All posts by Megan Mooney

Megan loves being in the thick of all things theatre, but her ultimate goal is to promote theatre to the world of non-theatre people. It was the same when she was the theatre writer for blogTO, or the Fringe Correspondent for CBC Radio One‘s Here and Now, as it is as the founder of Mooney on Theatre. Her basic belief is that there is theatre/performance out there for everyone to love, they just need to find it. This is not to be confused with the idea that everyone should love theatre for theatre’s sake, in fact, as obsessed as she is with theatre, even *she* doesn’t love all types of theatre.

The 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Award Recipients are…

I was going to say ‘and the winners are…’, but apparently we aren’t supposed to say winners, we’re supposed to say recipients.  I guess the theory is that if we say the recipients are winners than the ones who didn’t ‘receive’ are losers, which is, of course, not the case at all. 

Anyway, check out the press release below for all the winn… er…  recipients of the 2010 Doras:

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Toronto Theatre's 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Awards are tonight

By Megan Mooney

Okay, as usual there is controversy around the Dora Awards this year, although this year it seems a bit more bitter than usual.  If you don’t know what’s happening and are curious, check out my article about it.

But hopefully, tonight, all that controversy can be left behind.  Hopefully tonight we can celebrate all the good works that are nominated for awards tonight, and celebrate the theatre community in this city.

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Controversy (?) swirls around Toronto's 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Awards

By Megan Mooney

Note: Anything in italics is information I added to the article after it’s original publishing

Okay, so, I have put a question mark after the word controversy, because, really, although it might be viewed as a controversy, it really doesn’t seem like a make-or-break kind of thing, and I imagine pretty much no one outside of the theatre world knows of it’s existence.

Mostly I’m writing this as a response to the comments posted on Kelly Nestruck’s piece about all of this, but in case you haven’t been following, here’s some background…

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Heart-Strings: Toronto 2010 Fringe Preview

FOR SALE OR TRADE: HEART, BROKEN

(MANUAL NOT INCLUDED)

HEART-STRINGS

a new physical comedy

by Tanya Elchuk & Amy Crnkovic

at The Toronto Fringe Festival

A rollicking, irreverent adventure through love, hope, despair, and discovery, HEART-STRINGS is a surrealist romantic comedy about a girl and her heart. A dynamic fusion of theatre, movement, and music in a high-energy, 2-woman show!

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Toronto Fringe Festival Coverage on Mooney on Theatre

by Megan Mooney

The 2010 Toronto Fringe Festival is coming up (at an alarmingly quick rate I might add) and you are probably wondering what we’ll be doing here at Mooney on Theatre.

The  festival runs June 30 – July 11, 2010, and as with last year, you can expect contests and reviews galore (in fact, we have the ambitious goal of reviewing all 150 shows this year, cross your fingers for us) on Mooney on Theatre during that time.

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