Toronto’s Fancy Bits Theatre takes on Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in Matt & Ben
’90s tunes pervade the boozy atmosphere as you enter the Imperial Pub Backspace for Fancy Bits Theatre’s Matt & Ben (originally by Mindy Kaling & Brenda Withers), with drink in hand if you so choose. On stage, the main attraction is a soiled sofa with snacks littering the cardboard furniture and headshots covering the walls in hilariously narcissistic fashion. This is Ben Affleck’s apartment in the early ’90s, and we are about to witness a miracle.
Few stories have such cultural traction in young hearts and minds as The Wizard of Oz does, and few cultural institutions gets so much so right about what interests young people as does Young People’s Theatre. So it makes perfect sense that during their silver anniversary season (50 years!), YPT tackle the venerable, delightful tale of a young person who dreams vividly of a different life.
This week we’re flying free and uninhibited with no theme (beyond perhaps a general gesture towards dysfunction). Check out the picks this week under the cut, ranging from solo shows to drama to comedy! Each one is 25 dollars or less, a perfectly affordable price-tag for a night out! Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto the Week of April 4th→
Shows That Caught Our Eye in Toronto the Week of April 4th
This week is particularly rich in cabarets and revues, but of course we have all the traditional fare as well: plays, musicals, table-reads and all sorts of theatrical ventures are playing in the city! I’m in charge of the picks this week, and I’ve highlighted those I’m most excited for in red under the cut! Continue reading Playlistings in Toronto for the Week of April 4th→
d’bi young anitafrika’s Esu Crossing the Middle Passage arrives on the Toronto stage
Esu Crossing the Middle Passage, by d’bi young anitafrika, playing at the Storefront Theatre, is a show with a bitter pill to swallow at its heart. Focusing on the African slave trade, and linking that past horror with current problems of racism and forced diaspora, the show delivers blunt truths in the form of repeated ritual. It is not, perhaps, a “fun” show, but it is often absorbing and sparks a necessary conversation.
Toronto’s Fancy Bits Theatre takes on Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in Matt & Ben
d’bi young anitafrika’s Esu Crossing the Middle Passage arrives on the Toronto stage