Yesterday I attended the preview of Anandam Dance’s Weather, an interdisciplinary work integrating dance with the emerging technology of ‘augmented reality’ for mobile devices. The piece was partially about ecology and climate change, and partially about how we see the world in modern times – including the natural world – through our mobile devices.
Fact: white privilege, heterosexual privilege and male privilege all exist and together they give straight, white males countless systemic advantages in society.
If that statement isn’t a truism to you, you should probably just stop reading now and move on; none of the rest of this review or this play will make much sense to you. American playwright Young Jean Lee’s new play Straight White Men is a timely, relevant, subversive and remarkably insightful exploration of the concept of privilege from the point of view of its beneficiaries. Continue reading Review: Straight White Men (World Stage/Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company)
Looking to catch some inexpensive shows while the human and car traffic in the city is still manageable? Go green and bus, bike, or ride your skateboard, trike, or use any other human-powered mode to access these free and cheap performances:
Continue reading Cheap Live Theatre for the Week of June 2, 2015
Take your lover to see The Anger in Ernest & Ernestine at Toronto’s Sidemart Theatrical Grocery and use the given scenes as a means to talk about your post-honeymoon disappointment, built-up resentment and your annoyance with your better half’s morning routine. Domestic bliss becomes a hilarious domestic nightmare in this wonderfully staged play by Leah Cherniak, Robert Morgan and Martha Ross. Continue reading Review: The Anger in Ernest & Ernestine (Coffeehouse Theatre/Off the Grid)
This week in Toronto theatre brings you an eclectic mix of one-person performances, tales based on various historical events, a groundbreaking dance/augmented reality production – Weather, and a couple of comedy specials. There’s still time to get inspired at InspiraTO Festival. I’ve highlighted the shows that our publisher Megan Mooney would love to see this week with two asterisks ** and 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 Jun 1, 2015