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Monthly Archives: August 2010
What The Butler Saw — Indecently Entertaining
The cast of Soulpepper’s What the Butler Saw undress for success on opening night
Blair Williams, Nicole Underhay, Graham Harley. Photo by Sian Richards.
What the Butler Saw premiered in 1969 at the Queen’s Theatre in London and is regarded as Joe Orton‘s best play (despite being poorly received at first). Orton’s witty dialogue [...]
Road Trip Series London — Avenue Q
Cassidy Janson with Kate Monster.
London’s West End is the theatre lover’s promised land. I visited the popular district just over a week ago and finally had the chance to catch a show I’ve been dying to see for a long time. Avenue Q moved across the pond in June 2006 after a very successful four-year [...]
How Now Mrs. Brown Cow! — Agnes Brown, She’s Truly Outrageous
David Mirvish introduces Toronto to the colourful world of Mrs. Brown
Brendan O’Carroll as Mrs. Agnes Brown.
How Now Mrs. Brown Cow! is a wildly hilarious Irish comedy written, directed by and starring Brendan O’Carroll. O’Carroll created Mrs. Agnes Brown, a widowed Dublin mother of six for a programme on Irish radio in 1990. The program ended [...]
Great Voices at Fort York
Presented by Festival at the Fort
Written by Rick Salutin
Simon Richards as Lieutenant Governor Simcoe/General Brock. Photo courtesy of FLIP Publicity & Promotions Inc.
In advance of the City of Toronto’s War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations in 2012, Festival at the Fort is now running Great Voices. If you haven’t visited Fort York lately, there is a fun historical theatre experience awaiting [...]
2010 SummerWorks Theatre Festival — Wonderland
Wonderland
Presented by QuipTake
Written and performed by Adam Lazarus
Directed and co-created by Melissa D’Agostino
Adam Lazarus as Eff in Wonderland.
Eff (pronounced FFFF) is anything but the usual affable circus clown — he is grotesque, deformed, obnoxious and completely captivating. One of NOW Magazine’s Artists to Watch, Adam Lazarus reprises his acclaimed role under the direction of Canadian Comedy Award nominee [...]
Posted by Kitty and Ames in Theatre
Tagged clowns, one-person shows, SummerWorks Theatre Festival
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Road Trip Series Texas — Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing produced by the Houston Shakespeare Festival at Hermann Park’s Miller Outdoor Theatre.
Photo for HSF by Pin Lim, Forest Photography. Courtesy of UH School of Theatre & Dance.
While recently visiting Houston we attended a performance of Much Ado About Nothing as part of the thirty-sixth annual Houston Shakespeare Festival. Hermann Park has a lovely family atmosphere and we [...]
Posted by Kitty and Ames in Theatre
Tagged outdoor theatre, road trip series, Shakespeare
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Jersey Boys Final Performance in Toronto
The cast and creative team of Jersey Boys say “Bye, Bye, Baby” to Toronto
The cast of Jersey Boys featuring (in centre, L-R) Quinn VanAntwerp as Bob Gaudio, Daniel Robert Sullivan as Tommy DeVito, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, Jeff Madden as Frankie Valli. Photo by Joan Marcus.
We saw Jersey Boys at the Toronto Centre for [...]
Introducing Theatromania’s Road Trip Series
Hey Theatromaniacs! Guess what? We’re going to be doing some travelling in the weeks ahead and we’ve decided to take this show on the road. Kitty will be in Texas for the first week of August, and Lulu will be in Paris and London from August 12th to 18th. Stay tuned for a few international [...]
