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.

Theatre Beyond Walls is a Toronto building project. TPM has commissioned and is collaborating with emerging, independent and established artists in a diverse program of works that are designed to stimulate and engage people in our city. The projects include site-specific theatre, collective creation, verbatim theatre, guerrilla-style theatre, promenade theatre and theatre which does not yet have a description.

Theatre Beyond Walls is venturing out into our city to find, share and develop Toronto’s stories; ones that explore social justice, sustainability, and the culture in our city. We will have artists in our building exploring creations, while other artists will be taking their works out into the city to reach people where they live and work. Theatre Beyond Walls will be a spider web of intersections between communities, artists and neighbourhoods.

Theatre Beyond Walls has six major productions, as well as a variety of ancillary and complimentary programming. The projects involved in Theatre Beyond Walls have been developing since early 2011 with TPM. It will culminate with three months of artistic celebration, beginning on September 15th with the TPM Community Street Festival. The projects involved in the 2012 TPM fall season are: Fare Game: Life in Toronto’s Taxis—The CN Tower Show (working title)—Queen and Bathurst: The Four Corners—The Toy Box—The Queen Street Project— and The 501-Toronto In Transit. The season kicks off with the Community Street Festival and has two additional programming initiatives— Bring the Buzz: Inside TPM and TPM Everywhere.

TPM is celebrating the creation and development process like never before, assigning a social media tool to each of the six major Theatre Beyond Walls productions. Using Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Soundcloud, Tumblr and YouTube, TPM will get audiences involved well before the presentation stage. In addition, the artists will be creating blog posts on the comprehensive TPM-dedicated Theatre Beyond Walls webpage.

Artistic Director Andy McKim sees this project as a natural progression from the past four seasons at TPM. “With this initiative, our intention is to further live up to our namesake – Theatre Passe Muraille or Theatre Without Walls. We want to go beyond our walls and we want to lead people beyond their walls. The objective of our project is to bridge the gulf that divides artist & audience, theatre & neighbourhood, creator & community. We want to explore the city, to find its stories and to engage with as many people as possible.”

Theatre Passe Muraille 2012 Season
Theatre Beyond Walls

Fare Game: Life in Toronto’s Taxis
November-December, in the TPM Mainspace
This multi-media piece takes the audience on a journey with Toronto’s taxi drivers and exposes the struggles they face. The taxi industry is on the verge of great change; working conditions are not improving and there is much unrest. Creators and performers Ruth Madoc-Jones, Marjorie Chan, and Alex Williams shine a light on the human face of this often overlooked industry. Follow their creative process and learn more about the project on Twitter (@magicalmudge) or the TPM blog.

The CN Tower Show (working title)
October, in the TPM Mainspace
In 1976, Toronto reached new heights in international notoriety with the completion of the then tallest freestanding structure in the world. The following five years were rife with social, political and cultural change in the city. The CN Tower Show examines that era in comparison with our current city, using personal interviews with our city’s inhabitants as raw material. You can follow the creation process and learn more about the project on Facebook (Architect Theatre), or the TPM Blog.

Queen and Bathurst: The Four Corners
September – December…on the airwaves
The intersection of Queen and Bathurst is one of the most divergent in the city of Toronto. The four cornerstones of this intersection are The Meeting Place, Starbucks, Pizza Pizza and CB2 (an urban concept Crate and Barrel) opening in the former home of the Big Bop. This four-part radio docudrama will examine the culture of this unique area and unearth the stories found within. This project is developed by Lisa Marie DiLiberto and Charles Ketchabaw of FIXT POINT Theatre. Follow their progress on Soundcloud (FIXT POINT) and on the TPM Blog.

