Encumbrance, created and produced by Johannes Zits with the assistance of Holly Timpener, is listed on the SummerWorks 2019 website as a live art performance. I honestly didn’t know what to expect. The listing goes on to say “…contemplating the relationship between the body, identity and clothing.” which, in retrospect, is quite funny because the four performers just wore hand-made thongs most of the time.
Continue reading Encumbrance (Johannes Zits) SummerWorks 2019 Review
This year the charming outdoor dance festival, Dusk Dances, celebrates 25 Years, featuring five different works in Toronto’s east end. Each piece is spread throughout Withrow Park, using the park’s amenities, like its a baseball field and hockey rink.
The 2019 festival includes work from Hanna Kiel, Meredith Thompson, Mix Mix Dance Collective, Denise Fujiwara and Yuichiro Inouo, Pulga Muchochoma & Naishi Wang.
Each choreographer creates a ten-minute site-specific piece, mostly staying within a contemporary dance style, with the exception of a work that mixes house, waacking and breaking street styles.
Continue reading Review: Dusk Dances 2019 – Celebrating 25 Years (Dusk Dances)
The SummerWorks festival opens this Thursday August 8th, and provides a wealth of choice of shows for ‘Pay What You Decide‘ per show, or their 4-show or 8-show passes.
(Our Summerworks Reviews are HERE as they are written.)
But just in case you’re looking for more comedy than you can find on the Summerworks schedule, or want to check out some shows early in the weeks for your Summerworks warm-up, check out these 5 great live comedy experiences in Toronto that are under $25 and playing the week of August 5th, 2019. All of these shows are perfect for the budget-conscious theatre enthusiast who wants or needs a good laugh! Experience quality Toronto comedy without the strain on your wallet! Continue reading Cheap Theatre for the Week of August 5, 2019
Site-specific historical drama illuminates local heritage in Toronto’s West EndTheatre can tell us fantastical stories and take us to extraordinary places. However, sometimes the most invigorating tales are the ones based in truth, or the ones in your own backyard. Finding Freedom: The Joshua Glover Story is an awe-inspiring example of such, using Etobicoke’s historic Montgomery’s Inn as the backdrop for the tale of an escaped slave and his life after escaping to Canada.
Continue reading Review: Finding Freedom: The Joshua Glover Story (Toronto History Museums)
False Claims is a rare farce that flirts with psychological depthEli Pasic’s False Claims—currently running at the Alumnae Theatre— is a farce about love, loyalty, and an insurance scam that threatens to tear apart an already broken family. As farces go, he takes things in a less-travelled direction, contrasting the humor, absurdity, and zany antics you’d expect from the genre with deeply troubled characters who are in many ways not exaggerations at all.
Continue reading Review: False Claims (Canadian Actors’ Equity Association)