Review: Coma (AfriCan Theatre Ensemble)

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An eye-opening story about assisted suicide, Coma is playing at Toronto’s Al Green Theatre

Coma, a production of the AfriCan Theatre Ensemble, tackles a timely subject given the renewed debate about assisted suicide, euthanasia and death with dignity.

Nana, played by Lorraine Klaasen,  has been in a coma in a vegetative state for 15 months. Her daughter Ifueko, played by Bridget Ogundipe, has been taking care of her and paying her hospital bills and has decided that it’s time to take Nana off life support.

When she calls her estranged brother Osasu, played by Wales Ojo, in Canada to tell him, he surprises her by asking her not to do anything until he gets there. Continue reading Review: Coma (AfriCan Theatre Ensemble)

Ticket Contest Giveaway: Bad Dress Productions’ Far Away

Mooney on Theatre is giving away a pair of tickets to the opening night performance of Bad Dress Productions’ Far Away, playing at Dancemakers and the Centre for Creation (9 Trinity Street, Studio #313), on Friday, November 8.

To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets just send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Far Away Contest”  by 7:00PM on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013.

See below for details about the show and how the contest works:

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Review: Where’s My Money? (Sterling Studio Theatre)

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Two couples struggle with a living past and a lifeless marriage in Where’s My Money? at Toronto’s Sterling Studio Theatre

On a cold and rainy night, I make my way down a dark and narrow road to the Sterling Studio Theatre.  I take my seat, surrounded on all sides by an audience of ghouls.  A musician with a pale white face and ratty clothing plays the blues.  The stage is blanketed by fog.  Has this play been hijacked by Halloween revelers? 

The choice of opening night seemed strange to me… until the play began and I realized how befitting it was.  John Patrick Shanley’s Where’s My Money? deals with characters who are haunted. Their past is not dead. Literally. The ghosts of ex-lovers show up to throw a wrench into their oh-so-civilized lives.  Continue reading Review: Where’s My Money? (Sterling Studio Theatre)