You know what’s awesome? When you’re out shopping, and you find a whole bunch of nice stuff that you really want to buy. You know what’s even better? When all that stuff turns out to be super cheap! And that’s exactly how I feel about this week’s Cheap Theatre list! I’d be happy to shell out a fair bit to see any of these shows and festivals (a Shakespeare/Star Wars mashup? A show about Rob Ford? I’m totally in). But the best part is, they’re all extremely affordable. Take a gander, see if anything strikes your fancy, and go see some cheap Toronto theatre!
Award-winning choreographer Hari Krishnan presents SKIN and QUICKSAND at Toronto’s Buddies in Bad Times
inDANCE’s Artistic Director Hari Krishnan isn’t someone who shies away from creating bold, provocative, honest and powerful work. Each time I saw an inDANCE show in the past, my heart danced with joy. In fact my only critique was that the shows weren’t long enough. And that is far from being a negative criticism. So when I found out that inDANCE was presenting a double-bill of new contemporary dance works at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, I couldn’t have been more pleased and excited!
For four days only, beginning Wednesday May 21st, inDANCE presents SKIN and QUICKSAND. Internationally recognized choreographer and Bessie (NYC) and Dora (TO) Award nominee Hari Krishnan, takes some time out of his busy schedule to discuss his choreographic process and what audiences can expect to see at his show.
There’s a lot of great theatre going on in Toronto for the week of May 19th, 2014. And you’ve got an extra weekend day (today, that is) to go see some of it! ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Samantha, our Editor, wish there were more hours in a day so she could check all of them out.
UnSpun Theatre brings stories of The Speedy, a lesser known part of Canadian history, to Toronto’s World Stage
I remember Canadian history back in grade school and high school being very boring. It was all coureur des bois and maple syrup and the Family Compact. Even the wars seemed bloodless and tame. Maybe the curriculum was censored to prevent young brains from contemplating violence (as if young brains don’t do that all the time on their own) but it may have also been because telling an honest history of is mostly an account of how terrible white people are. The perfect antidote to my leftover school-days Canadian history malaise is inspired, beautiful theatre with integrity, such as The Speedy from Unspun Theatre, currently playing at World Stage. Continue reading Review: The Speedy (UnSpun Theatre/World Stage)→
My evening at Sterling Studio Theatre to see their double-bill of A Lonely Impulse of Delight and Sailor’s Song was bittersweet. I was excited to see them tackle John Patrick Shanley again. (I was very fond of their production of Where’s My Money?) But this is the final week of their May One Acts, after which the company will be leaving this warm, intimate space.
