Are you tired of chocolate and flowers? Is the “holiday” season a little too pink and red for you? Has romance – or lack there of – got you down? If the approaching Valentine’s Day is not for you, this week’s cheap theatre selections might be. Take a break from all the love being made this week with a show about clinical depression, or freed slaves, or alcoholic poets. Maybe not very uplifting, sure, but guaranteed to take your mind off February’s patron Saint of courtship. Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of February 11th, 2013→
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of February 11th, 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.
New independent Toronto theatre company safeword debuts with the apt and alluring Turtleneck
Turtleneck is a play about sex created by virgins. This is indie company safeword’s first time – its their seminal production, writer/director Brandon Crone’s first play, as well as his directorial debut. I got to see it in the intimate hub14 on opening night, among the first to whom Turtleneck revealed itself.
And oh boy, did it reveal itself. Boldly. Successfully! Their virginity is worth mentioning because safeword, with no notches on their bedpost, seem to know just what to do. Turtleneck gives Toronto indie theatre a good name. It’s amazing what artists in this city can produce with talent, commitment, and what I assume must be almost no budget.
Plot lines! This week’s cheap theatre’s got ‘em. The inexpensive options below have seemingly little in common outside of sounding like they’ll take us on an exciting and entertaining ride, or at least offer a narrative outside of the norm. I can’t really say for sure, but it feels like something will be happening on these stages. Something that won’t cost a lot. Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of February 4th, 2013→
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of February 4th, 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.
