Rose, and Glenn Sumi in a roundtable on Theatre Criticism and the Internet at the University of Toronto.
The roundtable at the Robert Gill Theatre is open to the public and free, so if you’re not busy you might want to check it out.
If you are interested but can’t make it it, it will be being live-tweeted with a yet-to-be-determined hashtag. I’ll update here with what it is, and I will also tweet it, so follow me @mooneyontheatre for the hashtag.
The details from the event organizer are below:
Announcement: Dancap Productions 2012 Tony Award®-Winning Subscription Series
Dancap Productions Inc., announced the Dancap Productions 2012 Tony Award®-Winning Subscription Series today, which president Aubrey Dan says is “inspired by the transformative power of the theatre”. The new series features six shows: American Idiot, In The Heights, Shrek The Musical, West Side Story, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Million Dollar Quartet, plus two “bonus” shows: A Christmas Story, The Musical! and Prince of Broadway.
Announcement: The 25th Anniversary Production of Les Miserables Coming To Toronto
Mirvish announces a new all-Canadian cast production of Les Miserables beginning July 20th, 2012 at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre
From Press Release
Toronto – David Mirvish and Cameron Mackintosh announced the Canadian Premiere of Cameron Mackintosh’s highly acclaimed new 25th-anniversary production of Les Misérables. The all-new production of Les Misérables features new staging and spectacular re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. An all-Canadian cast will play the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. Performances begin July 20, 2012. The search for the cast for the new Canadian production will begin immediately.
2011 De Colores Festival of New Works (Alameda Theatre Company)
The Alameda Theatre Company’s De Colores Festival of New Works is Canada’s premiere festival for Latin-American playwrights and is the first playwrights unit in Canadian history to feature Latin-American/Canadian writers.
This festival does not put on full-scale productions, rather, it consists of readings – the actors are not in costume, do not act out the scene, and read directly from the script. This is something you should be aware of going in. This serves to highlight the focus on the playwrights rather well. Each day an excerpt from a play is read, followed by a full read-through of another play.
Press Release: Sex, Religion & Other Hang-Ups
From Press Release
James Gangl is remounting this smash hit show from the Toronto Fringe Festival so he can find a girlfriend… seriously.
Sex, Religion & Other Hang-ups, is about a guy with a ravenous sexual libido (Gangl) battling it out against a guy with a staunch Catholic upbringing (also Gangl) over the heart of a sexy, insightful underwear model (not Gangl) that he meets at his first professional acting gig, a commercial shoot for Coors Light. Gangl tells the story in the hopes that the right lady will date him after the show. Fringe sensation and solo-show veteran, Chris Gibbs directs, mining the universal truths in Gangl’s twisted and touching true story.
Announcement: Mirvish Productions to bring War Horse with All-Canadian Cast
The National Theatre of Great Britain, National Angels, Bob Boyett and David Mirvish have announced the all-Canadian cast of the Canadian premiere production of the National Theatre of Great Britain’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning production War Horse. War Horse begins performances at the Princess of Wales Theatre on February 10th and opening night is February 28th, 2012.
Friends of the Arts address proposed city funding cuts
Toronto mayor Rob Ford has made repeated promises to “stop the gravy train”. Recently, the City Manager has made recommendations that foster the opinion that the arts are, in fact, “gravy” and apparently not a vital part of our city. Today, the Toronto Arts community held a press conference to respond to the recommendations.
Press Release: Canadians Can Nominate Favourites for Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
By Sonia Borkar
From press release
NOMINATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 23
Ottawa, September 14, 2011 – Canadians are encouraged to nominate their favourite Canadian performing artists for the prestigious Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA). Nominations for these Awards – presented for lifetime artistic achievement in the fields of broadcasting, classical music, dance, film, popular music, and theatre as well as for voluntarism in the performing arts – can be made online at http://www.ggpaa.ca/en/nomination.html until September 23, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »