Tag Archives: Factory Theatre

Friday, January 27, 2012

Penny Plain

Ronnie Burkett celebrates 25 years as the master of his own universe (strings attached)

Ronnie Burkett is a skilled manipulator—of puppets that is! His company, the Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, celebrates 25 years of theatre magic-making this year with a national and international tour of Penny Plain, a dark and thought provoking drawing room comedy [...]

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Best of Toronto Theatre 2011

Theatromania’s top 12 picks

December 6, 2011: 244 Victoria Street renamed the Ed Mirvish Theatre (formerly the Canon).

Looking back, 2011 has been an outstanding year for theatre in Toronto. Here’s a list of our 12 favourite shows in celebration of the coming year. Happy 2012!
1) Another Africa (Volcano Theatre in association with Canadian Stage): Featuring high-energy music, top-notch [...]

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

The Rez Sisters

It’s a love-hate sisterhood for the Rez women, but the story of their struggles remains as captivating as ever in this powerful new production
By Ava Baccari
Written by Tomson Highway
Directed by Ken Gass

(L to R): Pamela Sinha, Cara Gee, Jean Yoon, Billy Merasty, Jani Lauzon, Djennie Laguerre, Michaela Washburn and Kyra Harper in Tomson Highway’s The [...]

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Hardsell 2.0

Rick Miller is mad about marketing in this rousing remount at Factory Theatre
A WYRD and Necessary Angel co-production
Created by Rick Miller and Daniel Brooks
Performed by Rick Miller

Rick Miller in Hardsell. Photo by Michael Cooper.

Hardsell 2.0 is the last play in Rick Miller’s three-show run at Factory Theatre this fall. Described as “part lecture, part circus [...]

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

MacHomer

Mmmm Macbeth: The Simpsons meet Shakespeare in Rick Miller’s brilliant solo show
Presented by Wyrd Productions
Written and performed by Rick Miller
Directed by Sean Lynch

Rick Miller in MacHomer.

If you’re a fan of The Simpsons (and who isn’t?), dollars to donuts you’re going to love MacHomer. Created and performed by master impersonator Rick Miller, the show has toured in [...]

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Zadie’s Shoes

Adam Pettle’s hit play comes up aces all over again
Written by Adam Pettle
Co-directed by Adam Pettle and Jordan Pettle

Harry Nelken and Joe Cobden in Adam Pettle’s Zadie’s Shoes, April 30 to June 5, 2011 at Factory Theatre. © 2011 Jeremy Mimnagh.

Factory Theatre gambled on a winner with this remount of Canadian playwright Adam Pettle’s hit [...]

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Jake’s Gift

Julia Mackey remembers our veterans in this extraordinary one-woman show

Written and performed by Julia Mackey
Directed by Dirk van Stralen

Julia Mackey as Jake. Photo credit: Tim Matheson.

On June 6, 1944 — the day we now know as D-Day — Canadian troops landed on the coast of Normandy, where they played a major role in liberating Europe [...]

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Monday, March 14, 2011

Brothel #9

Anusree Roy’s latest play brings the riveting truth of Calcutta’s sex trade to life
Written by Anusree Roy
Directed by Nigel Shawn Williams

Playwright and actor Anusree Roy in the world premiere of Roy’s Brothel #9, now playing until March 27, 2011 at Factory Theatre as part of its 2010/11 season. Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh.

The Factory Theatre Mainspace [...]

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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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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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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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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings

Ali & Ali talk Tim Hortons, terrorists and tasers at the Factory Theatre
Presented by Cahoots Theatre Company in association with Factory Theatre
Production by Neworld Theatre

Featuring: Anita Mujumdar, Marcus Youssef, Guillermo Verdecchia and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee. Photo by Alex Felipe.

Created by Camyar Chai, Guillermo Verdecchia and Marcus Youssef, Ali and Ali: The Deportation Hearings is the [...]

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