We have several bone-chilling, blood-curdling, spooky-themed… but most importantly… budget-friendly selections this week. Includes a kids show and an interactive projection piece. See more below the cut.
Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto the Week of November 1
Happy Hallowe’en Toronto! Terrifying theatre and spooky spectacles fill our listings cauldron this week. If Halloween isn’t your thing we also have some opera, feminist-friendly double-bills, Irish feel-good plays, and more! Our publisher Megan has highlighted a few shows that caught her eye in blood red text. Check them out below the cut:
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A biographical show featuring the story and music of John Lennon took the stage in TorontoEnthusiastic Beatles and John Lennon fans recently enjoyed an evening of storytelling and timeless music at Toronto’s Helen Bader Theatre. They flocked in droves, because the touring production of Lennon: Through a Glass Onion was in town.
Created by John Waters and Stewart D’Arrietta the “simple” production included two performers, a piano and a guitar. In addition to D’Arrietta tickling the ivories, Daniel Taylor summoned up the persona of John Lennon, assuming John’s voice, mannerisms and personality.
Continue reading Review: Lennon: Through a Glass Onion (Strut Entertainment)
At The Citadel, Seven Siblings Theatre has given me my first live experience of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and they have surprised and impressed me. I reread the text (for the first time since my early twenties) in preparation for this production, but I still found myself caught off guard by just how perfectly horrific, ridiculous and occasionally tender this play is. Continue reading Review: Titus Andronicus (Seven Siblings Theatre)
Once upon a time (a few hours ago), I brought my favourite Princess (Caryhn) to a magical place (The Randolph Theatre) to see a show about some other Princesses (of the Disney variety). It was called Disenchanted!, and we were both dazzled by it!
Disenchanted! (by Starvox Entertainment) is sort of the After part of the Princesses’ Happily Ever After stories, as told by them. It reminds us—through song and humour—that fairy tales aren’t real, history is often re-written, and most importantly: There is more to life than being pretty and married.
Continue reading Review: Disenchanted! (Starvox Entertainment)