Collectif BUS 1.2.3 presents Babelle et Barbarie at Toronto’s Winchester Street Theatre
As technology becomes part of our lives, how do we, as people, understand ourselves? Babelle et Barbarie by the Collectif BUS 1.2.3. playing at the Winchester Street Theatre is a multimedia, multi-lingual performance that wants to examine the relationship between technology and identity.
Unfortunately, in the service of technical exploration the performance manages to lose itself in the presentation.
Star Trek-inspired improv delivers an “engaging” show for Toronto audiences
Around this time last year, I had never seen a single episode of Star Trek, though as a small child, I’d humoured my friend’s request that I be Dr. Crusher in our playground games. I had no idea what the fuss was about. Now, I’m four episodes away from the end of The Next Generation, having spent more obsessive time with the good doctor, Captain Picard, and Lt. Commander Data than I’d care to admit. To mitigate the horror of finishing the series, I was eager to watch The Dandies perform their latest installment of Holodeck Follies, an improvised Star Trek adventure with songs and special guests.
Superhero! is Toronto’s Mysteriously Yours’ latest dinner-theatre murder-mystery
In the world of theatre, a certain unofficial hierarchy of “importance” is known to exist and – we should probably all acknowledge – murder mystery dinner theatre tends to get ranked toward the bottom of the Serious Cultural Events scale. As the one who had to sit through Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia last fall, I can tell you for certain that while Superhero! A Bam! Zap! Pow! Murder Mystery might be less important, it’s certainly a lot more fun.
Variety is the name of the game in this week’s budget: multilingual performance, opera on bicycles, and comedy previews, among others. Enjoy the last of summer!
Collectif BUS 1.2.3 presents Babelle et Barbarie at Toronto’s Winchester Street Theatre
