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.
Now What Theatre is pleased to announce its inaugural international tour of the play Kara Sevda.
Written by Lisa VillaMil and directed by Kat Haan, the tour began performances at the Ithaca Fringe Festival on April 21, where it won the 2017 Audience Choice Award. The multi-fringe tour includes stops in Tampa (where the production was hailed “an increasingly moving testament to both the good and the evil humans are capable of”), Washington D.C., and Toronto, and will culminate with a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Theatre By Committee presents the world premiere of
The Food Project
Created by Theatre By Committee
Directed by Ben Hayward
Presented at the Toronto Fringe Festival
Featuring Veronica Baron, Owen Fawcett, Brandon Gillespie, Emmelia Gordon, Lindsey Middleton, & Jonathan Walls
Set, Costume, Sound & Lighting Design by Kelly Anderson
Produced by Laura McCallum
TORONTO (June 5, 2017) – Theatre By Committee presents the world premiere of The Food Project, a collective creation by Theatre By Committee. Directed by Theatre By Committee’s Ben Hayward (Best Play, Hamilton Fringe Festival ’16) The Food Project examines our relationship to Canadian food systems.
Operation SUNshine is a solo dark comedy and coming-of-age story about the time playwright Jennifer McKinley rescued 179 SUNshine Girls from the dank basement of her childhood home.
As a child, McKinley watched as ‘Wild’ Bill, her father’s basement boarder, wallpapered his bathroom with SUNshine Girls, cutouts of models who posed for the tabloid newspaper, the Toronto SUN.
Theatre By Committee presents the world premiere of
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