Monthly Archives: November 2010

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge

The bare necessities of a 19th century photographer’s life
Written by Kevin Kerr
Directed by Kim Collier
An Electric Company Theatre production presented by Canadian Stage

Studies in Motion, cast. Photo credit: Tim Matheson.

This performance contains nudity. Lots of it. But the nakedness is far from gratuitous — it’s imperative. Studies in Motion is a provocative and visually stimulating production about [...]

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Saturday, November 27, 2010

The Year of Magical Thinking

Seana McKenna gives the audience a lot grief at the Tarragon Theatre
Written by Joan Didion
Starring Seana McKenna
A Belfry Theatre production

Seana McKenna in The Year of Magical Thinking.

It’s your worst nightmare. And Joan Didion lived through it. The Year of Magical Thinking is a dramatic adaptation of Didion’s award-winning memoir about coping with the sudden loss [...]

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Q&A with Lauren Williams of Red One Theatre

Red One Theatre Collective is a Toronto-based theatre company that produces shows in unconventional venues — think alleyways, parks and garages —  and is reinventing the theatre experience for audiences across the city. The company’s latest production of Jez Butterworth’s Mojo opens on December 2, in an east end warehouse. We thought we’d ask Red [...]

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Monday, November 22, 2010

Mike Rita Wins 2010 Tim Sims Award

Cream of Comedy 2010. Photo courtesy of Callback Headshots.

We laughed in anticipation as the judges decided on the winner of the 2010 Tim Sims Encouragement Award at last night’s Cream of Comedy showcase. The look on Mike Rita‘s face was worth the wait. Hailing from Bloor and Landsdowne in Toronto, Rita joked about living in a bad [...]

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Friday, November 19, 2010

Bethune Imagined

Ken Gass’s new play makes Canadian history entertaining — imagine that!
Written and directed by Ken Gass

Ron White and Irene Poole in Ken Gass’s world premiere of Bethune Imagined at Factory Theatre, Nov. 13 – Dec. 12, 2010. Photo by Ed Gass-Donnelly.

If more historians could muster up intriguing details about the personal lives of prominent Canadian [...]

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

The Cure For Everything

This spirited one-woman show turns puberty into poetry

Created and performed by Maja Ardal
Directed by Mary Francis Moore

Photo of Maja Ardal by Aviva Armour Ostroff.

It’s hard not to be in awe of Maja Ardal. Perhaps it has something to do with her exotic upbringing (she was born in Iceland and educated in Scotland), but an [...]

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Interview With Comedian Georgea Brooks-Hancock

Georgea Brooks-Hancock

Don’t be fooled by her naïve country girl persona, Georgea Brooks-Hancock is one sharp cookie. Joking about living in her car, this ambitious 22-year-old talent knows how to make ‘em laugh. I recently caught her act at West End Girls, a monthly comedy show featuring all female standups (and one token boy) at Poor [...]

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Spent: Right On The Money

This hilarious economic satire delivers laughs you can bank on
Presented by Theatre Smith-Gilmour, Why Not Theatre and TheatreRUN
Written by Michele Smith, Dean Gilmour, Ravi Jain and Adam Paolozza
Directed by Smith and Gilmour

Ravi Jain and Adam Paolozza. Photo by Elisa Gilmour.

In these unstable financial times, a satire about the greed that caused the economic crisis of [...]

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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival Roundup

The Comedy Bar was rammed with jokesters last night for the Saturday segment of the 2010 Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (SketchFest). Hosted by Brendan Halloran and Gary Rideout Jr., it was a laugh-filled evening full of topical satire, partial nudity and hilarious singing. All of the troupes were awesome, but our top pick of the night [...]

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Theatre Scarborough Presents Annie

Scarborough Music Theatre reveals professional grade talent at a community theatre

Devin Cecchetto as Annie. Photo by Raph Nogal.

Theatre Scarborough is a nonprofit community theatre in the Scarborough area and serves as the umbrella organization associated with Scarborough Music Theatre, Scarborough Players and the Scarborough Theatre Guild. Established in 1958, Theatre Scarborough (formerly Playhouse 66) resides in the Scarborough Village Theatre (located in [...]

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Friday, November 5, 2010

The Merchants of Bollywood

The Merchants bring their glittery goods to Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Written and directed by Toby Gough

An infectious flame of energy spread through the crowd at the Sony Centre last night for the Canadian premiere of The Merchants of Bollywood. More than once it felt like the audience might leap to their feet [...]

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Hamlet: Princess of Denmark

The Socratic Theatre Collective’s gender-reversed production spawns a great dame Dane

Hamlet (Laura Vincent).

Picture a world where women rule. Well, picture it in Elizabethan times. The Socratic Theatre Collective‘s fresh take on Hamlet turns Shakespeare’s gendered world on its head — so all of the male roles are played by women and the only two female characters [...]

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