Studio 180 Theatre presents Lucy Kirkwood’s play NSFW at The Theatre Centre in Toronto
My companion for the evening and I agreed that the only problem with Studio 180’s production of NSFW was that it was just too real. By the end it was impossible for us to laugh at any of the humour because it was too sad, too personally affecting. This isn’t a criticism of the show; it’s praise for successfully portraying brutal truths about the depiction of women in mainstream media. Continue reading Review: NSFW (Studio 180 Theatre)→
Circus acts and gravity-defying stunts wow audiences in Opus on stage at the Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto
Canadian Stage welcomed Australian performance troupe Circa to the Bluma Appel Theatre stage for a five-day run to premiere their latest show Opus to North American audiences. Circa is known as one of Australia’s premier circus troupes and that is what can be expected from Opus, written and created by Yaron Lifschitz — gravity-defying stunts, aerial work, trapeze, incredible flexibility, and plenty of death drops.
Accompanying them on stage was Debussy String Quartet. Rather than just providing live music, the string quartet often served as integral components to the circus performance. Along with Debussy, Circa blends circus performance with classical music resulting in a dynamic show that certainly captured the audience’s attention.
The Tarragon Theatre presents Morris Panych’s consistently crisp and clever play Sextet in Toronto
Morris Panych’s Sextet (at the Tarragon Theatre) starts as a love letter to the Awful British Sex Farce — the kind of play where half-naked women run in and out of hotel rooms and everyone has sex with everyone else’s wives — but that’s just the playwright luring you in. His story of a string sextet trapped in a suburban motel by a blizzard runs much deeper, exploring identity, repression and neurosis, and how all three interact with relationships, both romantic and sexual. Over the course of a night and a day, conversations lead to confessions, confidences lead to doubts, frictions lead to orgasms — and it’s not entirely clear that every member of the sextet will survive to see the concert.
Toronto’s Coal Mine Theatre presents The Motherfucker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Every so often the theatre gods smile down on our town and we come across a production that combines the right script with the right cast in the right space and the result is electrifying. Bob Kills Theatre’s production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ profane, profound and uproariously funny play The Motherfucker with the Hat is one of those times.
Jackie (Sergio Di Zio) is a recovering addict on parole who lives with his fiery girlfriend Veronica (Melissa D’Agostino) who is still an active user. An elated Jackie comes home after finally securing a job and starts getting intimate with Veronica when he spots a strange man’s hat on the table and spirals into a jealous rage. He leaves and seeks the help of his AA sobriety coach Ralph D. (Ted Dykstra) but the health-obsessed, yoga-practicing, green-smoothie drinking Ralph may not be all he’s cracked up to be.
Mooney on Theatre is giving away two pairs of tickets to a performance of You Have to Earn It at Alumnae Theatre (70 Berkeley Street) as part of their Fireworks Festival on Thursday, November 20at 8 pm.
To be entered into the draw for one of the two pairs of tickets just send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “You Have to Earn It” by 11:00 pm on Tuesday, November 18, 2014.
See below for details about the show and how the contest works:
