Tag Archives: clowns

Sunday, January 8, 2012

2012 Next Stage Theatre Festival — Morro & Jasp: Go Bake Yourself

Presented by U.N.I.T. Productions
Created and performed by Heather Marie Annis and Amy Lee
Directed and dramaturged by Byron Laviolette

Heather Marie Annis and Amy Lee.

Eat your hearts out, Gordon Ramsay and Martha Stewart—Toronto’s favourite clown sisters are back with their very own cooking show. Now playing at the 2012 Next Stage Theatre Festival, Morro and Jasp: Go [...]

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

The Tale Of A Town — Queen West

Lisa Marie DiLiberto puts the wild back in Queen West
Produced by Theatre Passe Muraille and FIXT POINT
Created by Lisa Marie DiLiberto
Directed by Varrick Grimes

Group walk with Lisa Marie DiLiberto. Photo by Katherine Fleitas.

A crowd of about 60 people gathered outside Theatre Passe Muraille’s red doors on Thursday night for the opening of The Tale Of [...]

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

2011 Toronto Festival Of Clowns

Send in the clowns: a swarm of red-nosed performers are invading the city

Photo credit: Kathleen Finlay Photography.

In the mood for a rib-tickling good time? For four days only, some of the world’s top clowns, bouffons and physical theatre performers will be unleashed in Toronto for the sixth annual Toronto Festival of Clowns at the Pia [...]

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Q&A With Morro And Jasp

“Going wild.” U.N.I.T. Productions: Morro and Jasp GONE WILD. Heather Annis (Morro) and Amy Lee (Jasp). Photo by Alex Nirta.

Amy Lee and Heather Marie Annis make up the hilarious and oh-so-loveable duo Morro and Jasp. Presented by Up Your Nose and In Your Toes Productions (U.N.I.T), the Canadian Comedy Award-nominated clown sisters have appeared in over 100 [...]

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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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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Banana Shpeel — A-peeling to Toronto

Cirque du Soleil goes bananas at the Canon Theatre

Title: Ensemble. Picture credit: Jean-François Gratton. Costume credit: Dominique Lemieux.

The house was packed to the rafters on Sunday night for the opening of Banana Shpeel, Cirque du Soleil‘s “vaudeville act with a twist.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen the historic Victoria Street theatre so busy. After [...]

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Road Trip Series Paris — Lido Cabaret

Vintage glamour is alive and well in The City of Light

The life of the show girl has a certain dazzling appeal. As a child I used to watch classic Hollywood show biz musicals and fantasize about being one of the exotic creatures on stage, covered in feathers and glittering from head to toe. I still [...]

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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 [...]

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Toronto Fringe Festival — Morro and Jasp GONE WILD

Morro and Jasp GONE WILD
Written and created by Amy Lee, Heather Marie Annis and Byron Laviolette.
Presented by U.N.I.T. (Up your Nose and In your Toes) Productions.

“Going wild.” U.N.I.T. Productions, Morro and Jasp GONE WILD, Heather Annis (Morro) and Amy Lee (Jasp). Photo by Alex Nirta.

Nominated for a 2010 Comedy Award for their 2009 smash hit [...]

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Toronto Fringe Festival — Tightrope

Tightrope
Presented by Magmoe Media
Written by R.J. Downes
Directed by Kate Fenton

Stephanie Seaton

Tightrope is a comedy/drama about growing up in a family-owned travelling circus. Sheila (Stephanie Seaton), the apprentice tightrope walker, is living out every child’s fantasy, or so it would seem. But life inside the tent isn’t as glamourous as it appears to the outside world [...]

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