This week, the picks are all about adrenaline. Whether these shows are straight-up thrillers or they deal with emotionally fraught situations such as war or sex, all of these shows are designed to get your heart pounding. Thankfully, the ticket prices aren’t calculated to give you a heart attack. Check them out under the cut: Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto the Week of November 9th
This week, The Room Temperature Collective and The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies premiere a workshop presentation of Arthur Milner’s play, Getting To Room Temperature, at the Robert Gill Theatre. The play, about end-of-life issues in Canada and the right to die, is based on a true story and promises audiences laughter through tears. We caught up with playwright and director Milner, assistant director Jenny Salisbury, and Maureen Labonté, production dramaturg, to ask a few questions about the upcoming show. Continue reading Preview: Getting to Room Temperature (The Room Temperature Collective)
The spread this week includes classical comedies, irreverent sex romps and historical thrillers. It’s all included in the listings this week, and if you’re having a hard time narrowing down the choices, we’re here to offer our top picks in red text. Here are the picks:
Toronto’s Storefront Theatre presents Edmond, David Mamet’s play about straight, middle-class, white men problemsDavid Mamet is very concerned about straight, middle-class white men and their troubles with modern, North American life. His one-act, Edmond, follows one such man as he contends with women, people of colour, religion, and the law in New York City. Storefront Theatre‘s intense production brings Edmond and his surroundings to vivid life and I enthusiastically applaud each and every artist involved, but I don’t much care for Edmond or most of the people he encounters. Continue reading Review: Edmond (Storefront Theatre)
Toronto’s Theatre Centre’s play We Are Proud to Present … pushes boundaries, unsettlesI’ve just returned from seeing Why Not Theatre‘s We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915, playing at The Theatre Centre.
It’s a story about a group of actors uncovering truths about the Namibian genocide – and themselves – during stage rehearsals. Over two hours later and I’m still processing what I saw and heard. And I mean that in a good way. Continue reading Review: We Are Proud to Present … (The Theatre Centre)