The Toy Box
Running September – December in the TPM Mainspace and across the city
Step into The ToyBox, an essentially different kind of space, where young and old can PLAY. Whether you are in grade 5 or grade 50, The ToyBox uses high-tech and low-tech ways to engage with art, technology, and each other by mixing creativity, interactivity and the special sauce that is often missing: FUN. With toys like green screens, projectors, Lego and play-doh; The ToyBox gives you an opportunity to access your IMAGINATION. The Toy Box will travel through the city and settle into four different neighbourhoods, as well as within the walls at Theatre Passe Muraille. Beth Kates and Ben Chaisson are the co-founders of Playground Studios who developed this project. Learn more about The Toy Box on Flickr (Toy Box) or the TPM Blog.

The Queen Street Project
September, performed on Queen Street West
Conceived by Deborah Pearson, the Queen Street Project takes multiple dancers and pairs them with audience members to travel down Queen West. The audience members are wearing headphones through which they hear a soundscape that incorporates text, music, and instructions. As a result a dance begins to take shape-one that only the audience can hear. The Queen Street Project is a response to the large-scale hospital bed-cutting initiative under the Harris government and tells the story of the homeless and citizens suffering from mental illness who make their home on Queen West. Follow the progress of this production on Tumblr (Queen Street Project) or on the TPM Blog.

The 501-Toronto in Transit
November-December, in the TPM Backspace
Examining the culture of the city’s transit system and commuters, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Justin Manyfingers, and Bob Nasmith will ride the 501 streetcar in the fall of 2012, and capture the diversity and liveliness of one of the world’s longest streetcar lines through conversations with riders and drivers. The stories will be shared in a production in our Backspace Follow The 501-Toronto in Transit on YouTube (TorontoInTransit) or on the TPM Blog.

Community Street Festival
September 15, at the corner of Ryerson and Wolseley
The kick-off to TPM’s Theatre Beyond Walls season will happen on September 15th with a big party for the community. The Festival will have a wide range of activities, ranging from performance to local food, interactive learning programs, and everything in between. In addition to launching TPM’s Theatre Beyond Walls Season, this Festival is an opportunity to celebrate our city and, more specifically, our Queen West community.

Bring the Buzz: Inside TPM
Mainspace: September & November
Backspace: September, October, & November
Just as we are sending our artists out into the city beyond our walls, we are inviting new artists to join us inside them. Bring the Buzz: Inside TPM is an opportunity to expand upon TPM’s vision of audience dramaturgy that is the lynchpin of the Buzz Festival. This project provides meaningful and tangible support to the artistic community by providing theatre space to emerging and independent artists to develop their art through the engagement of TPM’s core audience.

TPM Everywhere
September – December…all over Toronto
This is an extension of Theatre Passe Muraille’s mandate like you’ve never seen it before.  Theatre Beyond Walls Guerilla Theatre artists will be popping up in different places throughout our city. TPM Everywhere is exciting, provocative and daring – bringing theatre into surprising places and engaging with audiences in sudden and unexpected ways.

Joseph Aragon’s Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare makes its Toronto premiere and Raindogs by Andrew MacBean will be presented in partnership with Sheridan College’s Canadian Music Theatre Project

Theatre 20, Toronto’s artist-led musical theatre company, today announced its inaugural season of production at a press conference and exclusive ticketed cocktail affair, “A Taste of 20: Sample the Season”. The event launches a season which includes two workshops, two full productions, and a series of other events.

Preview performances at the event featured Theatre 20 Founding Artists and Emerging Artist Ensemble with guest artists including Jeff Madden, Tim Howar and Donnie Macphee.

First on the season roster is the Toronto premiere of Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare, by Winnipeg playwright Joseph Aragon. Theatre 20 Founding Artist and internationally renowned performer Colm Wilkinson makes his directorial debut with this delightfully dark true story of the 1829 West Port murders in Edinburgh.

A wickedly entertaining musical spectacle and award-winning fringe festival hit, the show recounts the historical case of two 19th century Irish serial killers who go into business selling corpses to medical anatomy schools. Reminiscent of Sweeney Todd, this raucous, eerie tale of deceit, murder and mayhem is told in memorable song, macabre humour, and compelling lyrics. Theatre 20 will workshop the show in April-May and the full production will run at the Panasonic Theatre from Oct. 16 through Nov. 11, 2012.

