Happy Hannukah, folks! Why not celebrate the Festival of Lights (or the holiday season in general!) with some Cheap Theatre? This week’s shows include a few holiday themed shows, including a drag show, improv show and sketch show. But there are also some non-holiday shows, including a family friendly puppet show and a sci-fi radio play. And all of the shows are available for $25 or less!
Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto for the Week of December 16th, 2014
You know the drill! There’s a lot of theatre going on in Toronto – and you don’t need me to tell you that a lot of it is holiday themed. Take a gander below and see if anything strikes your fancy! Anything highlighted in red with two asterisks before it is highly recommended by our Acting Managing Editor, Samantha.
Continue reading Toronto Play Listings for the Week of December 15th, 2014
Some theatre companies in Toronto offer discounted PWYC and Rush tickets for certain performances. It’s a great way to see more theatre in Toronto. Or to see something different without investing a lot of money.
Some theatre companies have special programs for young theatre-goers – usually aimed at people between 21 and 30. You can find these on the theatre website. There are also usually senior and student prices, also on the website.
Every Tuesday Mooney on Theatre posts a curated list of cheap theatre in Toronto – shows with tickets that cost $25.00 or less. If you subscribe you’ll get email updates of our reviews and recommendations.
Yay, now you can afford to see more theatre in Toronto!
The list is a work in progress. If you know of another theatre that has discounted tickets send us the link to the ticket price page on their website and we’ll add it. Or leave it in the comments. Continue reading Cheap Seats – Toronto Theatre on a Budget
If you’re looking for some absurd, ridiculous, just plain funny theatre this holiday season, look no further than Henri Fabergé’s Crisis on St. Creskins. Presented by the cast of Fabergé’s Feint of Hart, the show is billed as ‘a punk rock soap opera’, though I’m not sure it can be defined quite so simply.
It moves through the rooms of the historic Campbell House Museum, and is almost certainly unlike anything else you’ll see this year. There is an accordion, some “ultra-modern” art, a holiday being celebrated, and a man dying on the second floor – and that’s just what you’ll encounter before the show even begins.
Continue reading Review: Crisis on St. Creskins (Henri Fabergé’s Feint of Hart)
Red One Theatre Collective’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is currently playing at The Storefront Theatre and it is a force to be reckoned with. Edward Albee’s comedy-drama about the brutal inner workings of a dysfunctional marriage is over fifty years old now, but you’d never know it. It’s as funny, harrowing and relevant now as it was in 1962.
George and Martha, a middle-aged couple, stumble home from a campus party early one morning. He’s a history professor and she’s the daughter of the college president. They are, to put it mildly, discontented. They invite a young couple, a new professor at the college and his wife, Nick and Honey, over for a post-party gathering at their home. It all starts out civilly, but as the liquor flows and secrets are revealed, things turn vicious. Continue reading Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Red One Theatre Collective)