The Watershed, a raucous and fun documentary-style play in Toronto as part of PANAMANIA
Annabel Soutar’sThe Watershed is as informative as it is entertaining, scoring high marks for both. The co-production between Montreal’s Porte Parole Productions and Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre is part of PANAMANIA – the 35-day arts and culture festival that is part of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games – and follows the true story of Soutar’s investigation into the funding changes and potential demise of Kenora, Ontario’s Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) and the drastic consequences this has for Canada’s water system.
I was expecting to walk into a Canadiana-esque Heritage Moment narrated by Knowlton Nash as the show is told in the documentary-theatre style. What I witnessed was a raucous tournament of fun, which gave energy and even more poignancy to information that could otherwise be very dry.
PANAMANIA presents It Comes in Waves, a unique immersive play on the Toronto Islands
It Comes in Waves is a piece that defies the conventions of theatre. Performed as part of PANAMANIA, the arts and culture festival presented in conjunction with the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, the show is an immersive, site-specific piece staged in different indoor and outdoor spaces on the Toronto Islands and features elements of song, dance, and script. It’s also the first time I’ve had to sign a waiver before a show. Continue reading Review: It Comes in Waves (Necessary Angel/bluemouth inc./PANAMANIA)→
Toronto’s Social Capital Theatre presents their first Short Short Play Festival: An Exhibition of 20 Minute Plays
I love short plays. Maybe it’s my shortened attention span, maybe it’s my need for variety, but there is something about a short play that appeals to me. I like the idea of hearing a myriad of stories in one night. A sampling of viewpoints and characters. Some may resonate, some may not. When it comes to new bodies of work, it’s nice to know you don’t have to worry about committing two hours to something that may need further development.
Luckily, The Social Capital Theatre is putting on their very first Short Short Play Festival (July 22-25) which will feature twelve 20 minute plays. Naturally, I am very much looking forward to seeing what they have to offer.
Toronto PANAMANIA play blends climate change concerns with Sankrit epic
Making its debut at PANAMANIA – the 35-day arts and culture festival that’s part of the 2015 Pan Am Games – Gimme Shelter asks us to think beyond our immediate surroundings. It beckons us to consider what it means to be a global citizen, and also the collective responsibility we all bear as members of the human race.
This visually compelling work of theatre shows us that more so than ever before, the actions taken by one country, one city or even one individual are able to have a real and immediate impact on people living half a world away.
PANAMANIA presents the premiere of 887 by Robert Lepage in Toronto
887, the newest play written, designed, directed and performed by Canadian theatre wizard Robert Lepage makes its premiere in Toronto as part of PANAMANIA, the 35-day arts and culture festival presented as part of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.
887 is the ultimate memory play in that it examines the very nature of memory itself. Lepage recounts personal stories from his childhood growing up in Quebec City and sets them against the backdrop of the big moments in Quebec history at the time like the infamous visit by French President Charles “Vive le Québec libre” de Gaulle and the October Crisis. It’s a kaleidoscope of personal remembrances and collective memory. Continue reading Review: 887 (Ex Machina/PANAMANIA)→
The Watershed, a raucous and fun documentary-style play in Toronto as part of PANAMANIA
PANAMANIA presents It Comes in Waves, a unique immersive play on the Toronto Islands
Toronto’s Social Capital Theatre presents their first Short Short Play Festival: An Exhibition of 20 Minute Plays
PANAMANIA presents the premiere of 887 by Robert Lepage in Toronto