Next, Theatre 20 partners with Sheridan College’s Canadian Music Theatre Project on the workshop of Raindogs by Canadian Andrew MacBean. This musical is based on Lanford Wilson’s Balm in Gilead. The show, which was the last project Wilson worked on before his death in March 2011, centres on a young prostitute who meets a somewhat inept drug dealer. Like Balm in Gilead, Raindogs is a moving and gritty look at the junkies, pushers, prostitutes and other freaks that inhabit an upper West Side greasy spoon.

Raindogs‘ workshop will take place during the late spring at Sheridan in conjunction with a comprehensive mentorship program between Theatre 20 Founding Artists and Sheridan Music Theatre Performance Program students. Public performances of the workshop will take place in both Oakville and Toronto. The full production of Raindogs will follow in Theatre 20′s 2013-2014 season.

The season wraps up with Company at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre considered by many the show that inaugurated the era of the modern musical. Theatre 20 Artistic Director Adam Brazier re-imagines this beloved show from the international musical theatre canon with Gary Griffin as Creative Consultant. Company, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, centres on Robert, a single man unable to commit to a steady relationship, the married couples who are his best friends, and his three on-again off-again girlfriends. Set in early-1970s, upper-middle-class Manhattan and told through a series of vignettes in no particular chronological order, each character and scene is linked by the celebration of Bobby’s 35th birthday. It has been 25 years since a professional production of Company has been seen in Toronto.

Other events being held in Theatre 20′s 2012-2013 season include a cabaret of new work by Theatre 20′s Composium members, a sequel to 2011′s popular concert Driven to Score: Celebrating Canadian Musical Composers, and other events to be announced.

Theatre 20′s mandate is to present story-driven musicals by developing new Canadian works and by re-imagining existing repertoire, nurturing the talent of writers and composers and fostering the development of young artists through mentorship and education programs. For more information on the season, visit theatre20.com.

Useful Links

Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare
Playwright Joseph Aragon (http://www.josepharagon.com/)
Director Colm Wilkinson (http://www.colmwilkinson.com/)

Raindogs
Official Site (http://www.theatreworks.net/raindogs/)
Lanford Wilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanford_Wilson)
Andrew MacBean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_MacBean)
Boko Suzuki (http://makingitonbroadway.net/)
Paul Chant (http://www.theatreworks.net/raindogs/creativeteam.html)
Rose Martula (http://www.rosemartula.com/)

Company
Official Site (http://www.mtishows.com)
Director Adam Brazier (http://www.adambrazier.com)

Hill Strategies Research released a report today, Municipal Cultural Investment in Five Large Canadian Cities, comparing arts funding in the following cities: Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

Investment by Toronto City Council ranks Toronto lowest by a wide margin. Per capita investment in each city is, from highest to lowest:

Montreal: $55
Vancouver: $47
Calgary: $42
Ottawa: $28
Toronto: $19

“Throughout major international cultural centres, municipal arts funding is key to maintaining a thriving creative city, attractive to residents and tourists alike. We are at the tipping point; this study clearly demonstrates that Toronto risks losing its position as Canada’s go-to city for arts and culture.” noted Claire Hopkinson, Executive Director of Toronto Arts Council.

The impact of cultural investment is felt throughout Toronto’s economy, much of which is dependent upon a vibrant arts sector. The arts and culture industry contributes $9 billion to Toronto’s local economy and supports 130,000 jobs.

In May 2011, Toronto City Council affirmed the critical importance of arts and culture funding when it unanimously endorsed the Creative Capital Gains report. The report recommends increasing Toronto’s arts funding to $25 per capita.

In contradiction of this unanimous decision, the 2012 City Operating Budget, approved by Budget Committee yesterday, recommends a reduction in Toronto’s arts and culture grants by $2 million and additional reductions to the city’s department of Economic Development and Culture. Given that every dollar invested by the city in grants to arts organizations in Toronto leverages an additional $17 in funding from other sources this will have the direct effect of reducing investment in Toronto by $25 million.

