Contest – Win tickets to Love, Loss and What I Wore playing in Toronto (extended to October 2nd, 2010)
You have no doubt heard the buzz, Love, Loss and What I Wore is making even more fans with it’s current run in Toronto. So much so that the show has been extended by a month, and is now playing until October 2nd.
In case you have it in your head that only women will enjoy it, Richard Ouzounian gave the production 4 out of 4 stars in his review for the Toronto Star. And yes, a Mooney on Theatre review will be published soon too.
But here’s where it gets even better. You have the chance to win a pair of free tickets to the show!
Eye-catching Toronto live theatre for the week of August 22, 2010
Here are all of the shows we wish we could get out and see this week! Take your pick from our list of great theatre escapes for the week of August 22, 2010:
Homegrown (The Homegrown Project) – 2010 Summerworks Review
By Adam Collier
Homegrown was performed at Theatre Passe Muraille. It ran as part of Summerworks, and was produced by the Homegrown Project.
Theatre Passe Muraille has an absolutely huge stage. So, up close – I took a seat front row, close to the middle – it seemed enormous.
Maybe because of this, I couldn’t quite suspend my disbelief that the opening scene is set in prison.
But there’s a theatrical advantage to all this space, too. What it allows is the lead (“Shareef” played by Lwam Ghebrehariat) to remain on stage all the time.
So while other characters are negotiating an informant’s fee (as happens), or boasting of a radical conversion to the Muslim faith (as also happens), or arguing over how the government prosecutes terrorists (as frequently happens), we can always see Shareef in solitary confinement. His incarceration, to me, is what’s at stake in Homegrown.
Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of August 16, 2010
By Mira Saraf
Five for Twenty (Or Less)
The theme for the week of August 16, 2010 is a little bit of this and a little bit of that. You can’t blame your purse strings for missing any of these shows. Enjoy!
i was Barbie (venusmachine) – 2010 Summerworks review
by George Perry
i was Barbie (sic) is playing to sold-out houses at Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. Nina Arsenault’s one-woman show is one of the most talked about plays at Summerworks. People seem to love a good freak show.
This monologue runs just over an hour. It is the story of Ms Arsenault’s one night stand playing Barbie at a red carpet event for Fashion Week. Actually, it was a “pink 219” carpet event.
The Emotionalists (Stuck in the Mud Productions) – 2010 Summerworks Review
By Crystal Wood
My first thought after watching The Emotionalists was “Wow, this is a really good play.” My second thought was “Wow, this is a Sky Gilbert play?” That’s not to say that I haven’t enjoyed his other work, but it’s quite different in style and tone from most of his Buddies in Bad Times fare. Mr. Gilbert, if you’re reading this, more The Emotionalists please!
I’m probably the only person in the world who didn’t read The Fountainhead in my teens, so I know Ayn Rand only by name. You don’t need to know much about the woman or her philosophies before going in, though, because the play is clear and entertaining in its own right.
Theory (Public Radio and Camera Assembly) – 2010 SummerWorks Review
By Adam Collier
Theory is a new play in performance as part of SummerWorks. It is a joint presentation of Public Radio and Camera Assembly and SummerWorks. The show runs at the Lower Ossington Theatre.
The action begins as the house lights go down. A woman tells us she has begun an online forum for her course on film theory. The forum will be anonymous, uncensored and you – referring now to her students (the house lights have gone down completely, and we are in her classroom) – will moderate the discussion.
Theory pivots around the threads of postings on the forum.
Molotov Circus (Squeezebox Mama) – 2010 Summerworks review
by George Perry
Molotov Circus is not a one woman show, but it is a one family show. It is playing at The Lower Ossington Theatre in Toronto as part of Summerworks. Anybody who has ever been part of a family can recognize their own youth, their own mothers, fathers and siblings in this play.
This is a family of gypsies, so they don’t have the typical domestic trappings. What they do have is each other and their great talents.
My Happy (Pyretic Productions) – 2010 Summerworks review
by Dorianne Emmerton
In Pyretic Productions Me Happy a young woman named Biddy lives in a tiny remote town in Ireland called Muff. Muff’s only claim to fame is three large cliffs which provide a spectacular view, constant danger of falling to one’s death, and an ideal venue for cliff diving.
That’s right: diving in Muff. That’s the kind of humour at work in Me Happy. It’s no workout for brain, but on a rainy dreary Sunday I was quite happy to be entertained with some bathroom humour. Read the rest of this entry »
Uncle Lindy’s Quit Yer Snivelin’ Tour of Life – 2010 Summerworks Review
By Amber Landgraff
When I joined a group of about 15 people in the courtyard of Factory Theatre for the 9 PM showing of Uncle Lindy’s Quit Yer Snivelin’ Tour of Life, one of three walking tours offered as part of this year’s Summerworks Theatre Festival’s Summerwalks, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.
Uncle Lindy promised to take us on a tour of our own psyches. A spiritual walkabout that would have us emerge on the other side with a better understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. It seemed a tall order for a $5.00 60 minute or under walking tour.
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