It’s the Holiday season, so relax and enjoy some theatre. Be sure to enter by Wednesday at noon to win a free pair of tickets to this Thursday’s performance of Soulpepper’s production of Civil Elegies. Directed by Albert Schultz and performed by Mike Ross, Civil Elegies will be running until December 24th at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $28-$68 with shows running Monday to Friday at 8:00 pm, and matinee Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:00 pm.
All you have to do to win is contact us at contests@mooneyontheatre.com quoting the subject line “Civil Elegies“, if you are the 13th person, you win! For more information about Civil Elegies read the reveiw by Trent Sherer or continue reading the excerpts from the press release below.
If you don’t know Dennis Lee, you need to change that. I have to admit that I didn’t know who Dennis Lee was until this October. Seems my brother-in-law had his original copy of Lee’s Alligator Pie published in 1974. I had vague memories of this beloved children’s book, so my niece and I sat and read it to remind me. That was the extent of my knowledge of Lee’s writings.
SoulPepper‘s Mike Ross and Lorenzo Savoini along with Albert Schultz took Lee’s poetry book Civil Elegies (published by Lee over 40 years ago,) and created a beautiful piece of theatre combining Lee’s poetry with musical pieces.
There was all kinds of food, and after the food, there was cake…
Oh. Wait. I figured since a line in the a song in the show captured my feelings enough that I could use it as the title, then maybe I could use the next line as my review. But no, that second bit doesn’t really belong here. There was no food, and no cake. But the Mirvish production of My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding certainly was great.
The Madonna Painter, currently playing at Factory Theatre, is an exceptionally well-written play. It also features: a very capable cast all of whom deliver strong performances, unusual but nonetheless wonderful sound effects, and high contrast lighting. To call The Madonna Painter a masterpiece would certainly not be an exaggeration. It has something, an almost magical quality, that, particularly at the ending, made me feel like I was watching something so incredibly beautiful that I couldn’t fully comprehend it. Continue reading The Madonna Painter – Factory Theatre→
If I had to choose one word to describe the Momentum production of The Salon Automaton showing at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre until December 12 it would be “creepy”. For some people creepy is good, for some creepy is bad, and for others creepy is, well, it just is. I’m more in the ‘just is’ category, so for me this is just an observation, but one to keep in mind.