“It is hard to exaggerate the impact of such a cut. Of course artists and arts organizations will be affected, but so too will every Toronto resident who benefits from access to arts programming as well as Toronto’s tourism industry, its restaurants, hotels, taxis and retail sectors” said John McKellar, Chair of Toronto Arts Council.

Toronto’s Executive Committee, chaired by the Mayor, will review the Budget Committee’s recommended budget on Thursday, January 12, following which it will go to the full City Council on January 17 for final approval.

Well, this month we in Toronto have an opportunity to see it live again. Hart House Theatre is presenting Cabaret from Friday January 13, 2012 to January 28, 2012. I can also guarantee that as much as I loved it the first time I saw it live, this one will be even better than that production of long ago.

For those who don’t know the show, it is lots of fun, full of laughs, and has a serious undertone. You’ll recognize a few of the songs I’m sure, specifically “Willkommen” and “The Money Song”. The music is by John Kander, who also did the music for Chicago, another show with lots of fun stuff, and a serious undertone. It’s a nice combination.

Like I said, I far preferred the live version to the film version. So, if you’ve seen the movie with Liza Minnelli but didn’t like it, don’t let that be your guide of whether or not you’ll like the live show. Give the live version a try, I suspect you’ll be surprised.

Tickets are $25 (with special prices for Seniors and Students) and shows run Wednesday to Saturday at 8pm. More detailed information is in the press release below. Go here to buy tickets. Actually, check out this special bonus online ticket pricing place where you can get a ticket for $20 instead.

From Press Release

Beginning on January 13th, 2012, Hart House Theatre is proud to present this iconic musical. In the midst of the rise of Nazi Germany, the cabaret is an oasis where people go to escape reality and share in some scrap of happiness. In the cabaret anything goes: loose women, looser men and a cocktail of drugs, booze and music that keeps the fantasy alive. Cabaret features famous songs such as “Willkommen”, “Don’t Tell Mama”, “The Money Song” and of course, “Cabaret”.

Hart House Theatre is thrilled to have award-winning actor and director Adam Brazier at the helm of this production. Adam’s years as a musical performer make him a natural mentor for our youthful cast and his keen eye as a director has built a cast with the vigour and vocal talents to take a fresh look at this classic.

Adam’s approach to the show is from the perspective of someone new to the story – basing his decisions purely on what’s provided by the text and music and not on Liza or anyone else’s influential portrayals. For Adam, the story comes to us through the eyes of the character Clifford Bradshaw – Cliff’s retreat into the cabaret and the price he pays for living in that oasis: “It’s easy to get lost in Sally’s narrative and see the events through her eyes, but truthfully, it’s Cliff’s story. A story about denial and escape to a place where you can be yourself. A place without boundaries or rules. My ideal audience is a group of soldiers on leave – a group who understands what it is to go to extremes to get away from a dangerous, terrifying place and seek comfort.”

Lending their talents to building the music and staging of the show are Music Director Scott Christian and Choreographer Amanda Nagy. A graduate of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, Scott has worked with various companies in and around Toronto and is slated to lend his talents to the upcoming Shaw Festival Season as their intern musical director. Amanda Nagy recently completed her training with the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts and has competed for Team Canada at the International Dance Organisation’s World Championships in Germany.

The design team members tasked with bringing Adam’s vision of the show to the stage are Set and Costume Designer Brandon Kleiman and Lighting Designer Siobhán Sleath. This is Brandon’s fourth design for Hart House Theatre, but his talents have also been used by Talk is Free Theatre, Rebecca Northan and the World Stage at the Harbourfront Centre (Dora-nominated production) and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Brandon’s design talents will be combined with the lighting expertise of fellow Stratford designer, Siobhán Sleath who joins Hart House Theatre for her third production.

