The 20th of November, on stage at Buddies in Toronto, is theatre that is “challenging” and less “entertainment”
Leaving the theatre after the opening of The 20th of November at Buddies in Bad Times, I ran (almost literally) into Toronto cabaret luminary Ryan G. Hinds arriving for the season’s opening party. “Did you enjoy the show?” he asked me with enthusiasm? I blinked at him, still getting my emotional bearings, and slowly replied “I… don’t think it’s a show you’re supposed to enjoy.”
Toronto’s Leroy Street Theatre opens their season with Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale
A tale of misperceptions and revelations, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale explores how the smallest jealousies, true or false, can change the course of lives and kingdoms, how fate can exploit and forgive us, and how our actions unfold far into the future. Leroy Street Theatre’s production of The Winter’s Tale at Unit 102 lives up to it’s mighty themes, creating a beautifully raw depiction of the tale.
Capstick admits to not “obey the rules of good playwriting”, and unfortunately, I would have to agree with him there. What Capstick writes is poetry and he writes it well. The imagery he manages to luxuriously unravel is clearly the workings of a talented writer. The problem is, it doesn’t work for me in theatrical form. If I was told I was coming to watch some creatively staged poetry, I might have felt less hostile toward the production. Continue reading Review: then, then (The Messy Kween Collective)→
Three Women Mourn the Apocalypse, a play by Hannah Rittner is now playing at Toronto’s Theatre Centre
Three Women Mourn the Apocalypse by Old Norman Productions opened in the ever-versatile Theatre Centre at 1115 Queen St. West. The set was a large brick room with sparse furniture. There were chalk lines on the wall, marking the days the two inhabitants have been there. In the background, I could hear the persistent sound of whirring, like a generator. At that moment, I wondered if the room was a bunker or a prison. Were they there for protection, or for punishment? Continue reading Review: Three Women Mourn the Apocalypse (Old Norman Productions)→
Albertine in Five Times, now on stage in Toronto, sees five actors portray a single character
Amid the frolicking froshies and fresh-faced students emerging from summer’s relaxing grip, Toronto’s Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse was full of one character’s tremendous life experiences. It’s not every day you get to watch the evolution of one character performed through the bodies of five actors, but Freelance Intern Productions tackles Michel Tremblay’s Albertine in Five Times with grace and gravitas.
The 20th of November, on stage at Buddies in Toronto, is theatre that is “challenging” and less “entertainment”
Toronto’s Leroy Street Theatre opens their season with Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale
The Messy Kween Collective presents Kyle Capstick’s play then, then in Toronto
Albertine in Five Times, now on stage in Toronto, sees five actors portray a single character