One Side of an Ampersand is the first production by Flying Radio Theatre, a company formed by Ryerson Theatre students and graduates. It’s written and co-directed (with Jasmin Goode) by Julie McCann. The cast is Zoe Brownstone as Alice, Hilary McCormack as Helen, Rebecca Perry as Daisy, and Chris Whidden as Helen’s former lover whose name I have completely forgotten. Sorry. (editor’s note: His name is Will)
The play actually has the making of a farce but it isn’t played that way.
I am always excited stepping into the Tarragon Extra Space (30 Bridgman Avenue), as the venue has consistently housed fresh and exciting theatre experiences for me. Tonight I went there to see Evacuate presented by Rhymes with Orange Productions and I left feeling satisfied by a very sensitive piece of theatre.
I love autobiographical solo performances, or, in the case of Threads, biographical solo performances. Tonya Jone Miller’s play is based on her mother’s experiences in Viet Nam in the late 60s.
It’s a fascinating story. We often hear about ‘GI babies’, the children of Vietnamese women and foreign servicemen but in Tonya’s case her mother is American and her father was Vietnamese, very unusual for the time. Continue reading Threads (Tonya Joan Miller) 2013 Toronto Fringe Review→
The Retirement Plan touches on a subject that a lot of will think about, retirement. Playing at St. Valdamir’s Theatre, this is a charming play about a couple deciding how to spend their final years and the consequences of that choice.
