Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of March 18th, 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 Eye-Catching Toronto Theatre for the Week of March 18th, 2013
Dean Gilmour and Michele Smith of Theatre Smith-Gilmour bring to life the bizarrely adventurous and darkly humorous tale of a family’s Odyssean journey to bury their deceased mother, in William Faulkner‘s As I Lay Dying, playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille main space for the month of March. In a re-imagining of this tale told in a manner very reminiscent of O Brother Where Art Thou, this is an adventure you won’t soon forget.
Continue reading Review: As I Lay Dying (Theatre Smith-Gilmour)
“Scooby Doo Live!“, I told my son’s teacher, when she asked what show we were leaving early to see “At the Sony Centre.” She cocked her head quizically to the side and asked “How…do they fill up a show with that?” I promised to let her know.
Continue reading Review (Kid Plus One): Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries.
I grew up in the largely homogeneous, middle-class suburbs of Ottawa back in the 1980s; a time when it definitely wasn’t cool to be “ethnic”. As a result I had to assimilate as best I could to blend in to the dominant white, anglo culture.
This assimilation created a bit of a rift in my family; my parents are first generation immigrants, they speak with an accent and hold on to many old world Chinese values and customs whereas my brother and I were essentially middle-class suburban white kids … if it weren’t for the fact that we looked Chinese.
American playwright Lauren Yee explores complex identity issues and sends them up in deliciously irreverent manner in her play Ching Chong Chinaman which fu-GEN Theatre Company is presenting for the first time in Canada.
Continue reading Review: Ching Chong Chinaman (fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company)
Nine for Fifteen
You may not be aware, but Toronto has a fairly thriving community of comedians and comediennes. Ranging from stand-up to improv to sketch, you can find these hilarious humans peering around many a corner. Their singular intent? To make you pee yourself (figuratively of course) with laughter. There are plenty of opportunities to see these folks in action, but we thought we’d highlight one in particular. The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival is happening right now and has some very impressive talent. If you enjoy laughter, laughing, side-splitting fun, beer, jokes, comedy, wit, and other related items, it’d be a favour to yourself to see what it’s all about.
Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of March 11th, 2013