Everything to do with the Next Stage Festival which happens in January in Toronto
Graham Clark Reads from the Phonebook is currently playing at the Factory Theatre as part of Next Stage Festival 2015. With a title like that, you’re probably expecting it to be either terrible or very clever. It’s not nearly as clever as I expected, but it’s certainly not terrible. I had a good time and the thirty minutes flew by. Continue reading 2015 Next Stage Festival Review: Graham Clark Reads the Phonebook (Laugh Gallery)
Jasmine Fyffe Dance’s Pulse, a contemporary dance show set to the music of Motown, is the show filling the dance slot in this years’ edition of the Toronto Fringe’s Next Stage Theatre Festival. Motown is an enduringly popular genre of music and its soulful grooves make it a natural choice to explore in a dance show.
Continue reading 2015 Next Stage Theatre Festival Review: Pulse (Jasmyn Fyffe Dance)
You’ve got some time left to enjoy the 2014 Next Stage Theatre Festival, but you’re probably wondering what these shows are all about. Well, luckily Mooney on Theatre checked out every show’s opening night and we’ve published reviews of them all.
Now, get out there are enjoy some cheap theatre ($15 a ticket? Why yes, I think I will, thank you very much…) and the lovely heated beer tent. Plus, it’s all happening at Factory Theatre, so you don’t even have to travel about, just show up at the corner of Bathurst and Adelaide and you’re set!
Here’s the clickable index to get you to the Mooney on Theatre reviews of 2014 Next Stage Theatre Festival Reviews:
Continue reading Review Round-Up: 2014 Next Stage Theatre Festival
In Scheherazade, playing as part of the Next Stage Festival, Nobody’s Business Theatre takes on the task of retelling the One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights) with their own modern spin. While such reimaginings are common, this particular tale hasn’t been done as often as, say, any play by Shakespeare, or novel by Dickens, or story from the Christian bible. I have read One Thousand and One Nights but I don’t think I’ve seen any retelling of it on stage or screen since I watched (and rewatched and rewatched again) the 1989 Ross Petty Aladdin when I was a child. Continue reading 2014 Next Stage Theatre Festival Review: Scheherazade (Nobody’s Business Theatre )
A Misfortune, a musical based on a Chekhov short story, which opened yesterday as part of the Next Stage Theatre Festival is an example of the impressive level of theatre talent in Toronto. Everything about the show works beautifully. Continue reading 2014 Next Stage Theatre Festival Review: A Misfortune (Common Descent)