Casa Loma makes a perfect setting for Brant Theatre’s re-imagining of Dracula
Just in time for Valentine’s Day – a love story that “has crossed oceans of time to find you”, set in no better backdrop than Toronto’s own castle, Casa Loma. It is dark, gothic and eternally beautiful; it is the story of Dracula re-imagined by Sharyl Hudson forBrant Theatre Workshops. Hudson takes the classic Bram Stoker masterpiece and brings it to life utilizing the stunning rooms of the first and second floor of Casa Loma.
It’s All In The Timing at Toronto’s historic Campbell House Museum
Campbell House Museum is a venue that is ripe with possibility. The Georgian-style home is serving up a delectable dinner theatre with All in the Timing, which also serves as part of Toronto’s Winterliciouscelebration.
COC’s romantic Love From Afar plays at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto
The Canadian Opera Company’s production of Love from Afar was a decadent feast for the eyes, rich with highly evocative contemporary music. This 21st century opera was written by Kaija Saariaho of Finland and is the COC’s first mainstage production written by a female composer. The opera has received a great deal of critical acclaim and has quickly become one the most performed operatic works of this century.
A Brimful of Asha at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre is a true story about the misadventures of being set up by Indian parents
A Brimful of Asha is not so much a play but more like the sharing of a story. Walking into the theatre feels like walking into someone’s house. Ravi and Asha Jain, the mother and son who share their story, welcome us into their home. They shake everyone’s hand as they come in, introduce themselves and in true Indian fashion promptly offer you a samosa.
Within a couple of minutes I knew that this show would have no middle ground for me. I would either love it or hate it; I’m glad to say I did indeed enjoy it.
UC Follies and Tommy discover “miracle cure” for winter blahs!
If David Letterman were to see The UC Follies’ version of The Who’s Tommy, he’d leave Hart House Theatre and shout up and down the streets of Toronto. “That’s it! That’s the way to blow the roof off the dump!”
Casa Loma makes a perfect setting for Brant Theatre’s re-imagining of Dracula
