Shows That Caught Our Eye the Week of July 20th, 2015
This week in Toronto theatre brings you some Fringe encores, a mix of outdoors shows (hope it won’t rain!), and Panamania (cultural programming honouring the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games). I’ve highlighted the shows that our editor Samantha would especially love to see this week in red text. Perhaps they’ll also strike your fancy, or you may find something else that’ll tickle your interest. Continue reading Playlistings in Toronto for the Week of July 20, 2015→
Canadian Stage brings the political classic Julius Caesar to Toronto audiences
Seeing a performance of Canadian Stage‘s Shakespeare in High Park is one of the highlights of the summer for me. This year, it just so happen that I chose the hottest day thus far to take in Julius Caesar. Though the heat, mugginess and bugs may be enough to steer people away from sitting outside on the grass for a few hours, the eye-opening performance was enough to keep the audience intrigued and entranced.
Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors takes to the al fresco stage at Toronto’s High Park ampitheatre
There’s something inherently cool about watching a play as the sun goes down and the stars come up. Even better when the play in question—in this case, Canadian Stage’s Comedy of Errors, one half of this year’s Shakespeare in High Park lineup—takes place over the course of a single day. It’s almost like you’re seeing time progress alongside the characters, which is an unexpected perk of seeing this particular play performed outdoors.
PANAMANIA presents The Postman, a site-specific play about Toronto’s first Black postman
History comes alive on the porches of a Toronto neighbourhood in The Postman, a beautifully-executed site-specific play about Albert Jackson, the first African-Canadian letter carrier. It’s performed as part of PANAMANIA, the arts and culture festival presented in conjunction with the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. Continue reading Review: The Postman (Appledore Productions/PANAMANIA)→
Stageworks Toronto brings sexy raunch to the George Ignatieff Theatre in Cabaret
Stageworks Toronto‘s fascinating current production of Cabaret — playing at the George Ignatieff Theatre until July 26 — explores the seedy underbelly of sex, politics, and the death of the Jazz Age in Germany on the cusp of the rise of the Nazi’s political power.
PANAMANIA presents The Postman, a site-specific play about Toronto’s first Black postman