Let’s Not Beat Each Other To Death, playing as a part of SummerWorks‘ Special Presentation Series, destroyed me (in a very good way). An electronic cabaret dance party about the unceasing violence targeting the LGBTQ community, the show successfully combined all the elements of good social justice theatre with an especially unforgettable, heartfelt performance from writer/performer Stewart Legere.
The connection between the performing body, music, sound, and mind takes centre stage at the 2015 Toronto SummerWorks Festival double bill On Being Prepared and Psychic Choreography playing at the Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace.
I’m not good at making noise in public. I’m always the person in a group who gets uncomfortable when the noise level gets too loud, worrying that we are bothering the people around us. So, when I was given a homemade, portable speaker to carry around during Listening Songs: Listening Choir, a Live Art event at the 2015 SummerWorks Performance Festival, my anxiety was heightened and I was initially hesitant to push “play.” There were rewards to be had, though, in being loud and quiet at the same time.
There are very few times I find words can’t adequately explain a performance. Togetherish is a fascinating, highly entertaining dance playing at the Factory Theatre Mainspace as part of the 2015 Toronto SummerWorks Festival that genuinely defies description.
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Forgetting Remembering, created by Robert Kingsbury and presented by Kingsbury and Not Applicable Productions, is something unto itself. Playing at the Factory Theatre Studio as part of SummerWorks 2015, the show is a show but not a show, but is a show.
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