by Ryan Kerr

Love, Loss and What I Wore is a 5-hander, cabaret-style reading, with a rotating cast of well and not-as-well-known celebrity women.  I saw the second cast which features Lauren Collins, Wendy Crewson, Cynthia Dale, Linda Kash, and Margot Kidder until the third cast begins mid-September.

As the play “wears” on (pun intended) we hear stories about bras, breasts, shoes, boots, jackets, and even a conveniently torn sweat suit which proves advantageous for discreet prison rendezvous.  Some connections were drawn – some of them quite tenderly – between what we wear and who we are.  Certainly, in this context, who we wear is equally as important!

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By Megan Mooney

I just spent a wonderful 6 hours at the 11th Annual Scotiabank Buskerfest in support of Epilepsy Toronto.

This kind of thing is just one of the many things that I love about Toronto.  Front Street is closed off from Jarvis to Yonge Street and it’s packed with things to see and do.  There’s all the requisite festival food (mmm, funnel cake), there some interactive festival stuff (face painting seemed to be a big hit), and it’s all held together by amazing performances from amazing people. 

There are the big stages and spectacles, but then there are also little gems tucked away in surprising places.  Like, the mini–musical-ride offered up by The Renfrews on a sidewalk by a cafe.  Even with cardboard horses the Mountie uniform makes people look regal.  It’s impressive really.

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By Amber Landgraff

Window On Toronto, Soulpepper’s latest Lab series, was completely surprising and totally charming.  I was caught off guard by how much I enjoyed it.  I went to see the show with my friend Simon and we both found ourselves laughing, along with the rest of the audience, for the whole whirlwind 50 minutes.

The show’s premise involves looking at a busy Toronto street from the point of view of a hotdog vendor.  The audience joins him as he interacts with a cast of wacky characters.  As another audience member stated upon leaving the show, “I’ve never seen anything like it!”
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by Lucy Allen

From the opening musical number of How Now, Mrs Brown Cow, which opened this week at the Canon Theatre, I could tell this was going to be a different kind of comedy than I had been used to seeing on the stage recently.  Where many comedic plays now are often a bit darker, How Now, Mrs. Brown Cow is pretty much like watching a sit-com on stage. Continue reading Toronto Theatre Review: How Now Mrs. Brown Cow (Mrs. Brown's Boys Ltd) →