This week’s collection of theatre on a budget explores relationships (between spouses, estranged spouses, parents and offspring), the various forms they can take and all the human pitfalls, hiccups and tragedies that can befall them. These stories will make you laugh, cry, but most of all think and consider the relationships in your life.
Continue reading Cheap Theatre for the Week of November 12th, 2013
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of November 11th, 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 Theatre for the Week of November 11th, 2013
I just got back from seeing “A Woman’s Work” by Dance Matters down at 6 Noble Street, and my head is with swirling with all sorts of THINGS TO TALK ABOUT! I should mention immediately that I am not a Dance professional. I will be speaking from a perspective that is much more attuned to performance art than traditional dance.
Continue reading A Woman’s Work by Dance Matters (Toronto Theatre Review)
For over 30 years The Theatre Centre has brought Toronto innovative and inspiring theatrical experiences for patrons and space, funding and mentorship for budding artists.
Announced on November 5th, The Theatre Centre will be moving in the new year to their new location, the historic Carnegie Library located at 1115 Queen Street West, to expand their operations – providing a live arts hub and incubator for future development of contemporary pieces from artists local and abroad.
Continue reading Preview: The Theatre Centre Announces New Home and New Works
There were several reasons I had been looking forward to the Factory Theatre and Obsidian Theatre co-production of The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, and they all had to do with people who had been involved in some way, from the playwright all the way to the Artistic Directors of the theatre companies who decided this show would be a good one to put on stage.
With all this backing me, I didn’t look into what the play was about. I like going into a show like that. Not knowing what to expect. I like it to reveal on its own, instead of me anticipating when certain things will happen. The show was fantastic, and it was wonderful to see it unfold without expectations. But I do wish I had known enough about it to bring along tissues. Lots and lots of tissues.