Live theatre shows in Toronto with ticket prices of $25 or less, playing the week of June 5th, 2018. Perfect for the budget-conscious theatre-goer. This week’s offerings include Divine Comedy, reconciliation, and more! Check them out below the cut:
Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto the Week of June 5th, 2018
Toronto live theatre for the week of June 4th, 2018. This week’s picks feature a roadshow version of a beloved British soap, clowns, a children’s classic, and much more! Our Managing Editor Wayne is on hand with a few of his top picks in red. Check them out below the cut:
Continue reading Playlistings in Toronto for the week of June 4th
Oklahoma! is an excellent choice for the Civic Light Opera Company. The North York-based company specializes in frothy musical comedies, and there are few shows frothier than Oklahoma! The 1943 Rogers and Hammerstein classic is a sweet coming of age story about Curly, a happy-go-lucky young rancher and Laurey, a beautiful farmer’s daughter. Continue reading Review: Oklahoma! (Civic Light Opera Company)
Stones is a multi-disciplinary look at a history of violence against women, on stage in TorontoStoning is an appalling practice. The cruelty and brutality of it is deliberate; the purpose is not only to kill, but to terrify, torture and humiliate. It is an ancient practice still seen in some parts of the world.
As a response to a long history of violence against women, of which stoning is a particularly horrific exemplification, Aluna Theatre presents Stones—a multi-disciplinary collaboration—to depict the misogyny that fuels that violence. Continue reading Review: Stones (Aluna Theatre)
Interactive murder mystery now on at the Campbell House Museum in TorontoThe 6th Degree, currently being presented by The Lighthouse Troupe at the Campbell House Museum, is not your traditional evening of theatre. There’s no stage, there’s no curtain, and there is no real audience. It’s an interactive murder mystery where the audience members are the detectives. My companion and I had never participated in anything like it before and, all in all, we had a lot of fun. Continue reading Review: The 6th Degree (The Lighthouse Troupe)