CABARET

Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Directed by Adam Brazier
Musical Direction by Scott Christian
Choreography by Amanda Nagy
Set and Costume Design by Brandon Kleiman
Lighting Design by Siobhán Sleath
Stage Managed by Laura Cournoyea

FEATURING

Michael-David Blostein as the Emcee
Michael-David Blostein returns to Hart House Theatre after appearing in Jerry Springer – The Opera and several productions with UC Follies. He has received training as a bass vocalist in both classical and jazz vocal styles at the Royal Ontario Conservatory and by Toronto jazz vocalist Adi Braun. Michael-David is currently studying at U of T and has just the right sense of humour to bring to the cocky and acerbic Emcee!

Courtney Lamanna as Sally Bowles
Hart House Theatre prides itself on showcasing the best of the city’s emergent talent. One of the shining examples of this is newcomer Courtney Lamanna who plays the coveted role of Sally Bowles. Courtney recently completed her training with the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts and has been cast as leading ladies ever since. With her incredible voice and command of the stage, Courtney is a talent to watch as she grows in her career.

Keenan Viau as Clifford Bradshaw
Taking on the role of the American poet Clifford Bradshaw is another newcomer to Hart House Theatre, Keenan Viau. Keenan received his training with Algonquin College and Sheridan College’s Musical Theatre – Performance Program and has appeared in stage in Ottawa before he made Toronto his home. While starring in Cabaret, Keenan is also pursuing a career in film and television and works as a producer with Theatre20.

Renée Stein as Fraulein Schneider
Don Berns as Herr Schultz
Lending their years of experience to the production and acting as mentors to the youthful cast are stage veterans Renée Stein and Don Berns. As well as starring in a host of musicals and stage productions, both Renée and Don have built careers as vocal talents: from appearing on CFNY’s The Spirit of Radio show to singing national anthems at the Rogers Centre.

Runs from January 13 – 28, 2012

Week 1: Fri & Sat @ 8pm
Week 2: Wed to Sat @ 8pm
Week 3: Wed to Sat @ 8pm + Sat @ 2pm

Tickets:
Adults $25, Students & Seniors $15
$10 Student tickets every Wednesday!
UofTtix Box Office 416.978.8849 www.uofttix.ca

www.harthousetheatre.ca

About Hart House Theatre
Hart House Theatre, established in 1919, is the University of Toronto’s performing arts leader. Since its inception, the theatre’s unique mix of young professionals, alumni and students has garnered the theatre a reputation as not only a cultural destination for the U of T community, but one for all of Toronto.

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As part of The Next Stage Theatre Festival, Rooftop Productions presents Tomasso’s Party

Tomasso’s Party, by young novelist Jules Lewis (Waiting for Ricky Tantrum, Dundurn Press), holds a microscope up to conventional ideas of intimacy through the nuanced exploration of a simple circumstance involving a young couple: Madeleine wants to go to Tomasso’s party; Hugo does not.

As the two argue deep insecurities they have about themselves and each other are revealed. The power between them shifts; both are surprised and damaged. This world premiere production is a raw portrayal of sexual politics, intellectual jealousy, relationship power dynamics and lays bare the vulnerability of human emotions. Produced by André du Toit (Factory Theatre, Lab Cab Festival, Canadian Rep Theatre).

The Next Stage Theatre Festival

January 4 – January 15, 2012

at the Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street)

McAuslan Beer Tent and Festival Box Office located in the Factory Theatre Courtyard

Performances:

A full listing of show times is available at www.fringetoronto.com

Ticket Prices:

Performances starting before 7pm are $12

Performances at or after 7pm are $15

Tickets on sale:

Over the phone at 416-966-1062

In person at the venue from January 4-15, starting one hour before the first show of the day

Or 24 hours a day online at www.fringetoronto.com

As part of The Next Stage Theatre Festival, Red Betty Theatre presents The Washing Machine

The Washing Machine chronicles the aftermath of Isabelle’s return to Chez Nous – her childhood home in India. Through the influence of octogenarian gurus, ghostly meddling spirits, and a multitude of crying monkeys, Isabelle is forced to realize that no fancy spin cycles can wash away the ‘dirty laundry’ that is her ancestry.

