The Toronto stage is a busy scene. Our vibrant performing arts come in many genres, from theatre, to comedy, to dance, to opera, to spoken word. And within each of these genres is a scale of production companies ranging from first timers to, well, Mirvish. It’s a lot to keep up with, especially with so many productions seeing limited runs. This week’s cheap theatre focuses on a few of these time-restricted pieces. Every show below ends by Saturday, and many are only single-night events. See them this week or risk missing them forever! Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of April 1st, 2013→
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of April 1st, 2013. ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Wayne, our Managing Editor, wish he could exist in multiple parallel universes so he could check them all out. Continue reading Eye-Catching Toronto Theatre for the Week of April 1st, 2013→
Soup Can Theatre’s double bill A Hand of Bridge &No Exit an exciting pairing for the Toronto Stage
Soup Can Theatre made an apt choice in pairing the “micro” opera A Hand of Bridge with Sartre’s No Exit. This seemingly loosely connected double billing of an opera with an existentialist play turned into an intuitive match in the interpretive hands of A Hand of Bridge director Pratik Gandhi and No Exit director Sarah Thorpe.
Mooney on Theatre is giving away one pair of ticketsto the event NOW Talks with Jason Priestley, happening at the Jane Mallet Theatre, St Lawrence Centre for the Arts (27 Front St. E.), on March 28th at 8pm.
Something for everyone in Second City Toronto’s latest Mainstage Revue, The Meme-ing of Life
I am not someone who gets Internet jokes. I know a little about grumpy cat, I’ve seen a few of those talking dog YouTube videos, but a lot of internet humour goes over my head. That poptart kitty? I don’t get it. I still have to mentally correct myself from saying me-me whenever I read the word meme.
But if you are as out of the e-loop as me, fear not! Turns out the show, save one skit, is really less about Internet jokes and more about how – as the title suggests – comedy memes life by imitating it. Continue reading Review: The Meme-ing of Life (Second City)→
