Reviews of productions based in Toronto – theatre includes traditional definitions of theatre, as well as dance, opera, comedy, performance art, spoken word performances, and more. Productions may be in-person, or remote productions streamed online on the Internet.
Last year Toronto was all a twitter about the Birdland Theatre‘s sold-out presentation of Assassins. In fact, Birdland Theatre has won 6 Dora Awards, and regularly gets rave reviews and sold out houses.
This year, there’s something new to talk about. SoulSeek is an original new work that will be premiering at The Walmer Centre Theatre on Thursday October 7, 2010. The piece explores death death as a point of change, instead of an ending.
The plot revolves around one woman, Vita (played by Zorana Kydd), whose story starts in the moment of her death and continues as she travels through the underworld and her consciousness and as she searches for her lost loved one.
At-Risk Toronto ‘hood gets an injection of culture
Blood is currently being mounted by Doghouse Riley Productions at Somewhere There, a small Toronto venue. It is an interesting site, to say the least. Finding it is a bit like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It is located near Bloor and Landsdowne, an intersection with a lot of “personality”.
Amazing strength, agility and beauty grace the stage in the Cirque Eloize Toronto presentation of iD
If I ever wondered what it would be like to witness true spectacle, I need not anymore. Watching Cirque Eloize perform i.D. at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts felt like watching the definition of spectacle, and it was wonderful.
Usually I try to avoid talking about what a piece is supposed to do, because who really knows what a piece if meant to do and what the intentions of a creator are other than the creator themselves, but i.D. felt like it did exactly what it was meant to do. It filled me with awe. It was delightful.
Angelwalk Theatre’s presentation of [Title of Show], playing in the Studio Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, is a self-referential romp of a play. Having just spent two years completing my Masters degree I was sure that the words self-referential were words that I never wanted to hear again. Lucky for me, [Title of Show] proves just how fun being self-referential can be.
The plot of the show is simple. It follows friends, Jeff and Hunter, as they struggle to write an original musical in just three weeks. The musical that Jeff and Hunter decide to write follows friends trying to write an original musical in just three weeks. Is your head spinning yet? Continue reading Review: [Title of Show] (Angelwalk Theatre)→
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