War Horse is a visual feast and is on stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto
I was blown away by beauty of the staging and effects while watching War Horse at Mirvish’s Princess of Wales Theatre.
When it comes to visual elements and design, this is one of the most spectacular shows I’ve seen. My show partner for the piece, Mooney on Theatre’s Managing Editor Wayne Leung, remarked that “Since they weren’t going for a hyper-realistic effect it opened them up to the exploration of amazing stagecraft.” I totally agree.
This week we have five great live theatre shows you can check out in Toronto for $20 or less per person. For the week of February 27, watch two newly freed female prisoners; an adaptation of The Neverending Story; a play about a Viking’s obsession with power and libido; an Occupy Wall Street version of Marat/Sade; and a drama put on by Native Earth. There is definitely something for everyone this week, so get out there!
Seeds is a play about who controls just that, seeds. Since making booze is all about seed manipulation, could there be a more perfect place than The Distillery District for such a play?
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of February 27, 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.
Shakespeare in Action does a terrific job with A Midsummers Night’s Dream at Toronto’s Arts and Letters Club
Take a group of dedicated volunteers and interns, add nine community members – not necessarily actors – then add six rehearsals with a professional director, shake it up a bit and you have The Shakespeare Challenge; the first annual (I hope) benefit for Shakespeare in Action.
