Cavalia returns to Toronto with their equine fantasy show Odysseo until May 10, 2015
Cavalia’s Odysseo returns to the Portlands in Toronto after its stunning debut back in 2012. The spectacle performance fuses the circus artistry of Cirque du Soleil (where one of Cirque’s founding members Normand Latourelle was also the founder for Cavalia back in 2003) with equestrian skills and plenty of horses — 70 of them from 14 different species to be exact. Paired with the horses are 45 performers including musicians, acrobats, aerialists, dancers and musicians and all of whom have worked together to create visually stunning and breathtaking scenes. Keep reading under the cut for sneak preview.
Inspired by UFC, Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille presents The Ultimate Theatre Championship
Fans of theatre and pay-per-view combat, prepare to rejoice: your two passions will soon become one. Theatre Passe Muraille will be transforming their Mainspace into a caged octagon for The Ultimate Theatre Championship, a three-day event beginning on April 9 that will culminate with the TPM Gala fundraiser and “Heavyweight” Championships on April 11.
“I’ve always straddled the world of improv and the theatre world,” said Rebecca Northan, who created the Ultimate Theatre Championship. “I would meet amazing actors and think, ‘It would be great to play Theatresports with them’.”
“I will also confess that my boyfriend has turned me on to the UFC in the last five years,” she said. “The producer in me watches those matches, in arenas of literally thousands of fans screaming their heads of, and I can’t help but dream of achieving that level of engagement in the theatre.”
Infinity “marries complex science with family drama” takes the Toronto stage at Tarragon Theatre
In Infinity, a theoretical physicist loves his family but neglects them in pursuit of a Theory of Everything; his wife, a violinist and composer who never wanted their child in the first place, threatens to leave but never does; their daughter grows up to be a mathematician with intimacy issues. Currently onstage at Tarragon as a co-production with Volcano Theatre, Infinity maps the story of these three characters with emotion, a touch of humour, and insight into physics and the nature of time. Continue reading Review: Infinity (Tarragon Theatre and Volcano Theatre)→
I Take Your Hand in Mine is a “must see for Chekhov enthusiasts” at the Red Sandcastle Theatre in Toronto
Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper were a power couple in the world of Russian theatre at the turn of the previous century. She was a popular actress with the Moscow Art Theatre and he a renowned playwright. They first met during a revival of Chekhov’s The Seagull. Though they were mostly apart during the next six years, they corresponded continuously and maintained an intense relationship as creative collaborators, friends, lovers and, eventually, husband and wife.
