The Turn of the Screw: DVxT at The Campbell House Museum

turn of the screw

by Ryan Oakley

A strange tale told in an old house during the Halloween season should be sufficiently gruesome.  It should tingle the skin and infuse even the most banal aspects of your surroundings, the creaking step and flickering light, with menace.  At this, DVxT’s adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, playing at The Campbell House Museum, is particularly effective.

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BASH’d – A Gay Rap Opera : Theatre Passe Murialle

By Megan Mooney

Photo of Chris Craddock, Nathan Cuckow by Alex Phelipe

BASH’d has already received huge critical acclaim as it has wandered accross different places in North America.  Right now it’s on a Canadian tour, and is at Theatre Passe Murialle until October 31, 2009.

Described as a Gay Rap Opera, or a Hiphopera, it’s something you probably haven’t seen before.  In fact, in the introduction by two hip hop performers – FEMINEM & T-BAG – there’s a nod to the obvious “but they’re gay, and they’re white!”  Two things that one  generally doesn’t associate with hip hop.

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We have a winner for this weeks Toronto Theatre Contest!

Congratulations to David!  He and a guest will be heading to tomorrow’s performance of Godzilla on Sundays.  He’s the winner of this week’s Toronto Theatre Contest.

For those of you that didn’t win the tickets, don’t worry, they’re a steal!  For only $15 a ticket you can check out any performance of Godzilla on Sundays .

This week is the last week that it’s playing, so be sure to check it out @: the Bread & Circus (299 Augusta Avenue) between October 21 – 24; it starts at 7:30 pm each night.

Stay tuned for more weekly contests.  A new one will be posted on Monday.

Want to know more about Godzilla on Sundays?  Check out the press release:

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Toronto Theatre Contest – Win free tickets to GODZILLA ON SUNDAYS

contest-web-graphic-generic Enter to win a pair of free tickets to the Thursday, October 22nd performance of Godzilla on Sundays at Bread and Circus in Kensington Market.

This week, and this performance, is one of many more to come.  Every Monday a contest will be announced on Mooney on Theatre (MoT).  Every Monday people will have a chance to win tickets for a show later in that same week (generally on Thursday).  So, spread the word and don’t forget to come back every week.

So, how do you enter?  Well…

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