The Next Stage Theatre Festival is entering its last weekend – with great success! This year’s festival of ten shows has received a number of excellent reviews and sold out performances every evening. This means time and space are limited for these last few days of great winter theatre festing, so we’re here to help you sort out which shows you absolutely can’t live without seeing, and which ones to plan ahead for. Continue reading Final Weekend: The Next Stage Theatre Festival is Selling Fast!
From Press Release
YPT TO ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE FUN, EDUCATIONAL CHILDCARE OPTION FOR ETFO DAY OF PROTEST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11TH
Toronto (January 9th, 2013) – The Pop-up Drama School Workshops arranged by Young People’s Theatre last month to help parents cope with TDSB strike action were hugely popular and sold out very quickly.
YPT is pleased to once again offer this option to Toronto families who may be scrambling to arrange last-minute child care for the Friday, January 11th Day of Protest just announced by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
From Press Release
TORONTO (January 8th, 2013) – Crow’s Theatre is thrilled to announce the launch of its new performing arts facility and community hub. This exciting news coincides with its 30th anniversary year as one of the country’s most acclaimed and award-winning independent theatres.
Endorsed through the City of Toronto Section 37 Planning Act as approved by City Council on October 30, 2012, Crow’s Theatre will be the first professional performing arts facility of its kind east of the Don Valley Parkway, an area that is home to over 1.3 million people. Continue reading Announcement: Crow’s Theatre Breaks Ground in Toronto’s Leslieville Neighbourhood
Fourteen for Twenty-Five (Or Less)
“Fourteen?” You ask. “Why fourteen?” Simply put, it’s (more) officially 2013, so here’s one for good luck.
Below you’ll find a smattering of promising theatre experiences from dance to festival fare to the musically inclined. Go ahead, get lucky!
Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of January 7th, 2013
Seth Drabinsky, sitting over a coffee at the 519’s Fabarnak, doesn’t strike an especially impressive figure. He seems like any other guy, cheerful and friendly but not really fabulous in any regard – until the subject of Hedwig comes up. After dozens upon dozens of performances over four separate runs as the tragic trans tagalong to Tommy Gnosis’s star, I half suspect Drabinsky of having a crush on Hedwig.
Continue reading Preview: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Breathe.Feel.Love)