Monthly Archives: January 2011

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Eternal Hydra

Crow’s Theatre and Factory Theatre unearth a tour de force of Canadian talent

Produced by Crow’s Theatre in association with Factory Theatre
Written by Anton Piatigorsky
Directed by Chris Abraham

David Ferry and Liisa Repo-Martell in Eternal Hydra at Factory Theatre, Jan 22 – Feb 13, 2011. Photo by Monica Esteves.

We witnessed a special piece of Canadian theatre on [...]

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Real Inspector Hound & After Magritte

Tom Stoppard’s duo of one-act comedies tickle the belly and boggle the mind
Directed by Barbara Larose and Ellen Green
Presented by Alumnae Theatre

A scene from The Real Inspector Hound. Back row: Moon (Scott Moore), Birdboot (Richard Jones), Mrs. Drudge (Brenda Somers), Felicity (Laura Vincent), Magnus (Rob Candy). Front row: Inspector Hound (Derek Perks), Simon (Leeman Kessler), Cynthia [...]

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Boston Marriage

Le Salon Secret presents the crème de la crème of Mamet’s plays
By David Mamet
Directed by Ted Dykstra
Starring Rebecca Northan, Daniela Vlaskalic and Julie Orton

Daniela Vlaskalic and Rebecca Northan in Boston Marriage. Photo credit: Joel Charlebois.

It started with a tip about a show in a secret location. Next we found ourselves snooping around an icy alleyway [...]

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Ruined

Lynn Nottage’s devastating play is a life-changing theatrical experience
Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Philip Akin

Sabryn Rock, Yanna McIntosh and Sophia Walker in Ruined. Photo credit: Chris Gallow.

Presented by Obsidian Theatre in association with Nightwood Theatre, Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play is an eye-opening piece that resonates with audiences long after the curtain call.
Set in [...]

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Ontario Playwrights Master Class: Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson talks about how to challenge the status quo for fun and profit at the Playwrights Guild of Canada

Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson spoke to a diverse group of writers (professional and aspiring) on Monday evening at the Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC). He is the third speaker in The Locomotion: Ontario Playwrights Master Class Series [...]

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Q&A with Christopher Stanton from Assassins

Christopher Stanton. Photo by Derrick Belcham.

Christopher Stanton is currently playing the role of John Hinckley (the man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981) in Assassins presented by Birdland Theatre and Talk is Free Theatre. The two-time Dora Award nominee is also the artistic director of the performance company The Room (along with Brendan [...]

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Fool For Love

This is one fool audiences will suffer gladly

Presented by Ezra’s Atlantic Co-op and Red One Theatre Collective
Written by Sam Shepard
Directed by Steven McCarthy

From left to right: Benjamin Blais as Eddie, Katie Boland as May and Barry Flatman as The Old Man. Photo credit: Megan Vincent.

If you think Romeo and Juliet had an unlucky romance, wait [...]

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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Oh My Irma

Haley McGee: The great blouse detective
Written and performed by Haley McGee
Directed by Alisa Palmer
Dramaturgy by Andy McKim

Photo of Haley McGee by Aviva Armour Ostroff.

Adorably disheveled in a blue-and-brown checkered jacket, big nerdy glasses and a boyish wig, emerging playwright Haley McGee’s Mission Bird is a character you won’t soon forget. Oh My Irma follows [...]

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Stand Up For Your Sisters: That’s What SHE Said

Toronto’s hilarious all-female stand-up troupe stages their third annual fundraiser to benefit Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto

Group shot of SUFYS on a fire escape by Roman Sekyrka. Layout: Screen Images.

When it comes to comedy, Toronto is a hotbed of humour. And now more than ever, female comics are claiming a significant part of the spotlight. “The [...]

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Assassins

Adam Brazier’s award-winning production lives to kill again
Presented by Birdland Theatre & Talk Is Free Theatre
By Stephen Sondheim (book by John Weidman)
Directed by Adam Brazier

Photo by Guntar Kravis.

The Theatre Centre was decked out like a sinister roadside carnival on Saturday for the opening of Birdland Theatre and Talk Is Free Theatre’s remount of Assassins. Winner of [...]

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Next Stage Festival: Eating With Lola

This touching one-woman show is served with love
Sulong Theatre Company
Written and performed by Catherine Hernandez
Directed by Ann Powell (Puppetmongers Theatre) 

Catherine Hernandez in Eating With Lola.

I have always enjoyed asking elderly couples how they met. I love the way their eyes light up and I marvel at their ability to recall the tiniest detail of [...]

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Next Stage Festival: Swan Song of Maria

Carol Cece Anderson’s tragic fairy tale dances to a different tune
Presented by El Destino Productions and Threshold Theatre
By Carol Cece Anderson
Directed by Mark Cassidy

From left to right: Stephanie Hutchison, John Blackwood and Lili Francks. Photo: Ruth Gillson.

In Swan Song of Maria: A Tragic Fairy Tale Carol Cece Anderson interweaves the mediums of classical ballet, tap, Cuban [...]

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