Wayne Leung (1981-2019)
Wayne was the Managing Editor of Mooney on Theatre from 2012 - 2019 and will be sorely missed. His death from an apparent heart attack was a loss not just to Mooney on Theatre, but also to the Toronto Theatre Community at large. You can read our publisher Megan Mooney's tribute to him here here.
Wayne was a writer, editor and corporate communications professional who was thrilled to be a part of the Mooney on Theatre team. Wayne loved theatre ever since his aunt brought him to a production of Les Misérables at the tender age of ten . . . despite the fact that, at that age, the show’s plot was practically indiscernible and the battle scenes scared the bejeezus out of him. Wayne’s current list of likes ran the gamut from opera, ballet and Shakespeare to Broadway musicals, circus and Fringe theatre. Outside of the theatre Wayne’s interests included travel, technology and food.
The 2012 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominees were announced today at a press conference held at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre.
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 169 nominations for 212 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2011 and May 22, 2012 for the 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
The “Doras” honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto. The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, June 25 at 8pm at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.
Cavalia presents its new equine fantasy show Odysseo in Toronto’s Port Lands through June 3, 2012.
I love horses, who doesn’t? They’re beautiful, graceful, intelligent animals. Unfortunately, being a city boy, my experience with horses is limited to some occasional trail riding. Still, I have a profound appreciation and respect for these magnificent creatures.
Founded in 2003 in Montreal, Cavalia has been touring the world with its blend of theatrical circus and equestrian arts. It’s perhaps a bit reductive and unoriginal to refer to it as “Cirque du Soleil with horses” but the comparison is apt; Cavalia’s founder Normand Latourelle was also a founding member of Cirque du Soleil. Continue reading Review: Odysseo (Cavalia)→
Outside the March turns Mike Daisey’s quasi-factual monologue exposing Apple’s labour practices into a fascinating piece of meta-theatre.
I find it extremely difficult to discuss the abuse of workers in Chinese factories because the issue is so close to my heart. My family is from the Guangdong province of China, the heart of the country’s manufacturing sector. I have relatives there still and I’ve been to the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone and seen first-hand the horrible conditions these workers are subjected to on a daily basis.
A rarely produced queer-themed Tennessee Williams play performed in a Danforth pizza restaurant.
First of all, I love the idea of The Tennessee Project; a collection of local theatre companies producing lesser-known one-act Tennessee Williams plays in neighbourhoods across Toronto with shows rotating venues nightly. What an awesome way to make theatre accessible!
The Tennessee Project also doesn’t perform in traditional theatres, the venues are a variety of unique local establishments; bars, community centers, cafés, art galleries and, in the case of the performance I attended last night, The Magic Oven, an organic pizza restaurant in the Danforth.
Toronto’s Hart House Theatre presents the Tennessee Williams play The Night of the Iguana through March 10, 2012.
Tennessee Williams was one of the most prolific playwrights of the 20th century. Many of us studied his work in school but despite his notoriety most people are probably only really familiar with a handful of plays out of the dozens he penned throughout his career. Continue reading Review: The Night of the Iguana (Hart House Theatre)→
Outside the March turns Mike Daisey’s quasi-factual monologue exposing Apple’s labour practices into a fascinating piece of meta-theatre.
A rarely produced queer-themed Tennessee Williams play performed in a Danforth pizza restaurant.