Double-bill of queer comedies takes to the stage at Toronto’s Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
Buddies kicks off it’s Pride programming with a double bill, The Love Crimes of Frances Lark + Wand Portal, the former being a queer noir from playwright Hope Thompson and the latter being Dawn Whitwell and Carolyn Taylor’s improvisational docu-comedy.
This week you’ll need a reason to spend indoors, as it will rain copiously. Here are some cheap ways to spend your time, with movement, social messages and a bit of slapstick:
New season features shows highlighting the work of Wilfred Owen, Leonard Cohen.
Theatre20, Toronto’s own artist-driven theatre company, announced their new season for the 2015/16 year tonight at their annual launch party. Their new season showcases their commitment to supporting ongoing Canadian talent, and features several works currently in development.
This week in Toronto theatre brings you an eclectic mix of one-person performances, tales based on various historical events, a site-specific dance, and a couple of comedy specials. There’s still time to get inspired at InspiraTO Festival. I’ve highlighted the shows that our editor Samantha would 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 Toronto Play Listings for the Week of June 8, 2015→
In a lot of ways Fringe Festivals embody what Mooney on Theatre holds dear, theatre accessibility. They are cheap theatre that is attended by a wide range of people, many of whom are not theatregoers the rest of the year.
With this in mind, we put a lot of effort into providing as much coverage of the festival as we can, including: covering each show in a relatively substantive way; running contests for free tickets; reporting on the buzz surrounding the fringe and more. If you want an idea of what the coverage will likely look like, check out the Fringe Festival category on this site. To make this happen, we need to bring on more contributors.