After a successful showing at Nightwood Theatre’s Groundswell Festival of New Work, director Sasha Kovacs joins writer Radha Menon (writer of award-winning screenplay such as Max Neo) to assemble a team as multi-cultural as it is multi-generational, with performers including Steve Cumyn, Ronica Sajnani, Asha Vijayasigham, and Aparajit Bhattacharjee. 

The Next Stage Theatre Festival

January 4 – January 15, 2012

at the Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street)

McAuslan Beer Tent and Festival Box Office located in the Factory Theatre Courtyard

Performances:

A full listing of show times is available at www.fringetoronto.com

Ticket Prices:

Performances starting before 7pm are $12

Performances at or after 7pm are $15

Tickets on sale:

Over the phone at 416-966-1062

In person at the venue from January 4-15, starting one hour before the first show of the day

Or 24 hours a day online at www.fringetoronto.com

As part of The Next Stage Theatre Festival, Theatre Brouhaha presents LoveSexMoney

You want it. You need it. Would you pay for it? After a sold-out run at the Factory Studio last winter, Theatre Brouhaha presents LOVESEXMONEY by Kat Sandler, a sexy, fast-paced new play about intimacy in the Information Age. Olivia sells her virginity online. Simon buys it. Jim, her boyfriend, tries to stop her.

Fantasies are exposed, hearts are broken and expensive Japanese sex toys are bought and put to use with devastating consequences in a production that is “sharp, hilarious, and touching” (Theatromania).

LOVESEXMONEY asks questions about the nature of ownership and modern love in a time when everything is available somewhere for a price. It’s a hot piece of theatre where you’re “apt to have a good laugh” (Torontoist).

“…Doesn’t miss a dirty joke” —Mooney on Theatre

Next Stage Festival
January 4 – January 15, 2012
Factory Theatre Studio- 125 Bathurst Street, Toronto @ Adelaide Street

Performances:

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 @ 7:15pm
Saturday January 7, 2012 @ 6:45pm
Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 9:15pm
Monday, January 9, 2012 @ 8:15pm
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 @ 6:00pm
Thursday, January 12, 2012 @ 7:00pm
Friday, January 13, 2012 @ 7:15pm
Saturday, January 14, 2012 @ 9:15pm
Sunday, January 15, 2012 @ 4:45pm

Ticket prices: $15 Evening Performances (7:00 PM and after start time)

$12 Afternoon Performances (6:50 PM or before start time)

Tickets go on sale on November 15, 2011 and are available by phoning the NSTF Box Office at
(416) 966-1062 (ext. 1) or at www.fringetoronto.com or in person at the Factory Theatre day of show.

As part of The Next Stage Theatre Festival, Allison Beula Productions presents The Tiki Bikini Beach Paradise Party A-Go-Go!

An ultra enthusiastic, hyper-speed a-go-go keen teen musical that is a loving parody of the Beach Party movies of the 1960’s. A triple threat cast, a live vintage surf band (“The von Drats”) and original tunes written by Composer Jeffery Straker and Director/Choreographer Allison Beula round out the beach party fun! Patrons’ Pick at the 2011 Toronto Fringe and presented at the Best of the Fringe Uptown.

NOW Magazine dubbed it an “outstanding production”, “outstanding ensemble”, “Critic’s Pick” and 5 “NNNNN’s”. Torontoist said, “Tight dance numbers and knee-slapper after knee-slapper proved Tiki Bikini Beach Paradise Party A Go-Go! had much more to offer than just eye candy”. With rave reviews across the (surf) boards, you’ll Go-Go wild for this Tiki-tastic show!

