Theatre Smash and Canadian Stage present the delightfully absurd play Das Ding in Toronto
The smallest action touches everyone around it. Big or small, these actions unfold outside our control, it’s just a matter of perspective that makes it a tragedy or a comedy. It’s here that Theatre Smash’s production of Das Ding presented in partnership with Canadian Stage at the Berkeley Street Upstairs Theatre deconstructs these actions in an attempt to find the heart, the soul, and of course the humour of its characters.
I’m not sure it succeeds at every turn, but as these bits and pieces come together there’s a heck of a lot to watch.
The COC presents a stunning and innovative Carmen, now on stage in Toronto
The Canadian Opera Company’s 1994 production of Carmen was the first opera I ever saw. The breathtaking lyricism and emotional complexity of George Bizet’s 1875 masterpiece played a key role in inspiring a life-long love of opera. The Canadian Opera Company’s current production lived up to my high expectations for this beloved work. The staging and interpretation of the text also revealed that a lot has changed in the opera world in the last 22 years, and included some choices that probably would not have been considered in 1994. Continue reading Review: Carmen (Canadian Opera Company)→
Toronto’s Bygone Theatre presents an intimate, exciting production of the play Wait Until Dark
The Tarragon Theatre Rehearsal Hall, that cosy little space, is currently home to Bygone Theatre’s very exciting production of Wait Until Dark. I am particularly drawn to these small spaces where the actors are practically in my lap. And Frederick Knott’s thriller is suited to such a venue, where you feel intimately familiar with every light switch, door knob and footfall. Continue reading Review: Wait Until Dark (Bygone Theatre)→
Toronto’s Harbourfront World Stage presents Portraits in Motion, a show featuring flip books
Portraits In Motion, curated as part of the Harbourfront World Stage series, is…not really theatre. It has a performative aspect to it, I suppose, and it’s interesting in it’s own way, but I feel compelled to open this review with the following above-the-folk piece of information: there is nothing performative about this presentation. The materials attached suggest that photographer Volker Gerling has invented “an entirely new form of theatre,” but I am not convinced. It seems, really, like a long version of a TED talk or an unusually good invited lecture in the Fine Arts department.
Theatre Smash and Canadian Stage present the delightfully absurd play Das Ding in Toronto
The COC presents a stunning and innovative Carmen, now on stage in Toronto
Mirvish’s musical If/Then explores life’s ‘what ifs’ at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto
Toronto’s Harbourfront World Stage presents Portraits in Motion, a show featuring flip books