by Megan Mooney
The theme for this weeks listing of affordable plays is ‘one night only’.
The shows listed below all only run for one night. Miss them at your peril…
Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of April 20, 2010
So, this sounds like a pretty interesting thing, and it’s nice and cheap, which I’m always in favour of. $10 will get you in to see some short plays, and, since it’s at a pub, you can have a pint while you check it out!
See the press release below:
So, you know how I loved Second City for Mayor? Well, here’s another incentive to go to it. On Sunday nights, not only are tickets only $15 each, but $5 of that will go to ArtsVote.
A bit of history from the ArtsVote website: "ArtsVote was founded in 1993 by a dedicated team of arts workers and artists, with the goal of raising awareness among the cultural community of the importance of their vote for candidates who supported the cultural sector in the city of Toronto. Through four municipal elections, beginning in 1994, ArtsVote created and distributed the excellent and effective Report Card and was instrumental in getting arts-savvy voters out to the polls. Between elections, ArtsVote organized deputations to City (& Metro) Council at budget time, encouraging councillors to continue investing in the arts community."
Keep reading for the press release with more details (including the promo code)
Continue reading Cheap tickets to Second City for Mayor that also support a great cause
By Megan Mooney
On the Side of the Road by Theatre Junction is playing as part of Harbourfront’s worldstage, and the Free Fall festival with the Theatre Centre.
If I had to only choose one word to describe the work, I’d have to say that it’s striking.
First thing I noticed was the brightest stage and set design I’ve ever seen. The set was filled with lots of white, some glittery silver accents, and ice. The white was highlighted by bright white lighting.
Walking into the theatre the audience is met by a woman in a sparkling silver dress, sitting on the edge of the stage talking to audience members as they streamed by. There was also a man on stage working on an ice sculpture.
So, what about the show itself? Well, it felt to me like it fell somewhere between what people generally seem to think of as a play and what they generally think of as performance art. There was a narrative, but there was also a lot of stuff that moved outside of the realm of what people expect from a play, like interpretive dance.
By Megan Mooney
I generally like Second City revues. They don’t stay with me or anything, but they make me laugh and I enjoy the night, and the opportunity to have table service while going to a show always makes for a good time too. But this revue – Second City for Mayor, this one was different. I loved this one. It’s my favourite Second City revue of the ones I’ve seen.
I was tying to figure out what would make it stand out so much from the previous ones, and I think it’s a big collection of little things. When I was talking to people after the show, I struck up a conversation with a woman who also really enjoyed this revue and through some round about discussions we decided that this was a far more “theatrical” production than other Second City shows we’ve seen. I don’t mean theatrical as in bigger or louder or anything like that. Just more, well, more kind of pulled together, more complete.
Continue reading Review: Second City for Mayor – Second City