Happy New Year! Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of December 30th, 2013. ** 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.
Continue reading Play Listings for the Week of December 30, 2013
This afternoon Max (almost five), his mum, his mum’s best friend, and I (his grandmother) went to see Tea at the Palace at Tarragon Theatre. This Puppetmongers Theatre production has been a holiday tradition for 24 years. This is the last year that it will be produced in Toronto; it’s being retired from the Toronto repertoire.
Don’t despair, there are two more shows so you can still see it. Continue reading Kid +1 Review: Tea at the Palace (Puppetmongers Theatre)
There was a lot of nail-biting but all is well. Online ticket sales will be live at noon.
“Puppetmongers’ winter holiday performances have been charming families and theatre-goers in Toronto since 1990. Tea at the Palace began the tradition 24 years ago, and after this year, will be retired from Puppetmongers’ Toronto holiday family show cycle.
“Tea at the Palace is a lively and sumptuous retelling of two intertwined medieval Russian folktales. A hapless peasant is brought to the Tsar’s court and charged with treason simply for making tea in a samovar. Meanwhile, the Tsar becomes smitten with a clever peasant girl when she arrives at court to request settlement of a dispute. To thwart the budding romance, the Tsar’s meddlesome servants resort to ridiculous antics, but are defeated at their own game when the Tsarina-to-be solves a series of riddles.
Continue reading Tea at the Palace opens today at Tarragon Theatre – power has been restored!
If there was one story that could satiate my teenage angst and desire from about the age of 15 to 19, it would be Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. On Thursday night I had the pleasure of heading down to the historic Campbell House Museum to see Kate Werneberg and Hallie Burt deliver an impressive performance of the characters of this deeply sensual story in their production Elizabeth-Darcy.
Two actors couldn’t have been given a better script. The screenplay adaptation of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice does glorious justice to the book, with edits and tweaks that enhance the pace and the wit of all the memorable characters. As with the book, I eagerly sat through the entire A& E series and became engrossed in the interplay, jesting, and revelations of Elizabeth Bennet and William D’arcy — two intellectually well matched individuals from clashing social circles. Again, the sexual tension between these two characters was enough to satiate me through those raging hormones of my youth.
Continue reading Review: Elizabeth-Darcy (Burt&Werneburg) 2013 Toronto Theatre Review
Merry Christmas! Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of December 23rd, 2013. ** 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.
Continue reading Play Listings for the Week of December 23, 2013