Next Stage Festival
January 4 – January 15, 2012
Factory Theatre Mainspace – 125 Bathurst Street, Toronto @ Adelaide Street

Performances:

Wednesday January 4, 2012 @ 6:45pm
Thursday January 5, 2012 @ 9:15pm
Friday January 6, 2012 @ 5:15pm
Saturday January 7, 2012 @ 7:15pm
Sunday January 8, 2012 @ 9:30pm
Monday January 9, 2012 @ 8:00pm
Thursday January 12, 2012 @ 5:00pm
Friday January 14, 2012 @ 2:45pm
Saturday January 15, 2012 @ 5:00pm

Ticket prices: $15 Evening Performances (7:00 PM and after start time)

$12 Afternoon Performances (6:50 PM or before start time)

Tickets go on sale on November 15, 2011 and are available by phoning the NSTF Box Office at
(416) 966-1062 (ext. 1) or at www.fringetoronto.com or in person at the Factory Theatre day of show.

As part of The Next Stage Theatre Festival, Theatre Caravel presents Modern Love

Written and performed by Jessica Moss (Outstanding Performance, Summerworks 2008, dust, NOW Magazine; Outstanding Ensemble, Fringe 2011, Swoon, NOW Magazine), Modern Love is a poignant and hilarious look at relationships and technology. “How can you feel alone when you have 600 friends? When you carry everyone you know in your pocket all the time, why is it so hard to connect? There used to be a loneliness I could only feel in crowded rooms, and now I feel it all the time…”

Presented by Theatre Caravel (2011 Canadian Stage GYM Team) Modern Love takes a look at the ways we connect with and disconnect from each other every day. Mondo Magazine says, “When you get an opportunity to see the group’s show, take it…”

The Next Stage Theatre Festival

January 4 – January 15, 2012

at the Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street)

McAuslan Beer Tent and Festival Box Office located in the Factory Theatre Courtyard

Performances:

A full listing of show times is available at www.fringetoronto.com

Ticket Prices:

Performances starting before 7pm are $12

Performances at or after 7pm are $15

Tickets on sale:

Over the phone at 416-966-1062

In person at the venue from January 4-15, starting one hour before the first show of the day

Or 24 hours a day online at www.fringetoronto.com

As part of The Next Stage Theatre Festival, Ecce Homo Theatre presents Loving a Stranger or How to Recognize an Invert

Award winning company Ecce Homo Theatre (Of a Monstrous Child: a gaga musical, The Pastor Phelps Project) present an updated remount of Alistair Newton’s Loving the Stranger or how to recognize an invert based on the incredible life story of Montreal’s Peter Flinsch: theatre designer, visual artist, and survivor of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals, arrested in 1942 for kissing a friend at a Christmas party. 

From the cabarets of 1920s Berlin, to the ongoing battle over gay marriage, all the way to the office of the Prime Minister; sexuality, spectacle and satire launch a musical blitzkrieg on apathy. With an ensemble of four performing over thirty characters and featuring Hume Baugh as Peter Flinsch. ‘…a politically charged musical about the modern construction of the homosexual that’s ambitious in scope, well-researched, and aesthetically brilliant’. – NOW Magazine

The Next Stage Festival
January 4 – January 15, 2012
Factory Theatre Mainspace (125 Bathurst Street @ Adelaide Street)

Performances:

Thursday, January 5, 2012 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, January 7, 2012 @ 2:45pm
Sunday, January 8, 2012 @ 5:15pm
Monday, January 9, 2012 @ 6:15pm
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 @ 8:30pm
Thursday, January 12, 2012 @ 9:00pm
Friday, January 13, 2012 @ 5:15pm
Saturday, January 14, 2012 @ 7:00pm
Sunday, January 15, 2012 @ 7:00pm

Ticket prices: $15 Evening Performances (7:00 PM and after start time)
$12 Afternoon Performances (6:50 PM or before start time)

Tickets go on sale on November 15, 2011 and are available by phoning the NSTF Box Office at
(416) 966-1062 (ext. 1) or at www.fringetoronto.com or in person at the Factory Theatre day of show.