Heart in Hand Theatre embodies Toronto’s artistic climate with Cowboy Mouth
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a play as cool as Heart in Hand’s production of Cowboy Mouth. It’s bleeding rock and roll, bred in the glitz and grit of New York punk rock history, rebirthed in Toronto’s own vital music culture.
The setup is perfect. Co-written by legends Patti Smith and Sam Shepard as a snapshot of their tumultuous 1971 affair, Toronto audiences get to see Cowboy Mouth performed at the iconic Cameron House, starring Arts & Crafts musician Jason Collett in his acting debut. Everything about this is undeniably cool – cool layered on cool!
While our two main characters are named Slim and Cavale, Jason Collett is essentially playing the role of “Sam Shepard” and Jessica Huras, Heart in Hand’s co-artistic director, is acting “Patti Smith”. Some very cool roles to play.
Body on body on Body 13, playing at Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille
A play like the MT Space | Theatre Passe Muraille production of Body 13 could easily enter cliché territory. Featuring a cast of characters specifically crafted with the intention to represent multiple cultural backgrounds and sexual orientations, caricature could certainly have been a concern. The show’s premise is to be the meeting place for many different “types” of people.
The Next Stage Theatre Festival is entering its last weekend – with great success! This year’s festival of ten shows has received a number of excellent reviews and sold out performances every evening. This means time and space are limited for these last few days of great winter theatre festing, so we’re here to help you sort out which shows you absolutely can’t live without seeing, and which ones to plan ahead for. Continue reading Final Weekend: The Next Stage Theatre Festival is Selling Fast!→
According to the Internet, 49.9% of Toronto’s population was born outside of Canada. This makes us more ethnically diverse than Miami, Los Angeles, and NYC. We’re one of the most multicultural cities in the world! I feel as though I must mention this before going on to post this week’s list of entirely Christmas themed cheap theatre options. Christmas is not the only seasonal celebration that is upon us. I guess it’s just the one with the most theatre. Or the cheapest…the season of giving, right? Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of December 18th, 2012→
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of December 17th, 2012: ** 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 December 17th, 2012→
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a play as cool as Heart in Hand’s production of Cowboy Mouth. It’s bleeding rock and roll, bred in the glitz and grit of New York punk rock history, rebirthed in Toronto’s own vital music culture.
